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• Blog / MIT Life

  I Love Lucy: Continued This time, the title even makes sense.

  

  street sweeping, knowing which spots will be free at which hours, and ... , that is, or can't find it -- you have to pay it in person, at an office ... out for the day or had left early (at noon!). What's that? You'll just

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 22, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On Being an Upperclassman Less than two years left

  

  , but transportation is definitely there, though not as much at the ... semester and loving it. Recently I’ve started looking at companies I might ... generally covered in 2-3 semesters at many other schools. It is a follow

  • by Becca H. '12
  • October 21, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  The ________ Outdoors What do you think goes in the blank?

  

  passion I'm glad I've been afforded the opportunity to develop at MIT, it ... everything we planned. Now I have to confess, when we stopped at "Great Cats ... make a compelling case for themselves. You can look at pictures, but you

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 10, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two Blogs ...for the price of one! (a.k.a. robots)

  

  : maslab has a youtube channel! Snag it at http ... 's team before leaving to start a team at my high school, with three of my ... development. Since maslab occurs at the same time as FIRST does, this January

  • by Cam T. '13
  • January 13, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Paper Planes You ask, I answer

  

  : Great Question “Anonymous Applicant #3’! At MIT, we practice something ... helpful, but only to a degree. Class Rank means different things at ... at MIT have not even attended formal high school. (We have a wonderful

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 18, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Some recommendations about recommendations Some things to think about as you look for letters from teachers.

  

  At MIT, we require all applicants to send in two letters of ... forms for every one of the schools you're applying to at once. This is ... translation, and one that you may find helpful is an English teacher at your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 24, 2009
• Blog / How to Food

  Six Recent Life-Changing Thoughts on Food There's six lessons (and a recipe) somewhere in there.

  

  claimed off of MIT's reuse mailing list at 2 AM one night. One of the GRT's in Random Hall bought a small nation's GDP-worth of cereal at Star ... and 69 cents-per-pound price tag at your nearest grocery store. Cereal

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 21, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The rest of my life is a black hole. But not the fascinating kind that's the topic of extensive astrophysical…

  

  , at noon. I'll pack up my belongings and move away from Boston forever ... to try to figure out what's at the edge of the universe. Is there a ... 't really hiring, at least not college grads, so I've got to whip out that

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 24, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Mikey’s Meta TV Post ...In which you find out about the good, bad, and really bad shows I love…

  

  below, I love watching food-related shows, even though I hardly cook at ... of Cakes - Food Network (I think if I ever met Duff or anyone at Charm ... single episode of all of these shows (though you'd probably be surprised at

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • December 24, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Happy Birthday to m—-suck. I turn 20 and cry tears of blood

  

  are at least two reasons behind this, one that's my choosing and the ... little saying "Getting an education at MIT is like drinking from a fire ... have an evening class at the same time! As such, I am now scheduled to

  • by Snively '11
  • September 28, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So, uh… help me pick classes I have no classes.

  

  auditions. Islam happens at the same time as both my choices for the last ... are one of the most painfully complicated things currently at MIT. So ... quite tedious from almost everyone who's taken it). At this point- senior

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 2, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Copyright, Subpoenas, and You I prefer to keep the "you" part out of the picture.

  

  (see below message). Our records indicate the computer used at the date ... PROPERTY! Now you know exactly what to expect if you break copyright law at MIT. Just doing my job, sharing about life at MIT, even if sometimes it

  • by Snively '11
  • August 28, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Questions about Blogging Some friendly advice.

  

  semester at MIT, on the academic side of things, I took four science classes ... fraternity, so I spent a lot of time at our house, getting to know my brothers ... to be blogging about your life at MIT - and for that to happen, you

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 30, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Neil Gaiman! The uncensored version =P

  

  1. As you apparently know already, Neil Gaiman came to speak at MIT ... leaving tomorrow. =( (And by "spend time with", I mean "laugh at while they ... housing for free in return for volunteering at Commencement. More later

  • by Karen F. '11
  • May 24, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Zone Cell Challenge Why work when you can hack other people's servers?

  

  NUMENOR.MIT.EDU realms. AFS is the Andrew File System. Developed at ... signed up for the Challenge on Friday night. And at about 3:45 AM, I ... think you should just risk breaking it. At worse, you'll just have to fix

  • by Evan B. '10
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Whew! A brief interlude before I go back to studying.

  

  at my registration this semester: 8.04: Quantum Physics I I finally ... interest in physics, even if you don't plan on majoring in course 8. At the ... a particle at a given time. However, you can predict the probability

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • March 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Birthday Boy Ben Birthday explosion inside.

  

  trays of cupcakes at their dorm, Senior Haus. I was invited to the baking ... Stu..." Me: "Aw, Ben..." Ben: "...and a meeting at eleven..." Me: "Ben ... story: at one point, Ben accidentally knocked one of the cupcakes to the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 12, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Round here we stay up very, very late Vignettes on my last day at lab, the Counting Crows, grad school, and pets.

  

  Last day of lab Friday was my last day at my UROP lab after three ... -- and he gave me two books to read at the beach next week. By my count, I ... feel comfortable with the background you have. Biology at MIT doesn

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 30, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Is It Possible To Respect A Racist Film? We must learn to embrace the opportunities to confront ourselves by confronting others.

  

  movies that I love and some that I always swear to rent next time I'm at ... . He claimed that he was not racist. When screened at the White House for ... ? How do you hold seemingly contradictory ideas in your head at the same

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • May 8, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pommes et manus Turkeys into oil, apples into beavers... it's all good.

  

  Sunday the 23rd at 3:00pm in the Porter Room. Winners will be announced ... competition, assuming that we'll end up winning at least as much as our initial ... ? or at least Ig Nobel prize?), but Ruth '07 models it so much better

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 24, 2005