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• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  - a free performance courtesy of some street performers - we ate ... going on that are pretty exciting, and for all of you '09s reading this, I ... said. I can say this from experience. It's a lot of fun; don't miss out.

  • by Bryan
  • August 26, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Trouble with External Validation Which came first? The admit or the awesome...

  

  "submit" as the January 1 deadline came and went. For some the wait is over, while for others it has just begun. In the admissions office, we are ... limited availability relative to the significant demand, for the exceptional

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • January 9, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Derailment My Gap Year

  

  of an interview for a prestigious internship with a law firm, I was ... , but liberating. Scary but rewarding. Truly free. With freedom come new ... Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • September 18, 2011
• Blog / Events

  IAP is moving along

  

  hunt with Project Electric Mayhem (can you figure out the pop culture ... for "remote hunters" - people participating from distant cities and such, so we get a lot of random alums in far-flung locales who want to play

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 14, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Maseeh Hall: Pros and Cons this is a pros and cons list re: maseeh hall

  

  (debatable, if I'm being honest with myself). Things turned out fine for me. I ... oven with a cool glass of lactose-free milk (which I have discovered is ... to decide which dorm I wanted to live in for my first year at MIT. I

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • April 15, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Stop and Smell the Seasons Before it's winter and your nose is so numb you can't smell anything.

  

  students for free during Spookyskate, SaveTFP’s annual Halloween event, where ... California for ten years now, but unlike other sun-loving transplants, I ... , crispy leaves ripe for the leaping, apple picking, cinnamon and nutmeg

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • November 3, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Spring Break Good times all around.

  

  , but then my flight got canceled, leaving me frustrated and with an intense craving for home/family/my mom's food - none of which I'd had in ... myself that it didn't look too bad and fully qualified for procrastination

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 31, 2012
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Greetings from Switzerland

  

  much a lot of the stuff written in the MIT forum (and elsewhere, for that ... Lausanne, Switzerland, where I've been living for the past 10 days. I ... on the Internet, but I need to have time to acquire a power adaptor for

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 23, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Refactored

  

  Yes, several days without blogging. I'm sure you've been waiting with bated breath. Where have I been? Well, for the past ten minutes, I was ... morning we had our weekly staff meeting, a good chance for all admissions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 2, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  In Stereo

  

  I just returned from seeing an LSC free sneak preview of I Heart Huckabees with a pretty enthusistic MIT crowd. LSC has these sneak previews ... what we are doing with our time in the fall. Our small admissions office

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 8, 2004
• Blog / Community Projects

  Food for Thought [guest post] On food and our culinary club, Mince

  

  two-year contract with Teach for America, teaching biology to high ... service, we shared with him that as much of a pleasure the meal was for our ... affordable dining experiences run by students, for students. Hosted at unique

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 4, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Christmas with the McGanns

  

  always gets all gussied up for the holidays. It's great to be able to spend some quality time with my family... I hope many of you are taking advantage of your holiday time with family, too. Happy holidays! =)

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 24, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.009 Final Presentation Recap Flashing lights, a live horse, social robots, great music, clouds of steam and lots of…

  

  but with… …a rendition of What Does the Fox Say by a live band playing on the upper levels. The crowd exploded into cheers and applauses ... , each charged with making a new product on a budget of $6500 and a 3-month

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 11, 2013
• Blog / Classes

  contradictions too much, not enough

  

  guess it's just that i've been busy with classes, and my urop, and there ... position, typing this out. i just made a bunch of heart-shaped cookies with chris and tiramisu for a hall birthday. it's the first day of the long

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • October 8, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  The MIT Midyear Report Applicants should submit this form ASAP, by February 15th.

  

  're only looking for this from students with something to report -- so if you ... , feel free to add some extra info in the "Subjects taken" box. For example ... to be completed by every student being considered for Regular Action

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 25, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  clay crash course one month of wheelthrowing later…

  

  to even out the rim; round the lip over with a soft sponge; and glide ... , and one-time workshops, I threw on the wheel for an average of eight ... from Japonaise Bakery; it was a squat, proud building with a large yard

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • February 10, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Danger Danger! Listen to Burt, duck and cover!

  

  . Every once in a while you walk by a door with a sign on it and you wonder ... thick, they also have another type of sign for high voltages: If you ... ignoring the "Hazardous Waste Storage Area" sign, you are left with the NFPA

  • by Snively '11
  • January 23, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Lip Sync ‘08 Because I want . . . you . . . back

  

  come. I chatted with some friends and hung out waiting for the show to ... Sorry for not having posted recently. It's gotten to the point where ... of Friday and all of Saturday completely off. Yes, that screws me for

  • by Snively '11
  • April 27, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The College Circle of Life Nance starts waxing about some deep stuff.

  

  made the 12-hour round trip from Boston to Ithaca, NY. When I departed ... Cornell and she is responsible for some of the biggest lessons that I ... ethnicity openly and honestly. Don't just play up the school's strengths, but

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • June 8, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Trp

  

  nothing to do with MIT, but I was searching for info on Ryan Cabrera ... Building 100000 for you binary fans) and read, among other things, about how ... F. So far, no such problems with the Stata Center. Across Vassar

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 29, 2004