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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Programs For MIT Students Planning early -- MIT-sponsored ways to make an impact next summer

  

  Fellowship -- concentrate on issues and communities that are of particular ... : science education, women working on women's issues, issues affecting ... on a team Fellowship project initiated by the PSC... You do not need to

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 3, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Public service announcement One stereotype that I just won't accept.

  

  ; literally all of them would gather on campus and work on problem sets together ... you with the problem sets, and then you'd be screwed. Adam's take on ... cutthroat behavior. Any time I had a question or needed help on a problem set

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 31, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  And I realize I’m going home Cards for sorrow, cards for pain, cards for my last blog entry from Germany.

  

  'll be on the internet in Germany, unless I succumb to temptation and go to the little Turkish internet cafe on the corner tomorrow. But I'm pretty ... blogging for me. Catch you on the flip side, planet Earth! -- For those of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 31, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Straight from the Dean’s mouth Time magazine readers chat with the MIT Dean of Admissions, Marilee Jones.

  

  While I was on vacation this past week, MIT Dean of Admissions Marilee Jones was featured in an online chat on TIME.com, following up on ... schools use standardized tests differently. Some put more weight on them in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What can you do in four years?

  

  for crew (I was on lightweight crew as a freshman). Not really the most ... Hunt as a member of the team Project Electric Mayhem. Worked on building ... half the freshmen on 5th East did last year, an IAP UROP or internship

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  International conference followup A post especially for international students: casting a wide net to find a good college…

  

  on international admissions (I attended last year as well). The ... ; on the most recent list, we're third, supplying $8,628,074 in aid to ... schools also on the list. Many of them may well known overseas, but most of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 17, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  Number Münchners Eaten by a Trogglus Nicoise.

  

  is severed mannequin parts. On the first floor of the museum, we found ... know before planning your next family vacation or honeymoon on the French ... , duh. Still, I have no trouble sleeping on rocks (so you can imagine how

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 28, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  Wouldn’t it be Nice? ...actually, I'm kind of glad that I'm not older.

  

  nobody came into work on Friday, because there's WORLD CUP SOCCER to be ... , really. Now, I wrote something before on how even if you don't know all ... voudrais... uh, [points at item on menu]." This strategy, and the ability of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The College Circle of Life Nance starts waxing about some deep stuff.

  

  admitted. The process began all over again. I was grilled on everything from ... . When she came to visit and saw cows on campus, you can imagine her ... presence and I credit her with keeping me up on my peeps. As you can see

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • June 8, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap (again) About deferring admission for a year, also known as a gap year.

  

  's been in newspapers and on websites from Kentucky.com to San ... submit a proposal beyond "lying on the beach," but often little more is ... College's Martha Merrill -- as you've probably read on these blogs, we

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Song Remains The Same But sometimes my blog entry is a little different.

  

  on different frequencies in Europe and America. Honestly, the whole ... Rechants." Check that one out! As far as my thoughts on the music department here go, you can check out a pretty current post I did on the subject

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 30, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds, Part 2

  

  Continuing on the thread began yesterday... With 10 days to go until ... of my information in on time. Why did we not recieve our financial aid package on the April 1st date we were told?" Joe, I'll look into it. And

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Summary of CPW 2006 CPW 2006

  

  on what I was up to this weekend: Thursday night: At the opening ... experience in all the labs on campus. It's one of the many things that make MIT ... down to the bunkers of the basement of building 3 to work on my robot for

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 11, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Knowing me, knowing you My plans for Nobel laureacy, and everything I like about MIT professors.

  

  when. You can count on me, can't you? I think I eventually come to love ... of the internship If things fall in place nicely on both sides, I would ... on his sandwich (a product of the Maillard reaction, which my UROP

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 25, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Don’t Worry, Be Happy A few words of advice.

  

  's. Back in the Fall of 2002, I set out on a journey that is still ongoing. I ... 'd never met anyone from MIT until my MIT interview. Still, I applied. On ... knocks on Bryan's door.) Mom: "Telephone." Me: "Who is it?" Mom: "MIT

  • by Bryan
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Double Edged Sword On Time Magazine's article titled: "Are We Losing Our Edge?"

  

  from consulting firms and investment banks showed up on campus last fall, she went on several interviews, and she will take a job as a consultant ... , here's what you're going to be working on.' Even if it's a really cool

  • by Bryan
  • February 17, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  This is a song about being happy. Not a song about a whale. Sorry. But there's haute couture.

  

  premiere of Beauty and the Geek 2, which Matt's friend Ankur '03 is on. I don ... right away when they get back. ouch. He even brought some reading on Veto Bargaining with him to the BSO. I, on the other hand, got to sit down and read

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 13, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Followup To Mailing Disaster Answers to your questions from my last post, regarding the recent mailing of EA decisions.

  

  here are the most popular ones: What's the deal with calling on Thursday ... tomorrow (Thursday, 12/15/05) instead of beginning on Friday (as originally ... accessibility of the admissions officers, etc.). We try to connect with you on an

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back in Cambridge I less than three the holidays.

  

  Department of Defense, so his family lives on Okinawa, and it would have been ... back here. So instead he came to Plymouth with us on his first visit to an American suburb. We took the commuter rail out of South Station on

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 26, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What did YOU do this weekend? Laura's jam-packed-action-filled adventurous fin de semana.

  

  all, I checked my exam grade for 18.01 on-line. Then I started running ... not go into too much detail, but while we're on the subject I'd like to ... spends more money on condoms than anything. Really. Anyway, MIT takes

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 14, 2005