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• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s driving me nuts Did I tell you about the time when we hijacked a harbor patrol boat?

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Sufjan Stevens’ brother Marzuki finished 20th in the 2006 Boston Marathon. Also interesting–you say Sufjan Stevens’ instead of Sufjan Stevens’s because Sufjan Stevens is a proper noun…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 1, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Retreat! Retreat! 24 wonderful hours of sister-time in the MIT mansion!

  

  I just returned from a retreat for my sorority, Alpha Chi Omega. We spent the past 24 hours at the Endicott House , an MIT owned mansion in a Boston…

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 1, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Rocky Mountain Round-Up The latest from my travels in Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico.

  

  Currently, I’m in the middle of a week-long Admissions trip to Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico to talk about MIT with students, parents, and other interesting folks. This trip follows…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 29, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Tales From The Nance Effect Road Show My travel to the land of Boomer--Sooners, Miners. Wild Cats, Sun Devils and Rattlesnakes

  

  Even as I write this I am en-route from the border town of El Paso, TX to Boston, MA. As the old joke goes: “I just flew in from El…

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 29, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I need a fix ‘cause I’m goin’ down Or, how I learned to stop worrying and love a 40%.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Mary Tyler Moore sent a signed copy of the single “Buddy Holly” to Weezer. Yesterday I met three people who did not know who Mary Tyler Moore…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 27, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Holiday Life's not always a picnic in Killian Court.

  

  Monday was a student holiday, which means that while my friends at their respective universities slaved away we at MIT got up late, ate ridiculous amounts of food for a…

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Crazy Day

  

  My Wednesday: 9:00 AM — Swim Test at the Zesiger (Z) Center. For some reason, I waited until senior year to take the mandatory swim test, but I miraculously passed…

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taking Shape

  

  It’s hard to believe the first month of sophomore year is already coming to a close, but I’m happy to say that the term is taking shape quite well. First…

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 25, 2006
• Blog / Events

  The career fair and emerging pop stars Thinking about life after MIT at the Career Fair...and then watching a fellow blogger transform…

  

  The MIT Career Fair was last Thursday, when three hundred companies set-up booths in our athletic facility to try to recruit MIT students. While the fair was specifically tailored to…

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 25, 2006
• Blog / How to MIT

  Boys like cars and money $1 billion is not enough for thefacebook, but $9 an hour is good enough for…

  

  DID YOU KNOW? You can create your own motivational, or de-motivational posters online at this website. I was walking to the down Amherst Street this fine afternoon, heading to the…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 25, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Reason to Celebrate My advisor is a genius.

  

  So over in the world of UROP, things were pretty exciting this week. Now here’s how the morning started. I’ll admit that I don’t read the newspaper or the watch…

  • by Bryan
  • September 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Some summer pictures

  

  I’ve been promising for a while that I would post some pictures from Switzerland, so I’ll be doing that gradually (I have lots of pictures), mixed in with my other…

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 24, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Mnemonic Contest Winner Congratulations, Shawn!

  

  Start spreading the news! The new mnemonic for the planets is: My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nothing. Congrats to Shawn for winning! If you’d like to redeem your…

  • by Bryan
  • September 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Testing the Waters There comes a time in every man's life when he has to make a choice.…

  

  I really should be napping or something right now, since in the last 24 hours I finished two problem sets, read four articles (one of which was written by my…

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 22, 2006
• Blog / Events

  ZigZag 10 A new episode of MIT's video podcast, hosted by me. And there's mariachi.

  

  Episode 10 of MIT’s video podcast, ZigZag, has been released. It contains a piece about the annual Freshman Photograph, the Kendall Square BioBash, and the fire truck hack. My favorite…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 22, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Flavor of Love As a wise woman once said, "Free is my favorite flavor."

  

  DID YOU KNOW? If I had been born a girl, my father would have wanted to name my Marya (MAR-ee-uh). Marya Maurer. As it was, Sam’s Mom wanted to name…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 21, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Big MIT Career Fair Lots of companies are on campus today recruiting MIT students.

  

  As I write this, droves of MIT students, sharply dressed in suits, are making their way to the largest of MIT’s annual career fairs. Today, 300 companies are on campus…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 21, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Amazin’ The Mets clinched the NL East. *happy dance*

  

  My Mets clinched the NL East, and I am crazy psyched. Whoo! So what else has been going on in my life? You know, school and stuff. While I’m slowly…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 21, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Contest Continues Contest wrapup.

  

  So in response to the death of Pluto as a planet, I am undertaking a campaign to revise the mnemonic and change history books with YOUR HELP Here are the…

  • by Bryan
  • September 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Born Under Punches The heat goes on, which is nice, but so does classwork.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The German language has two different verbs for “to eat,” depending on whether a person is eating (essen) or an animal is eating (fressen). I have also…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 19, 2006