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• Blog / MIT Life

  Our mother shoulda just named you Laika! Come on Alex, you can do it.

  

  student) and I actually bought these on separate occasions, and I think I ... sit together on my mom's desk at work. Obviously it proves that her ... comical statements. Aren't you thrilled?) I had actually planned on

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 25, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  The end of an era Veronica Mars was canceled. That, or the seniors left. Interpret the title as you will.

  

  On Saturday, I sat in the floor lounge and began writing this entry ... week before the finale, the following exchange happened on the floor ... :48 PM To: conner 2 I am NOT reserving the floor lounge at 8 PM on Tuesday

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 13, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Notes From The UK [by Mirat Shah '08] Currently in Cambridge, it is 50 degrees F and not only…

  

  finish line wins as usual. More on that in my next entry. I promised last entry to comment on academics at Cambridge versus MIT. Note that my ... in an equation, and you have to be on your toes. Something I like

  • by Cambridge
  • March 12, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nicht Bach, Sondern Maurer The proudest moment of my life since figuring out that "Wok & Roll" was a…

  

  from the living room. "SAM!" she yelled. "The Cornucopia of Doom is on ... MIT students here in rainy Harrisburg, PA), so I'm going to hold off on ... -winning composer John Harbison. I remember one time, a book was recommended to me on

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sorry, no dorms yet but… ya wanna see some classes?

  

  coursework at MIT (maybe it's not, I don't know, I'm running on empty here ... but it depends on how shameless I am that day. Most likely, I will ... , say so, if you like it, say so. Also, input on what classes you'd like

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 16, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  This doesn’t suck It's not particularly great, either. But you could go to Germany!

  

  out free cookies on the first day of classes every term. That was all I ... for some reason there is no Project Runway category on MITblogs. So ... fine print on this offer reads "Students will be responsible for travel

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 20, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  O, GRE Battle The best of the worst entry I ever wrote.

  

  : -I am not a chapstick addict, but I carry two tubes on me at all times ... seen before, like limpid and munificent. -I still did fine on the GREs ... !" Catch you on the flip side of a p-set and 6.003 test!

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 14, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Stud/Fac Dinners Genius idea to get free dinner with MIT geniuses

  

  advice on topics like How to Set Up a Friend as a Favor How to Set Up Two ... can take out an MIT faculty member to a nice dinner out on the town ... out into other schools for this dinner. On my short list at the moment

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Remember to Breathe Chicken Soup for the Applicant's Soul

  

  OMG there aren't enough blanks on my application to talk about the 20 ... . Person A got XXX on my SATs, and Person B got YYY on their SATs. YYY >

  • by Bryan
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Bermuda, Jaimaica, oooh I want to take you to… One week of fun in the Dominican Republic

  

  for a brief run-in with Hurricane Ernesto on our second to last day. The ... , Mitra! I went on the flying trapeze last year but this year I was just too ... course, I wore my MIT hat everywhere. On just our second night there, when

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 29, 2006
• Blog / Events

  A Morning With Sir Tim Berners-Lee This morning I attended a lecture in Stata, given by Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the guy…

  

  site to learn more about him. My favortite page is the one on which he ... to change the world. That part was just icing on the cake. As he explains on the kids' page: "Think about most of the bad things that have

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 1, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nike+iPod read entry & vote at the end

  

  Apparently opening up the new Apple store on Fifth Avenue was only ... on her shoes. The voice feedback ("Your average pace is..."") is ... on a Likert scale of 1 to 5, where 1 is least awesome and 5 is most

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 23, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Ring delivery! Saturday night was Ring Delivery!

  

  Here is my delayed entry on Ring Delivery!!! (To learn about the ring ... name is even engraved on the inside, in cursive! So, in the picture below, I put on my rings, along with those of my friends, Anna, Shaye, and

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Literature Tea & Mural Contest Artwork on cookies and walls.

  

  On Monday, I went to an afternoon tea sponsored by Course 21L ... : Chemical Engineering), who is at MIT on the Cambridge-MIT Undergraduate ... , is reproduced as a high-quality wall-sized print and displayed on the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 21, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Post-Valentine Blog Roundup Valentine's Day capped off by a serenade.

  

  on. Right: Mari and Gisele watch the serenade. Also related to Valentine's Day: did you know that those little candy hearts with sayings on ... finest memories of walking to class in the morning from my dorm were on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Science is apparently not for the easily-frustrated Stories of woe from the lab

  

  several components -- the gel, the membrane, the electrodes on the gel box ... little skittish around them. On this particular day, one of the mice had ... out if you spill it on yourself. I spilled some... and decided to see if

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 31, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP 2006

  

  I will promptly get on a bus and go to New York City. The MIT Alumni ... Association has a search engine on its site that lets you search by year, major ... September commented on the "Marathon Sports" entry with a question about

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 3, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  More Notes A quick update.

  

  holidays. Over the last few days, we've been trying to catch up on all the ... email and phone calls. On Monday, I finally returned a call I had been ... ! Rats, foiled again! I also hope to catch up on blog questions as soon as

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 21, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Attack of the Giant Squid Attack of the Giant Squid!

  

  A couple weeks ago, Mitra commented on her CI-M (Communications Intensive) class, 14.33. Sam has also commented on one of his as well. My ... potential. Thankful enough, everything was on Matlab so everything was

  • by Bryan
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The things that can change your life…

  

  he showed up on campus as a freshman, he was very different. Clean ... parties going on that night, and the other two were a lot closer, but I didn ... probably the reason that I ended up on 5th East, which has changed my life in

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 9, 2005