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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Helicopter Flight Training [by CDT Greg Wellman '09] 500 feet above Boston with two MIT Deans.

  

  something that I ever expected to see at MIT. Tagging along with Distinguished ... the door was shut. While closed doors don't impede the view, it is truly ... get that view of Boston, which is a shame. We could see everything: the

  • by ROTC
  • October 3, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Update Some news & notes for the Class of 2011.

  

  A few updates for the Class of 2011... Tonight MIT students will be ... (EST). Start thinking of questions you might have for actual MIT students! And, don't worry, if for whatever reason you don't get to talk to an MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2007
• Blog / Events

  The Secret Life Of Marilee Jones Sam is the funniest, though... BOTB and CPW Feedback.

  

  variable is responsible for the fact that we sold out Lobdell Food Court: 1 ... . Raffle of Guitar Hero An aside, if you will: Guitar Hero is one of the ... you farewell at the CPW desk, but here at MIT, it happens. Being able

  • by Bryan
  • April 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Etiquette Workshop: The Keys to Painless Networking Jodi Smith taught the UPOPers the keys to painless networking!

  

  yourself that might help jumpstart the conversation. Make sure the tagline is ... say "My name is Joe, and I have three dogs," while that line might be ... etiquette, MIT holds a Charm School for one full day during IAP. It's supposed

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 12, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Almost Only Counts in Horseshoes I almost did it. Rather I almost didn't do it. And all for a class…

  

  So like Mitra pointed out in her blog this week, this week MIT ... part of the week. "Attend the tale of Sweeney Todd..." MIT Musical ... musical is not for the weak stomached. It involves mild acts of cannibalism

  • by Bryan
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Jenny Rifken Name:Jenny Rifken; Job title: Director of Recruitment and Associate Director of Admissions; Hometown: Elgin, Illlinois

  

  Literature Favorite things about MIT: I love that the people take their studies ... seriously. There is a great sense of humor here. I also love the collaborative ... : Calvin and Hobbes Advice about applying to college/MIT: There's no one

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 3, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Theory of Actual Reality

  

  himself an actual MIT class. As usual, Prof. Sadoway (former Chair of the ... musicals (not to mention a brief mention of MIT). Soon after, we were wading ... transported back to my days as an MIT freshmen: the excitement I felt learning

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 22, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  checked off 101 things to do before you graduate...

  

  hosting prefrosh. I’ve also hosted for WISE twice, which is MIT’s fly ... don’t think this has every happened during my time at MIT? It is ... , but another part is happy I didn’t miss out on parts of MIT either

  • by Waly N. '24
  • May 31, 2024
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Not my college essay It's Blog Action Day and the topic is poverty.

  

  , the average MIT student is more than conscious of problems that don ... Believe it or not, this is not a post about how the bloggers are ... shelter for the southern Californians here at MIT, I think we can agree that

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 14, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Reasons I haven’t blagged… hint: "I'm Busy" isn't one of them

  

  a modern twist. This post is a very meta post about why I haven’t been ... start of class. It said something along the lines of “your true passion is ... . Partial Production, Partial Passion There is a literal folder in my google

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 29, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  ISEF, BAMF, and other west coast adventures planning my next two weeks

  

  Allan K.' 17 once put it, "Stanford is never far from MIT"). Grab some ... great competition that sends many alumni to MIT and is broadly aligned ... of other MIT people) increasingly live on different ends of the Boston

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 13, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I Am Excited a day in life of a student

  

  I am excited. I am excited because my math professor is sentences away from proving that the set of all real numbers (R) is uncountably infinite. That is, it’s on a whole new level of infinity, and this makes

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 23, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  That’s right, you’re sick Thank you, nurse, for stating the obvious.

  

  As I've discussed on this blog before, MIT MedLinks are awesome. Got ... to Medical! One drawback to the program, however, is that you don ... last night's session with a psychologist and a social worker from MIT

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 8, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Love, organically Mitra and I feel it in our fingers and feel it in our tosylates.

  

  upon a time at MIT, Sarah Tabacco was a black-clad, curly ... accessible fashion while emphasizing three major points: 1. Cyclobutene is NOT FLAT. 2. Stereochemistry is the most important thing in the world because

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 29, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  I’m more than twice as old as when I started my blog Rumors of my relevance are greatly exaggerated

  

  In 2004, I applied to MIT.  It was a paper form, the first part, and ... thing mattered.  It was the first year of the MIT Blogs, after all, and I ... wanted them to like me! In 2014, with my MIT degrees and my own blogging

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 20, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  College The path to self-discovery is lined with my blog entries.

  

  of junior year, I got into MIT. “Got into” is here used idiomatically ... been sleeping. The truth is that MIT isn't right for everyone. Some ... MIT, I became exceedingly convinced that graduating high school was just

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 21, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Just a Yellow Lemon Tree… I wrote a rap song for you.

  

  gone, I've... -Helped run MIT's first Model United Nations (MUN ... . This is my third semester directing the program! o___o -Graded 450 SAT ... went completely in the other direction and is taking on an Anthropology

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 11, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I’m Kind of a Big Deal Leaves and famous people alike think so.

  

  's formal. Brian speculates: All my buddies tell me MIT is for a bunch of nerds who have no life. Is that true? Can you have a stronger interest in ... I'm beginning to think the foliage is out to get me. I was hit by

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 22, 2006
• Blog / How to MIT

  Schedules and expectations The do's and dont's of freshman scheduling, and what to brace yourself for.

  

  the obvious fact that MIT is a tough place- the reputation exists for a reason. First semester is on pass/no record (P/NR) in order to give ... are, because first semester freshman year is a ball. My awesome pre

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 13, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  Come together (and eat)

  

  at MIT. The way it works is, there are a few dorms with dining halls. I ... to provide her own answer). Sara Campbell asked "It's cool that MIT ... 'd be lost with all those options! Does MIT compensate and have other

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 15, 2005