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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ode to a Package of Dial Soap Substantial entries will come soon!

  

  (it has been near three years, how fast time flows!) With happiness and ... to see how much I've grown In brainpower and stamina for sleepless ... digress, you must pardon me - see I came here to talk not of life and dreams

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 6, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Where’s My Stuff? Updates from the MyMIT Application Tracking System.

  

  the letter from Ms. Chu? And my transcript? Weren't they all sent before the deadline? And in the same envelope? Am I in trouble? Let's take the ... 't yet shown up on the tracking system. We're still processing lots and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 10, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Admissions Valentine's Day Cards! Welcome to your moments of fame, 13's.

  

  fame on the MIT Admissions Blogs- send me a picture of you and your card, and I'll add you to the post. :) It's kind of a fun way to meet your classmates, and it'll at least be entertaining to look at a year from now. I

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • February 14, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Selecting the new bloggers! With a new school year approaching, it's time to pick the next set of bloggers.

  

  the incoming class) is the selection of the new bloggers. And now, with ... this year's senior bloggers: Laura and Lulu. Our objective will be to ... excitement, enthusiasm and diversity of MIT. Without any further ado, here

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 27, 2008
• Blog / Events

  The Deep Breath Before the Plunge THIS IS . . . wait, this isn't Sparta. Wha-? Aw, shoot, I took a…

  

  -based social online sport that revolves around your connections, location and ... McCormick and Campus Fraternities Simmons Next Senior House, Bexley, and Random Hall New House Boston/Cambridge East Fraternities and

  • by Snively '11
  • March 8, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The City On A Hill The "M" of " MIT"

  

  Massachusetts, and not a day has gone by without me thinking "TGI Boston" (even ... is an unbelievably cool city. From the music scene to the history and diversity and proximity of other schools and even New York, nothing

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 2, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Silent Dance Party If we had the chance, we'd ask the world to dance.

  

  MIT - it's been a crazy few weeks, but I'm finally settled in and ready ... 'm now a resident of Burton 1, and unfortunately for Snively will probably ... is deeper than the Atlantic Ocean and is only a few decibels louder

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 17, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties Update Stories from the parties today; more stories, and questions answered, tomorrow.

  

  time, another school took its place as my number one, and then the two ... top choice, and a couple of days after receiving my acceptance to MIT, I ... schools, I could probably spend my college days there and declare afterwards

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 31, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Pictures that don’t belong anywhere else – Part I because i'm a slackslackslackball.

  

  , all dressed up for Christmas. This is my side of the room: and ... through the middle of our room and you might even be wondering, "What?! Are ... it over IAP when a single became available) and was kind enough to let

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • February 17, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Former MIT Students on TV Two in a flattering way, one in a potentially embarassing way.

  

  or on your iPod. Aomawa was Course 12 (Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, or EAPS) and was a member of the a cappella group the Muses ... About Science, Technology, and Other Nerdy Stuff, having written an essay

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An IAP in Texas, chapter two Week two of school away from school as I learn about and work on transportation…

  

  'm splitting my time between Service Design/Performance and Technology Services, so basically, applying technology to the analysis and optimization of train routes and service. I'm working with some great people, and you know

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Rapids My last day at work was bittersweet. And if there's one thing I've learned from…

  

  kids, and you'd be surprised how often the argument, "It could save his ... perspective in life (i.e. a lot) you can make it through the day and in fact an ... some awesome people and my job can be a lot of fun. Very entertaining and

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Play it again, Sam You wouldn't be saying that if you were in lab with me.

  

  really didn't do too badly, and also that you could have gotten a zero and ... moments of panic, I had the sense to reach in and rip it out with one clean ... , the only evidence of it being a slight tenderness and a dull throbbing

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 11, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventures in Italy, Part 2 Tales from Rome, Take Two

  

  -disfunctional and the beds were twin extra long just like my old dorm room. Our ... much looking around, and to my surprise, the place was great. A little ... . And order I did. Pizza de Quattro Formaggi Translation: Four Cheese

  • by Bryan
  • April 13, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ho-dee-hi, hi-dee-ho, ho ho. How many digits of pi do you know?

  

  , four-time IMO gold medalist and Putnam fellow, has his own entry on ... devised a new cheer that we want to do with the crowd and cheerleaders. We're going to try to premiere it at this week's men's ice hockey game and, if

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 10, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Time passes Someone left the cake out in the rain.

  

  front half of its body, and the child just kind of licks it off ... conference on sustainable energy with NREL, and I'm an undergrad so I didn ... hand and Fire Viper on the right hand--it's way better than a Fireball

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Not an actual entry Warning: I am apparently in a run-on sentence/overuse of parenthetical statements mood today.

  

  , I'm kind of running around because I'm jet-lagged like crazy (Adam and ... :30 PM and gets into Boston at 6 AM. Come on, that's just evil.) but I ... Adam and me up to their family's condo at Sunday River in Maine (because

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Adventures in Math Conversations in the world of math.

  

  sit down with Richard Rusczyk and Dave Patrick PhD '97, two of the folks ... include great textbooks for gifted math students, an active and interactive forum (merged with MathLinks) for discussions of math and math problems

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Days 2+3: Westchester County Part 2 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  When you have a 2.5-year-old and a 3-month-old, anything after 6AM is ... , got coffee in the lobby, and checked out of the Hyatt (still no sign of ... info session the night before and it was so amazing that they didn't need

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 21, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You stay classy, Sam… TA, go! At MIT, I live in a basement and I don't get to watch Desperate Housewives.

  

  successfully bribed Ben to let me stick around as a blogger this semester, and since I've already had to break out the long pants and awesome jacket, the ... -mail--who knows, I might pull a Mitra and end up using it. Classes started on

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 8, 2005