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• Blog / Personal Travel

  Restoring Sanity… and Fear And love of cats.

  

  , Sheesha: And this is proof positive why I would rather have a cat than a ... : do be sure that if you have a flight at Logan at 6:45pm that you leave ... home on a random weekend like this. I go home for Thanksgiving, Christmas

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • November 1, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Love Lucy! REALLY don't even think about bringing a car to MIT - sans elephants.

  

  This post is sans elephants. Elephant Sans, however, would make for a ... reason why you shouldn't think about bringing a car to MIT! Once upon a time, in a land far far away (from all you non-local blog readers), a

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 13, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  Katharine Hepburn’s Brownies How Kate saved my kitchen cred.

  

  to use the word hate, but I’m going to be a rebel and use it anyway ... the mood to experiment? It’s kind of a big deal, picking a favorite, and not something that can be decided on a whim. So when I tell you

  • by Alina G. '11
  • July 26, 2010
• Blog / Events

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

  

  me is the fact that the granddaughter of a Japanese rice farmer can fit so well within a career that is still considered to be male ... seats in Congress, lead only 15 Fortune 500 companies, and hold a mere 3

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

  Blogger Application 2010 Apply...if you dare!

  

  ; however, we have a few upperclassmen spots that are open for the fall, and if you feel you can make a compelling case for your inclusion among ... images into your posts to make them interesting. To be considered for a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 7, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Looked outside my window, and what did I see I probably shouldn't be surprised, but I am.

  

  impossible to try and capture it all in a blog. Never fear though, I'll figure ... to draw some pictures to factor out a few thousand words.

  • by Chris M. '12
  • May 3, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Just Dance! Dance = Awesome.

  

  northeast! Through a collaboration with Boston University's dance team, Dheem, MIT Natya put on a show called Laasya, which means 'dance' in Sanskrit ... chose to be a part of it because Indian classical dance has been a part of

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 23, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Movin’ On Goodbye '09//Hellooo IAP

  

  students do whatever they find worthwhile – whether it’d be a mini ... !) taking a class (many people do. ‚ò∫) Browse around this year’s IAP site for a better idea ‚Üí Overview of IAP 2010 From what I've heard, some

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 1, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  I have the best girlfriend ever Gifts at MIT rock.

  

  I bought a new mouse on woot.com the other day for $13.37 and I must say, it's very nice, but when my girlfriend came into my room she ... , it still works!" A week later, after I had totally forgotten about

  • by Snively '11
  • December 3, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Three MIT students win Rhodes Scholarships In case you're wondering, yes, that's a lot of Rhodes Scholarships.

  

  . Huang, Newark [Delaware], is a senior at the Massachusetts Institute of ... Kesem, a student-run and free camp for the children of cancer patients ... Senator Edward Kennedy. At Oxford, she plans to do a doctorate in public

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 22, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Admission Interview Tick tock!

  

  home town – or someplace close – in an informal setting like a coffee house or book store. It’s not a test, and your EC won’t throw a Rubik’s Cube at you and start a stopwatch. The interview is a conversation

  • by Dave McOwen
  • October 8, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  iDoor Opening your boyfriend's dorm room door? There's an app for that.

  

  Almost a year ago, I met a kid who tried to convince me to come back ... 's his door in action: A couple notes from someone who has opened and ... door button was right next to a lot of other important buttons on my i

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 8, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

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

  

  hell of a lightning storm in Fort Lauderdale, closing the runway for an ... TO CHICAGO RAWR RAWR RAWR.) There's a discussion topic called "Advice ... want to throw a heavy glass object every time I see it, which is often

  • by Keri G. '10
  • June 23, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  In which I show no restraint whatsoever But don't worry, you'll all probably benefit from it (unless, you know, you don't).

  

  the fifth day (fifth? What day is it?? Is it really Thursday???) in a row and everything is really getting to me, so when I was taking a break ... answering questions and debunking myths. But I'm a senior this year, and after

  • by Keri G. '10
  • June 11, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Where are you going, where have you been? Prelude.

  

  corner of their heart a little bit from time to time, well, here's my ... the last years, I'm embarking on a multi-part project called "Where are you going, where have you been" named after a rather creepy (but

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • May 24, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  We Want You! Write for us!

  

  this year!). So, here it is, the official "I want to write a guest entry ... (personal peeve, I hate writing that is just a continuous block of text) > ... using the blogging software of your choice and just send a text file

  • by Snively '11
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nano @ MIT Puppets! Research! Nanotechnology!

  

  Have you seen this adorable video? Patrick Bennett, a Berkeley ... . Relatedly, I've been getting quite a few questions about nanotechnology at MIT ... the more common questions: Is there a nanotechnology major at MIT? Not

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 9, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Square Root Day Your daily dose of nerd humor.

  

  Did any of you notice today was a square root day? I didn't, until I got a friendly email reminding me of this rare mathematical oddity: "Today, 3/3/09, is square root day, which only occurs nine times each

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 3, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  Nadal, Federer, Helfant ‘85 Adam Helfant '85 is the new boss of professional men's tennis.

  

  one thing that strikes me is that there are a lot of MIT applicants who like tennis, both playing and watching it. Thus, I'd guess a lot of the ... Engineering, earning his degree in just three and a half years. After MIT, he

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 31, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Quick Update My neighbors are celebrating by firing guns in the air which is not conducive to…

  

  improved application deadline quickly approaching. Here's a picture. Enjoy, good luck, and feel free to email me at the address in the banner. Have a

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • December 31, 2008