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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Time Flies… especially when you are having more fun than you could possibly imagine.

  

  I’ve found myself being reflective recently about a lot of things. A simple walk home across the bridge counting the Smoots as I go brings all ... but this year is different. Last year I attended the 25th reunion of my

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • June 6, 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…

  

  eating or doing laundry or blogging (sorry about that). But I'm back ... to be expected from MIT right? But I made it through... of course, aided by PASS/NO RECORD!! I'm going to miss ol' P/NR next semester, but

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

  Tweaching and Stitches Two things that happened this week, one of which I liked.

  

  I'll be honest with you––actually, brief aside here, have you ever ... exploded. Anyway, as I was saying, I'm going to be honest with you (and ... every year for a few years, I suppose it's supposed to signify the first

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 12, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  Hello! My name is Natnael Getahun, but please call me Nat. I'm your third freshman blogger, class of '15, and I thought I would take a second to introduce myself. And because I'm bad at narrating my life, we'll go

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • September 9, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Presenting MIT’s Newest Truman Scholar! Yeah, I know I've been blogging a lot this week - but believe me, you…

  

  During my freshman orientation many, many months ago, I came across a girl named Anjali Thakkar: My first thought when I met her was, "Whatttt. How can one person be so. incredibly. happy?!" I quickly came to

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 7, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Three from MIT! Three MIT Young Futurists

  

  Yesterday morning I was quite surprised and VERY excited to see a ... magazine site that I visit daily called "The Root". The article was a feature ... extraordinary contributions in a variety of areas. When I was skimming through the

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • February 7, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  Row, row, row your boat aka varsity sports at MIT

  

  I always seem to know I’m back at MIT when I can vaguely hear my alarm go off at 6am. A lot of people seem to think I’m crazy for waking up ... hours in rain or shine (or the occasional snowstorm), but I wouldn’t have

  • by Becca H. '12
  • September 27, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The home of cool toys the best way to spend a Monday

  

  Chris M. scooped me, but I just couldn't let a visit from the MV-22 Osprey tiltrotor pass without geeking out. I love airplanes, but the Osprey is by far the coolest toy in the inventory. So when I heard we were

  • by Dave McOwen
  • May 4, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Facebook. Because social networking makes you cool.

  

  Hey all, I'm sorry you haven't heard from me in a while; I'm working ... linked to here on the blogs (although I wasn't a part of the "we", then ... Mark Zuckerberg-approved location, I'll suggest the group for this year

  • by Cam T. '13
  • December 16, 2009
• Blog / Hacks

  Nice Try, Caltech Hacks > Pranks :D

  

  Hack at MIT I managed to snag one of the fake papers that, as the ... yes, that's my math pset in the background - the math pset that I ought ... sees it), am not. As I've now satisfied my need to share this news with

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 1, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  San Francisco, je t’aime nothing to do with mit :3 (...intern in cali! )

  

  Back in March, I typed into our internship database: "california health internship." Little did I know that this would turn out to be an AMAZING summer. I worked at an Asian health clinic serving primarily

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 23, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snapshot #1 Short summary of a long week.

  

  Tuesday morning, I excused myself from de-insectifying MATLAB scripts ... -shortening chemicals, I wrestled down the nightmare-inducing plethora of health concerns ... Harvard Bridge. As I approached the threshold of drowning, I flinched away

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • June 28, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back Home No Strings Attached

  

  than flying home during the winter. This is actually the first time I've flown in the summer since I came to college in 2007. My only experiences ... carousel and, to my delight, it was the first one out! My parents and I left

  • by Snively '11
  • May 24, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  My Guilty Pleasure or why it's all about "the Hockey."

  

  When I was a freshman, like many before me and many since, I lived in ... libraries. The caveat to using his room was that I had to answer the phone and take messages, so that year I became the "voice" of IM Hockey. Every time

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • January 1, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Juggling Act When you're used to life in Hell...

  

  Undergraduate Math Office relevant? Two reasons. First off, I'm a student grader ... bunch of undergraduate minions - I mean, employees - to help out with the ... every week. Because 18.02 was my favorite class when I was a first

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Colors! Burton-Conner:12523 kbps1649 kbps140 ms

  

  blog. Some of my most prolific blogging streaks are when I'm actually the ... fun, aren't usually malicious. I have this nagging feeling that my 2.005 (Thermal-Fluids Engineering I) PSET (Problem Set (Weekly homework)) is going

  • by Snively '11
  • September 15, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Oh the People You See *does a barrel ro-- I mean a double take*

  

  ) and down the hall. This took several hours, partially because I didn ... that I have a lot of crap. 20ish trips and multiple breaks later I had ... bedding (should I just sleep in my old room tonight or move all the bedding

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

  MTB Party Pic & TechTV CPW Coverage Some fun ways to remember the weekend...

  

  this past weekend. I hope you guys had as much fun as I did! A quick update before I depart for a few days of vacation... First, a big thanks to ... Bloggers party. If I shrink it down to fit here, you won't be able to

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 14, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  The Space Between In which I attempt to explain IAP. (Hint: it's not a Dave Matthews Band song.)

  

  when I was going back to MIT, I couldn't help but sigh, just a tiny little bit. In the past semester or so, I've realized that being an MIT ... affairs. As one example, when someone asks me what classes I took during

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 7, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  72 Hours Three days can be a long time.

  

  Man, it's been a while since I last blogged. I've been a bit hosed, to say the least. I've also been out of town quite a bit thanks to the Navy. The good news is that I now know what I'm doing after I graduate

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • November 8, 2007