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Helicopter Flight Training [by CDT Greg Wellman '09] 500 feet above Boston with two MIT Deans.

[by CDT Greg Wellman ’09] For the second time in my life, I had the chance to ride in a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter. My first experience was nothing short of…

by ROTC
October 3, 2007

Blog / Events

Hello, Ma Sheng Li Gong A journey of four years begins with a single blog.

Three summers ago, I visited MIT with one of my fellow schoolmates. We were en route to Mathcamp 2004 (which was held in Colby College, ME), and we decided to…

by Chris S. '11
October 2, 2007

Blog / Athletics

An Atypical Saturday That followed an atypical week.

An Atypical Saturday: That followed an atypical week MIT is certainly an unusual place. Case in point: no one really asks how your day is; they ask how your week…

by Derrick B. '08
September 30, 2007

Blog / How to Food

Internet is Gonna Get Me In lieu of studying, I finally get around to answering your questions.

Last week I had my first exam, shortly to be followed by two others, and I’m happy to say that I suffer from this painful disease that seems particularly contagious…

by Jess K. '10
September 29, 2007

Blog / MIT Life

Karen: A Short History Finally.

Hi, I’m Karen and like most other freshmen, I’m still working on my time-management skills, which is why it took so long for me to finally get started on here.…

by Karen F. '11
September 25, 2007

Blog / MIT History & Culture

Two short stories My last three weeks in a nutshell.

I’ve never thought of myself as a sorority girl. In fact, I’ve always been the first person to make fun of them. Between the claims of sisterhood and the chanting…

by Keri G. '10
September 24, 2007

Blog / Admissions

Time To Have A Sit-Down With Your GC. Can we tawk?

If you are a senior, you know that you are playing for all the marbles this year. You know that it is important that you take proper time and care…

by Bryan G. Nance
September 24, 2007

Blog / Academics & Research

Blinky Lights (Part I) An example of how I go about building things.

And I’m back! I’m determined to make up for not posting at all in the last month by being incredibly prolific in the next. I expect this to last for…

by Evan B. '10
September 21, 2007

Blog / Academics & Research

I’m still alive And I missed entry #2000 by one! Blargh!

So where have I been? Short answer: doing work. Or just at work. I just got a UROP doing chemistry and molecular biology-related stuff in the O’Connor Lab, guaranteeing me…

by Keri G. '10
September 20, 2007

Blog / MIT Life

The Scratches On My Mind A brief introduction, so you'll know why I see MIT the way I do.

Yeah, I know. It’s a weird title for a first blog entry. But bear with me, because it’ll seem really appropriate once I explain it (Bonus points for anyone who…

by Derrick B. '08
September 20, 2007

Blog / Admissions

Overnight Program: Now Taking Requests Plus... a fun mitadmissions.org milestone!

In case you haven’t checked your MyMIT account lately, I thought I’d mention here that the MIT Overnight Program is open for business. You can stay overnight on campus beginning…

by Ben Jones
September 18, 2007

Blog / Events

Silent Dance Party If we had the chance, we'd ask the world to dance.

It’s been a while! I fully apologize for not writing since getting to MIT – it’s been a crazy few weeks, but I’m finally settled in and ready to blog.…

by Jess K. '10
September 17, 2007

Blog / Academics & Research

There Are No Uninteresting Things I'm taking classes. If you ask nicely, I might tell you about them.

“…only uninterested people.” I kind of hate coming up with titles, so when I can’t, I scour the internet for a quote that’s moderately related to what I’m writing about.…

by Evan B. '10
September 17, 2007

Blog / MISTI

MIT-France: To The Observatory of Paris and Beyond The MISTI experience of Anjali T. '09.

[By Anjali T. ’09] This summer, I didn’t happen to pull off what Jules Verne was envisioning, but I did spend eighty-three incredible days in Paris, France working at the…

by MISTI Program
September 17, 2007

Blog / MIT Life

Where In The World Is The Nance Effect? He returns! He returns! He returns!

Where in the World is The Nance Effect? That, my friends, is the million-dollar question. Suffice to say I am back and I have lots of advice and experiences to…

by Bryan G. Nance
September 17, 2007

Blog / Events

101 Things to Do Before You Graduate from MIT What every MIT graduate should have experienced.

At orientation, we received a list of “101 Things to Do Before You Graduate from MIT.” I immediately taped it onto my wall and I’ve been checking off activities ever…

by Melis A. '08
September 16, 2007

Blog / Life after MIT

Ritual & Ceremony I'll be out of contact the next two weeks as I celebrate a big event.

Just as you all have been preparing for one of life’s biggest rituals — applying to and going off to college — I, too, have been preparing for another of…

by Matt McGann '00
September 14, 2007

Blog / MIT Life

Hit in the Face: A Snively GuestBlog Snively's point of view. Only this time it's actually his point of view, and not…

After a lot of searching, I’ve discovered a video on YouTube that is pretty much the perfect metaphor for what MIT has been like for me thus far. It starts…

by Laura N. '09
September 14, 2007

Blog / MIT Life

Desired things a youthful aside.

I just had the busiest, craziest summer of my life. I remember a high school teacher who had high hopes for us. She owned not a small fraction of the…

by Lulu L. '09
September 12, 2007

Blog / Life after MIT

Running away with the field Junot Diaz is sort of a big deal.

(I’ve come out of blogger hibernation to post something too awesome not to share, and hope you all don’t mind. Welcome to the new bloggers and have a great first…

by Mitra L. '07
September 10, 2007