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• Blog / Hacks

  A Hack and Advice Two entries smashed into one.

  

  My dorm, Burton-Conner, has a great view of the both domes from just outside the front entrance. This was highly convenient this morning because when I walked out of my…

  • by Snively '11
  • February 29, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Nerd’s Paradise Phi is a "h" of a lot cooler than pi.

  

  Ever since I first visited MIT in the summer of 2007, I knew that the Institute was quite literally like no other place on Earth. All I did was listen…

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 28, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Impossible Design Project See what it's like to be a Course VI student.

  

  Ok. Well, I’ve been kind of busy these days. Taking 5 classes (2 CIs and 2 labs will do that). So…I thought I’d take the easy way out, by giving…

  • by Evan B. '10
  • February 27, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Karma What goes around comes around.

  

  I’ve never been one for actually truly believing in karma (what goes around comes around) but this last Monday pushed me a step or so towards accepting it. Here’s how…

  • by Snively '11
  • February 27, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Seamless And A Seamless Transition [by Sadie Scheffer '10] I present to you "Seamless: Computational Couture," a smart-fashion show and…

  

  [by Sadie Scheffer ’10] I’ve seen a plethora of Project Runway watchers around campus this IAP, and while most fans I know have expressed vague wishes of becoming fashionistas, there…

  • by ARTalk
  • February 27, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  It’s Not Always Rainbows and Butterflies Inspired by Paul and Snively.

  

  So, I’m in the Stratton Reading Room right now and the number of students here had dwindled down to single digits. I logged on to take a short study break,…

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 26, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  It’s not all happy I know, shocker!

  

  I’ve realized that at this point I’ve pretty much conveyed this type of image concerning my life at MIT: While true some of the time, I’d say that just as…

  • by Snively '11
  • February 26, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Orgo and physics and math, oh my 57 units of academic fun fun fun. Now with humanities!

  

  Believe it or not, one of the most enjoyable experiences of my MIT career so far was simply planning my class schedule for this semester. For some reason, I’ve always…

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 26, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Living Off Campus I moved off campus last year and rented a house with some friends who were…

  

  Hello, gentle readers! For those of you who don’t know me, I’ve been here all along — I just had a busy fall semester and decided to take a break…

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 24, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Fun in NYC Part 1 Never be afraid to go straight to the top.

  

  Every once in a while something so noteworthy comes along that it warrants two blog entries. This is not because I want to hog the MITAdmissions home page or because…

  • by Snively '11
  • February 23, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Fun in NYC Part 2 Hold on, this is a long one. Tons of pictures though!

  

  Sunday wasn’t productive. Seriously, you try working when you know that in less than 24 hours you’ll be in New York and playing with toys. Maddie and I planned on…

  • by Snively '11
  • February 23, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  The Infected It's not a zombie outbreak...yet

  

  When it comes to immune systems, I’m the most arrogant person you’ll ever meet. No, seriously, if you ever tell me you’re coughing, or your nose is running, or your…

  • by Karen F. '11
  • February 22, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Math = Broken Whatchu know about math?

  

  This OFFICIAL MIT blog is probably not designed for late-night delirious whims of posting. Oh well. So, it’s late (3:00 AM) and I just finished most of a Diff Eq.…

  • by Snively '11
  • February 22, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Years of the Rat More about MIT's famous class ring: the "Brass Rat."

  

  Following up on JKim’s entry about excitement for the unveiling of the ring, here’s a bit of history and background. Each class year at MIT officially gathers three times —…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 21, 2008
• Blog / Events

  The Class of 2010 Ring Premiere I bring you the 2010 Ring Premiere, in full living color!

  

  The Brass Rat is a long-standing MIT tradition that has given rise to MIT Admissions’ own, relatively young tradition: blogging Ring Premiere! And so, after three beautiful years of Ring…

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 20, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Dark Side of the Moon And everything under the sun is in tune, but the sun is eclipsed by the…

  

  So in case you didn’t know, there’s a eclipse going on. A total eclipse of the moon, in fact. The last one until 2010. You should go watch it. I…

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 20, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Smaller than the eye can see but with the potential to change the world: nanotech!

  

  “Nanotechnology will let us build computers that are incredibly powerful. We’ll have more power in the volume of a sugar cube than exists in the entire world today.” – Ralph…

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 20, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Parliamo Italiano! And some other languages too.

  

  This IAP I took Italian I, and it was basically awesome. You might be wondering about MIT’s language department, considering that….it’s MIT, and languages don’t involve math and all. First…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 19, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Some Funnies An Appetizer

  

  Sorry for the slight gap in entries, this weekend was crazy. I’ve got at least four entries that are in various stages of being writ. I don’t have a whole…

  • by Snively '11
  • February 19, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  An old man’s thought of school Whitman. X-men. Youth. Zymurgy.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The famous Pioneer Zephyr trains of the 1940’s were named because a railway president wanted his trains to be considered the “last word” in transportation. He had…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 18, 2008