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• Blog / MIT Life

  The Sam Survey I'M HOSED.

  

  entry, might I add, of like eight billion. Snively is totally making me look bad. The only thing that makes it worse is that I have two entries ... last summer, and because my blog bio is essentially the same one I wrote

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Endless rain into a paper cup ...also, restless wind inside a letterbox.

  

  like a little wind and rain is going to stop them from running it ... love the MIT energy initiative or whatever just as much as President ... out the weather report in mid-April and this is what I get... I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 16, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Weather Sensitive I know you think that I don't care, but I really do.

  

  is on its way. It involves my Thanksgiving in Senior Haus. And the

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 27, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Physical Education: because your body needs problem sets, too My adventures in completing the MIT Physical Education requirements

  

  (P.E.) “points,” then you won’t receive an MIT diploma. Harsh, eh? That’s right, MIT requires you to graduate with a strong mind and body, while ... varsity sport. The range of gym classes is really outstanding, some of them

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cultura MIT students use online collaboration with their French counterparts to learn about each other's cultures.

  

  homework I'm doing right now is part of a unit called Cultura, where we ... completions, where we at MIT enter (in English) what first comes to mind when we

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Gotta Catch ‘Em All! A DUCT TAPE COW!!!

  

  I used to play Pokemon. I won't lie. One could possibly say that Boston is a living GameBoy game this summer with the Cow Parade. All across Boston, the Jimmy Fund has been sponsoring The Cow Parade which basically

  • by Bryan
  • July 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tech Nomads Four MIT students are spending the summer racing 8000 miles across Europe. Find out why.

  

  "The mother of all adventures, the Mongol Rally is an 8000 mile dash ... , there is no carefully marked course, there are no professional drivers ... Mongol rally is a charity event raising money for some fantastic

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Preparing for CPW

  

  Campus Preview Weekend is fast approaching, and I'm sure many of you admitted folks are excited! I just got back from an amazing week in Scandinavia and I think it's time for a little update. Forgive me, though, for

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Howdy From The Middle Of RA Selection It's Sunday at lunchtime and we have a bit of a break, so I thought…

  

  eerie, as I've never seen that before. But it's good to know that MIT people DO sleep! One of the best parts of selection is the massive amount

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Regarding The Tech Article Some clarifications.

  

  The Tech published an article today that contains some significant factual errors. In particular this statement: "Although MIT limits the ... students who submit regular applications." This is completely wrong. First of

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 18, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  2006 Already?!? Back to work tomorrow... wow do vacations go fast!

  

  resolved. MIT is observing the New Year's Day holiday today (1/2) since the

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Asking for Directions Two weeks of pondering, photography, and prose.

  

  When I applied to MIT, I had a good idea of what I wanted to do when ... computing than MIT? And so it went. I got in and my dream of being some eminent CS guy was on its way. Strengthening my plan was the fact that MIT

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 19, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dear Mom, Vol. 1 If I told you my life was a circus, would you believe me?

  

  share with you today's email. It is very reminiscient of the letters I

  • by Bryan
  • October 6, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  fpop-ing I haven't worn a poncho since the third grade.

  

  marathon including Gattaca and Aliens in 6-120 Orientation is by far one

  • by Bryan
  • August 26, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  First Blogiversary One year ago today, "McGann's Factors" began.

  

  One year ago tomorrow -- August 6, 2004 -- I started the first of six blogs MIT Admissions would launch in 2004. Now, with more than a dozen ... comments, one entry: 162 ("Admitted!", March 14, 2005) As this entry is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Off to Southeast Asia Even Admissions Officers get to take a vacation sometimes.

  

  Today, I leave for three weeks of vacation in Southeast Asia. Nominally, the purpose of the trip is to be in Malaysia for a (Malay) friend ... MIT in the comments section of their posts. I'm disappointed that I didn

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 20, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  I’m a non-traditional applicant. How do I apply?

  There are many applicants to MIT from many types of backgrounds, and while we consider them all in their context, we need to know some common ... decision about what letters of support to send for review is left up to the
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] 8.13 Junior Lab feat. aidan chambers '23

  

  this is a post by my good friend aidan chambers '23 who is a physics major at mit! this past semester he took 8.13, junior lab! ///// Junior Lab (8.13) is one of the most infamous, trial-by-fire, taxing, and yet

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 30, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  soulsearching / naubos na in which i ramble about purpose

  

  at MIT. It’s not as if all of my friends are doing something, because ... Without a sense of purpose I’ve spent all this time For no reason MIT has an ... . He gave some helpful advice, the most memorable of which is to aim to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 22, 2020
• Blog / How to Food

  rice cooker cooking or, how to cook for yourself with zero skill

  

  , rice is great. I'm a Filipino, so I love rice. Second, rice cookers are ... rice cooker. This is the rice cooker I have. There is only one switch ... is not expensive. It does not take a lot of space. And it cooks such a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 19, 2021