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• Blog / MIT Life

  Retreat! Retreat! 24 wonderful hours of sister-time in the MIT mansion!

  

  prepared by a gourmet chef. The retreat was a mix of bonding and business ... of exams have started, yet about 70 girls attended. Some activities included scavenger hunts, improv skits (apparently I’m hard to make fun of

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 1, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Scooper Bowl All you can eat ice cream.

  

  Apparently, Boston has the highest per-capita consumption of ice ... Bryan, Boston has some of the world's best ice cream makers and shops (for ... world"), most within walking distance of MIT. Today is the second day of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nike+iPod read entry & vote at the end

  

  of sense to me. Why does Apple need to partner with a particular shoe company? A runner's choice of running shoes is a very careful and ... on a Likert scale of 1 to 5, where 1 is least awesome and 5 is most

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 23, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  ZigZag Episode 5 MIT's podcast has a new episode.

  

  Episode 5 (The Empire Strikes Back?) of MIT's experimental podcast ZigZag is now available, including stories about the 2.007 robotics competition and HawkCam. Marsha Bolton hosts this episode. Check it out: You

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 20, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  An American Idol Math Question You guys are all good in math; help me out with this one.

  

  see the numbers on Wednesday night, when Elliott got voted off? Each of the three top contestants received 33.xx% of the votes - statistically ... 'm wrong: American Idol has a finite number of phone lines. The phone lines

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.007 Competition Tomorrow Better than Battlebots! 2.007 competition tomorrow!

  

  Alright everyone, tomorrow and Wednesday are the days I am SURE you have been waiting for. In the Johnson Athletic Center at 6:30 pm, we will be having the first round of the 2.007 competition. Wednesday at 7

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 15, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s alive! I built a little car.

  

  . My car is sitting in front of me begging for some TLC. UPDATE Today

  • by Bryan
  • May 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Juniors: Sign up for SAT Subject Tests SAT Subject Test registration deadline is April 28.

  

  preference between any of the tests. You should take whichever math test best suits you, and the science test of whichever science course you are taking ... Admissions web sites of all of the schools that you are considering to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 13, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Campus Preview Weekend

  

  CPW IS ABOUT TO BEGIN and it's going to be AWESOME. It snowed today...but the snow is now safely out of the way and hopefully the MIT weather machine will kick in soon. Have any questions or concerns? Post them and I

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 6, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I AM SO BUSY

  

  Sweden to Abisko. Should be a lot of fun, and I promise to post pictures

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Going for the Au An MIT alum will compete in Olympic skeleton.

  

  compete in the luge-like, super-crazy event of skeleton, where he will race ... in the Dallas suburb of Plano, the Dallas Morning News has the full story. Images of Pat Antaki from skeletonsport.com, photos by Tea

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 17, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Holiday Stories Here's mine. What are some of yours?

  

  My holiday story: At the end of December my son's preschool decided ... . My wife and two of her close friends whose children are in my son ... of moms, trying to follow instructions from Miss Stacy and Miss April

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP 2006

  

  , living group, activity, or current area of work. I think the official purpose of this is to help you "network" with alums and find jobs at their ... real word, I just don't like it. There are plenty of good networking

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 3, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy Thanksgiving! Happy Thanksgiving!

  

  So I'm about to cook a turkey for the first time in my life, but before I foray out into the world of basting and boiling, I wanted to wish a Happy Thanksgiving to you all. And just remember had it been for

  • by Bryan
  • November 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  July Questions Omnibus 1 Answers to the many questions left in the comments of McGann's Factors.

  

  application. Some common supplements we see would include: recording of your music performance; slides/Powerpoint of your artwork; an additional ... school senior from India and thereby an international candidate.I am one of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  She came in through the bathroom window. The greatest construction project in the history of MIT--yes, even greater than Simmons Hall.

  

  Infinite like the rest of campus. It's a historic summer at MIT, for ... like taking a picture of a bathroom door at 1:30 in the afternoon in the ... , sorry, I just really like this door... and need a picture of it. Right now

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 2, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Jo-Jo Update

  

  At Saturday's Miss Massachusetts finals (see previous post), Joanne Chang '03 advanced to the Semi-Final round but, sadly, did not win. (The winner was the former captain of the New England Patriots Cheerleading

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 27, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back From Paternity Leave I'm back! A few words on the Harvard Admissions Institute and such.

  

  Howdy folks, First of all, thanks so much for the phenomenal advice ... (the out-of-towners are exploring Boston) so I'm taking a minute to say ... hours a day? When I get back, I'll give you the play-by-play of each day

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 22, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Decision Mail Date: March 11 Hang in there guys, I know this is a crazy stressful time.

  

  stressful time. I'm thinking lots about all of you. :-)

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 2

  

  major in Biological Engineering: The Massachusetts Institute of Technology faculty yesterday approved a new course of study for undergraduates ... nation to take the step of fusing molecular and cellular bioscience with

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 17, 2005