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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT Alums Direct New OK Go Video OK Go always has the awesomest videos. Jeff and Eric don't disappoint.

  

  treadmill video, and the Rube Goldberg machine video, and the marching band ... ," and it is directed by two of my MIT classmates, Jeff Lieberman '00 and ... and Ali Mohammad SM '06. Here it is:

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 16, 2010
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Disappearing (or life goes on) .

  

  last few years to come back and say a quick and proper good bye. I ... finish them up in a timely fashion, and now it's just way too late to go ahead and publish them. It's been a real pleasure, and great privilege. If

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 6, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Results from the Photo Scavenger Hunt On the bright side, there's alt-text!

  

  simultaneously winning and losing, like tripping down stairs and being helped up by ... congratulations Elizabeth and Mohammed (respectively) you're the winners of the scavenger hunt! Enjoy the fame and glory that comes with it. P.S. I'm trying

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 27, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Woot! My t-shirt is funnier than your t-shirt.

  

  college life and high school life is that getting mail is incredibly ... parents, birthday wishes from my sisters and grandmother, or even things I ... of linear algebra and eigenvalues for a little bit by blogging. And

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 6, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Let’s Take a Walk until orientation!

  

  Orientation is about to arrive and all of a sudden MIT will be flooded with eager beavers that want to eat free food, stay up late, and ... laundry, and have a place to sleep. You'll actually be living here and will

  • by Snively '11
  • August 13, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Boston’s 4th of July Boston has arguably the best 4th of July festivities in the country, and MIT has…

  

  , and MIT has a front row seat. Each year on July 4th, a concert by the Boston Pops is combined with an amazing fireworks show, and is televised ... separates Boston from Cambridge and MIT. The fireworks barge is moored in the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 3, 2008
• Blog / Events

  When Friday Arrives… A glimpse into my social life, among other things.

  

  week of spring classes has come and gone. I spent last night finishing up ... novel) and, of course, finals. Easier said than done? Yeah, just a little ... forward to this weekend. Earlier tonight, a handful of friends and I went to

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 10, 2008
• Blog / Events

  The Igs Where Science meets Silly. Hello Silly!

  

  makes people laugh and then think. What does this mean? Well, basically, scientists and researchers from around the world are selected because they have research that seems completely absurd. They are then voted on, discussed, and

  • by Snively '11
  • January 15, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  An Atypical Saturday That followed an atypical week.

  

  match. And this week, I went down hard. MIT landed a good right hook and I ... work to do because you have too much and can't do it all. And there will ... get up and keep fighting, because you will make it. And when the match

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • September 30, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Retreat, RETREAT!! A weekend vacation.

  

  So this weekend my 61 of my fraternity brothers and I drove several miles in the snow to get away from MIT and plan for our upcoming semester. They often say that "getting there is half the fun" and I would tend to

  • by Bryan
  • February 8, 2007
• Blog / Events

  MITHenge Blinded by the light.

  

  stones and onto the altar stone. The monument was built about five thousand years ago and historians still do not know whether it was built for ... , people popped their heads out of their offices and labs to see this special

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 31, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  The Match Our thoughts, and a request for current MIT students to weigh in.

  

  the better part of the fall. I apologize for this, and thanks to all of ... updated, and I think it's a good overview. I'm hoping, however, that current MIT students (and alums, if any feel like weighing in!) will comment in

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 5, 2007
• Blog / Events

  4th of July Celebrations Boston, and the MIT campus, are great places to celebrate the 4th of July.

  

  arguably the best 4th of July festivities in the country, and MIT has a front ... combined with an amazing fireworks show, and is televised nationwide. The ... and MIT. The fireworks barge is moored in the middle of the Charles

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 2, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Next steps Relax, guys. I'm still going to be around.

  

  I finished my last final exam yesterday, and barring any unforeseen ... webcast here. You should watch it and cheer for me.) My parents and younger brother are coming up from Ohio, and that weekend is also Adam's 21st

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 26, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Rejoicing A few things worth celebrating.

  

  It is 2:30 and I already stained my neurons and nail-polished them to ... starting my 5.60 pset (due Friday), and c) brightening your lives, many of ... because I kind of zoned out for several lectures and didn't take very good

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 7, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Sam Videos Hurry, read this entry before Sam comes back from Maine and forces me to delete…

  

  Sam's undeniable nerdiness and my own insatiable appetite to document ... the hell the Biot-Savart equation is, and make you work harder on your MIT application than on any other. (And that last reason, my friends, is

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Majors

  

  exploration at MIT and if MIT has its way to help people find interests and in my case, something I REALLY like and I'm REALLY good at, at the same ... major you choose at MIT. You could have written Computer Science and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 2, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does MIT consider extracurriculars?

  realize our applicants are very committed to their schoolwork and with their ... choose from and write about in their MIT application and that students in ... . Remember that your application is reviewed in context, and that we look to
• FAQ / First-year application

  What’s the difference between Early Action (EA)/Regular Action (RA)?

  -binding) vs. RA, and thus no advantage or disadvantage to applying for either ... meet the same standards and go through the same very difficult admission decision-making process. MIT’s Early Action program is both nonbinding and
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A little bit about me and my trip to La Republica Dominicana A trip to the Dominican Republic to compensate for a bitterly cold Boston winter

  

  and Premed (we have a really cool major that lets you combine Mech E ... , DC), and I <3 MIT (among other things, including parentheses)! I ... the Dominican Republic. I went with my family and we stayed at a French

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 3, 2005