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Snively '11

Course 2

Hello, my name is Michael Snively (though most people just call me Snively, it rhymes with lively). I was an MIT class of 2011 and am plowing my way through the real world now.

My MIT experience was as unique as anybody's but as similar as well. My entries are often about personal experiences... read more »

Recent blog entries

Sep 27, 2012
Stealing from the Class of 2016
Jul 31, 2012
How to jump out of an airplane and live
Jun 8, 2012
Kick . . .
Jan 5, 2012
Surviving MIT
Jun 19, 2011
This is the end

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Complete Archives

Sep 27 2012

Stealing from the Class of 2016

Posted in: Miscellaneous, Freshman Applicants, Information, Life & Culture

Jul 31 2012

How to jump out of an airplane and live

Posted in: Miscellaneous, Life & Culture

Jun 8 2012

Kick . . .

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Jan 5 2012

Surviving MIT

Posted in: Best of the Blogs, Freshman Applicants, Process & Statistics, Prepare for MIT

Jun 19 2011

This is the end

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Apr 4 2011

how ARe you today?

Posted in: Life & Culture

May 17 2010

MIT Brings You Unwanted Attention

Posted in: Process & Statistics

Apr 4 2010

We’re Ready for CPW

Posted in: Life & Culture

Mar 17 2010

Something is coming, part 3…

Posted in: Life & Culture

Mar 14 2010

OMG OMG OMG!

Posted in: Process & Statistics

Mar 10 2010

I don’t understand

Posted in: Life & Culture

Feb 23 2010

BLARGL!

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Feb 12 2010

And we bring you more sketch!

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Feb 4 2010

We bring the sketch to you!

Posted in: Life & Culture

Jan 12 2010

Watch our robot grow up!

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Dec 9 2009

Stand Back!

Posted in: Academics & Research

Dec 5 2009

WE FOUND ALL THE BALLOONS!!!

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Dec 4 2009

10 Red Balloons

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Dec 3 2009

I have the best girlfriend ever

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Nov 18 2009

A short entry

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Oct 28 2009

Alaska

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Oct 25 2009

If the Obama were a unit of measure . . .

Posted in: Best of the Blogs, Life & Culture

Oct 12 2009

Liveblog: Info Session with Karyn Blaser!

Posted in: Best of the Blogs, Visit

Oct 10 2009

Mind and Hand

Posted in: Academics & Research

Oct 2 2009

Turn around and pretend it wasn’t you

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Sep 25 2009

Party in the MIT

Posted in: Life & Culture

Sep 23 2009

Oink Oink

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Sep 19 2009

Intense Procrastination

Posted in: Life & Culture

Sep 17 2009

My Schedule!

Posted in: Academics & Research

Sep 10 2009

Phew!

Posted in: Life & Culture

Aug 20 2009

A “World Record Attempt”

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Aug 2 2009

Cheat Sheet

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Jul 30 2009

You should live in Burton-Conner!

Posted in: Life & Culture

Jul 28 2009

Livescribe’s Pulse Pen: The Sequel!

Posted in: MIT Facts

Jul 19 2009

A Story

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Jul 16 2009

Keep in mind

Posted in: Freshman Applicants

Jul 14 2009

Stay Tuned

Posted in: Process & Statistics

Jul 2 2009

Hits from the ‘90s

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Jun 29 2009

Vroom Vroom!

Posted in: Life & Culture

Jun 24 2009

Dorms

Posted in: Life & Culture

Jun 21 2009

Know when to hold ‘em

Posted in: Academics & Research

May 24 2009

Back Home

Posted in: Miscellaneous

May 22 2009

Removing a hack

Posted in: Life & Culture

May 19 2009

waves goodbye

Posted in: Miscellaneous

May 17 2009

One Giant Leap

Posted in: Life & Culture

May 15 2009

Wolfram Alpha Tonight!

Posted in: Miscellaneous

May 14 2009

Being First is Important

Posted in: Miscellaneous

May 9 2009

What now suckas!?

Posted in: Life & Culture

May 3 2009

I’m on a boat!

Posted in: Life & Culture

Apr 30 2009

An Explanation

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Apr 29 2009

Shelby’s Amazing CPW Adventure

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Apr 28 2009

Hack Safari

Posted in: Life & Culture

Apr 24 2009

Practice Safe Hacking

Posted in: Life & Culture

Apr 22 2009

Mind Dump (Episode 4)

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Apr 14 2009

We Want You!

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Apr 7 2009

Red Sox

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Apr 1 2009

MIT is “Hacked”

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Mar 28 2009

Friendship

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Mar 25 2009

College Fair!

Posted in: Freshman Applicants

Mar 14 2009

One last bit of advice

Posted in: Process & Statistics

Mar 9 2009

Not here!

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Mar 2 2009

Dorm Bathrooms

Posted in: Life & Culture

Feb 27 2009

Things You Shouldn’t Do

Posted in: Life & Culture

Feb 14 2009

Special Edition!

