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• Blog / MIT Life

  Over here things are different. Life is about the same.

  

  light outside was grey and a bit yellow and when it deepened to blue I ... year I turned 21 the day before my 8.05 final, studied til about 4am and ... .09 in the afternoon, then 8.07 all night and in the morning. I answered my

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 19, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  To-Do List for Regular Action Applicants With the deadline a month away, there are things you need to be doing now.

  

  . And if you qualify for a fee waiver, your family needs the $65 more than ... coach or fill out the form. And if you're interested in ROTC, please ... and TOEFL) is 3514 and our ACT Code is 1858. And if you haven't yet

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 1, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Happiness in threes

  

  and switch between English and Spanish, so I can now write with accent marks and such in plain text, and this makes me so, so happy. Umm ... the city today, and I was proud of myself to discover that I actually

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 14, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Brief Taste of Orgo Basically, Sam Maurer is a prophet.

  

  Radicals to Alkenes Yes, you read that right. Ozonolysis. And I didn't even ... Wikipedia article would let on. Basically, you take a double bond and some ... oxygen on the vacant end of each double bond - and voila, ozonolysis. There

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 12, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Debunked I clear things up.

  

  propped up in bed and listening to the Toy Story soundtrack. Anywho, I ... about MIT, and debunk it. This should be fun! *Searches* *Digs* *Doesn ... here, I've only been officially blogging for a couple of months, and I

  • by Snively '11
  • March 3, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Driving On The Infinite One of my biggest pet peeves is people who do not understand how to drive…

  

  and learn. If the Infinite is crowded, consider the center line a ... aggressive, but hey) - and yield to oncoming traffic if it should appear ... approaching the Infinite, first stop, then look both ways, and then make your

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 9, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist We have admitted 20 waitlisted students.

  

  from our waitlist. This morning, we emailed (and will follow up via snail ... students we could take at this time, and which students to admit. I sat in for a day before leaving for Albuquerque and I can tell you that it was

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 17, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties Go to one in a town near you, and send in your pictures/reviews.

  

  classmates, as well as MIT students (home for Spring Break!) and alumni. These ... happen later. See your MyMIT portal for a list of locations and times for ... !) and Lissa '76 (consultant/engineer/entrepreneur). Thursday Los Angeles

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 24, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Where Have I Been? Oh, what a bad blogger I have been.

  

  't really see, but I can see it, and it makes me happy. You'll just have to ... around campus and add a variety of guest authors to our blogging program to ... directly to our site; and Mirat Shah, a junior who is studying abroad via the

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You know my name I should think of a clever title, but the song has been in my head…

  

  members to Casino Royale (awesome!) and Body Worlds 2 (barf!). I dropped 6 ... Non-linear dynamics which deals a lot with chaos/fractal patterns and ... Nonlinear Dynamics: Chaos and 18.354J Nonlinear Dynamics: Continuum Systems

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 24, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Application Advice v2.0 How to survive the application process without losing your mind.

  

  struggle my way through writing the essay, and I think there are some ... enough to get you into MIT. Invariably, someone takes that statement and ... perfect score. And that’s not what I mean at all. If you’re stressing over

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 20, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Swiss Miss "The archangel Michael descends riding a triceratops."

  

  to #2, and it only went to #94 in Japan. And I am SO SICK OF HEARING IT ... , and kept the rain off of me pretty well, although the ravages of time ... the very next day and bought me this great, top-of-the-line umbrella

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Twas the week before Thanksgiving ...and I'm not really feeling all that thankful. Yet.

  

  reasonable to assign the same amount of work in a short week and just make it ... down to our turkey dinner. Um, hello? How about we skip the hosing and go ... ... and Chris '09 and Kjel '09 brought pizza. I'm not exactly sure how

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 21, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Almost Only Counts in Horseshoes I almost did it. Rather I almost didn't do it. And all for a class…

  

  , Libraries Week, and MISTI Week. Knowing that this week would be packed with activities and stuff that I'd want to do, I decided to get all my homework done early and take my free Monday off to get ahead. And so I did. Cue the fun

  • by Bryan
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  We are the people in your neighborhood… On MIT's diversity

  

  yet fun week, and I'll probably blog about that this weekend. But on a completely unrelated note...here's my actual entry. What's black and gray all ... , cultures, and so many other things as well, so we wanted to capture small

  • by Bryan
  • September 16, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Ready for some tennis? Three days left until the official start of the US Open tennis tournament! What's your…

  

  the Australian Open, Wimbledon, and French Open) -1998 = last time that ... to visit me and we went to see a semifinal match of the Legg Mason ... and fortunately we did! He played Paradorn Srichaphan, a 26 year

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 26, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Chasing Roots, Part One During an overnight stay in Milan, I traversed several generations to explore musical history in…

  

  and Emilia-Romagna regions. Interestingly enough, a deep foundation in ... can be heard on tracks of Beck's Odelay album). And during the late 1800 ... provide a residential congregation place for poor singers and musicians in

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m A Famous Rockstar The title is misleading - I'm famous, and I'm a rockstar, but I'm not famous…

  

  That title is misleading - I'm famous, and I'm a rockstar, but I ... comments in the previous entry - so hysterical and creative. Reading that ... (text here) and I instantly began to receive a ton of email, both good and

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  If I Try Really Hard, I Can Resemble Ernest Borgnine First stop on the tour: London.

  

  city of London put it up for sale to make way for a new bridge. Oil and ... ,460,000, and the London Bridge was dismantled block by block and moved to remote ... , eating fish and chips is sort of a requirement. Traditional English

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  More CPW Pix

  

  'd imagine -- and sometimes, that picture in your head is a bit off -- like Eric Schmiedl, who's insanely tall and imposing (but still super ... actually hear Pia's voice, to meet my first person from Wales (Dominique) and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 12, 2005