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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  (un)Empty Nest Welcome Back!

  

  the great summer blog posts. MIT encourages students to do research ... ) because there are research opportunities year-round, and we get to meet ... that is starting to change. Shhhh, listen! Put your ear to your favorite

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 26, 2010
• Blog / Events

  The Class of 2010 Ring Delivery I think Abba said it best when they sang, "Ring, ring, why don't you give…

  

  I blogged Ring Premiere and it would just seem unfair, wrong even, to ... . From now on, I'll have to stop promising to come back regularly - you'll just have to trust me that these sporadic blog entries will come back to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Updates, Previews, and My Successor

  

  World: MIT Speaks, that showcases 25 undergraduates' responses to the ... , and what should the United States do to solve it?" Two fellow bloggers ... producer at the History Channel happened to read it, contacted Zahir, and

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • May 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  St. George’s Day England's National Day

  

  When I came back to England from Easter vacation, I was greeted by ... than that. If anyone has anything to add, feel free to enlighten the rest of us in the comments below. Anyway, I was pretty curious to see what

  • by Cambridge
  • April 26, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  CPW 2008: The Hack Edition What!? Already!?

  

  , doesn't see the zombies as a threat, forcing hackers to help protect the ... convenient and easily accessible form of defense. Some are oblivious to the ... the first to go come the zompocalypse. Seeing this got me thinking

  • by Snively '11
  • April 10, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Ritual & Ceremony I'll be out of contact the next two weeks as I celebrate a big event.

  

  -- applying to and going off to college -- I, too, have been preparing for ... colleagues in Admissions will be happy to help you. And not 24 hours after I return from Italy, I'm on another plane, this one to San Francisco, where I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 14, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I need a fix ‘cause I’m goin’ down Or, how I learned to stop worrying and love a 40%.

  

  "Buddy Holly" to Weezer. Yesterday I met three people who did not know who ... themselves to a differential equations textbook, buy their first starbucks ... I've got this term is 6.003: Signals and Systems. And, to be honest, I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 27, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  AIDS Walk San Francisco Shameless solicitation -- join the fun

  

  . My friend Tiffany '06 invited me to join her company's team, and Laura ... fundraising: This is a very important issue to me so I have set an ambitious fundraising goal. I want to do as much as I can to make a difference in the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  An American Idol Math Question You guys are all good in math; help me out with this one.

  

  's always going to be a tie. Voters just max out each contestant's phone lines ... 's put it another way - if 200 million people try to register votes in that ... , 100 million people who wanted to vote for him, and Kat and Taylor each

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 19, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Making your college decision May 1st! Have you decided?

  

  it to falling in love.] Make the decision with both your head and your ... League school, a college with easy access to a beach, or one with a top ... , there's nothing cooler than living next to Fenway during the summer, the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 28, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Almost Famous You probably think this entry is about me.

  

  have until Mitra gets home to read this entry. So today the first issue of The Tech since the marathon, so of course they decided to cover it ... with an unbelievably fast time. However, they instead chose to use this

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 21, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s snowing, and “It’s Raining” K-Pop and Prof. Henry Jenkins.

  

  It's snowing here tonight, so when I got home I decided to curl up on ... -like ability to leap through puddles while performing his hit song, "It's Raining"). He wants nothing less than to break down barriers, build cultural

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 31, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  One and one and one is three Haha, it tells me to write an excerpt. This whole entry is an excerpt.

  

  window and try to guess what's just outside the contextual frame. I wish I had some more excerpts from stuff to post here. Regarding Handel ... IVMIT candygram to support a missionary trip to the Dominican Republic

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Orientation Wrap-Up Reason #457 why I love Orientation: I don't have to pay for food for a…

  

  goes that you should not have to spend any money on food for at least ... been touched on yet. "/> Our CityDays project involved going to the ... advantage of our free rides on the T, we went to JP Licks. Susan Hockfield

  • by Bryan
  • September 4, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Mikey Yang ‘05 Name: Mikey Yang; Job title: Admissions Counselor; Hometown: Troy, MI

  

  to be at all! Everyone works hard and studies, but they hang out, party, have fun...the people here are so down to earth. Everyone's got a nerdy ... people will actually laugh and won't shun them to the library. The

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 19, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Amy Perez Name: Amy Perez; Job title: Assistant Director of Admissions; Hometown: Lubbock, TX

  

  being witty and down-to-earth. I am never afraid of talking about my loves ... love going to the ballet, eating famous Boston ice cream (such as ... Looney Tunes cartoons Advice about applying to college/MIT: Pay attention

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 14, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Beyond the Iron Cur…I mean, Mass Ave

  

  Campus and West Campus, a distinction that, at least to me, always brings the Cold War to mind in entertaining ways. Here's the difference: West ... of campus tend to fit more easily into the "stereotypical MIT student

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back From Paternity Leave I'm back! A few words on the Harvard Admissions Institute and such.

  

  posted in response to my last entry about raising siblings to be friends. It's truly something that I'll keep and refer to in the coming years ... schedule!) Needless to say, it's pretty awesome. Tonight is our one night off

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 22, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Two important reminders

  

  fast approaching. Today, Friday, April 29, is the regular deadline to ... for U.S. students to sign up. Remember that we require, in addition to ... cost, I recommend taking three SAT IIs in June. I encourage you to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 29, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ethicist

  

  some students abused his time by never actually submitting the letters to ... letters written by other teachers. To deter this, he now charges $20 per ... abroad have figured out that they can call our shipping company to figure

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 13, 2005