Search

Search Results

• Blog / MIT Life

  Time Difference Written at 36,781 feet over Des Moines.

  

  you get on the plane (through a gate next to the line of people that was ... on it. And of course the air conditioning is on while you're sleeping ... 're a concert pianist working on her third novel. (They'll never know

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 21, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Cristen Chinea Cristen Chinea '10, for whom MIT might mean "meteorologist in training."

  

  vodka, Joey a bottle of something else. On some days the cops would ask ... didn't have any of that." On most afternoons, Cristen plunked down in ... 'Miracle Child' of Public Drinker Earns a Full Scholarship to MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 31, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Next House: Where The Sidewalk Ends A tour of Next House!

  

  out, have fun, and enjoy their time at MIT. Situated on the banks of ... two years in Next House. I like the description on the Next website, so I'll put it here: " We are one of the largest and friendliest dorms

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 13, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  An Overture to the Commencement of a Very Rigid Journey Sam's Mom dubs me Sami-stop-spleening-me!, because I am always spleening her.

  

  Very shortly, Sam's Mom and I will be on the road to Cambridge. So, I'll finish up this entry when I'm safely and comfortably back in room 224C ... yet by the portrayal of Alex or Jonathan, but that half-second shot of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 27, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  November Questions Omnibus 1 As usual, Q & A.

  

  diligently worked on many "theories" of my own. Problem, they are all, well ... depend on the subtlety of the proposal; the best ones tend to arise from ... thought that was a lack of interest. Anyways, is MIT planning on sending a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Thirteen Things To Do Over IAP: #6-13 Concerning the half I spent in Cambridge

  

  , working mostly on the 8am-12pm and 12pm-5pm shifts. Being an EMT is one of ... two tins of sardines as well as a can of green beans that I bought on a ... body by its tail before laying them carefully in a neat row on top of the

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 16, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Mind Dump (Episode 4) What's going on RIGHT NOW!?

  

  2.004 and focus on 2.006 so that I can get an A/B instead of what is ... . Pictures, links, narrative, and humor are a lot of work, and past freshman ... , we're going to try something new, something that's never been done on

  • by Snively '11
  • April 22, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Can You Become Back at MIT, with excitement and pictures

  

  unpacking priorities: Look, a river view! I'm on the 2nd floor of my ... some of the 09s. If you're in the area on Sunday, check out Cambridge ... ... a new version of you? (Did anyone watch Felicity? These lyrics

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 26, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  New York, New York

  

  of Technology. He did doctoral work on testing and develops writing ... on length without ever reading them, you'd be right over 90 percent of ... John Thain '77). On the bus ride down, I was reading today's New York

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 4, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Senior Survey (Says?) (For the record, I think that being on Family Feud would be totally awesome)

  

  -minute break where I got to click on a bunch of buttons. On the last page ... A couple of days ago, Snively wrote, "I have a theory that bloggers from juniors on up tend to blog more when they need money than when they

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 3, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Turkey vs. Spam sells out The most valuable blog entry of all time.

  

  is a close up of this guy's head as he's waking up on the beach. He has ... and kind of campily on Stephanie's nameless friend, who's sending a text ... in front of a palm tree, and so on--each one to the rhythm of the music

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 10, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hurricane Katrina Trying to help, to the extent that we can.

  

  outside of the Gulf Coast moves on, and the Office of Admissions is still ... all of my colleagues in Admissions and across MIT have those people ... time for everyone; I've been at the verge of tears over this awful, awful

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Our friends

  

  on Jimmy's shoulder that night. Jen with Big Jimmy, from In Memory of ... students during his late-night rounds, especially on the 4th floor of the ... goodies on the table, and a cluster of admiring faces had gathered around

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 28, 2005
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: What do those ROTC kids do during summer…? guest post by Karen C. '20

  

  an instructor on integrated base defense for the next group of students ... a part of the 8,726,400 Seconds of Summer guest post series* Everyone knows the deal - MIT is a constant whirlwind of PSETs, exams, lectures

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 23, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  *Independent* Activities Period an IAP apart!

  

  -the-day-apart[/annotation] but rather spending-all-of-IAP-on-opposite-coasts-apart! Here’s what ... are lots of cool things on campus during IAP that Danny would do, and 2 ... , didn’t know how long the typical training of a neural network takes, on

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 18, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Small Things I Like About Autumn A short reflection on a colorful season

  

  me. The Leaves: One of the most memorable experiences about fall on ... Autumn is arguably one of the best seasons there is, especially here ... colors of fall leaves mixed in with the unique and historic buildings

  • by Richard O. '28
  • October 31, 2025
• Blog / Uncategorized

  some small distractions to help with many weighty things

  

  there is a LOT going on in the world right now -- perhaps most prominently for you, oh reader of this post, MIT EA decisions (which come out tomorrow/Saturday at pi time). but we're not going to talk about any of that

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 18, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Spirited Away Guest Post By Freshly Alum'ed Wasay A. '19

  

  *to set the mood* [playlist ids="44803"] The floor of my room is a bit of a scattered mess at this point. Some of the boxes are full, but hell if I know what’s actually in any of them. While I finish packing the

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 13, 2019
• Blog / IAP

  Rebecca Black, the Old Spice Guy, and How to Sell Staplers the makings of a great IAP

  

  : "Who is your favorite celebrity? Who is on the cover of the stack of ... IAP has been a time of very... well, different learning than I had ... wide assortment of classes that MIT offers over IAP, both for credit and

  • by Connie H. '15
  • January 21, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Not About the Name First impressions

  

  of humility here—a concentration on action rather than on titles. Here ... level of anxiousness climbing, I stepped into a taxi with a fellow ‘15er and just took in the imagery of the Charles River. The cab driver

  • by Ana V. '15
  • September 3, 2011