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• Blog / MIT Life

  Snapshot #1 Short summary of a long week.

  

  Tuesday morning, I excused myself from de-insectifying MATLAB scripts ... -shortening chemicals, I wrestled down the nightmare-inducing plethora of health concerns ... Harvard Bridge. As I approached the threshold of drowning, I flinched away

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • June 28, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  My Guilty Pleasure or why it's all about "the Hockey."

  

  When I was a freshman, like many before me and many since, I lived in ... libraries. The caveat to using his room was that I had to answer the phone and take messages, so that year I became the "voice" of IM Hockey. Every time

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • January 1, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Juggling Act When you're used to life in Hell...

  

  Undergraduate Math Office relevant? Two reasons. First off, I'm a student grader ... bunch of undergraduate minions - I mean, employees - to help out with the ... every week. Because 18.02 was my favorite class when I was a first

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Colors! Burton-Conner:12523 kbps1649 kbps140 ms

  

  blog. Some of my most prolific blogging streaks are when I'm actually the ... fun, aren't usually malicious. I have this nagging feeling that my 2.005 (Thermal-Fluids Engineering I) PSET (Problem Set (Weekly homework)) is going

  • by Snively '11
  • September 15, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Oh the People You See *does a barrel ro-- I mean a double take*

  

  ) and down the hall. This took several hours, partially because I didn ... that I have a lot of crap. 20ish trips and multiple breaks later I had ... bedding (should I just sleep in my old room tonight or move all the bedding

  • by Snively '11
  • May 25, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MTB Party Pic & TechTV CPW Coverage Some fun ways to remember the weekend...

  

  this past weekend. I hope you guys had as much fun as I did! A quick update before I depart for a few days of vacation... First, a big thanks to ... Bloggers party. If I shrink it down to fit here, you won't be able to

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 14, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  The Space Between In which I attempt to explain IAP. (Hint: it's not a Dave Matthews Band song.)

  

  when I was going back to MIT, I couldn't help but sigh, just a tiny little bit. In the past semester or so, I've realized that being an MIT ... affairs. As one example, when someone asks me what classes I took during

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 7, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  72 Hours Three days can be a long time.

  

  Man, it's been a while since I last blogged. I've been a bit hosed, to say the least. I've also been out of town quite a bit thanks to the Navy. The good news is that I now know what I'm doing after I graduate

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • November 8, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Final Countdown Duh nuh nuh, nuh... duh nuh nuhnuhnuh..

  

  attend of the four classes I'm taking, three finals to sit through, two days to pack, and one night when Javi and I will order Thai food from ... that's not enough for you, I have four-hour long shifts times three left

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 16, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Tell Me Baby ..what's your story?

  

  So you're admitted! You're a rockstar! So I'm bringing this post back! What did YOU do when you got into MIT? Example: I'm Sandy, one of Jess's favorite people ever, and I called Jess the minute I found out I got into MIT

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 21, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  Physical Education: because your body needs problem sets, too My adventures in completing the MIT Physical Education requirements

  

  , kickboxing, yoga, basketball, badminton, and tennis. Initially I thought this ... lasts for a week. Of course, I always end up signing up at the last minute, and so I randomly rank classes that happen to fit in with the rest of my

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 20, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Are you sure you don’t want to cancel? Double whammy.

  

  Airport. Fly to Houston, TX for a day long interview. Now keep in mind, I have the GRE on Saturday. So I intended to study the entire flight; instead, I slept. Land in Houston. Now, here was one of the most exciting

  • by Bryan
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Back to Boston Recommended Orientation events

  

  I am flying back to Boston tonight (why do I always book redeyes?) and can't wait to meet all the new '10s. For the past couple of weeks, I've been getting all sorts of rush/Orientation emails, so I am slightly aware

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 27, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  A quick plug

  

  It had been quite a while since I looked at MIT's online Hack Gallery. But now, I look, and I notice that while they aren't completely up to ... for some of the hacks, since the last time I went to the site. Well done

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Ponderings of a lifeguard Why are white water rapids white?

  

  So the other day at work, I was sitting at the bottom of one of the water slides. And I was bored out of my mind. There were about 3 people in the entire park, and my entire job was to make sure that none of them...I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 7, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick updates A post about not having any news (yet).

  

  are still in the mail, but we're excited about the Class so far! I ... comments) as soon as I can. Also, I do expect that next year's freshman class ... , but I will make an announcement one way or the other when I can

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 4, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Don’t stop me now! I am a satellite, I'm out of control.

  

  entry, Mitra and I'll probably be in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, preparing for our first bandit running of the Boston Marathon. I've got my Super Protein Odwalla Bar for energy, ten dollars in case I pass out and need to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The New MIT Viewbook! Last week, after a year of intense introspection (and a ton of work) we saw…

  

  Taking a break from reading today, I saw Matt's latest post and had to chuckle. In looking back a year, he references this post, in which I discuss embarking on our new viewbook project. I can't believe it's been an

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 6, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  Seen and Not Seen I wonder, twice, if I might have made a similar mistake.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The melody of Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber's "I Don't Know ... same sequence of notes. There is so much I wanted to do for IAP for no other reason than so I could blog to you about it, but the incredible

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More on DesigNerds DesigNerds: Product Design TV

  

  So after getting a few questions and comments about DesigNerds, I ... , SP.778. Melis asked where I found out about DesigNerds. Strangely enough, I was walking down the Infinite on my way to study for one of my

  • by Bryan
  • January 22, 2006