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• Blog / IAP

  Snow has arrived and shut down the Institute

  

  I woke up today to blowing snow, the sound of fire trucks (from the ... first snow day I have had in years. The view from my window Back home ... throughout my school career, but we could go years without one. I’m not sure

  • by Becca H. '12
  • January 12, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Refreshment We need your help!

  

  Last week, I spoke a little about Camp Kesem, one of the many student ... together a free summer camp for kids whose parents have cancer. As I mentioned, the other camp counselors and I have been trying hard to raise

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • May 6, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s Legit Black Holes, Bandaids, and Nobel Prizes

  

  -on in the MIT community - so much so that I generally find out about ... my fellow freshmen and I when we arrived on campus in August, only to ... Hadron Collider project. Isn't it beautiful? I have no idea how they

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 10, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  ADITL MIT's Technique spearheads one of the most interesting projects I've seen on campus recently.

  

  Yesterday I carried my camera around all day and took awkward ... other days when I carry my camera around all day and take awkward pictures ... around me all the time that I never really stopped to look at. Like eating

  • by Keri G. '10
  • September 25, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Alternative Transportation Fast ride in a short machine

  

  recoiled along a vector perpendicular to Massachusetts Avenue as I gripped ... lemmings gleefully leaping to their deaths on YouTube. I shift forward and ... underneath. I pay little attention to this because I am certain that a bone

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 2, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Photo Scavenger Hunt Let's give this a shot.

  

  By this time I'm sure most of you are finally enjoying summer. (Let ... quite the opposite (except still a whole lot of fun). I've got at least ... too much to try and blog about. So while I'm working on resizing my 3 TB

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 15, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Springtime I actually had no time to write this entry, which is why I cannot explain…

  

  renewal and other synonyms for “change” that I don't have time to look up in ... changes that have changed my life recently: 1.I declared a major in Physics ... -next-to-what-you-plan-to-do-with-your-life” forms, I went to her office

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 6, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  Nadal, Federer, Helfant ‘85 Adam Helfant '85 is the new boss of professional men's tennis.

  

  I've been reading many, many applications over the last month, and ... like tennis, both playing and watching it. Thus, I'd guess a lot of the ... : "I met him in December and he also saw Rafa (Nadal) and Novak (Djokovic

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 31, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Our nation’s greatest injustice I didn't exactly grow up in poverty, but socioeconomic inequalities have featured heavily in my…

  

  side of the tracks." In fact, I'm from the wrong side of TWO tracks. In ... hometown is a classist jerk, but more than once have I or a member of my ... . Period. This is just a fact of life which I've known since I was a little

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 15, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Like Burger King – Only Not (Guest Entry) That ain't no Etch-a-Sketch. This is one doodle that can't be un-did, homeskillet.

  

  's kind of what going back to MIT feels like. So I visited back in February ... learning Calculus are tied for first - I'm quite serious), and knew ... than meeting new people and eating free food. Both of which I was fine

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 22, 2008
• Blog / Events

  So much to do, so little time There's always something exciting going on at MIT.

  

  on optical frequency combs, which she describes as "so cool." Sadly, I can't join in, because I really need to be reading applications. As I ... ," followed by what I'm sure will be a nice reception with the students. Ian

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 29, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Driving On The Infinite One of my biggest pet peeves is people who do not understand how to drive…

  

  I don't have many pet peeves when it comes to MIT, but one of the ... other lane is the fast lane, or passing lane. I drive defensively, but I ... lane on the Infinite. I don't care how big your group is. No carpool lane

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 9, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to Senior Haus, version 2.0 More pictures!

  

  As promised, I come bearing more pictures, Some of these are courtesy ... me, she's happer than she looks. That's it. I'm all pictured out. (Is ... next trick, I'll be talking about the MedLinks Dating Auction this Friday

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 20, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  For great justice…

  

  final draft pending approval by the UA Senate. I'm proud of having ... full report, which is 42 pages (42! Ha! I just noticed that!) here. If ... ) does things like writing policy documents, which I think is more fun

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 5, 2006
• Blog / Events

  The Secret Life Of Marilee Jones Sam is the funniest, though... BOTB and CPW Feedback.

  

  happening ever since my CPW (I'm getting old? Nah...) Now I wonder which ... coolest Playstation games ever. That's all I really wanted to say. Try it ... Marilee Jones. Now I don't think you'd really get to have the chance to see

  • by Bryan
  • April 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Super Top Secret Spy Action Real Life Experience: Building a car in 2.007

  

  next few weeks, I'll be highlighting one of my classes in each entry. This week, I'll start off with one of my most popular classes, 2.007, Design and Manufacturing I. The basic goal of the class is to design and

  • by Bryan
  • February 26, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Trip to Princeton U Taking advantage of the three-day weekend by taking a trip to Princeton!

  

  have fun! With this reality in mind, I went to Princeton University with ... of numbers, I found that they are very, very different. We arrived on ... spaghetti, so I sat and watched the pros while listening to the opera music

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 20, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Greek Way What I did for a Klondike Bar, caesar salad, chicken florentine, mushroom ravioli, chocolate torte,…

  

  Engineering. Today I decided to do start doing things the Greek way as I was ... Beta Pi, the national engineering honor society. I don't know what they ... MIT's 27 fraternities or 5 sororities, but I still had to sign a non

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 18, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Second First Week Quick update at the start of term.

  

  was helpful, because now I'm fine with getting up for morning classes :-) A couple of classes I'm paying special attention to: 21F.019 ... , and I look forward to it. A lot of reading, though. :-) 21F.302: French

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 15, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fun with Legos A photo journal of THE coolest room I've ever seen.

  

  -001 is officially the single coolest room I've ever seen. It's so cool, that I've decided to devote an entire entry to it. First things first ... 15: Maybe I'm just weird, but I think that wall looks really cool. As

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 6, 2005