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  Psets from hell Sometimes learning can be painful

  

  love for math kind of changed. Not into hatred exactly, but maybe ... ...another story for another day) learned the math as we went along. I got straight A ... computation as I go. Ask me to do math for math's sake, or to do an MIT

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 18, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  All my pasts and futures A blog entry about band and quiz bowl, to prove that I'm still hip.

  

  these things! One of the questions was "What is the more common name for ... drink at California Pizza Kitchen) for guessing "leprosy." I don't know, I ... valves and just do alternating Bb, F for most march songs. Sometimes we

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Class-tastic

  

  of time to work at the lab -- I'm scheduled for 16 hours per week this ... huge vacation for me. I thought today I'd share a few class schedules ... for Computer Science. 21W.785, Communicating in Cyberspace (he's in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 15, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wow, work! Mid-IAP update.

  

  action admits -- they had a meet&greet sort of event for students ... prepare me for grades next term (ABC/no record), while still allowing enough free time and leisure. I think the balance is something to strive for. It

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Feeling Energized Watching the sun rise signals that it's time for bed.

  

  design project for one of my classes, 2.005, where we had to design a ... is known for is hands-on experience. I think this project is a great ... check out the final presentations for 2.009 (Product Engineering Process

  • by Bryan
  • December 7, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Twas the week before Thanksgiving ...and I'm not really feeling all that thankful. Yet.

  

  that refreshing. For some reason, instead of giving proportionally less ... straight to the turkey? Although I suppose I've already had my turkey for ... waiting patiently for their dinner. You can see Jay '08 attempting to carve

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 21, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Shaye Storm: Studying Extrasolar Planets Shaye Storm spent his summer working at the MIT Planetary Astronomy Laboratory where he studied…

  

  systems are found in binary star systems, so they looked for eclipsing ... Emily Levesque for more information) that is a great introduction. Shaye emphasizes that there are a lot of summer opportunities for undergrads with

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 20, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Tribute This is not the best joke in the world... actually, maybe it is.

  

  , lightsabers, trap doors, and moving AT-AT legs, beyond "Don't Cry For Me ... good that I'm actually, for the first time, going to include spoiler ... the show next weekend and don't want it ruined for you. You've been

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Yo quiero… A Spanish themed entry?Ok, not really.

  

  dinner for her roommate Adelaide a lot. (Adelaide does the dishes in return ... is the Spanish class I'm currently taking for HASS credit. Today we ... look into it. That's all for today. Leave me comments! Email me

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 8, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Teacher of the Year MIT's notable alumni include amazing teachers.

  

  tables and are asked to solve problems too complicated for one. So, they ... high fidelity business. For the next 15 years, he designed equipment and ... director of curriculum for the Englewood Public Schools and oversaw a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 1, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Application advice Read this. Now. It's important. Promise.

  

  out the first one for some Q&A.] Last Thursday night, Ruth emailed the floor, asking for people to celebrate her last night as a humanities ... . As Zach, Ruth, Matt and I were waiting for the T, Ruth told everyone

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I am dumb

  

  :30 as usual for my 9:30 Tuesday/Thursday class, 9.15 (biochemistry and ... got to the classroom and discovered that class had been cancelled for ... . Ack, late for 21A.100...

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 25, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hey look, I’m famous…or something

  

  remember how last spring when I was running for UA Vice-President, Clayton ... my faces on them to get people to vote for our ticket. They tried to ... recognize me by face. I apologize for this not being a more substantial entry

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 18, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Dishwashers, parents, space: what do these things have in common?

  

  cu. Ft.), I hope and pray that somehow, perhaps for Christmas, a ... 's dishwasher completely for granted. Loading and unloading the dishwasher was a ... how great they are. So, I've compiled a list! For the prefrosh out there

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 9, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT’s Undergraduate Research Journal: Get your work published! MIT's Undergraduate Research Journal, a student-run journal that publishes articles about research going on at…

  

  It's that time of the year again -- MIT's Undergraduate Research Journal (MURJ) is looking for submissions (due October 10th) for our Fall ... have your work published for all to see!!! I'm on the editorial board and

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 27, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Laura Stonehill: Designing Italian Pedestrian Bridges Laura Stonehill spent a summer working at a civil engineering company in Venice, Italy.

  

  bridges, the Ponte Celestia and the Portanuova, for a military area of ... young age and for pay in Italy. This internship opportunity gave Laura ... thank Mitra for interviewing Laura!)

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  They’re not just regular artists… ...they're Artists in Residence.

  

  Artists in Residence, and has been bringing artists to Cambridge for more ... -member TATS CRU has been commissioned to create works for numerous corporate ... , and Chivas Regal. The Cru have also been commissioned to do murals for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 20, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finally, a free minute

  

  helping with Macgregor rush and in-house rush for my entry. Somehow I got ... . Stupid illogical brain. I guess for me, like for you, there's nothing left

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to college, Kid. My first week at MIT.

  

  , resilient foundation for the educational, personal, and professional ... nursery room for other newborns. He saw twenty or thirty other boys and ... assumed, "EC" is short for East Campus.) REX is a period during which new

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 4, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Railroad reading A Thursday evening book review that nobody really asked for.

  

  ?" It rocked. Today Sam's Mom and I went for cheesesteak at my favorite ... gave me plenty of great recipes for Apple Bake, Burton-Conner's annual ... 't sleep for days so I figured, hey, what the heck, I might as well write a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 18, 2005