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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Passing Out ...of classes. Or in class. We'll see.

  

  your security blanket there. So I became a legal adult a few months ago ... . Today, we're learning.) Last week I met with my advisor and signed up for classes, which was interesting, since I nearly forgot that among all the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Room with a Vieux A comparison of sorts

  

  Note: I freely admit I am stealing the title "A Room with a Vieux ... ." I think honking is a sacred activity and this sort of socially ... Yesterday, I got back to MIT, and my bedroom's view this year rivals my summer

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 29, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Where is the banana… ...and why is that man chartreuse?

  

  as I have no other use for this absolutely ridiculous piece of ... turns to the camera in the corner comically) Did I just walk into a kid”s cartoon? ARTHUR: (bristling) If I were in a cartoon, I”d probably be named

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 11, 2006
• Blog / Events

  July 4th Pictorial FIREWORKS!

  

  So where did I decide to watch the fireworks from? C! The MIT Sailing Pavillion Now I'll tell you why, after I show you everything else ... excited electrons in the sky. I stopped by Ashdown (grad dorm) for free

  • by Bryan
  • July 7, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Update from Kentucky

  

  This entry doesn't have much content, it's just a placeholder while I come up with real things to write. In the past week and a half I've gone ... announcement: I've been playing around with the SpamLookup configurations on this

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • May 30, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds, Part 2

  

  the May 1st postmark deadline for your college decision, I figure now is ... busy though? I mean...I know I got my CSS done a little late but it ... some of us not recieved our financial aid packages yet? I know I got all

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Engineering Hero One of the coolest professors at MIT

  

  So two weeks ago, I had a lecture from one of the oldest people at MIT. ...This might have also been possibly one of the best lectures I ... the Mechanical Engineering Department. Now ever since I was a young

  • by Bryan
  • February 22, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Visit to the Museum of Fine Arts There's nothing like a trip to the Museum of Fine Arts to make you realize…

  

  I just checked off #34 on the list of "101 Things To Do Before You ... that I've been taking through the Student Art Association has rekindled my interest in the arts, so I thought I would make the most of my day

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Semi-Real Time Mystery Hunt Update The title says it all.

  

  the adventure. I just took a quick trip back to my room so I could grab ... ! What a day. I took some pictures of the kickoff, which I'll post next week. The thrill of solving a puzzle is just awesome. Obviously, I can

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 13, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  2006 Already?!? Back to work tomorrow... wow do vacations go fast!

  

  Hi everyone, Just wanted to say hello. Having been out for a week I am presently inundated with email and related communications backlog; I ... week. (So please don't write to me 10 times asking if I've received your

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ah, those inspirational Germans! The Magdeburg Bridge in Germany is an engineering marvel and an inspiration to all Beavers!

  

  depressed and start asking yourself "Why am I here? What am I doing with my life?" I was a bit down in the dumps when I got this email from my mom ... the coolest bridge ever? I'm not Course 1 (Civil and Environmental

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 18, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  XC is Sexy

  

  I first saw the slogan "XC is Sexy" on the shirt of a 12 year old, and I figure if it's appropriate for him to wear it, it's okay for me to blog it. On Saturday, I went with some friends to Franklin Park, in

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 11, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  You can get anything you want… ...excepting Alice. Or a good blog entry.

  

  It's been hectic for past few days; I had my first German vocabulary test yesterday and I had to learn like ein bazillion words for that, and I've also been really busy working on problem sets. It'll just be

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 17, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  September Questions Omnibus 1 The answers to your recent questions.

  

  Viji wrote, "Hello, How do I RSVP for the info session? Your links ... another major or a minor or two. You can also change majors (as I did in my ... ., as long as the duration is correct?" For HMMT, I might try something

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 15, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Paint Work VII The triumphant conclusion! Plus, the CIA is watching me.

  

  So I know the entire world has been waiting anxiously for the release of this, my newest blog entry. I hear the Harvard Book Store is even ... Garbage concert. Well, first, you have to hear about my morning. I got to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 11, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Little things that remind me im not home

  

  I’m from the Philippines. There are big things that are different ... isn’t what makes me feel like I’m not in the Philippines anymore. Because, you know, American food? Something I’ve seen in the movies. The way

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 15, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  What YOU’RE Doing This Summer! Do yourself a favor and watch this! Make sure you're not doing anything for the…

  

  On Monday, I got to see a pacemaker insertion surgery, eat lunch in scrubs, and pretend that I was on Grey's Anatomy. My preceptor was Dr. Lee ... unofficial Course XIX still lives on to the present day). I met Dr. Lee last

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 24, 2009
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Nerdy adventures on the West Coast Q: What changes when you transplant a few MIT students 3,000 miles? A: Not much.

  

  One of the things that I find most interesting about MIT, but hardest ... conversations. I can't tell you how often I find myself having in-depth and scientifically rigorous discussions about random topics and thinking "oh man, I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  April Questions Omnibus 2

  

  , "I'm so confused. MIT has a beaver? But so does Caltech." Right. The ... for ISEF this year?" Yes! I'm looking forward to the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair (ISEF) next month. I'll be around the public

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 20, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Major, Course 6-9 computation and cognition

  

  I get a lot of questions about it's like to major in "Computation and Cognition," known around MIT as Course 6-9. In this post, I'll describe my ... overall. Table of Contents How I Chose Course 6-9 Before MIT

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 28, 2020