Search

Search Results

• Blog / Academics & Research

  In which brains are awesome Neener neener neener.

  

  , having never taken advantage of the "hey kids, look at my schedule!" post ... the last of my six Course 9 elective classes, and it's looking to be one ... gigantic pile of crap. Yeah, so she's teaching this class. My thoughts when

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorms The closest I'll get to an entry about the different dorms

  

  could tell you my impression, but odds are most people would disagree. Even if I described my own dorm, a lot of people would probably disagree

  • by Snively '11
  • June 24, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Working at a Toy Company! I promise you, my job was cooler than yours.

  

  spent my summer days working at Hasbro. I could've chosen a lot of ... I want to focus on my last Friday at work because it was one of the defining moments of my time at Hasbro. That Friday, Hasbro had a Big Wheel

  • by Snively '11
  • January 6, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Distractions Don't stress out!

  

  . PhD Comics Can't believe I originally forgot this gem! Called to my ... throwing this one in here. In Real Life... Baking Cleaning Your Room My

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 15, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So, uh… help me pick classes I have no classes.

  

  auditions. Islam happens at the same time as both my choices for the last remaining requirement for my physics degree (aside from my thesis): 8.07 or 8.351 (my sub for 8.09), so that's probably not going to happen. Out of those

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 2, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Admissions Statistics 2008 We've updated the stats page.

  

  Trivia: This year's admit rate was 11.9%. What was the admit rate for my class, the MIT Class of 2000, when we were admitted in 1996? [answer ... .3% -- more than 2x this year's rate. That could mean that if my admissions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 26, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Freshman Application: Live on Monday The MIT Freshman Application will go live tomorrow (Monday) on MyMIT.

  

  The MIT Freshman Application will go live tomorrow (Monday) on MyMIT. If you have not yet done so, you will need to register for a MyMIT account. The account provides a number of benefits, including: Access to the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 3, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  C’est la Vie In which I describe my summer in words, without photos (yet).

  

  leg space! =D) It was a fun time of relaxation, going back to my high ... (because my classes started so late), haha, but I went to sleep earlier in ... a whole summer! =D During the last week of my stay in Taiwan, I went

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 28, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Building 56 It's really boring. You may not even want to bother reading it.

  

  freshman you may have a class or two in 56. I had my HASS class there and a ... sidenote: Click this if you want the answer to the cryptogram puzzle from my

  • by Snively '11
  • June 30, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  St. George’s Day England's National Day

  

  . I whipped out my camera and we agreed that whatever it was, it would ... with my camera and was half expecting to see some sort of parade. But the

  • by Cambridge
  • April 26, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pi(e) Day Burton 1 celebrates Pi Day as we generally like to celebrate all unofficial nerd holidays…

  

  . Excited to get fitted for my dentures. Anyway, I'm still hosed, and I have a ... swear). The point of this entry is that my friend Liz '11 and I recently

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 18, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Eye Of The Storm Reflections in the brief moment between the last hours of selection committee and the release…

  

  my colleagues are still asleep - they deserve it! I'm sitting here ... amazing thing for me and calculated whether my job is net joy or net sorrow

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 15, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snow lovers, unite! The sky is falling...

  

  exam study days. From my desk at Hayden Library, I watched the snow fall ... . Every major road seems to be jammed. My friend said that in the 20 minutes

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 13, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  5th of November, Remembered Bonfire Night celebrations in Cambridge.

  

  . But I found out all about Guy Fawkes and Bonfire Night during my Chinese ... felt compelled to go. So after eating dinner at my college, I headed over

  • by Cambridge
  • November 5, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

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

  

  well regardless. My wedding and honeymoon does mean I'll be off email and the blogs for the next two weeks. If you have a pending question, my

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

  Ana Posada: Improving the production of an HIV medication Ana Posada, who just graduated from MIT, spent a year and half of her undergraduate…

  

  applications such as biodegradable plastic production and bioremediation. My ... % yield. My research has centered on engineering a plasmid into Rhodococcus

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 13, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  The end of an era Veronica Mars was canceled. That, or the seniors left. Interpret the title as you will.

  

  ) about the series(!) finale of my ex-favorite TV show, Veronica Mars. The ... . Just keeping up the theme. Angrily, Laura Which basically sums up my ... , while you're down there, please lick the bottom of my shoes and then don

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 13, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Some CPW Thoughts The latest on CPW planning from the Admissions Office.

  

  CPW hosts This past week, my colleagues and I spent many, many hours matching you with an MIT student host for CPW. With a record number of you ... my dreams After the long workdays this week, I couldn't even escape CPW

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 8, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Numbers, Perfect and Imperfect Math geeking, and a guessing game.

  

  A quick entry, before returning to reading applications... I am perfect today. Perfect? What do you mean, "perfect," you ask? Well, today is my birthday, and my age is now a perfect number. Perfect numbers

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 4, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  More HS Summer Programs Some academic and research opportunities for students to consider.

  

  students do these programs. Like I said in my earlier entry, a summer of ... chose for the majority of my summers in high school. Reading, doing sports

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 26, 2007