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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Flame War A play-by-play of the Class of 2012's first flame war.

  

  , so I posted it again. People caught on, and all of a sudden people were going off on semi-anonymous tangents about how they didn't like the design ... revolting, just a couple of data-entry failures on the part of our class

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 20, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Sunday in the Park With chemistry

  

  sunbathers sprawled supine like sardines on a plate, over the stone bridge and ... square completely, and so clearly this would be not an error on my part. In ... on Sunday and immediately knew that this was a day of unusuality. The

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 26, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Week in the Life: Optimism Edition In which I have a particularly tough, enriching week.

  

  "I like how you say that with a smile on your face," my hallmate ... on time Tuesday morning, so I can't tell you about the tour of Boston my 11.001 class went on. In lab, Arka '10 and I had the only completed

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2008 Summer (Pics!) Photo overload. eep.

  

  classes on Thursday - I started writing this entry. =p Summer 2008 was a ... . Went on a volunteer health trip with a medical group (think Doctors ... Taiwan. Early July -> Early August: Back in MIT, working on a UROP

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Campus Activities What to do while not learning.

  

  So, now that you're on campus, you have all this free time, right? I mean, classes just started today, but that doesn't mean you still don't have tons of time to do fun stuff. I was digging around on my external

  • by Snively '11
  • September 3, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Liveblog from Apple Store I copy Paul, 3 hours later.

  

  on your preferences but the floor you were placed on (except for

  • by Snively '11
  • July 26, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Things That Are 20 DID YOU KNOW? 1988 was a leap year.

  

  hot sauce manufacturing company, to obtain a perfect score on Pacman ... suspended. * Mike Tyson crashing his $183,000 Bently on Varick Street in New

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 7, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Meetings with Brown & Yale in Texas and Arizona Learn about three great schools at once in the American Southwest.

  

  Beginning a week from Saturday, MIT will be going on the road with Brown & Yale Universities for meetings in Texas and Arizona. Details ... common philosophies on admissions, financial aid, and more. Each session

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 1, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day in the Life (2)… [Mathematics] Studying math at Cambridge and MIT.

  

  [Justin '08] Hi everyone. I went on the exchange for 06-07 (so I ... Exchange offers a wide range of experiences and can depend significantly on ... successfully, i.e. earning first-degree class marks on the exams. In particular

  • by Cambridge
  • May 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Toy Design Update How couldn't you enjoy building toys?

  

  've declared a major! I decided on 2A, Mechanical Engineering with a ... plain white folder with the Hasbro logo stamped on the front. I opened it up and found a letter on Mr. Potato Head letterhead. The first

  • by Snively '11
  • April 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sore Subjects state of affairs isn't so good. But here are some telescope pictures!

  

  piling up like crazy over here. But so is work on my 8.06 term paper and ... 'll make it. I'm writing my paper on the dynamical (SO(4) rotational group ... Islands with me during spring break. Opened it on the beach a few times and

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • April 14, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Ambulance! Ambulance! So I'm in this serious long-term relationship.

  

  half an hour since returning to MIT on Sunday, and I was only home for ... 've really been home that I'm on the verge of emailing housing and telling them ... long) every so often - you need to work consistently, and many people on

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 10, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  Hack Study Break MIT is home to some very dedicated gamers.

  

  the stress level on campus would be pretty high right now, most of my ... had so much spare time on their hands, they actually decided to provide ... left Settlers and hurried on towards my UROP. Scarcely had I crossed the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 11, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  72 Hours Three days can be a long time.

  

  applications varying by semester. Emphasis on the integration of fundamental concepts with approaches of process design. Emphasis on problems that demand ... the rest of your time to work on the project. Unfortunately, because my

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • November 8, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hit in the Face: A Snively GuestBlog Snively's point of view. Only this time it's actually his point of view, and not…

  

  After a lot of searching, I’ve discovered a video on YouTube that is ... you’re reading now. I got to MIT on August 19th and have been living it ... the 18th >> Chemistry Quiz on Tuesday the 18th >> Physics

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 14, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m Shipping Up to Boston and I lost my leg! Whoah oh oh..

  

  here in the beautiful Bay Area. (As well as chewing on my tongue, which I ... and in between departments on a scooter. About a month into summer ... watching the Perseid meteor shower go by from a moonlight boulder on top of a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 31, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Incoming freshmen, come to the Activities Midway tomorrow! Find a group where you can continue your hobbies and try something new.

  

  the Activities Midway, on Friday August 31st, 4:00pm - 6:30pm in the ... student group on campus (246 of them!!!!) We'll all be vying for your

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 30, 2007
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A day without rain + pictures of yosemite

  

  's strange to me to be considered an East-Coaster-- a city-dweller, an on ... bike against the wireframe table and propped my feet up on an empty chair ... sunset shuddered and from the sky came several drops of rain. One landed on

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • July 18, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  YoYoPhones The iPod has nothing on this.

  

  Before you get all "zomg" on me. This is *not* the iPhone v2. MIT students are much more clever than that. So this semester with my ... were set on our way to make some yo-yos. We could have made a simple yo

  • by Bryan
  • May 21, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Live from Florida Hello from Tampa, Florida!

  

  just in time for a crazy week in the office. Now, I'm off on group travel ... schools can help them change the world. I could have talked for hours on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 7, 2007