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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Surprise! Long time no see!

  

  , and a nice walk back from dinner, we ended up back at the dorm and I checked my mail. A postcard! We read it, I showed it to Laura, and then ... the way to dinner tonight we were discussing Adelaide '09 and her role

  • by Snively '11
  • August 29, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Strike! Strike! Strike! I. H. T. F. P.

  

  guess it's called a "Quiz," but they just call it that to lure us into a ... only have three (well, two tests and a final) so I don't have to take ... 'd like to predict what a future blog entry may be about (specifically, the

  • by Snively '11
  • March 29, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finals! Finals are here!

  

  : A toughie, but I managed to answer most of the problems =) If you'd like to see what an MIT final exam is like, let me know, and I can post a ... I'm currently studying for what might turn out to be my last ever

  • by Bryan
  • May 20, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Some notes for applicants Thoughts for both EA & RA applicants.

  

  to have to give bad news to so many students, but it's a reality that ... a bit on your regular action applications. As I like to say, plan for the worst, and hope for the best. As the year draws to a close, start

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 25, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Today’s Mailing Day For me this is a huge thing. You guys are my first MIT class, which…

  

  to break my heart in a lot of ways. Anyway... Tonight feels like xmas eve. I distracted myself with a transition shave. It's supposed to say ... , anyway) - we'll be mailing in less than 24 hours. Wow. For me this is a

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 11, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Everybody’s Reading Applications!

  

  (hence the low post count this week... luckily Mitra has a couple new entries recently to keep folks entertained and informed). While I was busily reading application files today at the Diesel Cafe, I realized that a woman

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  on mit’s mailing list culture update: tetazoo glounge

  

  love email. leading up to mit you get a handful of emails about ... to mit, you add yourself onto lists, and then you get a deluge of ... email can get sent to. so for example, a list like [email protected] can

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 17, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  It’s the middle of November. Do YOU know where your Early Action application components are? How to tell if they are missing, and what to do about it

  

  Components If your Evaluation A or B is missing, click the link to check ... recommendation through this system, or fax a copy of their letter to us at 1 ... Shortly after 4PM ET we sent out the following email to the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Introducing: La Maison Française (French House) No, you don't have to speak French to live here.

  

  Desmond. Enter the arcade. Walk to the very end. Do a couple of ... closest to you, with the brown hair. That's Davie. Davie is a junior from ... ahead and challenge him to a game of bananagrams. Afterwards, ask him why

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 29, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Thoughts on Snow quick notes from the journal.

  

  waterproof to it as you thought. Silly: how grass looks like a bad shave when it's half-hidden under a thin layer of it. Stupid: when rain falls on ... about snow: Don't welcome it with a fire alarm and evacuation at 9

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 10, 2013
• Blog / Prepare for MIT

  My First Few Weeks at MIT … one year ago

  

  Every freshman’s first few weeks at MIT tend to follow a predictable ... (commonly referred to as the Stud)"]Stud 5,[/annotation] learning to share a ... started with designing a competitive “game,” then splitting into teams to

  • by Hala K. '29
  • September 22, 2025
• Blog / MISTI

  go alone or you may never go at all

  

  for the ride, whether it be to try a new cafe or jam at a concert. Those ... own worlds. 3 More than all of this, solo adventures are a way to ... reading in a local cafe to taking a train over to another country. They can

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • January 6, 2024
• Blog / Events

  Student holiday! lots going on!

  

  students don't have enough holidays, so they added some to the academic calendar, to guarantee each month has at least one three-day weekend. On most years, we get two student holidays in the fall, in accordance to Rules and

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 23, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  We are artists & writers extracting creative talent around campus

  

  to continue doing. So what is RUNE as a club like? We are a group of ... creative works. To me, RUNE is at once a bigger mission to support the arts ... funding. We need submissions to compile a quality magazine, and funding to

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • November 12, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Snow On working in a winter wonderland.

  

  winter. You have to know how to dress for the cold. A few simple rules ... before it spun off to the sea. A cold, dry air mass from Canada blanketed ... the best places to carve some powder, just drop me a line, an ol' Papa

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 21, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Christy ‘13 The first in a series of articles about students coming to MIT in the fall.

  

  , and the students are going to be great members of the MIT community. A ... of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. "I loved that," said ... I'm frequently asked about the students that are admitted to MIT. Who

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 17, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Show your creativity: the Year of the Pig While we continue reading applications full time, another mini-contest.

  

  nice hand drawn entries... points go to a cute manga Peggy. You'll have to scan it in yourself, though. Submit your entry either by leaving a ... A little more than a year ago, we here on the blogs were celebrating

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 13, 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…

  

  their work activities or just to show me a specific project they ... ! I haven't had to do that on a regular basis for what, four years? We ... , so basically, applying technology to the analysis and optimization of

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Running away with the field Junot Diaz is sort of a big deal.

  

  one, bro, and I caught a f*cking bad one.' "At long last, thanks to his ... heavyweights--Richard Russo, Philip Roth--Díaz is a good bet to run away with the ... (I've come out of blogger hibernation to post something too awesome

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 10, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My Disappointment Is Immeasurable And My Day Is Ruined A story about cream soda

  

  Office gave a presentation about adjusting to life in the alien environment ... to how prevalent creme soda is as a flavour in South Africa. I grew up ... To You!”, the gang visits Baljeet’s uncle  Sabu who owns a rubber

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 15, 2022