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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Retrospective Wait, what? I'm done with my first year?

  

  more laid-back version of CPW, with just as much fun but a little more ... with garba at Milan, an event organized by MIT SAAS (South Asian American Society): It was with deep sadness that I bid farewell to first semester

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • May 25, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Throwback I'm gonna throw this out there. If you don't like it, you can throw it…

  

  's just that Cambridge streets are really more paved for those with slightly ... room with a new roommate who I didn't know all that well, to a new floor ... which you can move with relative freedom if you wish. Burton Conner is

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 9, 2010
• Blog / How to MIT

  BLARGL! Where have all the orange lockers gone?

  

  blogs and websites (dpreview anyone?). I'm very happy with my purchase ... from rollerblading (which is what I'm most comfortable with) and don ... tons of CEOs, saw (and played with) lots of awesome toys, and even bought

  • by Snively '11
  • February 23, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Stories from Uganda [by Biyeun Buczyk '10] Installing an exhibit in the Wiesner Student Art Gallery.

  

  Service Center Fellowship. In June 2009, I traveled to Uganda again with ... , medium format workhorse weighing in at about 8 pounds with its 180mm lens—to document the trip. Along with the camera, I carried roughly fifty rolls of

  • by ARTalk
  • February 8, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  2009: Let There Be Bloggers!

  

  hounded with endorsement deals (well okay maybe Snively is) but it's a ... office's own running of the bulls, only with more emoticons and Dr ... for certain that we will only hire someone with an active blog, we will

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 4, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  MITiplication This entry contains one multiplication problem.

  

  paper with your imaginary pencil and eraser, and then proudly circle your ... collected during the study has lead the author to vow against carpooling with ... ) experiment. Comment with (1) your natural method of calculation and (2) how

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • June 20, 2009
• Blog / Personal Travel

  The Grandest of Road Trips Reflections on a cross-country road trip, on an international plane flight, on a full bladder.

  

  decrease the suspicion of the two other people in the emergency exit row with ... of the trip. What's wrong with her? I imagine they'd think, their ... to San Francisco with my boyfriend CV, who just graduated and has a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 1, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Outside the box In which I start a new life at pika, etc.

  

  might as well be living in a chapter of Walden, preferably one with strong ... -American-novel-setting houses with a wild garden in the front yard, a treehouse and tire swing in ... Coke at pika along with two roommates. We have a couch, a bunk bed, a

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • May 25, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Epilogue An open letter about blogging, growing up, and the end of my first year at…

  

  I write, no matter how stupidly punctuated, is fraught with tightropes ... with you all that I have felt and loved. Frustration frays the corners ... having friends. Last night, I had played Mafia with a large group of

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • May 21, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Some reflections Post decisions, a few thoughts.

  

  you for being engaged with MIT and our admissions process. This year ... , because of the difficult times — I hope you will come here with the ... with a strong humanities program that offers appropriate context, you

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 29, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  N.Y. Times, Page B11: “MIT Guard Shows Brains and Hoops Can Mix” Jimmy Bartolotta '09 leads the 16-5 MIT Men's Varsity Basketball team.

  

  (!). He plans to play in Europe next year (maybe with Kobe Bryant?).   ... tomorrow, being stomped game after game by teams filled with dumb jocks. But ... graduate in the spring with a grade-point average of 4.6 out of a maximum 5

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 6, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  25 things and another reason to come to CPW. FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS. OH GOD.

  

  with me can't convince you, and in case you're afraid you won't have ... with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end ... ." Basically, let's have fun with this. I'm doing this now, and now you have to

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • February 3, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A word about the humanities It's sort of a long, multi-section word.

  

  grandmother accidentally stuffed with snow As you can see, the existence of the ... with the humanities, working on problem sets about the humanities, going ... . The workload involves: 2 five-page papers Regular fieldwork with a

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 25, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Warning: Contains Biology This entry may be unsuitable for children, liberal arts majors, and mathematicians.

  

  provides all students with a common core of foundational scientific knowledge ... . Bioengineering is still incredibly ground-breaking, with new research pushing the ... (mechanical engineering with a particular focus; I would have chosen biomedicine

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 14, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Large Format Photography [by Biyeun Buczyk '10] Please, please let there be no light-leaks.

  

  , polishing the brass and oiling the cherry, with the hope of having the camera ... shoot (with a smaller camera), I spent a few hours struggling to fold the ... successful) shoot. With two hours left, my goal was to take one photo. Just one

  • by ARTalk
  • November 6, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Time Management Reading this article adds +15 to Time Skills

  

  I'm fairly sure all of you are familiar with the fact that MIT has ... would anyone else. So with all this awesome clammering for my attention ... nothing to do with DeLoereans. And perhaps thankfully it had nothing to do

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 1, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Banditos Misteriosos Everybody enjoys a ghoul dance party!

  

  , it is with pride, that Banditos Misteriosos announces our very own Monster Mash-up! Consider this a Halloween Dance Party but with all your ... an instructional video, complete with dance moves and your very own

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

  My Application Story Modified (but mostly plagiarized) from my personal blog. Enjoy the copy pasta.

  

  was nothing wrong with MIT. It was just my dad's school, and he was ... became clear that Chicago is a liberal arts school with a strong science department, while MIT is a science school with a strong liberal arts department

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 17, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part 3 Connecting with your Educational Counselor

  

  reports about their meetings with you. For some of you, an interview may not be something new, but for others the meeting with your Educational ... in touch with them via email or by phone. If you email them include a

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  VI-A Course 6? Work experience and a Masters degree all at once!

  

  /you/ there, here's a quick recap, sprinkled with pictures from last ... their senior year writing the thesis. And they can graduate with real work ... comes with a voice that can read text to you. But, you can almost

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 3, 2008