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Feb 12 2009

Freebie Part II

Posted in: Academics & Research

Feb 9 2009

Today

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Feb 1 2009

A Conner 2 Trip to the North End

Posted in: Academics & Research

Jan 29 2009

2.670 Wrapup

Posted in: Academics & Research

Jan 25 2009

All About Toys

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Jan 25 2009

Let’s Build a Snowman [CRITICAL UPDATE!]

Posted in: Academics & Research

Jan 22 2009

IAP: The Class Edition

Posted in: Academics & Research

Jan 15 2009

EA Telethon

Posted in: Process & Statistics

Jan 12 2009

Livescribe’s Pulse Pen

Posted in: Academics & Research

Jan 6 2009

Working at a Toy Company!

Posted in: Academics & Research

Jan 4 2009

A Word of Warning (Pay Attention)

Posted in: Life & Culture

Jan 2 2009

Dining

Posted in: Life & Culture

Dec 31 2008

Canceled?

Posted in: Academics & Research

Dec 24 2008

Parents, Please Read

Posted in: Process & Statistics

Dec 20 2008

Finals Week, from my perspective

Posted in: Academics & Research

Dec 17 2008

The Final Push

Posted in: Academics & Research

Dec 10 2008

A Christmas Hug [UPDATE: New picture!!!]

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Dec 1 2008

World AIDS Day 2008

Posted in: Life & Culture

Nov 27 2008

Gobble Gobble

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Nov 24 2008

Boing! Boing!

Posted in: Life & Culture

Nov 21 2008

Appetizer

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Nov 19 2008

Two Things

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Nov 14 2008

The Evolution of Physics

Posted in: Academics & Research

Nov 13 2008

We Treat You Nicely

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Nov 11 2008

Overheard at MIT

Posted in: Life & Culture

Nov 7 2008

Blogging Scholarship

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Nov 6 2008

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Nov 2 2008

Victoria’s Secret Update

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Nov 1 2008

The Thong I Should Be Wearing [UPDATE]

Posted in: Best of the Blogs, Life & Culture

Oct 29 2008

0 Days Since Last Fire Alarm

Posted in: Life & Culture

Oct 26 2008

Openness

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Oct 25 2008

Banditos Misteriosos

Posted in: Visit, Life & Culture

Oct 21 2008

Another fun problem

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Oct 20 2008

Learning Time!

Posted in: Academics & Research

Oct 18 2008

MIT is hard

Posted in: Majors & Minors

Oct 9 2008

Expanding on Pass No Record

Posted in: Academics & Research

Oct 6 2008

What I just did

Posted in: Life & Culture

Sep 30 2008

E-mail

Posted in: Academics & Research

Sep 28 2008

Happy Birthday to m—-suck.

Posted in: Life & Culture

Sep 25 2008

Dah noo-loo

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Sep 15 2008

Colors!

Posted in: Life & Culture

Sep 12 2008

Got any threes?

Posted in: Life & Culture

Sep 4 2008

The Other Side of Fraternities

Posted in: Life & Culture

Sep 3 2008

Campus Activities

Posted in: Life & Culture

Aug 30 2008

Burton-Conner Floor Rush and Rooming

Posted in: Life & Culture

Aug 29 2008

Surprise!

Posted in: Life & Culture

Aug 28 2008

Copyright, Subpoenas, and You

Posted in: Academics & Research

Aug 25 2008

Why no blogs!?

Posted in: Life & Culture

Aug 21 2008

Freebie

Posted in: Academics & Research

Aug 20 2008

Give Me Liberty . . .

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Aug 16 2008

The Mechanics of Blogging

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Aug 13 2008

Let’s Take a Walk

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Aug 7 2008

Why yes, I’m with the news

Posted in: Prepare for MIT

Aug 2 2008

Extra! Extra! Read All About It!

Posted in: Freshman Applicants

Jul 28 2008

My MIT Story

Posted in: Freshman Applicants

Jul 26 2008

Liveblog from Apple Store

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Jul 21 2008

Historic Boston

Posted in: Visit

Jul 18 2008

Vespertilio

Posted in: Life & Culture

Jul 14 2008

Hodge-Podge

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Jul 10 2008

Theme

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Jul 9 2008

NOOOOO!

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Jul 4 2008

Boston’s 3rd of July

Posted in: Visit

Jun 30 2008

Building 56

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Jun 29 2008

Run

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Jun 27 2008

Summer

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Jun 24 2008

Ring Committee Wrap Up

Posted in: Life & Culture

Jun 21 2008

Win Sam Stuff!

Posted in: Life & Culture

Jun 15 2008

Early Action versus Regular Action

Posted in: Process & Statistics

Jun 13 2008

Discovering Yourself

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Jun 11 2008

¿Cómo se dice…?

Posted in: Visit

Jun 7 2008

Hacking

Posted in: Best of the Blogs, Life & Culture

Jun 4 2008

Read This!

Posted in: Process & Statistics

May 31 2008

Ring Committee

Posted in: Miscellaneous, Academics & Research, Life & Culture

May 27 2008

You have brains in your head.

