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• Blog / MIT Life

  What YOU’RE Doing This Summer! (2010 Edition!) yay pictures!

  

  Dear Internet, No, I am not dead yet. I had a lot of great food in New York. I went to Europe for a week, where I had more great food. I am now back at MIT. I took a long nap in the library today. I can feel MIT

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 9, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ode to a Package of Dial Soap Substantial entries will come soon!

  

  It was my freshman year, not long ago When I arrived at MIT, complete ... to see how much I've grown In brainpower and stamina for sleepless ... - far, to time unknown To post-MIT - start setting our sights I do

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 6, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Do you have jobs? Can I have one?

  

  After I finish my M.Eng (Master's of Engineering) thesis in the ... world. So, I've begun to search for the perfect job to excite, challenge, and otherwise fulfill me. So far, I've met a *ton* of companies. I can

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 8, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s Monday Actually, I think I just made it to Tuesday.

  

  7:39 PM: It's Sunday night. I have four exams in the next week. Hey, I should blog! 7:40 PM: Erons '12 walks into my room. Erons is not ... . Incidentally, the set of such people that I know contains one member: namely

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 24, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The sun is out but why is it so cold outside?

  

  be a cat in the winter time. Today I wrested the last fateful drop out ... . I'd been putting off this day for weeks. But it could be put off no longer. I don't think I've ever quite emptied a tube of toothpaste to this

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 20, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Grocery Store Run Run, Geza, run!

  

  father introduced me to some relatives who live nearby, should I ever need ... my mother, she insisted that I hadn't been eating and that more food be obtained to relieve me of the MIT firehose-induced famine. In truth, I

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • September 28, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First Day of Class Sick.

  

  Classes started yesterday, which means I became immediately and violently ill the night before. I don't know how or why it happened, but for ... violent downward spiral hugging the porcelain god all night, and as such I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Scientist Questions of science, science and progress.

  

  I spent today playing with yeast cells, and I couldn't be happier. Let me back up. As you may already know, this summer, I'm working with ... . Today was my first day and I decided to come in at 8:00 - which, in turn

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 2, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Making Time For Art [by Ashley Nash '11] If you don't have much or any experience with art, MIT…

  

  [by Ashley Nash '11] Before I got to MIT, in all of my classes, there ... matter? I don't know, but I didn't bother to try and find out, and at MIT, the answer doesn't matter very much anyway. I got a 39 on my first math

  • by ARTalk
  • March 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Just Because It’s 2/29 I apologize that this blog has nothing to do with MIT.

  

  : TODAY IS LEAP DAY! Leap Day, I'm sure you already know, comes from the ... . Anyhow, I just wanted to point out and celebrate the 5th Leap Day in my life. Going wayy back... (1988) - I was born on a leap year, but I guess

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 29, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Nerd’s Paradise Phi is a "h" of a lot cooler than pi.

  

  Ever since I first visited MIT in the summer of 2007, I knew that the Institute was quite literally like no other place on Earth. All I did was ... talk to some of the current students. I was on campus for a grand total

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 28, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  It’s not all happy I know, shocker!

  

  I've realized that at this point I've pretty much conveyed this type of image concerning my life at MIT: While true some of the time, I ... becomes more entertaining when you right-click it and select properties^^ I

  • by Snively '11
  • February 26, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A Day In The Life [By MIDN 3/c Robert Block '10] It is 1200 on a Tuesday during IAP, and…

  

  , and I have accomplished more than the average MIT student does in an entire school day. How have I achieved this? It all started with my alarm at 0530. I might have woken my roommates, but it was early enough that

  • by ROTC
  • February 12, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  The best way to kill zombies… is by shooting them in the head....they can't eat you if you make them dead.…

  

  Hey guys! Remember me? I used to blog and stuff, until I became so hosed I could barely remember what day of the week it is. No, really. Several times lately I've found myself saying, "So a couple of weeks ago

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 15, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper ‘84, Astronaut The 24th MIT graduate to go into space.

  

  is, well, after high school I went to college, and I applied to MIT, you know, looking at different schools. I figured, OK, Massachusetts ... were definitely my stronger subjects in high school, and so I figured I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Perfect weekend Sun, fun, and Plymouth Rock.

  

  Oh, it's been such a good weekend. Friday I went into the lab for a ... splitting cells over the weekend. (NOTE: As I was writing that sentence, I said, "[Totally inappropriate four-letter word]! I have to go into lab

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 18, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Next steps Relax, guys. I'm still going to be around.

  

  I finished my last final exam yesterday, and barring any unforeseen complications, I'll be graduating from MIT on June 9. (The ceremony will be ... masters in aero/astro. He and I are moving into Westgate, which is an MIT

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 26, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  What’s Up With The Mail?!? Honestly, I'm not entirely sure. But I'll tell you everything I know.

  

  Honestly, I'm not entirely sure. But I'll tell you everything I know. I know that many of you haven't heard yet, and that it's enormously frustrating. For this I wholeheartedly apologize. Please hang in there for us

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Rejoicing A few things worth celebrating.

  

  It is 2:30 and I already stained my neurons and nail-polished them to ... ), but I can't go home yet because I have 7.31 at 3:00 in the Whitehead Center for Biomedical Research. So I'm a) alleviating boredom, b) avoiding

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Reading folders A little bit more on evaluating applications.

  

  it's a "Reading Day." I have already picked up a big stack of ... from many different states with many different characteristics. I sit down to read my applications, one at a time. I start reading the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 30, 2005