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• Blog / MIT Life

  Hey Erick, You Awake? Not gonna call it a night just yet

  

  During the summer, you get to do fun things you can't pull off during ... people called it a night, going upstairs to their rooms. I didn't want to ... around Twitter.    First pic credited to Twitter User Dirty 30 Dave

  • by Erick P. '17
  • July 31, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  The Abstract The adventure density has been high

  

  details than you could ever want, don't worry). To summarize, here's a map: After my last final on December 20, I flew home to London for winter break. On January 2, I flew to DC for a huge astronomy conference. There, I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Thanks, man I'm feeling human again.

  

  account of my entire summer, but I have to stop to thank the people around me right now for making me feel human again. I wasn't expecting it to ... best to get a noncompliant five-year-old ready for school. Not easy, even

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • August 27, 2013
• Blog / MISTI

  Mussels and Brussels Lessons in engineering and culture from a nation of kindness

  

  : Carmeuse   Since my freshman year, I have seriously wanted to ... plane taking off from JFK when it finally hits me: I’m going to a country I’ve never been to before that speaks a language I kind of

  • by MISTI Program
  • August 6, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pass No Record, Oh How I Loved Thee. A quick look at first semester!

  

  When it comes to MIT you can put everything you do into one of two ... . With Pass/No Record in place to make the transition easier, first semester is a time to make that daily fire hose drinking session a little bit

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • February 27, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  Free Flu Shots Better than free pizza.

  

  endemic to birds, humans, and pigs. The 2009 strain was officially a pandemic from June 2009 to August 2010; the CDC estimates that between 43 and ... hospitalized, and between 8,870 and 18,300 people died due to H1N1. Influenza A

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 24, 2011
• Blog / Events

  MIT Open House Well, come on in y'all!

  

  . Flashback to 2004: a few weeks before high school started, I moved from Texas to California, and during a typical afternoon drive with my dad, we saw ... pulled over “just to have a quick look” while the open house was going on

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • April 27, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  GEL-ing Gordon Engineering Leadership program, that is

  

  the campus life center, gently harassed a staff member to let me use his ... those of you up to speed on the course numbers), I’m pursuing a Theater ... Track teams here at the ‘tute, in which I get to hang out with some of the

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 14, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT has a radio station!? [by Shelby Heinecke '13] Yes, it's true!

  

  for the rest of Cambridge/Boston to enjoy!). It's located in the cozy ... places I visited during my CPW, and I encourage you all to visit it as well ... to get involved with the radio station and have my very own show

  • by ARTalk
  • February 22, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Healthy reflections… I never know what to write here.

  

  of things I planned to accomplish this IAP. And now, I’m going to practice saying goodbye to Pass-No Record and start embracing real grades (ABC’s) for the 2nd semester. I'm going to grade my IAP. The following

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 31, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT goes on the road Beginning Sunday until the end of October, my Admissions colleagues and I will go forth…

  

  most represented, and what is the most populous country to have no MIT ... to tell you tales of MIT. This year, the first meetings are in ... applicant "competitive," how we make decisions on which students to admit. We

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  My Last Blog: Introducing My Successor I started "The Humanitarian Blog" to spotlight the amazing work that MIT students are doing…

  

  freshman class starting school tomorrow, it's strange to think that I won't be returning to my beloved 254 suite in Burton-Conner, hanging out with ... times a day. I miss MIT dearly, but feel so lucky to've experienced even

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • September 2, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Everything in moderation…even moderation. How many places can you go on a four-day weekend?

  

  weekends guarantee an endless amount of free-time to catch up on problem sets ... adventures on this map of Cambridge/Boston...hoping to find a sense of ... to teach about fifteen kids (between the ages of 8-12) about Italy! We

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 11, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Neurony goodness More lab, because that's what I do.

  

  This week has been mostly dedicated to lab and cooking, since that's mostly what I do in the summer. Oh, and Adam and I went to Friendly's with ... the specific ways that I did them. It's the easiest section to write

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 23, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Onion article about Robot Hazing at MIT Robot hazing at MIT *gasp!*

  

  that police say involved butyl alcohol and compressed air. According to ... 13 inches in diameter, was reportedly forced to climb stairs built at a ... actuators to short out. A second robot, a biped from MIT's Leg Laboratory, was

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Keeping it Green On a visit to NYC, I learned a little about environmentally friendly housing.

  

  break, I took large bites out of the Big Apple on my two visits to New York City. While walking around the downtown area, my roommate took me to ... its eco-friendliness. In addition to photovoltaic panels, the building

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 10, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Spectacle I was going to title this entry "Spectacle of Light," because I mention MIThenge. Then…

  

  . I don't want you guys to go getting the wrong impression about me ... free time the average MIT student has (ha), so I decided to be like that ... routine for the past 7 years, and I'm not about to stop now. (Although

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Let the Rush Begin On Greek Life at MIT.

  

  So here's my introduction to Greek Life here at MIT. MIT has 26 ... came to MIT for CPW, I didn't really understand what fraternities were ... one at all either. I remember coming to MIT as a freshman and hearing

  • by Bryan
  • September 8, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  Tofu corndogs and low-fat ice cream

  

  right now is to eat something. A huge something. (Actually, that's not ... , because I go to cheerleading practice and throw people around and get muscly ... lost about 5 pounds last term on what I like to call the "75 Unit Diet

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 1, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Painting and a trip into Boston

  

  Yesterday evening I came back from work to discover my friend Kim, a 5th East alum, primering the room into which I'm supposed to be moving ... badly, the more I found excuses not to paint, because I just didn't want

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 7, 2005