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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  No Pain, No Gain I wish it weren't so.

  

  . It would be somewhat forgivable if these minor wounds were a result of ... is coming up in just over a week, I've spent the past few days cycling ... haven't had a whole lot of experience on shift. The latter, though, might

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 5, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Top Ten Reasons I’m Thankful for Thanksgiving Breaaaaaaaaakkkkkkk!!!!!!

  

  all to me - so now, I understand it in a kind-of-not-really sort of way ... . I'll have time to watch TV. This is a big deal, guys. Be excited for ... ? Because they have a physics project that they're going to be working on all

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 24, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  his homework in a leather briefcase and can run from Random Hall to ... , Erons. Erons has to carry a wheelchair up the stairs when he pretends to ... disheartening than others. A friend of mine offers this: once the cycle of tests

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 24, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Grocery Store Run Run, Geza, run!

  

  escaped relatively unscathed, just a few scattered tree limbs here and there. The house was without electricity and running water for quite a while ... in a house with no utilities, sweltering in the humidity, standing in

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • September 28, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Replay… Who says you can't go home again? Or at least go back to school...

  

  . There were moments of frustration and exhaustion, but also a whole lot of ... I’ve spent time on campus. I haven’t missed a class reunion since I ... for a few hours or days. I also became an Educational Counselor and

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 11, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Boston’s 4th of July Boston has arguably the best 4th of July festivities in the country, and MIT has…

  

  , and MIT has a front row seat. Each year on July 4th, a concert by the ... nationwide (10pm et/pt on CBS). The concert occurs at Boston's Hatch Shell, a concert venue on the Esplanade, a nice park along the Charles River, which

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 3, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Diffusion Summer time!

  

  done and it was a wild ride. Like any wild ride it had its ups and downs ... 't had a whole lot of time to be nostalgic, mushy, and all that irritating stuff you don't want to read about (I'm not a philosopher or a romance

  • by Snively '11
  • May 23, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2008: So I think I’ll go to Boston (Guest Entry) More pictures than your body has room for!

  

  to take a physics league test before zooming off to Metropark station to catch my 10 AM train. A couple days before, I had arranged to travel with Edward, another ‘12 from a town near by mine. We met up at the

  • by Snively '11
  • April 20, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Burton 1 Cribs A look at the interiors of several rooms on Burton 1.

  

  walls, they often take it a step further and use their rooms to truly ... on my floor, Burton 1, all decorated in such a way that creates a place ... a team of hair and makeup artists, as well as relaxing in their

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 6, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT is going to pump you up! A bit about a cool new fitness program called getfit@mit

  

  , which always has a way of making me feel important… In any case, MIT is ... engineering, but I thought that today I’d focus on a great idea by MIT Medical. The program is called “getfit@mit” and it is a 12-week, team

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 29, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  MIT vs. Chuck Norris Ever wonder how many math and science Chuck Norris jokes exist in cyberspace?

  

  noticed an article about a commercial that Chuck Norris filmed for ... with a mid morning Mountain Dew and a strict one hour limit and got down ... , a number I like much better. Feel free to add any Chuck Norris facts

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • February 5, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  Remember, Remember the Fifth of November Celebrating Guy Fawkes Day as only MIT can.

  

  Just over 400 years ago, a group of Englishmen attempted to blow up ... foiled at the twelfth hour, the conspirators nonetheless secured a place in ... fireworks, and devouring a variety of delectable treats. Here at MIT, a few

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 5, 2007
• Blog / How to Food

  REX and the City New York, New York, and other answers to your other questions, too.

  

  A lot of you have written me to tell me you've voted, and it ... Phone, Treo, Blackjack, etc.. It takes literally two clicks and you could make a ... support me without starting a war. Regardless of the outcome, though, it

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 10, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Blogging Scholarship I'm a finalist for a blogging scholarship - now I need your help voting.

  

  bloggers an email about a $10,000 scholarship for any bloggers who attend ... later) scrambled to borrow a laptop and sent in an application. And - I'm a finalist. A lot of the time I'm not very serious - but I'm serious

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 8, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The ‘Magic Paint Brush’ This is so much cooler than MS Paint.

  

  /O Brush is a project by Kimiko Ryokai in the Tangible Media Group at the Media Lab. Her site describes the invention: I/O Brush is a new drawing ... materials by "picking up" and drawing with them. I/O Brush looks like a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 20, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Testing requirements FAQ Some Q & A regarding testing for MIT admission.

  

  more questions, here is a quick FAQ to provide some more answers. I hope it is helpful to you. Q. Do you prefer the SAT or the ACT? A. We ... that make you look best. Q. Which SAT Subject Tests should I take? A. We

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 12, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  I like romantic things like music and art ...so why don't I have a boyfriend?

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Andre 3000, from OutKast, has a son (by Erykah Badu ... , a culinary "competition" for which my floor routinely cranks out about a third of the dishes and takes home about a half of the prize money

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Big MIT Career Fair Lots of companies are on campus today recruiting MIT students.

  

  for them, or to do a summer internship. The companies span the spectrum ... organizations like the Peace Corps and Teach For America. Here's a smapling of ... Kinsey & Company Microsoft ...and that's just a sampling. When I was

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 21, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Senior Week: Jonathan Lii A look at a senior from the Class of 2006.

  

  15 with a minor in 14 [in layman's terms: a double major in Mathematics and Management, and a minor in Economics] What's next: Working as a ... Random Variables with Prof. Richard Dudley. It was a class in probability

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 5, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tuesday is the new black. The world moves on MIT's hips. The world moves and it swivels and bops.

  

  the early 20th century, Harvard used a substantial grant from George F. Baker to establish a school for engineering in Cambridge. This college is now known as Harvard Business School. Today is a "virtual Monday" at MIT

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 21, 2006