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• Blog / MIT Life

  Who needs Black Friday anyway? a slightly different take.

  

  ^”Every patch is a memory, every tear has a tale. These are the stories we wear.” – Worn Wear Buying new stuff is fun. It provides that instant rush of…

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 29, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Great Glass Pumpkin Patch and a bonus video of a cat chasing a spider.

  

  Ragnar, my friend Allison C. '14's cat, on Loop, with a spider named Spooky

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 5, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  I Suppose It Was Inevitable That We Have An Office Instagram a list of some other places you can find the blogs (and the bloggers)

  

  Michael C: Instagram Rachel D: Personal tumblr Cat tumblr Twitter

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 10, 2014
• Blog / Events

  A Faculty Dinner We invited our favorite faculty and staff to our hall for an awesome dinner!

  

  ! Pictures of Food Deviled Eggs by Alex C. '15 Buffalo Chicken Mac &

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 3, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Brass Rat 2016 tunnels, arc reactors, and skycranes

  

  One of the hardest things to avoid at MIT is a sense of jadedness. After a few semesters of psets, midterms, finals, and projects, that once youthful prefrosh full of…

  • by Michael C. '16
  • February 8, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  Together. thoughts on today's tragedy.

  

  This was supposed to be a happy post. It was supposed to be one of those after-CPW posts, celebrating three straight days of liquid nitrogen ice cream, Tetris hacks, and…

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 16, 2013
• Blog / Community Projects

  are you stressed/anxious/ [emotion] about finals/decisions/[noun]?  here are some adorable dogs. also, me as james bond.

  

  Are you looking for true love at MIT?  Are you not willing to leave your dorm room or talk to anyone in real life?  Then this latest MIT innovation might…

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 13, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Infinite Corridor, set alight or, why dozens of people were crammed into a tiny stairwell at 4:19:53 PM EST

  

  If you hang around MIT long enough you’ll begin to notice some phenomena.  Pumpkins being dropped off tall buildings.  Pianos being dropped off short buildings.  Grumkins who haunt the hallways…

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 10, 2012
• Blog / Events

  MIT PUMPKIN DROP 2012! chucking pumpkins off the highest building in cambridge. that's an exclamation mark, not a factorial.

  

  What do MIT students do on a Saturday night? Well, if it’s the Saturday before Halloween – they watch hundreds of pumpkins get tossed off the highest building in Cambridge!…

  • by Michael C. '16
  • October 28, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Typical Friday Night Done with 6.046 exam, time to chill

  

  As you might have read in my last entry, I had a 6.046 (Design and Analysis of Algorithms) exam this past Thursday. Once it was over, my brain just kind…

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nerdin’ Out algorithms are too cool

  

  A couple entries ago, I described 6.046 (Design and Analysis of Algorithms), one of the classes I’m taking the semester. We have a test coming up this Thursday ( O.O…

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 7, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet The (New) Bloggers! how to something something

  

  a day and knows a lot about moths.  Michael C., from Los

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Primer trimestre del primer año Una historia de terror, diría… pero con un final feliz.

  

  con “Aprobado” o “Desaprobado”. Si obtienes una A, B o C en una clase ... ciencias sociales (HASS) (9.00, Introducción a la Psicología), una C+ en 18.01 (Cálculo simple-variable), una C en 5.111 (Introducción a la Química) y una C

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 31, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Heck yeah, democracy. PSET Extension!!

  

  So as I mentioned in a previous post, I’m taking 6.005 (Software Construction) this semester, which if you remember, I described as a “notoriously tedious and time-consuming” class. The past…

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 29, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  Ups and Downs Currently down.

  

  Not gonna lie, my happy-to-sad ratio is a little sad-heavy at the moment. In the past three days, three separate experiments have gone wrong at lab. The procedures involved in…

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • July 12, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Back to Boston My summer plans! And some things I wish weren't a part of them.

  

  I’ve spent the last seven days at home, eating my favorite foods (thank you, amma!), watching bits and pieces of “Family Ties” with my dad, sleeping a minimum of ten…

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • May 29, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happiness ...can now be found on a website

  

  The weather has been fluctuating lately – as has my mood. There are some days I literally bounce out of bed and others where I wish a thousand times that…

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 22, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Giving Back (Guest Entry) Guest Entry by Kenny '13

  

  So it’s pretty interesting if you take a step back and look at your life for a second. Whether you’re a current senior and getting excited for CPW, a current…

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 5, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Life On Mars and by "Mars" I actually mean "3AB, Simmons Hall."

  

  into three towers, A, B and C. My floor has both towers A and B connected

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • February 15, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Put a Ring On It 2013 RING PREMIERE!

  

  About three hours ago, a large majority of the MIT Class of 2013 filed into Kresge Auditorium for one of the most awesome events of this semester: RING PREMIERE!!! Many…

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 11, 2011