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• Blog / MIT Life

  Introducing…Stan! Passing the blogger torch

  

  other direction (as in, now that I’m an alumna), it’s time for me to ... Tech for the past two years and know that he is not only an enthusiastic ... , and I’m too impatient for that. What else would you like to know about

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 24, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Last All-Nighter on mortarboards, machine shops, and graduating from MIT

  

  The night before graduation, I was about to turn in for a good night ... for the event under my regalia. But a fateful gchat with Chris '09 ... 've strategically exploited the UROP system for machine shop access (I did this

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • June 13, 2012
• Blog / Hacks

  A couple of hacks from a couple of hacks CPW tends to bring out the best work from the esoteric pranksters

  

  for me, seeing all you guys excited to be here and the prospect of ... number of particularly impressive hacks throughout the weekend. For ... , an excellent fit for MIT. There was also a hoop artist And a silk

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 30, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Watching Birdwatchers And getting into summer programs.

  

  enough. There it was: The E-mail I'd Been Waiting For. "I am pleased to ... for 10-12 weeks, hanging out with astronomers and scientists and ... MUCH TO POST ABOUT. The musical came and went, I registered for The Most

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 3, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Heck yeah, democracy. PSET Extension!!

  

  statement. I've spent an average of 6 hours each day (read: ~ 8 pm - 2 am) for ... ) via a thread titled: "Extended deadline for pset 2": "Hi, can you give a class extension for pset 2's deadline? This is a hard pset, and we

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 29, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  Cancer life-changing.

  

  whom are MIT students) come together for a week of pure camp fun – filled ... rotations, swimming, hiking, and more. Planning for each camp session is done ... starts preparing for the following Camp session as soon as the present

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 18, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Love MIT And why you should

  

  that are on campus. If you love to sing and dance, there's a group for that! If you like playing Starcraft, there's a club for that! If you enjoy playing Ultimate Frisbee, there's a team for that! I can pretty much

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • February 14, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Way We Live Saunas make me think

  

  while on the toilet. Blame it on all those apps for everything you can ... summer on jimjilbangs, and for visual reference, here's a photo from that story. (Photo credit: Woohae Cho for the International Herald Tribune

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 7, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  Starting 2012 on a volcanic island bonfire! but no eruptions yet [photo-heavy]

  

  new experiences may come later, but for now, let's not get lost in ... assistants for a banquet reception. Here is my friend Maggie'12 and I. Don ... for the screaming. :X) Holy cow. Considering how I spent last new

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 11, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Deep Breath what's next for all our applicants

  

  minister 50 years ago today. He is responsible for much of whatever good ... soft." Love you, Papa.     Many people have today off for ... 'll be spending today doing what I'll be doing for the next several months

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 11, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Our homework is to go camping on a school night...!

  

  used for conferences and fraternity/sorority semiformals, etc. Our structure has to provide sleeping area for the 10 people in our class and ... . And for good reason, because who knew that the night before we were

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 25, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Some Hosed Down Hodgepodge In which I breathe, then return to my business

  

  for my brain to remember things, as I'll tend to ramble on and on like ... order to isolate the more notable parts of my MIT experience for the past ... did really, really horribly. For some reason, I doubt that is the case

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 23, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Our favoirte applicaiton spellnig errers If this title bothers you - or more importantly, if it doesn't - you should…

  

  interesting things - for example, spelling errors. [See also: Matt's blog entry ... big deal; we're not sticklers for that type of stuff (and hey, nobody ... most often noticed and/or most common pet peeves for our staff): The

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • October 21, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Angry Nerds Sometimes you've just got to flip the bird.

  

  'm in it. And as the Systems Integrator for my team section (Pink A ... week for at least a few hours. There are intermittent milestones to help ... . It makes for some intensely long days in the shop and some high stress

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 9, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Bloggerduction a challenger appears

  

  musical theater, for example, but I know very little about all three. Mostly ... , you see.) I get the feeling that it isn't completely typical for ... the University of Cambridge for a change of pace. Now that I'm back

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 1, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  My Life, As Physics Problem also The Tech said a thing

  

  FPOP, interviewed Matt and I yesterday for it, and the article is pretty ... for me. Here's what she emailed back: So sometimes when I'm modeling ... in some simple way (for instance, linearly). Say that the car is

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 26, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tangential Learning Isn't the point of research to delve into what you don't know?

  

  time for anything. Fortunately, there's two periods in which most of your burdens are lifted: IAP, and summer. That's why for this summer, I decided ... being responsible for doing Course 6 (Electrical Engineering and Computer

  • by Emad T. '14
  • July 19, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A Vol. III Everyone gather 'round the laptop 'cause it's movie time!

  

  's a video. Boom. Sorry in advance for the singing. If any of the other

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • July 2, 2011
• Blog / Hacks

  A Brief History of Hacks Unfortunately I couldn't get Stephen Hawking to narrate.

  

  think the problem stems from not having a good word for "friend of a ... of a "friend^2", etc. That would make things so much easier, for ... slideshows where you have to click to load the next page for a single image

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 22, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  On Greatness

  

  remarkable don't do it for any reason beyond that it's what they love to do, a ... . So for those of you in high school, wide-eyed and unsure of how to get the most out of your life, theres a simple pseudo-algorithm for you: if

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 11, 2011