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• Blog / MIT Life

  Sunday in the Park With chemistry

  

  earlobe as they glide by with beautiful, ear-splitting swiftness. Past the ... sandwiched between river and path, there sits a grove speckled with many a ... Avenue, half-groggy and half juiced with adrenaline. Within 20, I'm in

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 26, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Olympians, Part 2 This time, I am talking about science olympiads.

  

  with the best and brightest from around the world. I didn't care that I ... 's awesome to go to school with über-geniuses, even if (especially if) you ... MIT is filled with people who are just plain-old really smart, motivated

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 22, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Early Morning Construction and other bexley woes.

  

  them up with metal plates. Which I didn't so much mind except that it kept me from sleeping with my windows open at night, this I did mind. Two ... the first floor with a window facing. I wonder if there is a chance that

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • July 5, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My UROP Experiences Research is kinda cool.

  

  what this entry is about. It's about my experiences with undergraduate ... best UROP experience I've had here. I worked with Eric Verploegen (soon ... page to find out more about them. I worked with Eric officially for pay

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • May 7, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Of Dancing and T-Shirts (Guest Entry) Who had fun at CPW? I did!

  

  opened with a stomp. At first, I think all the prefrosh were stunned ... were very fortunate this year: CPW 2008 coincided with the C ... there are lots of a capella groups on campus, so even with my subpar voice

  • by Snively '11
  • April 22, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sore Subjects state of affairs isn't so good. But here are some telescope pictures!

  

  friday for this lab, but with the 8.06 deadlines this week I'm not sure I ... Islands with me during spring break. Opened it on the beach a few times and ... March. Unfortunately, I hear the telescope is having some trouble with its

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • April 14, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Surviving CPW Tips and tricks on making the most of your CPW experience

  

  with free food all over campus. Open houses, free pizza, liquid nitrogen ... to school with for four years. I also had a lot of questions about MIT ... 't satisfied with the answer, ask someone else. Rule #4: Explore the campus. Walk

  • by Bryan
  • April 5, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  From the eyes of a newly minted EC A flashback++

  

  on the weekend. With that said, I began applying to colleges where I ... area code. Who knows it could be MIT!" I responded with a snarky remark ... knocked on my door with the phone in her hand. She simply says, "It's MIT

  • by Bryan
  • March 31, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Poems Robert Creeley today.

  

  . This semester, with two of them, Roman History (21H.302) and Reading ... yesterday's assigned reading, and I'm feeling more well-read every day with ... very far off someone hands me a slice of apple pie, with a gob of white

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / Events

  The Great Debate: Latke vs. Hamentashen The post-coverage.

  

  While presidential elections are normally associated with debates ... MIT was packed to capacity with students eager to hear six MIT ... stickers. The people with stickers were instructed to decorate their plates

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 6, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Seamless And A Seamless Transition [by Sadie Scheffer '10] I present to you "Seamless: Computational Couture," a smart-fashion show and…

  

  upsurge in handmade apparel. I can't deny I am included in that group, with ... . Woven with piezoelectric film fibers, the tastefully crafted outfit stores ... ! And what's wrong with saving the world with a stylish hat? It seems MIT

  • by ARTalk
  • February 27, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  The Infected It's not a zombie outbreak...yet

  

  lot trouble admitting it. Even after several days of waking up with ... partner. I'm sure they weren't too pleased to be placed with me. Oh well. It ... class walked in with asthmatic pneumonia after missing over a weeks worth

  • by Karen F. '11
  • February 22, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Wild Parties, Vaginas and Suburbia Can you possibly guess where this entry is going? No. You can't.

  

  this department, unfortunately, but that's okay, I'm busy with other ... held in the Stata Center in a large auditorium with soft red chairs, I ... sometimes sad) play with my guy friends,I noticed that they all believed that

  • by Karen F. '11
  • February 16, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Danger Danger! Listen to Burt, duck and cover!

  

  . Every once in a while you walk by a door with a sign on it and you wonder ... home to various other warnings and cautions, including W - reacts with ... ignoring the "Hazardous Waste Storage Area" sign, you are left with the NFPA

  • by Snively '11
  • January 23, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  The Coop What's a coop? You'll find out!

  

  bookstore, we share it with Harvard. What's it called? The Coop. The Coop is ... was pronounced Co-op (rhymes with low hop). I got to MIT and all of a sudden everybody was pronouncing it Coop (rhymes with hoop). I've never

  • by Snively '11
  • January 13, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Introduction To ARTalk An introduction to the ARTalk guest author blog by Kerry Powell, Assistant to the Director…

  

  groups here, allowing students to explore their talents and experiment with ... . Students with a multitude of interest and involvement in the arts at MIT will ... into all of their projects is reflected by experimentation with

  • by ARTalk
  • January 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The End of an Era The last lecture of 6.001

  

  invented with Guy Steele in the 70's here at MIT. It's an unusual language with a syntax that's radically different from most other programming ... with it coming in. And because of this, the class has gotten a lot of

  • by Evan B. '10
  • January 8, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Into the Sunset [by Cadet Paul Estrada, '09] My fascination with color guard, and participation in a colonel's…

  

  completely different story. Instead, I'll discuss my fascination with color ... has a lot to do with my appreciation for the tradition and dignity of ... . Or it just might have to do with the fact that being able to slap

  • by ROTC
  • October 19, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Karen: A Short History Finally.

  

  anecdote about my first encounter with technology or science. Most of my ... . I'm warning you now. With this in mind (the world, not parenthetical ... with something. How about that. I'll probably major in Urban Planning

  • by Karen F. '11
  • September 25, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Building 4 Odyssey Looks like my James Joyce karma isn't that horrible after all.

  

  I very much agree with what Jess wrote about your comments on Stu ... , along with my awesome notebook of class notes from Dubliners, Portrait ... books with me. When I went back around 8:00 PM to pick them up, they were

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 7, 2007