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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Like a freshman Getting a P+ isn't just for frosh anymore.

  

  first time. Last night I woke up at 5:30 to put the finishing touches on ... encountered my suitemate and moral compass Dizzle '09, just finishing up a 2 ... shuffled my way over to the student services center, picked up an add

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 6, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Holiday Life's not always a picnic in Killian Court.

  

  their respective universities slaved away we at MIT got up late, ate ridiculous amounts of food for a few hours (I woke up to my friends making a ... take up a quarter of the page, and to be printed in full color. Also

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Big MIT Career Fair Lots of companies are on campus today recruiting MIT students.

  

  banks Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley. Leading up to the Career Fair ... lined up a month into senior year, almost a year in advance. For the underclassmen, Career Week is a great first opportunity to line up internships for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 21, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  “Who Needs Harvard?” Generating your college list based on which schools fit your personality, not your ideas of…

  

  the idea that parents need to lighten up. "Just as you've changed and ... students, when you made up your college list, did you apply to the most ... ended up right where I belonged. I'll never forget peopleТƒфs surprise

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 15, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Toga, Toga, Toga On being in a fraternity (info for parents too)

  

  Orientation and lasts for up to two weeks. - Over those two weeks, you get to ... like them and they like you, you probably end up getting a bid to join ... introduced to when you first get here. If nothing else, don't pass up the surf

  • by Bryan
  • June 14, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Adventures in Italy, Part 1 Chi, chi, chinotto

  

  to pick up a travel book. (Yes, I waited until the last minute to ... . Actually, a total of 18 of me and my friends ended up making the sojourn ... woke up to watch Chicken Little and eat. Then came for the excitement

  • by Bryan
  • April 5, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tuesday is the new black. The world moves on MIT's hips. The world moves and it swivels and bops.

  

  important that I had to wake Mitra up from her nap to tell her. Now, I like to ... coolest people on campus, moved up to the top two or three when she showed ... text for the first time to look up some fugacity equilibrium relations

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 21, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  I know my calculus… and U2. Bono takes on global poverty, fashion, and Course 18.

  

  mullets. Remember, good things always come in threes. Any other bloggers up ... catch up on current events through the vast library of Newsweek, Time, and ... up this week in Entertainment Weekly that in addition to all his

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 26, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt 2006 announced

  

  where students and others team up to solve lots of puzzles, with the ... reservations up until Hunt itself, or later. THE EARLIER YOU REGISTER, THE BETTER ... ). Our "map" of Normalville kept the team up-to-date on our progress. This

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 16, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Search Continues On the internship search and deciding what I want to do with my life.

  

  'll describe to you my morning. I woke up this morning at 8.50 AM to a phone ... because I decided to stay up late and continue working on my critical review ... have a few friends who participated in UPOP. Some ended up working at

  • by Bryan
  • November 15, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Spectacle I was going to title this entry "Spectacle of Light," because I mention MIThenge. Then…

  

  meal right beforehand. I usually end up having a small snack about an ... shows up to sporting events (ahem), so when my friend Sam '09 said she was ... that he'd be down at the end of the 3rd floor of building 8, so I met up

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  More About Reading ...based on your questions!

  

  will shake out, but I expect we'll be up slightly from last year's ~2800 ... -out-of-business sale. On Eric's recommendation, I picked up albums by S.H.E and Jay Chou. In total, I picked up 4 of their CDs for only $10! Afterwards, I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  On sleep There's nothing certain in this world but sleep and taxes.

  

  spreadsheet was born. I don't really know what compels me to keep it up, other ... pressure, and end up pulling lots of all-nighters because that's when they do ... ... it's usually possible to find people up and around campus at any hour

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 7, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy November 1st! Halloween was yesterday. My costume was/is an embarassment. You should read about it!

  

  . I'll shut up now, since I don't actually know what I'm talking about ... . Matt suggested that I dress up as an iPod, which was cool in a way, but ... , just in case anyone gave me a hard time about not dressing up. Ready for

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 1, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tour of Novartis

  

  Medical Engineering Society (BMES) I quickly signed up. Novartis is a world ... up in 2003 and is home to about 700 scientists. Ever seen those ... up your psets, perhaps)? You may also have heard of Gleevec, a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 21, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Football home opener College football is as American as apple pie.

  

  makeup on and showed up at the gym an hour and a half early. After running through our cheers a few times and warming up stunts, we went to the Z ... marching band practice so they can make up dances to the songs the band plays

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 18, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  jetsetting i saw a flying pig.

  

  pick me up at the airport. The message said, "I don't know if you know ... book Are You My Mother. There were no more flights, but I didn't give up ... spent the day catching up about our summers and EATING. First Stop

  • by Bryan
  • August 9, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Summertime I am often asked what we admissions officers do during the summer. Frequently, people assume…

  

  of work to be done. So, you may ask, what are we up to right now ... some snazzy new stuff on MyMIT. Wrapping up the Class of 2009 and ... . What are you up to this summer? Anything interesting?

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 10, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  A sporting chance

  

  Despite growing up in New York, I became a Red Sox fan when I was 8 ... growing up I always enjoyed sports, especially baseball and hockey, I didn ... ... The sign-up sheets for the teams would be in the lobby of the dorm, and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 22, 2004
• Blog / Summer

  The Courage to Change Even Through the [Tough] Mud[der]

  

  ”S IMPOSSIBLE [/annotation] ]. I never ended up running the race after that. I did ended up writing a blog about it all, though. This summer, I wanted to ... half marathon by the end of the summer.  But that didn’t end up

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 11, 2025