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• Blog / Academics & Research

  My UROP Experiences Research is kinda cool.

  

  crystalline side-chain block copolymers for actuator applications". That's a bunch of big words for a simple idea. 1: Attach liquid crystals (the ... page to find out more about them. I worked with Eric officially for pay

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • May 7, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  A Parent’s Perspective (Guest Entry) A Parent's Perspective of MIT

  

  parent who registered for a Financial Aid session - okay, it was the candy ... up for the bouncy ball drop at Senior House, or the human hamster wheel ... … I did snag a hot dog at Theta Delt (thank you for your kindness to a

  • by Bryan
  • April 21, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Sam Survey I'M HOSED.

  

  until about a few weeks after I graduate. Also, I made fun of Ben for not ... six chapters for my first exam on Tuesday. So, there'll be an entry ... easy, in that order Record for number of grapes held in mouth at one time

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Some Funnies An Appetizer

  

  Sorry for the slight gap in entries, this weekend was crazy. I've got ... 't have a whole ton of time for an awesome entry right now, but I do have ... morning when I first wake up, I reached blindly for my iPod so I could check

  • by Snively '11
  • February 19, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Happy Valentine’s Day from MIT Because theobromine is delicious.

  

  the Admissions Department has cooked up for its Early Action admits. If ... , arriving in mailboxes across the nation just in time for everyone to celebrate today's excuse for the industry to make lots of money selling

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 14, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hilarity with Jeremy "Hi!" *awkward silence*

  

  teaching assistants for my differential equations class. Twice a week, roughly fifteen other students and I meet with him for an hour ... , but it does keep our attention. And it makes for a good blog entry

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 8, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Danger Danger! Listen to Burt, duck and cover!

  

  out, others aren't. For instance, and It's pretty safe to say that ... thick, they also have another type of sign for high voltages: If you ... make for a good story, especially if it involves C4 or fertilizer, but

  • by Snively '11
  • January 23, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Art Keeps Me Sane At MIT [by Danbee Kim '09] The beautiful irony is that the analytical, obsessive, and perfectionist mindset…

  

  gave me a quizzical look when I came home for Christmas break freshman ... me for falling in love with theater at MIT? And the more I got involved ... . True, I don't get any credit or pay for the hours I put into the Musical

  • by ARTalk
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  The Coop What's a coop? You'll find out!

  

  can't very well talk about the ENTIRE INTERNET because you'd be here for the rest of your life, which for a lot of people, is perfectly ... an enigma wrapped in a riddle. For one, it's housed in multiple

  • by Snively '11
  • January 13, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  Three Months In Paris The MISTI experience of Jenny Nelson '09.

  

  I was heading to Paris for all 3 months of blissful problem set ... for set me up with a beautiful apartment in the Cite Universitaire in ... for Paris as soon as finals were over, completely unafraid of the fact

  • by MISTI Program
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Behind the scenes of Glamour: Part 2 A recap of three incredible days

  

  , I'd highly encourage college girls out there to consider applying for ... departments hard at work and really got a feel for how much effort goes into ... graduate, showed us her office and the 20+ options for the August issue

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 20, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Room E51-151, Please??? By Jing, '11

  

  absorb as much as I could, with a goal (just for fun) of finding another ... ’ve seen the encyclopedia of an events list that we all got for CPW ... , these Course 2 (MechE) majors made a spot for me and my disdainful poetry

  • by Bryan
  • April 23, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Freezing My @$$ off at CPW By: Andrea '11

  

  breakdown for five minutes when I realized I was going to college with a couple hundred geeks. Luckily, MIT wanted to pay for my trip to CPW, so I went there with this “what the heck, they’re paying for it so

  • by Bryan
  • April 16, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt 2007 A final report from this year's awesome IAP puzzling solving funfest.

  

  to Michael Fauntleroy Stopheles (M.F. Stopheles, for short) for a mere ... could rise in power for a showdown with the devil. Along the way, they ... . It's worth watching the Quicktime video for the puzzle and the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 16, 2007
• Blog / Events

  1 Month, 0 Classes IAP tomorrow and an opportunity to mystery hunt!

  

  and historian for Opera Boston Tue Jan 16, Thu Jan 18, Tue Jan 23, Thu ... opera. This course is geared for both beginners and those wishing to ... : Geared for Grad Students or Post Doc. in Science or Engineer Science and

  • by Bryan
  • January 7, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Blast from the Past

  

  So way back awhile ago, after I stopped blogging for extended periods ... Bryan's fraternity, ZBT, for…an 80s party. And as soon as I walked in the ... Movie Trailers Game Theory for Fun The Mathematics of the Musical

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 15, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Because one story just isn’t enough My tale of being admitted. Laugh. Cry. Both. Neither. All of the above?

  

  and searched all the counters and drawers for a key that might quite ... neurotic college applicant waiting for a decision. (Come on, who can blame ... when I walked in. Go ahead, laugh at me for overreacting and nearly

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Bicycle Diaries Like the motorcycle ones, except far less artsy and with a serious lack of Gael…

  

  locked it up for me, after which we took the bus to Harvard to see a comedy show. We spent quality sister time together for a bit before I rode the ... spring out of a bush and detain me for stealing a bike lock). Then I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 4, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Wolverine Wolverine, creme brulee, Ina Garten, BOOM. You symbiotic patriotic slam book neck, right?

  

  Ina Garten's recipe for apple butternut squash soup. Let me tell you ... . This is the best recipe for soup I have ever tasted in my short life ... there, but I can post some stereotypically MIT photos: In order for me

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 27, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A Student, A Professor, An Alum Hacking a door, the human genome, and robots.

  

  the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, he played a key role in ... possible now that the human genome is sequenced. The challenge for biology ... shell out millions for a kid's science-fiction fantasy wasn't easy. After

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 27, 2006