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• Blog / MIT Life

  The Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll) Things just about get crazy-go-nuts.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Both chocolate lava cake and peanut blossom cookies ... 's Mom and I have baked four award-winning nut rolls, a tradition that we ... liked cooking, and it's actually really come in handy in college, since my

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Boris Alexeev: Solving Graph Theory Problems Boris Alexeev spent five months working on a math UROP with Prof. Daniel Kleitman.

  

  I met sophomores Boris Alexeev and Shaye Storm three years ago at a ... judges and the general public, and I had the privilege of being assigned to ... ten-year olds (and even staring at the pretty graphs on his poster), I

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 28, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  One wonderful day I might just make it, after all.

  

  and thus oxygen mass transfer in E. coli fermentation, and I'm doing it with three people. I volunteered to organize and compile it by 3 PM today ... you can" and "Oh, DON'T WORRY, we'll be cool if you just SEND ME a page

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 21, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Asking for Directions Two weeks of pondering, photography, and prose.

  

  computing than MIT? And so it went. I got in and my dream of being some ... has one of the nation's top undergrad business schools, and I could even double major in both computer science and business. What a winning

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 19, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  The sky is falling! Either a huge cottonball just exploded or it's snowing.

  

  And so it begins. The first snow of the term has arrived. Kresge in the snow! Later that cold October evening, the snow turned into rain.

  • by Bryan
  • October 29, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  4 8 15 16 23 42 If you already know what those numbers mean, this entry is for you.

  

  So I'm a Lost fanatic. Long-time readers know that Alias and The OC ... lead. I had lunch with Axiak last week and gave him the numbers. I figured if anyone could crack it, Random could. We'll see what he and his

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 11, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Emily Levesque- How megastars evolve Emily spent the summer of 2004 conducting astronomy research at the Kitt Peak National Observatory…

  

  I have always been proud of the fact that there is a star and a minor ... theory and observation and also to improve the understanding of how these ... and the atmosphere, cleaned up the data, and then compared the stars

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 20, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Living in the Past The one where people drive up just to visit me.

  

  Boston, I'll find you a place to stay and show you around and we'll all ... , happily turning turkeys into oil and running HPLC, when who should call but my old high school friend Alaina. Turns out she and three of my other

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Paint Work VII The triumphant conclusion! Plus, the CIA is watching me.

  

  Sam imitators and giant turkeys and enter a raffle to win a replica of ... down in her hometown of Covington GA to see a football game and a free ... grad student Andy is in Switzerland and I'm basically doing all his

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 11, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hi from Cambridge

  

  coast for about a week seeing family and will be gone for the next week as ... . :-) Today, I had lunch with Daniel and Ben at Anna's Taqueria, a quick ... time to put together, and I haven't been in front of a computer much

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  G(e)e^ks

  

  emailing lists for official announcements and such, have a "talk list", or "discuss list" for debates, flamewars, non-official announcements, and thoroughly random conversation. One of the largest and highest-traffic talk

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 15, 2005
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What’s the Infinite Corridor?

  , classrooms, and labs radiate from here. Whatever you do, stay to the right when traveling the corridor and note that pedestrian speed increases dramatically when classes let out. In mid-November and in late January every year
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Is there an International Student Association/Community?

  The International Student Association (ISA) was established to bring together the diverse international community at MIT and to support international causes on campus.  
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What’s the MIT motto?

  MIT's motto, mens et manus, translates from Latin to mind and hand. This motto reflects the educational ideals of MIT's founders who were promoting, above all, education for practical application.
• FAQ / Testing

  What tests do I have to take?

  If you are planning on applying to MIT and would like to see our testing requirements, please visit our Tests & scores page.
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I list standardized test results?

  If you are planning on applying to MIT and would like to see our testing requirements, please visit our Tests and scores page. You are not ... . Instead, you will be asked to report exams you have taken or plan to take, and we
• FAQ / Transfer

  Does MIT require standardized tests for transfer applicants?

  We require the SAT or the ACT from first year and transfer applicants. Please visit our Tests & scores page for more complete details.
• FAQ / Afford

  How do I contact Student Financial Services?

  Contact information for Student Financial Services (including phone, fax, email, and mail) can be found on the SFS contact page.
• Blog / MIT Life

  being bad at ice skating and learning to try anyway

  

  blinked, and suddenly the trees have shed their leaves, flecks of snow have infiltrated the rain, and people have replaced tshirts with puffer jackets. It ... lessons that everyone from snow-heavy towns learned: wear gloves and scarves

  • by Janet G. '27
  • December 15, 2025
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Walking the Kerry Way journal of my fourth day in Ireland

  

  It’s cold down here, and dark, so I’ll keep this one brief. I'm in ... when others are in the room. She has finally gone to sleep, and I ... , cereal, and toast, and the little plastic squares of jam that remind me of

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 10, 2023