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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Past, present, and future

  

  TFUEC has been working for two and a half years to redesign MIT's GIRs ... part of MIT culture, that they believe in, that they wish to uphold for ... , here. There's currently a new undergraduate dorm being designed for the

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 16, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Flavor of Love As a wise woman once said, "Free is my favorite flavor."

  

  . You know, Ben Jones, there's no category for "FREE FOOD!" in this vast ... student center, and both times involved me being kicked out for loudness by ... introducing yourself to people. For some reason I've never felt the urge to be

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 21, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  We open in Venice We next play Firenze, then on to Pisa (lots of laughs in Pisa), our next…

  

  further and now must be stabilized with cables. For those of you just ... on that. I only offer my condolences to him for paying four euros for ... -taking fee. As we sat on the roof for about an hour, a sound crew set up for a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 18, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Where is the banana… ...and why is that man chartreuse?

  

  as I have no other use for this absolutely ridiculous piece of ... . (INVESTIGATOR PIERCE, a portly, middle-aged man with a unibrow for absolutely no ... "refined"... or as refined as a name for a pet human can sound. I call him

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 11, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  through a book of Sudoku puzzles. For as long as Cristen can remember, she ... student was poor enough to qualify for free lunch. She was the only student ... grandmother made rice and beans "and other Spanish stuff" for dinner. When her

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

  Low The first in a trilogy of Berlin photo entries, featuring Zinedine Zidane.

  

  "death strip" in which you can be shot on sight, houses countless tanks for ... night's torrential rain storm had rendered them too dangerous for her bare ... an advertisement for a World-Cup-sponsoring phone company who has

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 13, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  Last train to Koblenz If I get back by 7:30, I don't need a reservation.

  

  in all the train stations make up a personal itinerary for you listing ... , it had only taken us 4 hours for Ling and I to get to Bao's apartment ... an express train. And I don't have to meet my carpool for work until 7

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 12, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Adventures in Camberville

  

  (For those who don't know/can't figure out, "Camberville" is a ... . It has been 45 degrees and raining for the last week. Yes, this is ... in Pasadena. I felt dumb, but I hung out at Rax's house for a few hours

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • May 15, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Cake Concert, Wing Dinner, and Senior Ball An action packed 2 weekends: Cake, a wing dinner, and Senior Ball!

  

  around the world - a Habitat for Humanity event, this year they built walls ... , Long Jacket, but neither made it =( ) They ended up playing for about an ... event and all proceeds went to the Cambridge YWCA, a shelter for abused

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 7, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW-related whatsits Just some things you might want to know before you arrive tomorrow!

  

  "starter child" (pre-frosh) for CPW? Is it a personality match or just random ... one here for you. At the moment, it is actually snowing in the 02139 ... . Accuweather says it's supposed to be 40s-50s and mostly sunny for the rest of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  : Design and Manufacturing 1 12:30 - 2 pm: Tissue Engineering for Analysis ... been Quantitative Physiology I: Cells and Tissues for the way it really ... year for calculus, and I must admit when I visited for Campus Preview

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

  So I said to Einstein… ...think of a name for my new theory while I go talk to my relatives.

  

  for the highest work of advancing civilization. You have to find a way ... their moments, but it's all in order to prepare you for your ultimate pass ... great website of Scott Hughes, my professor for 8.022. I was only

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Jeux sans frontieres Who knows how to have fun better than I do? Oh, nobody.

  

  't ready for this to be a new year already, but it is. I rang in this new ... forthcoming?), and then headed over to the Colonial Park Diner for some late ... choosing for every phrase. This includes "um," "uh," and any other

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Followup To Mailing Disaster Answers to your questions from my last post, regarding the recent mailing of EA decisions.

  

  what I would have done without you. This situation sucked for all of us ... they will be asked for very specific information about you to make sure ... avoiding this question for months, but you deserve an answer, so I will give

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  We Wear Matching Hats Very nearly one year ago, I wore the hat you're all wearing this week.

  

  hat acquisitions for others in my party. Very nearly one year ago, I ... . Then I mailed everything and sat back for a month, biting my nails and ... been focusing on that admission decision for months. It occupied my every

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  From The Midst Of Selection A recount of EA selection committee.

  

  day with MadMatt and Nance Nance Revolution to make sure we're ready for committee. That night I edit 50 pages of copy for the new viewbook in preparation for a meeting the next morning. (Lunch: Mass Ave food truck

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  It was the blurst of times? I'm a stupid monkey.

  

  to give them 19 years on the chain gang just for adding another letter ... something, but lately Webmail has been running incredibly slowly for me, so I ... Purification of Green Fluorescent Protein for Bioprocess Applications," and at

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 3, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Q&A: Round One Q&A, Round One. Keep the questions coming!

  

  attend office hours for classes where the problem sets are notorious for ... different histories. I think for a lot of people there is going to be an adjustment period, but for me, I personally feel very welcome by this community

  • by Bryan
  • November 16, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tests @ MIT The class average is your friend.

  

  making a completely awesome aid sheet for 3.091... ...and then you go to ... then. Then. You look up at the board. And... Wait for it.... Wait for it.... "Yes! I got a 66!" Here's what I'm trying to get across

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 6, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friday vacation An atypical (but more entertaining than average) day in the life

  

  Fridays, since many bio/BCS classes meet for an hour and a half or two hours twice a week rather than for an hour three times a week. This term, I only ... with my head cut off for an hour, I went to 5.60 lecture, where we

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 30, 2005