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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  With Apologies to Dr. Seuss why MIT is amazing, a la buzzfeed

  

  'em over with care. About some you will say, "I don't choose to go there ... happen, don't worry. Don't stew. Just go right along. You'll start ... : nd-nʎ - read about MIT hacks) You won't lag behind, because you'll have the speed

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 4, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Nate Silver visits MIT (or, do witches exist in real life?) No, he can't predict the outcome of your admissions decision. Probably.

  

  . Nate Silver doesn't call the election wrong; the wrong election was held ... ."  And by beating them in such an emphatic way, it wasn't just a triumph ... winning: "I didn't f--- this up!  Now I get to troll Politico

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 1, 2013
• Blog / How to MIT

  Pay it forward I used to have a guilt complex.

  

  , but you really don't know enough about graduate-level chemistry and complex analysis and goodness-knows-what-else to do that. So, you don't ... Particularly Enthusiastic Chemist: "YOU GUYS DON'T ASK ME ENOUGH QUESTIONS ABOUT

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Harbinger of Doom, Despair, and Knowledge: PSETS Don't worry, not as bad as they sound.

  

  don't think anyone's ever talked about them. So! Here we are, and here ... a Thursday night. Generally speaking, there aren't many questions on a pset, but you shouldn't think that a lack of questions implies it won't

  • by Chris M. '12
  • May 3, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Veni, Vidi, Jamba I came, I saw, I conquered a lot of smoothies

  

  rigor, but it doesn’t have to be a grind all the time. So, even though I ... grocery store, in July. As for running, I don’t have many pictures of that ... . (Right) Then, it didn't.When we got there, we had a variety of paths to

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • August 15, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Summertime Things to do with your 100 days in the Summertime

  

  feel like this sometimes too.) But don't fall victim to the TV or FB this ... their time. (You don't need links to find out what types of cool things ... .) But they didn't start making good use of their summer months when they

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • July 22, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Construction Thoughts on a major.

  

  enjoyed making things; that hasn't changed at all. This summer, for example ... I wanted to have a bike for when I came to campus in the fall. I didn't ... lucky. However, I didn't want a piece-of-trash bike with a rusty chain

  • by Cam T. '13
  • December 26, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Mikey’s Meta TV Post ...In which you find out about the good, bad, and really bad shows I love…

  

  Network (even though it doesn't quite live up to the original Iron Chef ... Channel (I could watch this show for hours, if only there weren't other TV ... admit I watch. I don't care what you say, this show is amazing. It's right

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • December 24, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Questions about Blogging Some friendly advice.

  

  organized with academic work, but I still can't gauge how much time everything ... blogs, but I don't want to ruin someone else's chances if my applying isn't ... time (I've done this too). And that's okay. You can't do everything - but

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 30, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Discovering Yourself A bit more mushy than normal. . . deal.

  

  writing for me, I can't force myself to write something within a given ... every part of my application starting on August 1st I didn't start filling ... hadn't even thought about the essay, let alone started writing it, with

  • by Snively '11
  • June 13, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Take Me Back to Tech (Guest Entry) So hurrah for technology, 'ology, 'ology oh.

  

  ’t play Underground CTF, I did play BC’s CTF on Thursday night So, I won’t bore you with too much redundant recounting. Quickly ... the chat group (and the one poor guy in the group who wasn’t a

  • by Bryan
  • April 20, 2008
• Blog / Events

  On Latin American Things Hablas español? Do you want to?

  

  over. Kind of. I don't know about y'all, but these were the longest ... incentive to going, I don't know what is. I made it to eleven events, and I'm thinking that there won't be too many people who managed to make it to that

  • by Karen F. '11
  • March 21, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Person Who Inspired Me to Start this Blog The girls of Sri Lanka have in Alia an incredible beacon of hope and defender…

  

  couldn’t locate Tibet on a map. It seems comical, even absurd, that people who can’t locate Tibet on a map would clamor passionately for ... . I couldn’t help but think that some 40 years later, activism had

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • December 9, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Testimony from an ’11 By: Debbie, '11

  

  So I technically wasn’t supposed to blog – but my fellow ... wouldn’t make too much of a difference – we’d share the ... along. If you don’t, well, I assure you that I’m not too weird

  • by Bryan
  • April 20, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  More Updates from Cambridge It's CPW 24/7 here. We can't wait to see you.

  

  who can't make it... Don't worry too much if you can't be here for CPW ... Bostonist). CPW tips & tricks Read Bryan's latest entry. Don't forget the details If you haven't yet turned 18 and you're coming to CPW

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 10, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Brain Dump News and updates for admitted students from the last few weeks, in no particular order...

  

  split into two or three, but I didn't want to dominate the homepage ... personal favorite). If you've been admitted to MIT and haven't joined yet ... number is entirely speculative. We don't have any idea yet, because yield

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 28, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I want you to burn Unfortunately, usually somebody just blew up their spaghetti-o's.

  

  though we haven't meaningfully updated our web page in two and a half years ... doesn't mean you know that you should take the wrapper off of a microwave burrito, or that you shouldn't put pita chips in the oven and then forget

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  High Stakes Because it’s you who makes you.

  

  -2, recitation from 2-3 and another recitation from 4-5, I probably won't have ... campus, and I won't have it any other way. The energy around here is ... through my teeth if I said things weren't wonderfully amazing right now

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I need a fix ‘cause I’m goin’ down Or, how I learned to stop worrying and love a 40%.

  

  is that HASS-D tests don't really count. So really, the only test class ... don't even care anymore when those tests are. I think the ... , pulled an all-nighter studying for it, realized I didn't know my butt from

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 27, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Radia Perlman ‘73, Mother of the Internet Radia Perlman has three MIT degrees and more than 80 patents.

  

  ," she said. It was one of many such situations. But she didn't let anyone deter her career. "Some people don't make as much of an impact on things as they can because they don't believe in themselves enough or they don't

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 13, 2006