Posted in: Afford

May 25 2008

Oh the People You See

Posted in: MIT Facts

May 23 2008

Diffusion

Posted in: Academics & Research

May 21 2008

Study Break

Posted in: Life & Culture

May 17 2008

Studying For Finals

Posted in: Academics & Research

May 16 2008

Toy Design Wrapup

Posted in: Academics & Research

May 11 2008

Late Night

Posted in: Academics & Research

May 9 2008

DONE (sorta)

Posted in: Academics & Research

May 6 2008

When it Rains

Posted in: Academics & Research

May 4 2008

And I’m leaving, on a . . . cruise ship?

Posted in: Life & Culture

May 2 2008

ROFLCON!

Posted in: Life & Culture

Apr 27 2008

Lip Sync ‘08

Posted in: Life & Culture

Apr 22 2008

Of Dancing and T-Shirts (Guest Entry)

Posted in: Visit

Apr 21 2008

witty title here (Guest Entry)

Posted in: Visit

Apr 20 2008

Blending In (Guest Entry)

Posted in: Visit

Apr 20 2008

CPW 2008: So I think I’ll go to Boston (Guest Entry)

Posted in: Visit

Apr 18 2008

Celena in CPW-Land (Guest Entry)

Posted in: Visit

Apr 18 2008

What can I say, it grew on me . . . (Guest Entry)

Posted in: Visit

Apr 17 2008

CPW 2008 @ MIT - Awesomeness Guaranteed (Guest Entry)

Posted in: Visit

Apr 17 2008

Toy Design Update

Posted in: Academics & Research

Apr 13 2008

The State of Things

Posted in: Visit

Apr 12 2008

Susan Hockfield’s Private Concert

Posted in: Life & Culture

Apr 10 2008

CPW 2008: The Hack Edition

Posted in: Life & Culture

Apr 9 2008

How hard is it, really?

Posted in: Academics & Research

Apr 8 2008

Oh Wow

Posted in: Academics & Research

Apr 5 2008

I’m Poor!!!

Posted in: Afford

Apr 1 2008

Rrrrrrr. CPW! [UPDATE]

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Mar 29 2008

Strike! Strike! Strike!

Posted in: Academics & Research

Mar 28 2008

MIT Info Session

Posted in: Visit

Mar 26 2008

Your MIT ID

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Mar 24 2008

AND THERE WAS A PILLOW FIGHT!!!

Posted in: Visit

Mar 22 2008

Laptops!

Posted in: Academics & Research

Mar 19 2008

Tour/Hack/Math

Posted in: Academics & Research, Visit, Life & Culture

Mar 17 2008

Pie

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Mar 15 2008

“Hey Guess What Guys!”

Posted in: Process & Statistics

Mar 14 2008

Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend.

Posted in: Life & Culture

Mar 11 2008

Product Design Lab

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Mar 9 2008

Devoid of Content

Posted in: Life & Culture

Mar 8 2008

The Deep Breath Before the Plunge

Posted in: Life & Culture

Mar 5 2008

Latke vs. Hamentashen Debate: LiveBlog

Posted in: Life & Culture

Mar 4 2008

I AM THE MASTER!!!

Posted in: Academics & Research

Mar 3 2008

Debunked

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Feb 29 2008

A Hack and Advice

Posted in: Visit, Life & Culture

Feb 27 2008

Karma

Posted in: Academics & Research

Feb 26 2008

It’s not all happy

Posted in: Life & Culture

Feb 23 2008

Fun in NYC Part 1

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Feb 23 2008

Fun in NYC Part 2

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Feb 22 2008

Math = Broken

Posted in: Life & Culture

Feb 19 2008

Some Funnies

Posted in: Life & Culture

Feb 14 2008

Happy Valentines Day

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Feb 13 2008

Barker Engineering Library

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Feb 10 2008

Hot Dogs

Posted in: Life & Culture

Feb 8 2008

Sunny day - Sweepin’ the clouds away

Posted in: Life & Culture

Feb 6 2008

The Holy Grail of Classes

Posted in: Academics & Research

Feb 6 2008

Blogging About Blogging

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Feb 3 2008

The Whole 6.270 Story

Posted in: Academics & Research

Jan 31 2008

6.270

Posted in: Academics & Research

Jan 28 2008

“Exactly” the Same

Posted in: Life & Culture

Jan 25 2008

Bang! Update [3]

Posted in: Life & Culture

Jan 23 2008

Danger Danger!

Posted in: Life & Culture

Jan 20 2008

How Many Liveblogs Can We Get Onto One Page?!

Posted in: Life & Culture

Jan 17 2008

Telethon Live Blog

Posted in: Process & Statistics

Jan 17 2008

Adonde?

Posted in: Visit

Jan 15 2008

The Igs

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Jan 13 2008

The Coop

Posted in: Visit

Jan 10 2008

Comfort Matters

Posted in: Visit

Jan 8 2008

Progression of Spirit

Posted in: Life & Culture

Jan 4 2008

Attack!

Posted in: Life & Culture