Snively '11
Jan 5 2012
Surviving MIT
Posted in: Best of the Blogs, Freshman Applicants, Process & Statistics, Prepare for MIT
Head over to /r/confession and you'll find this post lurking near the top. Since Reddit tends to cycle through content pretty routinely, I'll reproduce the post here:
Also, I'm kind of an asshole about how smart I am, at least to myself. I'm always telling myself that I was cheated out of an A, but deep down I know I deserved that B. Not only that, but I should have gotten B's in several other classes as well, but I somehow managed not to get them.
Jun 19 2011
This is the end
Posted in: Miscellaneous
INTRO
First things first, I have to post this, as promised in an earlier blog entry:
What could this possibly mean? It means I've graduated!!! Holy smokes, four years of MIT and now it's over. It seems like it goes so fast, how could it be over? Then you think about specific moment, all of the episodes, and you realize that it didn't go fast, that it took just as long as anything else takes because there's no way to slow or quicken the progression of time. So here we are, four years from when I started, and I get to look back at all I've done. Not gonna lie, sometimes it's hard to remember (not because the moments are painful, just because they were a long time ago and I'm getting old), and all these blog entries I've got archived here are an awesome way to reminisce.
Ups and Downs
It started on my personal blog with this, admittedly, super tooly entry. It's amazing to compare how I act and write now with some of my earlier entries, both in my personal blog and MIT blog. MIT has... read the post »
Apr 4 2011
how ARe you today?
Posted in: Life & Culture
Alright, a quick peak out of blogger retirement today to share some Lobby 7 hacker awesomeness.
1) If you haven't heard of hacking, go here: hacks.mit.edu
2) Ok, now that you know about hacking . . .
About 1 week ago Nintendo released their new handheld, the 3DS. Ooooh, ahhhh.
It's very similar to Nintendo's other handheld DS systems but includes some new goodies. The first, and most notable, is the glasses-free 3D top screen. Using some fancy hardware and focal length magic, the top screen actually sends two different images at two different angles so that each hits one of your eyes, creating a 3D image.
The 3D is cool, but irrelevant for this entry. More relevant, is the new "StreetPass" feature. Basically, in a ploy to get people carry around their new 3DS systems, Nintendo rigged it up so that if two people, each with a 3DS, pass each other on the street or in the hall, data (avatars, game stats, points, etc) is swapped between the two systems. I happen to be planning a... read the post »
May 17 2010
MIT Brings You Unwanted Attention
Posted in: Process & Statistics
There are definitely perks to attending MIT. For example, at MIT I've built yo-yos
Five(!) robots
A pirate ship out of water bottles
and, most recently, a working metal lathe
But there are certainly downsides. I think this comic does a great job summarizing:
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You may laugh, but you'll laugh for a different reason if you're a student here, because you'll realize just how true it is. Once you transform into an MIT student, you are held to a standard that other people just aren't. Ok, maybe not "held to a standard," but people do look at you in a different light and expect you to be the expert in everything. Trust me, this isn't true, we aren't the experts on everything.
A friend of mine was an editor for the MIT student newspaper, "The Tech." As editor, his name was printed in every paper and he was associated closely with MIT news. It was as an editor that he received a letter in the mail. The letter was from a man who had convinced himself that an... read the post »
Apr 4 2010
We’re Ready for CPW
Posted in: Life & Culture
Costco is officially out of hamburgers, UPS is making 5 trips a day to drop off lights, glowsticks, and popcorn machines, the grass is growing, and the sun is shining. MIT is getting ready for CPW as fast as it possibly can and we're just about ready.
Right now, we're all getting our prefrosh assigned to us, as you can see below:
1,100 of you are coming and we're going to feed all of you! And, you know, run you into the ground with sleep deprivingly awesome events for an entire weekend.
Good luck, happy travels, see you this weekend! Make sure to swing by Burton-Conner and say hi, I'll likely be involved with most of the events we host but, unfortunately, I wasn't assigned a prefrosh this year. :(
By the way, Mikey just mentioned that some of you are flying in TOMORROW!? The entire room just lit up with concerned grumblings and surprise. I wouldn't expect a whole lot of attention from your host if you get here tomorrow, there are A LOT of exams this week, but we'll be done by... read the post »