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• Blog / MIT Life

  Samuel Maurer’s Day Off MIT moves pretty fast.

  

  because she is lucky and I am not, and since New York is only a 4-hour Fung ... America and Bill O'Reilly is 'Papa Bear,' does that mean HE'S the number one ... , my floor is amazing, so one day when I was not home they decided to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 12, 2007
• Blog / Events

  I’m embarrassed to be writing this entry. The one where Matt regresses back to being a 12 year old boy.

  

  wrestling. Later, we both did varsity wrestling in high school, which is a ... thought I'd see, and certainly not at MIT. Actually, there is an entire ... Topics in Comparative Media Studies. The class is taught by Sam Ford, who

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 23, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  Making house calls "Uhh, someone from MIT wants to talk to you."

  

  !) Question: What is the transition from high school to MIT like? Academically ... with AP credits in Biology, Physics, and Calculus. This is by no means the norm. Keep in mind that first semester freshman year is on pass/ no

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 18, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Peek at 8.033 – Relativity We think physics is pretty great.

  

  So this is a big week. This, is not only production week for photography class (exhibitions for final projects are next monday), which is ... end is nigh!) with Relativity. Which was today. So 8.033 which is

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 6, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Photographic evidence Warning: trig ahead.

  

  't seen her blog since I got hooked to the MIT site - four months ago. Is ... anywhere, but I imagine she is pretty busy, especially now that reading season is starting! I don’t know for sure, but I’d say you can expect to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 10, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Paul Farmer at the Broad Lander update October 28

  

  find out that Professor Lander is (unsurprisingly) booked until much ... was too busy for this lunch (since, to be honest, he most likely is ... am going to Zambia this January. The instructor of this class is the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 20, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Reno/Sacramento wrap-up The latest from the West Coast.

  

  a football team? Is there a football stadium? Do you have cheerleaders? The answer to all of these questions is yes. Does MIT have a football ... weekend, but I know the team is hopeful for the season. Is there a football

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Get psyched, stay with it, do whatever it takes Adam's dad's advice is succint. Mine isn't.

  

  most succinct advice I can give is from Adam's dad (my future father ... . Do whatever it takes. I think this is superb advice. My advice is a ... important thing you'll learn is how to ask for help. And that's still true

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 28, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Corey Kubber MIT will help Corey Kubber '10 "develop and grow, with some eccentric, genius-type people."

  

  earned him the 2006 Morikami Scholarship. The $2,500 scholarship is awarded ... Japan. The culture is so different from ours, and the language, the writing, everything is so pretty," he said, adding that he's "really excited

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 30, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Spring cleaning and miscellany The Brass Rat club, sending 4-inch heels to Goodwill, and picking a new food-providing graduate…

  

  boomed, "So I see this is the Brass Rat table!") There's a standard pair ... nothing on a weekend for the first time in 2006 (this is when you know you ... else... my entry is looking for a new GRT (graduate resident tutor

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  These are a few of my favorite things Silver-white winters that melt into Newbury Street shopping.

  

  : Blue is walking, red is subway, green is bus) I started off in the ... UROPs. How hard is it to get a UROP in physics? Since it's more ... department is here, and the list of faculty interests is here. I promise to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I will begin again. Maybe the time is right (to blog). Maybe tonight.

  

  now hand twins. That is the only episode of "Friends" that I have ever ... . On thing that's strange about taking this class is being in a class with more males than females--since the gender ratio in Course 10 is

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 8, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Spring Term 2006! Spring Term Oh Six starts today (music video included).

  

  is really too early to have class; unfortunately, all semester I will ... here goes: Thermal Fluids Engineering 2 is the final chapter in the saga ... . Basically, the goal of the class is to design a robot to accomplish certain

  • by Bryan
  • February 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On being a lab rat I flail around trying to explain what I do at work every day.

  

  the results of that project is currently being reviewed for publication ... is a Really Good Journal.) But anyway. Since the completion of the ... honest, I'm not really sure. It is likely to be connected with remodeling

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 17, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  And it’s all beginning…

  

  Back in Massachusetts! And Rush stuff is starting! *excited* There ... batteries in my camera. Rush - REX officially - is seriously one of the best ... versions of a lot from new frosh, is "I love my temp living group and am

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 22, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Yay, weekend!

  

  lights of Black Bemis and talked, which is a popular quiet-night activity ... about the culture I live in is that many alunmi stay involved for years ... history and perspective. Lex is one of our more active "cruft" (a term

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 11, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  A Day in the Life (of IAP)

  

  School. Charm School is a long-standing tradition here. Students and ... suitemate at the dinnerware class (i.e. which fork to use, is my bread plate to my left or right, etc.). In the photo, Mitra is showing off the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 29, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  my semesterly planner mentally preparing for the trials ahead

  

  [annotation note="is this okay to say in a blog? let's hope so ... reaffirm that Google Calendar is all you need— here is my setup broken down: weekly schedule The first page of my calendar is devoted to my recurring

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • August 18, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To ASE Or Not To ASE preparing academically for freshman year

  

  was! Nonetheless, it is done. Looking back to last summer, everything I questioned about coming into MIT is absolutely not all what I should have been ... prefrosh seem to be freaking out over imposter syndrome/is MIT too hard/am I

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • June 26, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  happy LFDOC! my last semester of undergrad :)

  

  of my other 7 semesters, this semester is one that I can do whatever I ... the school year is over! Blog once a week. This is a crazy goal, but I ... official college soccer game, my time with the team is not over yet. We have

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 3, 2025