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• Blog / MIT Life

  Nemo Found the effects of cabin fever

  

  't seen much snow until coming to MIT. Nemo is by far the most amount of ... The blizzard helped me and Liz run out of things to do incredibly quickly. On Friday we watched the first half hour of half a dozen movies

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 9, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  Nadal, Federer, Helfant ‘85 Adam Helfant '85 is the new boss of professional men's tennis.

  

  one thing that strikes me is that there are a lot of MIT applicants who like tennis, both playing and watching it. Thus, I'd guess a lot of the ... Class of 1985, has been named the Executive Chairman & President of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 31, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  Slippery Slope: The Story of a Frazzled Sophomore How NOT to spend the first month of sophomore year

  

  , still a respectable amount of time by most peoples’ standards. Saturday ... often the harbinger of snotty, feverish misery. By Monday morning, I was ... windshield with the force of a really hard kidney bean*, kicked up by the

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • October 14, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Summer Listening What's in your stereo?

  

  songs, as evidenced by my shameless, shameless love of The Script. What? I ... else bummed by the lack of female representation on this list? For some ... What all started as a blatant rip-off of Kris's post on summer

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 12, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s that time of the year again If you want to do a UROP this semester, now is the time to contact…

  

  summary of what's available: - Study contemporary culture by contacting and ... works out to $9.00/hour, when you are funded by the UROP office. Need to ... , for example two years ago I was funded by the Cathy M. Comeau Memorial

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 10, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Final Forty-Five Still somehow worse than last term

  

  bested by six of the twelve graduate student teams, with their strongest ... , I know the units are painful), but we were – again – outdone by one of ... ’m taking this term. I’m taking a total of 45 credits, the fewest credits I

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • February 28, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Saturday

  

  top of a lounging student's head. A touch football game broke out on ... . Afterwards, some students stuck around to ask more questions of MIT student ... way to several brunches hosted by the faculty housemasters. This brunch

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 11, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Like a G6 except for the wings, the engines, the flight controls…

  

  You may have heard of the MIT Flying Club, which I'm not actually ... taking advantage of opportunities I didn't have at home ^_^)  In any case ... THING."   Since I make regular practice of not crashing planes I fly, I

  • by Piper '13
  • September 27, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Sometimes we have fun Pictures, pictures, pictures

  

  of Battlestar Galactica to DVD. She needs time to process A Phi ... people complain about MIT, you really miss it when you're gone. Of course ... founding of the US Navy (on 13 OCT 1775) and US Marine Corps (10 NOV 1775

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • January 7, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  You’re Not Alone Even if you think you are.

  

  debating the finer points of reaction scheduling in a batch process with our ... :00 - 11:00 AM: The last two thirds of cell biology lecture (I miss the first ... home after astronomy when my phone rang. It was Julianna, one of my ICE

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • October 17, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Literature Tea & Mural Contest Artwork on cookies and walls.

  

  On Monday, I went to an afternoon tea sponsored by Course 21L ... talked with Teesa '08 (Course 8: Physics) about Kiss of the Spider Woman ... , one of MIT's Independent Living Groups (ILGs)) Meenal (Course 10

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 21, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Delicious Dilemma Free (food) for all.

  

  pancake known as the Latke. Two teams of MIT experts will present their arguments in favor of their respective type of food. Hear the arguments of ... (Chemistry & Dean of Science) Moderator: Walter Lewin (Physics) Join us

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 6, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Stuff that happened on Pi Day (besides decisions) pastries and pie-ings from around the institute

  

  a few days later with some of the other stuff that happened on Monday. Pie Kits from Clover To celebrate all the hard work done by the whole ... ="73497" image2="73498" image3="73503" /] Department Events Every Pi Day, lots of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 16, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Distractions Don't stress out!

  

  could take your mind off of things for a while? Just in time, the blogs shall provide. This list is not intended to be comprehensive by any means ... -drawn dystopia set in post-apocalyptic England. Penny Arcade For, by, and about

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 15, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  That time MIT was almost rebuilt on an artificial island in the middle of the Charles River we were THIS CLOSE to being a pirate fortress university

  

  . The set of 1911 proposals, submitted by Robert Bellows, included one ... quickly ran out of room. There's an incredibly interesting story to how MIT ... almost closed again, only to be saved by a last

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 22, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Re-halloween Reuse, reduce, recycle, remember not to leave junk outside your door.

  

  of tall people like Snively and Chris S., by the way, but this has ... point where I was at dire risk of starvation by oatmeal on a certain ... List of Rejected Halloween Costume Ideas, 2008 Edition 1.Washing

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 6, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Jack of Some Trades, Master of Absolutely Nothing feeling mediocre at mit

  

  . I hope that, by the end of this year, I can find definitive peace in ... yesterday on account of being mediocre at MIT. These feelings have been sitting with me for a while. I quiet them most of the time, but occasionally

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 12, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Art and Craft of Taking Notes ...take note.

  

  , here's a page of poetry from my notebook inspired by something I saw ... One of the habits I developed in high school is carrying a notebook and pen wherever I go. It's kind of like a journal, but I don't exactly

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 1, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Stealing from the Class of 2016 And you'll have to work to get it back

  

  during your time at MIT. By the end of my four year stint I believe I was ... Good day! One of the many unique and altogether unavoidable aspects of MIT life is the mailing list. Mailing lists are powerful tools that

  • by Snively '11
  • September 27, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT Alums Direct New OK Go Video OK Go always has the awesomest videos. Jeff and Eric don't disappoint.

  

  ," and it is directed by two of my MIT classmates, Jeff Lieberman '00 and ... directed by MIT alums! The video for "Last Leaf" was done by Nadeem Mazen '06

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 16, 2010