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• Blog / Life after MIT

  Marking time Somewhere between the end of classes and graduation...

  

  only moving to a different room on the same floor, so I roughed it out ... , Adam and I have been ODing on ice cream -- we went to Tosci's in Central Square on Sunday night, ate ice cream sandwiches at home last night, and

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 30, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  A person can develop a cough. Simultaneously the coldest and hottest entry I've ever written.

  

  morning, I felt a faint red soreness on my uvula, which can only mean that I ... pipe flow. This is what writing a 21-page proposal on drag reduction in ... school I set toast ON FIRE. It was beautiful--our toaster oven had broken

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 6, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  I won the game! Not (quite) another picture entry... with Tastykakes!

  

  in Harrisburg, PA and I thought I'd spend it posting old photos on this ... purcahsed a lottery ticket in my otherwise typical suburban life. So, on the way out of Giant, on an impulse, I stuck a dollar into the PA Lottery

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 6, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  I know my calculus… and U2. Bono takes on global poverty, fashion, and Course 18.

  

  for providing their take on the Bono article? And now, your regularly ... catch up on current events through the vast library of Newsweek, Time, and ... Magazine In Style--featuring tips on buying your own helicopter and $5000

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 26, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Art? It's late, but not too late.

  

  commented on Laura's blog about getting cheat sheets for exams... you may ask ... in time to continue on my merry thermodynamical way. And finally, Ruth ... ARSON ON MIT! Luckily, Super Fire Marshall Mike Short '05 arrives to save

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 22, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Checking In Just a quick note to say hi from the depths of reading.

  

  night with him on Wednesday, watching his little body fight progressively ... Boston on Thanksgiving morning, research changes the world. So to those of ... , thank you. On a totally unrelated topic, I will now get something off my

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 26, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  One wonderful day I might just make it, after all.

  

  knitted for me by Ruth '07? So, there's this report for 10.28 on the effect of hydrocarbon-coated magnetic nanoparticles on increasing diffusivity ... my laptop, taking it from wireless connection to wireless connection on

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 21, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Professor quotes The spurious wisdom and even more spurious wit of MIT professors.

  

  crazy person. Maybe both. Come on, many brilliant people are crazy. Ergo ... friends said on a daily basis (note: I was going to link to it, but then I ... minus sign. Please do not do this unless you wish to find minus signs on

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 14, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Lie la lying down Sometimes there are perks to attending a school with a notorious reputation for producing stressed…

  

  week. They will not always be on Tuesday so that those of you who have commitments on Tuesday nights will be able to take advantage of them. I will ... , and will be in the TV lounge on the ground floor behind the vending

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 4, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The real O.C. Travels in Southern California.

  

  four more to go. On Wednesday, after a couple school visits, I had the ... name on a billboard. The school was Whitney High School in Cerritos, CA ... life of an admissions officer on the road can be hectic, and sadly we do

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 30, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Bienvenidos a Miami Updates from South Florida.

  

  the terrorist attacks on the US. It is often difficult to find good days ... on this day. To acknowledge the day, I asked the Miami crowd for a ... 've gotten to meet some students in person that I've only talked to here on the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 12, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Let the Rush Begin On Greek Life at MIT.

  

  outside of what I'd watched in movies, and I didn't really plan on joining ... . Now here we are in September, rush began on Saturday afternoon with the ... Greek Griller to begin. At the Greek Griller Rush started off for us on

  • by Bryan
  • September 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First day of classes What some MIT freshman schedules look like.

  

  excitement and anticipation I had on my first day back in 1996; I wish I could ... professors, others with small classes lead by strong teachers; some focus on theory, others on application; and so on. Also, remember that all freshman

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 8, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Symphony 9, Op. 95 “From the New Blog” I'll to pay you to hang out with me and watch me type.

  

  . It turns out that on the first typewriters ever invented had a tendency ... letters on the left of the keyboard, ensuring that right-handed typists would be forced to rely on their weaker hand as much as possible. In the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 26, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  July 4th in Boston MIT has the best seat for Boston's July 4th celebrations.

  

  , and MIT has a front row seat. Each year on July 4th, a concert by the ... nationwide. The concert occurs at Boston's Hatch Shell, a concert venue on the ... , I've watched the fireworks from many locations on and around campus

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  (Q & A)^(n+1)

  

  grading system it would be unfair on me to compare my grades here to those ... reporting midyear grades (particularly if they aren't getting those grades on their high school transcripts)?" We would appreciate being updated on your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 31, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  To tell the truth

  

  On Tuesday night, I told the audience at my Central Meeting in ... driving back to my hotel, listening to the game on the radio, and they kept ... presentations on MIT each year. And, for the most part, I'm generally discussing

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 15, 2004
• Blog / Challenges

  One Day at a Time or, springing into junior year, part 2: electric boogaloo

  

  everything that’s happened since we last met, mostly focused on the developing ... in when there’s breaking news every few hours), but I went on anyway ... tweets i’ll be missing"]corona[/annotation] on the Twitter account I

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • March 17, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  7 / Pressure is a privilege Training for my last hurrah, the US Championships

  

  energy and attention on training for the US Championships, taking place the ... , pushing training to the side. I didn't even plan on skating this season ... wanted to try it out back on the ice, but on my own terms. I only skated

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • February 15, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  Less Than Perfect Bottle Rockets, Crossword Puzzles, and Half-Marathons

  

  Part One: On the last Friday of April, a stubby little rocket made ... . Unfortunately, I was crouched on the grass for the majority of the 6 seconds (I ... with one person’s perspective on it that might be of use to anyone

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 10, 2016