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• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A fortnight of Boston summer +1 for using the word "fortnight" outside of an SAT or literature class

  

  . As I write this, it is one month to the day since I took my 7.05 (biochemistry) final. This was my only test of finals week, so I spent every ... the exhibit justice because my camera just couldn't handle the low

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 23, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Coming Soon! In which I briefly account for my I-haven't-been-blogging-so-much-recently shenanigans

  

  I haven't been as buried as my fellow premed Chris S., '11, who ... Freshman's Take: You may recall that my search for a UROP has been going on ... relocating to Boston College over the summer, I've had my hands full in chasing

  • by Emad T. '14
  • April 28, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Best (Work-Related) All-Nighter Ever Stressfully fun times at the Institvte.

  

  putting pencil to paper(s) and finger to keyboard(s), writing my first arrangement ever for my jazz class without being completely sure what two of the ... papercuts later, I hauled my arrangement off to Kresge, where a ragtag band of

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 18, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Newly Admitted Student Events… ...coming to your neighborhood.

  

  , and now that I have emerged from my first season of reading MIT ... for Admitted Students. Although a lot of my time is spent preparing for ... few highlighted events this coming week; see your MyMIT portal for the

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread for Admitted Students

  

  remember to check out your MyMIT account starting tomorrow morning for Campus

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Hot Crosswalk Buns free food and football cleats

  

  the upcoming ultimate frisbee / pickup football season.* On my way back, however, I ended up on the opposite side of Mass Ave from my building, and ... burritos from Anna's). But as I like to say in my info sessions, sometimes

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 4, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Learning Time Because that really is what we are here for

  

  of my classes is 1.00 (or in non-MIT speak, Intro to Computers and Engineering Problem Solving). My classes this semester are a little different ... covering in many of my classes is no longer background material, but rather

  • by Becca H. '12
  • March 4, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fact: Architecture majors have to code I don't remember signing up for this

  

  my year is ... CODING. Yeahhh - What the... I’ll be first to say that ... pretty pictures. From my past entries, that’s clearly incorrect, but I ... Majors...Let’s just say this class makes me put on my artsyfartsy hat and

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 22, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Life On Mars and by "Mars" I actually mean "3AB, Simmons Hall."

  

  year I blocked with some friends from my freshman year and we added some super freshman to our hall. I live with my pals but I still get to do my ... into three towers, A, B and C. My floor has both towers A and B connected

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • February 15, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Put a Ring On It 2013 RING PREMIERE!

  

  anticipation only grew. I struggled to pay attention through my classes and focus on my UROP. I distracted myself briefly with a 30 minute nap and a trip ... left the warmth of my dorm to line up with the other '13s outside of

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 11, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Early Action: Decisions Now Available An announcement.

  

  MIT Early Action admissions decisions for the class of 2015 are now available at https://decisions.mit.edu. decisions.mit.edu You can log in using the same username and password that you use to log into your My

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blast From The Past: Garage Hero! Turn your Guitar Hero controller into a MIDI Garageband device.

  

  out how to make my Guitar Hero guitar work as a MIDI controller, just ... emailed my old student account asking if I'd ever gotten it working. The entire project had literally escaped my memory, but thankfully, not You

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 24, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  What YOU’RE Doing This Summer! (2010 Edition!) yay pictures!

  

  Society (which has a chapter affiliated with my High School). The majority ... 's close and dear to my heart (working with Asian communities in Chinatown - which I have been doing all four years of my time at MIT). From Ting, '13

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 9, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Bill Gates It looks like you're trying to inspire philanthropy...

  

  sign my DOS 2.0 binder. Maybe next time.

  • by Dave McOwen
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / How to MIT

  BLARGL! Where have all the orange lockers gone?

  

  ways I am able to support my spending habit. I have a theory that ... big deal, but when I worked for my dad out on our acreage, there's only ... destitution sets in. My first big purchase was a new camera. Amazon had it on

  • by Snively '11
  • February 23, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Days Without a Laptop… i need laptop-rehab

  

  Today is Day 5, after my laptop refused to boot after turning on ... Authorized Repair person. I don't think I've been physically separated from my ... from them about the status of my computer tomorrow, but if it costs more

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 22, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  ..and Here We Go Again! [by Ken Haggerty '11] ARTalk is back!

  

  Association, and I do my research in Camera Culture, a group at the Media Lab ... math, I'm playing Bach on my violin, singing Black Sabbath songs, listening to eccentric contemporary classical music, or broadcasting my show

  • by ARTalk
  • February 5, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  40 Hours Left! The time is 0500 EST, 12/15. I am studying for finals. You are waiting for…

  

  me When around that curve we swung. (Girl) Yes, and though I'd lost my ... first met down at Spring Street And then upon my word. (Girl) I felt I'd known you all my life When we reached Twenty Third. (Boy) You won my heart

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 15, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  TGIF! After a long week comes...a FEAST!

  

  Sorry for being MIA you guys! I've had a tough couple of weeks, but I'm back! Thursday night/Friday morning was filled with intense tooling, but it was well worth Friday's deliciousness. My friends and I normally go

  • by Celena C. '12
  • November 15, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Admission Interview Tick tock!

  

  . Every student in the MyMIT database is assigned an alumni interviewer, aka ... EC directly, and the contact information is listed in your My ... in MyMIT that they intend to apply EA. For those of you who haven

  • by Dave McOwen
  • October 8, 2009