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• Blog / MIT Life

  In Memoriam: Professor Silbey

  

  . My interaction with Prof. Silbey was in Spring 2010, when I took 20 ... fact, I think the one time we actually had vocal interaction was when I ... my favorite professors I've had at MIT. He managed to take something

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 1, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Doing What You Love it's both priceless and utilitarian

  

  major, biology, 'useless'. Shocked, I asked her to elaborate. She felt ... biology. I agree; using that metric, biology is useless. (Obviously, that ... affects twenty colleagues' work. (I'm completely making these numbers up

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • October 24, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Blogging Is The Salt Shaker Of My Life thinly veiled platitude included free in box of metaphors

  

  Though I usually try to avoid being serious on the blogs, I've always felt truly honored to be an MIT admissions blogger, and by 'always' I mean 'since I became an admissions blogger'. To this day, I maintain that

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 17, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  More than 9000 reasons not to groan at my poor usage of outdated memes. ALSO, CPW!

  

  Hi, prefrosh! I assume that the bulk of our audience right now is ... . When Olin College of Engineering asked me if I wanted to attend their ... attendees have not been and will not all be admitted (in my mind, I viewed it

  • by Cam T. '13
  • April 4, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Learning Time Because that really is what we are here for

  

  write about a topic that we should know a lot about: our classes. I ... than what I’ve taken before because I don’t have any lab based classes this semester. I’m quite happy about that fact, because I enjoy the more

  • by Becca H. '12
  • March 4, 2011
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Restoring Sanity… and Fear And love of cats.

  

  This weekend, I headed down to Washington, DC, for the Rally to ... Stephen Colbert. More important, though, given I live just outside the city ... , Sheesha: And this is proof positive why I would rather have a cat than a

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • November 1, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Art Imitating Art well, at least blogs.

  

  Happy Labor Day Weekend y'all! I'm up north in my ancestral woods of New Hampshire this weekend, but I wanted to take this brief moment of ... something truly serendipitous. Back in July, when I created the 2010 Blogger

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 5, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Withdrawal Symptoms I miss camp :(

  

  's life. While typically I sleep early, avoid daily runs, and don't take things that don't belong to me, I've spent the past 100+ hours staying up ... that should rightfully go to the extremely awesome '14s (seriously, I

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 1, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Lea-der! Lea-der! Bat-man! ...I mean, Lea-der!

  

  the reasons I have an interest in journalism today. What’s incredible to ... just one of those hidden truths. When I first heard about the Gordon Engineering Leadership Program, I didn’t want to apply because I honestly did

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • July 13, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  T-Minus Six Days Ready for the best four days of your life? CPW 2010 ftw!!

  

  study is slowly but surely slipping away. I can't wait until all 1100+ of ... , have them ready! I was lucky last year in that my host was someone I ... . Do NOT forget your camera! I think I came home from CPW last year with

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 2, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Senior Survey (Says?) (For the record, I think that being on Family Feud would be totally awesome)

  

  A couple of days ago, Snively wrote, "I have a theory that bloggers ... feel like they should blog." I completely disagree. I work desk when I need money. I blog whenever I find something interesting. As a relatively

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 3, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Just My Luck The somewhat eventful story of my first EMT shift ever.

  

  that answer: Yep, it was good (despite the to-be-described misfortune, I ... 't, however, what I would call 'pretty uneventful.' Before I begin my little tale, I'd like to take full responsibility for Sunday's events. I did

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 12, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Mens et Manus – mainly Manus! Hmm my hands feel itchy...

  

  Life has been sprinting by these days, and I go through periodic cycles – making rounds from “Hey…I can do this…” to “OMG. This is impossible!” and back again. But true to my procrastinatorial roots, I can

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 29, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  Hello, Layover (Part Two) Electric Boog-a-loo.

  

  Due to an Act of God, I am in the shiny new JetBlue terminal at JFK ... seconds. My luck in airports is notoriously crappy. To celebrate, I went to pee - I'd been holding it during an all-out sprint across the terminal

  • by Keri G. '10
  • June 23, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

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

  

  reasons why I enjoy ROTC so much is that there are so many opportunities available to me that I wouldn't have anywhere else. The world's best ... completely different story. Instead, I'll discuss my fascination with color

  • by ROTC
  • October 19, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Wonder what an Amtrak station in the middle o’nowhere looks like? Pulling an Anthony on you: pictures of train stations, followed by my IAP so far.

  

  This was the title of an email I sent to Neha '10 a couple of weeks ... moved and where I spent the first week of the new year. As we drove over a ... your left is the Lake City Amtrak Station." "Where?" I asked. "You missed

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 17, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  No more school, no more books Professors are people, too. Importantly, they're people who give free food.

  

  last day of class is tomorrow, but I only have 7.28 (molecular biology ... , just a test review led by the TAs. I don't believe in test reviews (I think I've attended a grand total of one since the end of my freshman year

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Loose Ends A chronology of happenings.

  

  I know it's been a very eventful week for you guys, waiting for ... weeks all term, so I thought I'd tell you about it. Sometime early Sunday morning, I decided I'd go to the middle of nowhere in Maine for brunch. I

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sometimes a whale is just a whale Humanities classes make me roll my eyes sometimes.

  

  Well, I've reached my first "last" of the year... I just put the ... presumably the last non-science paper I will ever have to write. In my life. Ohhh, it's a good feeling. Now, don't get me wrong. I am not a one

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Asking for Directions Two weeks of pondering, photography, and prose.

  

  When I applied to MIT, I had a good idea of what I wanted to do when I "grew up." Having been a computer nut since age four, I happily ... intended major. I was reaching for the top -- what better place to study

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 19, 2005