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A Picture is Worth a Thousand Balloons Literally. One thousand. Like, a one with 3 zeros. One times ten to the third.…
So about a month ago, back when I actually wrote blog entries and stuff, Ruth ‘07 spent a week in New Orleans, so we, her floormates, decided to welcome her return with a nice poster: And a few ballons -
Blog / MIT Life
a shocking look inside a macgregor single where my loners at
I have to move out of my room that I've lived in for four semesters and a summer. It stings a little, but I figured I'd introduce you to my setup. (You might want to max out the quality if you really need to see -
Blog / Announcements
A New Year, A New President Introducing Dr. Sally Kornbluth, the 18th President of MIT
this morning and wonder why you were rescheduled to a different location ... ,[/annotation] MIT Corporation Chair Diane B. Greene SM ’78 introduced Sally A ... read more about President-elect Kornbluth in a comprehensive article from -
Blog / Academics & Research
Sometimes a whale is just a whale Humanities classes make me roll my eyes sometimes.
) paper. This 13-page masterpiece (cough) for 21A.260, on cross ... . Ohhh, it's a good feeling. Now, don't get me wrong. I am not a one ... anthropology, and also because I took a mostly enjoyable class last semester -
Blog / Research & Work Abroad
A New Time, A New Place 2011 and India!
Happy New Year to all of you! I spent a good 30 minutes this morning ... home a happy 2011; I would’ve wished them in person – except I’m in India ☺ And that happens to be just a little too far away, haha. Following two -
Blog / Life after MIT
A Student, A Professor, An Alum Hacking a door, the human genome, and robots.
Today does a cool piece on Helen Greiner '89 SM '90, founder of i ... Dheera Venkatraman, a crafty MIT student, has just completed the latest iteration in a series of upgrades to his dorm room door lock. Now because MIT -
Blog / Events
A Typical Friday Afternoon on a Thursday Honoring the decades old (?) tradition of the East Campus Friday Afternoon Club (FAC)
East Campus is unique for a wide variety of reasons. We build roller coasters, swim the across the Charles river (YOU HAVE NO PROOF), and have a bajillion cats (SO MANY KITTENS RIGHT NOW). But a time-honored tradition of -
Blog / MIT Life
A Home, not just a Haus fighting the good fight
has melted away into a newfound excitement for the future, for REX week, for living in a suite with friends next semester, and adding new freshman into a community that I cherished so much. Now picture me, it is the -
Blog / Admissions
A Q&A for Deferred Students
Hi Everyone, I was just taking a look at some of the questions on ... deferred applicants, I thought I should post a quick Q&A about what to do going forward as a deferred applicant. We will (as always) release -
Blog / MIT Life
You Gave Love A Bad Name A night of talent.
. Last night, it was made a smash hit by Michael Borohovski and the Sexy Borskis. I kid you not. You might know Borski as a frequent commenter, so ... a big philanthropy event each year. Sigma Kappa's is Late Night which -
Blog / IAP
firsts of first year 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1…
that came with it. That first year had a particularly high yield of ... : Stayed in a [annotation note='dome-shaped tent that feels like a cabin ... -income Pre-orientation Program']outdoor ropes course[/annotation] Attended a -
Blog / Miscellaneous
Happy Thanksgiving! Holiday wishes and fun stuff.
friends, May your Thanksgiving holiday be a *smashing* success, filled with ... 's artistic and culinary adventures at leftunattended.com. Looking for a little assistance this Thanksgiving? One place to check out is Instructables (a -
Blog / Academics & Research
A UROP or Two In which I ramble about how lucky I am to have such awesome UROPs
Quite a few people have blogged about their UROPs (aka MIT's Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program), so I decided to add my voice to the ... a lot of juggling schedules and hard work, but I'm really loving both -
Blog / Extracurriculars
Q & A Answers to questions on being in a fraternity.
In response to my latest entry on being in a fraternity: Leo asked: 1. How large are the individual rooms in a frat house(or in your case)? 2. Is it a expensive activity to pursue? My response: 1. While I can -
Blog / Academics & Research
A Vicious Cycle Why MIT may not be for everyone and IHTFP
EDIT: I encourage everyone who connects with this comic even a little bit to read some of the discussion in the comments; it's an outpouring of advice from a wide variety of students and alumni and brings up a -
Blog / Events
A Sweet Deal An offer I will not refuse.
recommends: Professor Jeffrey Harris Professor Harris is a health economist and holds an MD as well as a PhD. He studies the economics behind ... Professor Virk teaches 10.301 and I hear he's a fan of Nelly -
Blog / Miscellaneous
A question for you… No seriously I have a question
What is a scientific/engineering topic that you find most difficult ... 'll explain why later) in a blog post. Some categories to think about ... subject, but if someone comes up with a good chemistry question I'll take a -
Blog / Admissions
A Little INSPIRation Guest Post by Vaishnavi Rao '17
In the midst of a whirlwind-like semester I promise to eventually ... Burchard Scholars dinners and we got to talking about INSPIRE, a cool project that ... . *** Q: Tell me a little about yourself. A: I’m Vaishnavi, a junior in -
Blog / MIT Life
A New Year and a New ‘Do bryan.mitblogs.com gets a little makeover.
So most people start off the new year with a new hairstyle, but since I don't have that much hair to play around with, the next best thing is to give this here blog a new outfit for the new year. What do you