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• Blog / MIT Life

  Spring Break! *frantically waves arms in the air*

  

  middle of April, but here it's at the end of March. Most other colleges ... heat into heating for surrounding buildings. Yay! Where was I? Oh, spring vacation. I used to go home for spring break, but since I don

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • March 20, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hello, Layover I'm stuck in an airport. Ask me things.

  

  the ceiling of its main terminal. At least, I think that's what it is. I know this because I have been sitting beneath said scale model for ... baristas at Starbucks look at you like you're a blithering idiot when you ask

  • by Keri G. '10
  • July 25, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Laundry Lists And other things. Okay, so just the list.

  

  they don't have to. -Starting classes. By the way, getting up at 8:30 twice a week (for 24.900 - Intro to Linguistics - which is at 9:30 on ... not fun. Don't even start with your "wah wah wah I have to get up at 5

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 9, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  The Case of the Disappearing Admissions Officers Where have the Admissions Officers been lately?

  

  applications. It's been hard to find time for much else (like blogging and email), though I've been sure to take some downtime for Heroes, Veronica Mars, James Bond and Borat. It looks like our early application numbers for

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

  Orientation Wrap-Up Reason #457 why I love Orientation: I don't have to pay for food for a…

  

  goes that you should not have to spend any money on food for at least your first week at MIT. Since Sam and Mitra both have covered many of ... Match School and getting stuff ready for the upcoming school year. A lot

  • by Bryan
  • September 4, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m a believer Bikes! They're totally worth it.

  

  to get to work today. And that included stopping at Laverde's for Froot ... Street and got ice cream at JP Licks (where they sell cucumber ice cream ... got it at Bed Bath & Beyond. (This is actually a tradition -- I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Post-Thanksgiving Post-stuff and Foodstuffs In which I'm reminded I have a life, and am thus eligible to give a…

  

  , that's at the root of it. For what it's worth, I enjoyed some Mediterranean for a birthday lunch at Vlora, right over in Copley Square. As it ... 've learned a number of things: At MIT, the week of my birthday has always been

  • by Emad T. '14
  • November 25, 2012
• Blog / How to MIT

  Pay it forward I used to have a guilt complex.

  

  same thing for others.” “Oh, I see!” I said, not seeing at all, and ... - although, at this point, "night" is probably the wrong word, since the sky is ... clearly not socially acceptable options at this hour. (1) is less than

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  When Econ Comes to Life This has nothing to do with econ, but you should watch it.

  

  During your first day at MIT, after you check in for Orientation ... as Paul worked at for UROPs), won the National Medal of Science in 1997 ... up in her room. At last count (beginning of the year this year), I

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 18, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Observations of an MIT Sophomore Advice and insight.

  

  't really talked to for a year can be immensely satisfying. At MIT, we have ... recent events I've been meaning to blog about for a while - and well, I ... for the next four years without having to be (as) afraid of failure

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 10, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Flipping Failure an IAP update

  

  This IAP, I took part in a writing workshop at MIT known as Flipping ... ~5 minute (true and personal) story about challenge and resilience at ... recommend applying for next year if/when they run the program again) and about

  • by Paige B. '24
  • April 28, 2024
• Blog / Community Projects

  [Infinite] Quarter Mile quarters + packing tape + sore knees == help cure MS

  

  be serious and silly at the same time. For example, today is the ... The Infinite Corridor at MIT is the pulsing spine of central campus ... visits at least once every day. Because it's MIT, the Infinite is also a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 4, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Hello, Goodbye, Hello!

  

  leave for FPOPs, orientation, and the like! I was just thinking about ... exciting to look at)... I looked at the empty i3 DVD slot on the inside ... year this time, I looked at these pages with no particular attention to

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • August 17, 2010
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Bermuda, Jaimaica, oooh I want to take you to… One week of fun in the Dominican Republic

  

  for a brief run-in with Hurricane Ernesto on our second to last day. The hurricane was pretty far from us, so it only ended up raining for about two ... I was introducing myself at dinner I said I was from Boston and one of

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 29, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Attack of the Giant Squid Attack of the Giant Squid!

  

  Huxley model for the propagation of action potentials. The model is fairly ... have to do problem sets that tested our prowess at using Maple, they ... before it was due at about 6 pm. We managed to finish our presentation at

  • by Bryan
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Return of QBert Whack-a-mole, a piano player, and a whole lot of fun. All in 24 hours or…

  

  were reunited. Where you might ask? Only at the Classic Arcade Museum in ... newest little brother in my fraternity. I departed from home at 4 pm in an ... hours later, we arrived at Giuseppe's Showtime Pizzeria in New Hampshire

  • by Bryan
  • November 6, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Better than a Ryan Cabrera poster Want a Warhol in your dorm room?

  

  of the Student Loan Art Collection at MIT's List Visual Arts Center ... ) to borrow for the entire academic year one of nearly 350 noted pieces ... late MIT Professor Harold "Doc" Edgerton at right. Others are more

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 18, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 2

  

  student today in my subcommittee, and we had great group dynamics. For lunch, I ate at the brand new Steam Cafe, a very yummy new dining option! I ... Technology faculty yesterday approved a new course of study for undergraduates

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 17, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Speaking of mu…

  

  ..." doesn't get you looked at funny. A quick rundown of tonight's activities: I love living in a city, if for nothing else but the food. Last night, I had dinner at a Spanish restaurant, Iruna, and tonight, I had dinner

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 17, 2004
• Blog / Classes

  fall ’19 catalog is out! and a summary of sites we use to plan semesters

  

  for lack of better things to do. michael from 2E is part of the dev team at sipb that's working on the new ... rough shape from personally wrangling with it for a little while, it

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • April 25, 2019