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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

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

  

  Freshman's Take: You may recall that my search for a UROP has been going on ... search is nearing its conclusion. And now, for the obligatory suspense: Did ... Sciences lab, or somewhere else? Do I even get to be paid for this stuff? And

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

  A Cacophony of Coats Also, my courseload for this term!

  

  little thing called small talk that people substitute for awkward silence ... store for the purpose of providing discounts. The three of us waited interminably for the bus, wrapped beseechingly in our coats. As I silently wept

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 10, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Alan Guth and Day 1 on the Navajo Reservation Warning: this post may blow your mind

  

  My first final exam at MIT was 8.012: "Physics For Masochists ... instructor for 8.033 - General Relativity - who had their exam in the same hall. He also, I found out, is a recitation instructor for 8.286 - The Early

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 3, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Update The latest on app tracking, app numbers, etc.

  

  for Early Action.   Early action applications on the rise Expected 6500 applicants will be another record for MIT admissions By Joanna ... should wait for an official announcement from our office. We have not yet

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 18, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Ode to the New, Part 3 "Your calendar looks like a clown threw up on it!" -my friend Jordan

  

  ! Images not for the faint-hearted. Spiraling out of control. - Now is ... signed up for until I received e-mails saying "thank you for joining ... stay away from activities that were too time-consuming – sports, for

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 28, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  On Mens et Manus The realizations one has whilst building improvised flotation devices.

  

  for the life of me I couldn’t remember a time when that had been my ... that in mind, credit for the revelation that I maybe was that sort of ... -more-mechanically-inclined boyfriend, Daniel M. ’14. For us, physics was always a collaborative

  • by Natanya K. '14
  • October 14, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Lea-der! Lea-der! Bat-man! ...I mean, Lea-der!

  

  to say they were not qualified to run for office. When women do run ... Conference for College Women Student Leaders in College Park, Maryland, and met ... was honored by the conference committee as a Woman of Distinction for

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • July 13, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Orthostatic Tolerance [by Ken Haggerty '11] It might not be such a bad idea to visit this…

  

  've attended. (And I'm not just saying that because I am writing a blog for MIT ... .) For those both within and outside of the Institute who have not yet ... Percent-for-Art program responsible for contributing new works of public art

  • by ARTalk
  • June 23, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  More Information on the Waitlist Some answers for those offered a place on MIT's waitlist.

  

  for a class of about 1,075 students this year. Based on our estimates of ... %. What are the realities here? I know that while we plan for the worst ... MIT waitlist, everything will still turn out well for you in the end

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 18, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Just My Luck The somewhat eventful story of my first EMT shift ever.

  

  tale, I'd like to take full responsibility for Sunday's events. I did ... called in for a little help. Enter the DAO (Director of Ambulance ... for at least two hours. By this time, I was numb and greatly regretting

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 12, 2010
• Blog / Community Projects

  Phew! BUSY BUSY BUSY BUSY!

  

  O.M.G. It's over, finally. For the last two weeks all of the ... got to work right away planning and organizing orientation events for ... know freshmen. For my part, my first task of orientation was to build an

  • by Snively '11
  • September 10, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Characterization This might or might not enrage you.

  

  for school. For some reason, the whole sci-fi/fantasy world has never ... which for some reason look like people (vain creators perhaps?) creep me ... , businesspeople, professors or scientists for parents (or aunts or uncles or

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • August 28, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  More Information on the Waitlist Further details for waitlisted applicants.

  

  aiming for a class of about 1,075 students this year. Based on our ... know that while we plan for the worst, usually things don't go quite so ... still turn out well for you in the end. Who do you admit from the waitlist

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 17, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Waxing nostalgic, in a zen kind of way I've heard of zen. This is not zen.

  

  beeping it's driving me insane I am so tired This has been going on for ... update. My grades are all in, and for the first time since coming off of ... , which made for a frequent point of contention between me and my once

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 31, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Odds and ends and Canada A study break, plus some other highlights of the week

  

  . Remember this post in which I facetiously asked for a space heater? Turns out ... roommate picked up the following gem on sale for 50 cents at the grocery market last Thursday. It passes for a can of Crayons until you pick it up

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 12, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Food, Folks, and Fun…..but definitely not mcdonald’s Quinton makes friends at the Muslim Student Association

  

  attend a Faculty and Administration Dinner for Ramadan. The dinner was to ... Iman Kandil who is a senior and has been involved with the MSA for all four years at MIT. I had a chance to meet Iman and talk with her for

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 1, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  If strangers meet life begins you shall above all things be glad and young

  

  , drawing my eyes like a beacon. And in that moment MIT unfolded for me, as I ... they wanted to study, what they liked to do for fun. What made them tick ... first discovered my passion for biomedical research. Unsurprisingly, every

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 23, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day in the Life (2)… [Mathematics] Studying math at Cambridge and MIT.

  

  [Justin '08] Hi everyone. I went on the exchange for 06-07 (so I ... , although the only evaluation for Cambridge occurs at the end of the year in ... continual assessment, and are given maybe a few days to prepare for tests, and

  • by Cambridge
  • May 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Finding My Way Around MIT (Guest Entry) CPW was so hugely difficult to take in all at once that it's hard to…

  

  condense your life into 500 words for the admissions office. But I shall try ... tools and devices that were redesigned to be inexpensive enough for people to afford. A major challenge for many people is finding fuel, usually

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 20, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Rrrrrrr. CPW! [UPDATE] CPW Smoke. Don't breathe this.

  

  [The Call For Guest Entries has been updated/modified] Wow, excuse ... activate it you need to speak blender to it. I could describe it for you all ... of the criteria that I'll be looking for in the guest entries I publish

  • by Snively '11
  • April 1, 2008