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  Settled It's good to be back!

  

  Having endured various planes, trains, buses, and customs officers who don’t believe me when I say I’m 19 and instead ask to see parent-signed papers saying that I’m allowed to…

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 20, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Camp Kesem! It's magical.

  

  Exactly three weeks from today, I’ll be done with my freshman year of college. SCARY. Two midterms, two short stories, four final exams (ahhh, finals…), and several doses of caffeine…

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 28, 2010
• Blog / Events

  I Feel Cool Welcome to MIT, Mr. Gates!

  

  As you’ve probably heard about already, Bill Gates visited campus today! And thanks to the MIT Admissions Office, I got a ticket to see him :) (Thank you, Dave!!) He…

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hello? Pick up your phones!!

  

  Yesterday, I briefly deserted my physics and orgo psets and headed over to the Bush Room to join several other MIT students in calling youuu: the RA admits! I think…

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 16, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Few Words

  

  I realize that some of you have been counting down to this day since what seems like forever. I know what that feels like. When regular action decisions came out…

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 14, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  No Pain, No Gain I wish it weren't so.

  

  This past Wednesday found me with blistered palms, swollen shoulders, throbbing arms, and various bruises that colorfully decorated my 5′ 4” frame. It would be somewhat forgivable if these minor…

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 5, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  On Time That which I do not have.

  

  After considerable twisting and tweaking, I have contrived to design my schedule such that not a single class of mine runs past 3:30 pm. This was done primarily to create…

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 7, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Healthy reflections… I never know what to write here.

  

  ’s see – 3 F’s and 2 C’s? What!!! Second-semester can’t be like this! Okay

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 31, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Snow On working in a winter wonderland.

  

  's -51C) wind chill. A few friends and I bundled up and traipsed around the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 21, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Top Ten Reasons I’m Thankful for Thanksgiving Breaaaaaaaaakkkkkkk!!!!!!

  

  10. I won’t have to think about the Crystal Field Theory… …Which is unfortunately what we happen to be learning about in my 5.112 (Principles of Chemistry) class at the…

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 24, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Snow-bama Snow? Obama? At MIT? AHH.

  

  Hailing from the notoriously hot and humid city of Houston, in which snow-that-can-barely-be-called-snow deigns to appear about once in ten years, it was understandably a big deal for me when…

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 23, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Work and Energy Can't do the former if you don't have the latter.

  

  Having spent the majority of orientation meeting new people, staying up late, and climbing on roofs, I met the start of school with a dangerous sense of nonchalance. Consequently, I…

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 7, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Terence ‘13 The second in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  valedictorian at Lucy C. Laney High School. He plans to major in electrical and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 22, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Fresh Food! Here at last!

  

  Dining is a hot topic here, and rightfully so ’cause a tooling MIT student has got to eat. In fact, all college students need to eat (hopefully that wasn’t surprising…

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • March 31, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Valentine’s Day Eve Day. What? Also. BEN FOLDS.

  

  IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR THE LAZY: You, email me, picture of you + Valentine’s Day card. End memo. First, and most importantly: BEN FOLDS IS COMING TO MIT. So every year…

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • February 13, 2009
• Blog / Events

  The Places You’ll Go Places I've recently gone.

  

  I went to 9-to-5 life in downtown Manhattan. Some of you might have wondered where the rest of us were during IAP, if not building snowmen, solving brain-busting puzzles, and…

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • February 13, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A bevy of beautiful Brass Rat bezels More on the evolution of the MIT class ring.

  

  Technology Class Ring dates back to the spring of 1929. C. Brigham Allen

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 9, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The School of Architecture + Planning What happened to "science"? "Engineering"? "Technology"?!

  

  So, there are pretty much five schools at MIT. From most popular onwards, they are Engineering, Management, Science, Architecture+Planning, and Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences. (Here are some statistics on…

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • December 28, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ask Yourself Can you really LTFP?

  

  I know I haven’t written anything lately. Portraying MIT feels a bit weird now because my boyfriend, a sophomore in mechanical engineering, has just taken a leave of absence. Taking…

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • November 2, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  My First Visit I... got lost on the tour, actually...

  

  I realize that some of my readers may not have had the opportunity to visit MIT yet. They may never walk the tunnels before they decide to apply. A brave…

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • October 10, 2008