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  A Word of Warning (Pay Attention) A guest entry by Kelsey Kennedy '12

  

  April in front of my computer and went through the process of telling MIT ... reading the blogs for years and visiting campus during CPW, I thought I had ... and all that certainly helped. There are just a few things I learned

  • by Snively '11
  • January 4, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  beeping oh god the beeping it's driving me insane I am so tired and then it ... update. My grades are all in, and for the first time since coming off of ... Junior-Senior P/D/F, and they can't satisfy any Institute or departmental

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

  Anatomy of a Late Night There are some problems caffeine can't solve. But only a few.

  

  2 liters of Mountain Dew: $2.75 Mint Milanos: $3.39 Artichoke Spinach Hummus: $2.99 Wheat Thins: $2.29 Getting all your work done... priceless And now, I sleep, perchance to dream...

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 17, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Tips from Me to You 15% is standard most places, but my tips are 100%! (awesome that is)

  

  varies by high school location and personality, but Senior Year is not ... DO stuff. Whatever it is you like to do, get out there and get it done ... Figs? Is 2 enough? Here comes point #2, and it's gonna hit you hard: It

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part 3 Connecting with your Educational Counselor

  

  taking your calls, receiving your emails, setting up interviews and writing ... mechanics of how this all works. The best way to find out the name and ... . There you will see the name of your EC and the best means to contact them

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Why no blogs!? I'm busy, ok?

  

  Why no entries lately? Because MIT's Freshman Orientation is in full swing and everybody on campus is crazy busy. With what? Stuff like the East vs. West Water War from yesterday. Photos courtesy of our ever

  • by Snively '11
  • August 25, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  In which I am only slightly less boring than usual The title says it all, no?

  

  the blogs- it can be blamed on one of two things: 1) The Shift and A ... 's being in lab all the time for my UROP and working at the Senior Haus front desk. When I'm not busy dropping and shattering flasks full of buffers I

  • by Keri G. '10
  • July 12, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist Wrap-Up 2008

  

  that we do not have any more room in the class, and will not admit any ... admissions for this year and let the remaining waitlist students focus on their ... , thank you, and we wish you all the best at your college in the fall -- we

  • by Decisions
  • June 24, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  ¿Cómo se dice…? La única cosa que he aprendido en la clase de español.(Blame Google Translator if that…

  

  Boston and MIT. Weird names. Hard to pronounce names. Names made ... courtesy of Sara, and then some MIT advice courtesy of me. Sara Advice When ... like Andover, Arlington, Worcester, and Quincy. While most of these

  • by Snively '11
  • June 11, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Happy Things Yay!

  

  , though this isn't the first time this year - we've had nice days on and off ... prefrosh didn't take it because she seemed pretty cool, and just hope I find ... 't getting my new bike for Bike and Build (which you haven't donated to yet

  • by Karen F. '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Overnight Program: Now Taking Requests Plus... a fun mitadmissions.org milestone!

  

  stay overnight on campus beginning on September 30th, and since we need ... January and February, preference is given to seniors and to admitted students, and starting in March, the program is only open to admitted

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 18, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  The Open-Ended Question Why I chose MIT ... twice

  

  meet everyone who got in and hear about their stories about how they ... be mad blog coverage of CPW over the next few days, so fear not. And ... those choose your own adventure books and loved it, that would be a great

  • by Bryan
  • April 15, 2007
• Blog / Events

  The Namesake Jhumpa Lahiri's novel comes to the Cambridge screen

  

  stranger to MIT. She spoke here as part of the MIT Writers Series and visited campus again as part of a symposium on Asian Diasporas and New ... and Resource Center (LLARC) Things the movie got right: Ashoke &

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 19, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt 2007 A final report from this year's awesome IAP puzzling solving funfest.

  

  coin and win the hunt in a mere 25--no, 15--no, 5 puzzles, if they'd only ... videos on how to be really really evil in various fields, and all the ... , which led them on a goose chase through the halls of MIT and down into

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 16, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Random notes A little bit of this, a little bit of that.

  

  'll be reading them this week and posting some of them next week. Good news for Heroes fans at MIT: Masi Oka, who plays the lovable and awesome ... producing and is rumored to also be in the film. I don't know if you caught

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 9, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Photographic evidence Warning: trig ahead.

  

  ’s just so freaking cute! Of course, he’s totally in love with Veronica and ... , worst plot EVER), completely biatchy nature, and dating habits are less ... she very very busy? I would love to hear from her, and I guess so would

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 10, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Are We Dating? Till blogging do us part

  

  Soooo someone asked on Sam's blog: Are you and Mitra dating? I wish ... 've gone as far as San Francisco, CA and have even explored the redwood ... : and done lots of weird things in our suite, usually after spending more

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 7, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Everybody LOVES a math joke Math jokes for a Monday chuckle!

  

  future lawyers and chemists: "A biologist, a physicist, and a ... they saw a man and a woman entering a building. Ten minutes later they ... Mathematical Folk Humor by Paul Renteln and Alan Dundes Here are some I received

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 6, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Who you gonna call? The Mythbusters @ MIT!

  

  : Last night, LSC hosted the Mythbusters, Adam and Jamie, who came to MIT to describe some of their work and how they get inspiration for what ... , and one day I found myself walking out of class across Killian Court to

  • by Bryan
  • November 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two quick items from the web Anthropology of War and Peace, and a ton of snow at Chi Phi.

  

  , 21A.217: Anthropology of War and Peace, taught by Prof. Hugh Gusterson ... cultural experiences of war differ, and how war has affected American culture." Second, the Boston Globe had this photo and caption today: A ton of snow

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 3, 2006