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• Blog / MIT Life

  An Afternoon In/Out Of The Snow

  

  the literary coherency associated with the formal duties of a prefrosh ... dispense with these hipster pretenses. Shedding argyle sweater vest, false ... scheduled for the remainder of the day: playing chess with pieces made out of

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • January 22, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  H^3: Home, Hummus, and HBV The end of my first semester (and Pass/No Record D:) and the beginning of a…

  

  of you out there will have to be content with hearing about my fun ... . But skiing at Whistler with my family and eating endless 12 course Chinese dinners with my relatives for a week was great! Still, nothing

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • January 15, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  Impulsive Decisions as expected, have consequences

  

  over with - pushing me officially past the halfway point at MIT. (AHHH ... students with talented young students in Korea who already have some ... through with it. The first phase of doubt was simply pain. (But I didn

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 25, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Home is Where the Heart is In which I speak only in trite cliches.

  

  filled with colonies of moldy (and unintentionally animate) clothes and ... that person with the drug-dealing rodent-faced roommate who embezzled ... children as a hobby, and subsequently became mortified about living with our

  • by Tom R. '14
  • December 13, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Memoriam: Professor Silbey

  

  . My interaction with Prof. Silbey was in Spring 2010, when I took 20 ... , in my book) that could get away with using Comic Sans (the other being ... with your students. I learned a lot about thermodynamics, too. (And not

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 1, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Emergency Application Extension for students affected by the storm

  

  Western Massachusetts, along with wide swaths of Vermont, New Hampshire, New ... for themselves at this time. And our best thoughts and wishes are with ... , because they haven't been able to work on them with the power out. While I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 31, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT, Part VII in which I realize that I am less wise in person, and also a senior

  

  happen with frosh, questions were asked, and as is wont to happen with ... have bridged the transition with a reasonably low rate of psychotic ... constantly travel around and make plans with people instead of retreating into

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • September 15, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Not in Kansas anymore A brief look at your third '15 blogger

  

  with a bolded list! Past Living Situation(s): I was born in Ethiopia ... blog posts about it(each one of those words is a link) along with this ... /maybe/possibly change in the future. With as many exciting majors as MIT offers, I'm not

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • September 9, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Questbridge College Admissions Conference A guest post from Louis Lamia '14, an MIT Quest Scholar.

  

  non-profit organization that we partner with to help identify, recruit ... table chatting with Mikey, McGreggor, and Maura (MIT admissions officers ... -answering machine! (Not to be confused with a "question answering machine", which

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • September 8, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  So you want to be a student-athlete? Finding the balance

  

  , biking, icing, or showering). A lot of time. Combining this schedule with a ... /fitness room and various varsity locker rooms. Frequently I have trouble with the laundry system, but other than that I'm really pleased with the facilities

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 29, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I would like to find an astronomer to talk to No admissions. Just good writing.

  

  I just returned from a week's "vacation" with family and friends. I ... - but only because, as is so often the case with vacations, I return from ... your college essays. I just finished working with the MITES and E2 kids

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 15, 2011
• Blog / Community Projects

  Stepping Up MIT brings the best out of people (in between psets of course)

  

  she collaborated with Sally Susnowitz, Assistant Dean and Director at ... decided that we wanted to associate service with arguably the most memorable ... message resonated with the 14 living groups that ultimately participated in

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 7, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  This is what happens when we don’t do work Here is the infinite rollercoaster of fun I promised not to take you on.

  

  secondhand trumpet. For months, my ears were barraged with brassy wails ... , clad in a bathrobe, surrounded by takeout dinners and bills, with coding ... opened with a rap about Asian-American stereotypes. I don't have a

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 24, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Sacred Space and why it matters to unplug once in awhile

  

  space’ of the car ride with my kids before the play. Turned out to be a ... connect with me before the play and an hour drive in close confinement would ... where you can relax and talk and just be with others that you care about

  • by Kris Guay
  • April 11, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Get excited for CPW! CPW= Campus Prefrosh? WHOA!

  

  relaxed and listen to music, snack on a sandwich, or just hangout with your ... awesome on campus just for you guys. But with so much stuff, there are two ... friendships with people who truly, deeply, GET you and your love of math puns or

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 6, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fact: Architecture majors have to code I don't remember signing up for this

  

  4.113 - Applied Architecture Design Studio I, we have to code...with ... rest of us (me!) it’s like … I don’t know, catching up with the rest of ... intimidated by coding, I’m also genuinely excited for what I come up with

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 22, 2011
• Blog / Events

  SpaceVision 2010 Space is cool.

  

  . It gets university students involved with space-related projects, gets them networking with other enthusiasts and professionals in the industry ... your school! I arrived at the conference armed with next to no knowledge

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 13, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Circus but like a nerd circus. So you know, less elephants and more calculus. Just as…

  

  been fortunate enough to so densely packed with awesome things, it's been ... literature available through the Gutenberg press with my friend Michelle. Ok ... Wild I also went on a rock climbing trip with the MIT Outdoors Club to

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 7, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogger Application 2010 Apply...if you dare!

  

  . And I do mean very warm. My bike has been sitting out with one handlebar ... -off for the summer months. I just got back from Alaska. More on that (with ... of other people around the world, and Be comfortable with, or willing

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 7, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Orthostatic Tolerance [by Ken Haggerty '11] It might not be such a bad idea to visit this…

  

  , collaborated with various research groups, including the 3D Optical Systems Group ... attending an LVAC Gallery Talk with Tavares himself back on June 3rd with Li ... didn't break any umbrellas. ABOVE: LVAC Gallery Talk with artist

  • by ARTalk
  • June 23, 2010