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• Blog / Challenges

  I’M BACK!!!!! (and MIT is hard)

  

  than part of your life.For me, by the time I got up to go to class, I ... **I've been having computer issues for a few weeks, so this entry was ... week ended and I was on a plane headed for Houston on Thursday December

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 11, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Over here things are different. Life is about the same.

  

  . Today, all gone, gone, gone. I woke up this morning to a quiet snowstorm outside my window. So I sat in bed for an hour watching it. The ... went for a walk. Freshman year I made a big deal about having a final on

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 19, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Thoughts on coming home With guest appearances by MIT's Dean for Student Life, the communist dracula, Roman lasagna, and…

  

  ocean of sky, I woke up and instantly felt the narcotic echoes of the ... for 3 hours, demolishing half a biology problem set, watching classic ... bed with a dozen other people, carrying part of my couch upstairs for no

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 29, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Halloween, Part 2 Sometimes it's fun to be somebody you're not.

  

  Costume Design for Theater class she took last semester, and I have to say ... wondering why, exactly, I chose to dress up as a Renaissance duke, especially ... course, costuming isn't strictly required for Guild games - but it's a lot

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 8, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Ops Air Force A summer spent with B-1Bs and C-130s.

  

  comprised of C-130s. Thirteen other cadets on the visit and I were split up ... scheduled work rotations the base also had special activities planned for the ... simulator flights, Habitat for Humanity project, barbeque with the executive

  • by ROTC
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Upside-down and Reversed: Photography at MIT [by Biyeun Buczyk ‘10] I came to MIT thinking I’d put art aside for the…

  

  Office of the Arts. You can pick up an application for an exhibit idea (it ... (nicknamed "strobe alley") now stands as an invaluable resource for students ... on forever). I came to MIT thinking I’d put art aside for the

  • by ARTalk
  • March 23, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Brief Taste of Orgo Basically, Sam Maurer is a prophet.

  

  couldn't help but chuckle when I picked up the notes outlining the topics ... : Outline for Today's Lecture Oxidation Reactions of Alkenes ... 's the bottom line. Works for me. In other news, since I last posted, I

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 12, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt 2008 Begins! The annual campus-wide puzzle solving competition will be going on all weekend.

  

  and others team up to solve lots of puzzles, with the ultimate goal of finding a coin hidden somewhere on campus. For a more in-depth description ... AIN AND AOB APS ARM COM DEV DLO DSS EMB ENS EPS ERR ESU ETE FOR FOR GCA

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 18, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Driving On The Infinite One of my biggest pet peeves is people who do not understand how to drive…

  

  each direction. Of these two, the one closest to the wall is the lane for ... double-yellow line. Do not merge into oncoming traffic for any reason. You ... Infinite Corridor karma will be damaged for weeks, resulting in parking

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 9, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Maybe I’m Amazed ...but not until Season 13, at least.

  

  'll just apologize for being derelict in my blogging over the past few months ... was almost auditioning for The Amazing Race 12. Oh man, I just checked ... stuck going to auditions for the star-free season 12. My local CBS

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 19, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Zambia Ate My Neighbors We only get 20 minutes on the internet every night and I spend 15 of…

  

  , covered goods market. There, we bought cloth for skirts/sarongs (15 ... , and along the way stopped at three different bookstores looking for ... optimization problem for a group of five to select which bus out of the 10

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 11, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Mini-contest: Your Application Reflections I'd like to share your application experiences.

  

  for you to share your thoughts and feelings with a broader audience. My ... 't write this just to butter us up; also, don't fear that writing this will ... , and home state or country. There is no prize for "winning" except that I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 4, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  When I’m Home Did you enter the PE lottery yet?

  

  friend Shana. I also woke up at 5 AM and watched a tape of Celebrity Duets ... years at MIT, I was always able to make time for the American Idol ... last two shows nearly started a war for control of the Conner 2 floor

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 3, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Senior Week: Mollie Burgoon A look at some of MIT's graduating students.

  

  so friendly and caring that he ended up becoming my unofficial mentor ... , seeing your friends for the first time after the summer, and helping a ... in, but we went over and hung out for a while. My friend Mark made a t

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 4, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Surprising Research Results The chimpanzee-human relationship, and CEO pay.

  

  Institute of MIT and Harvard was headed up by David Reich (also an assistant ... ] suggest that the higher salaries for chief executives can largely be ... history, compensation for executives has risen with the market

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 18, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Class-tastic

  

  of time to work at the lab -- I'm scheduled for 16 hours per week this term, although I may end up working a little more or a little less ... huge vacation for me. I thought today I'd share a few class schedules

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 15, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Yo quiero… A Spanish themed entry?Ok, not really.

  

  alarmed. Today was "Laura's going to catch up on sleep" day. I don't usually ... dinner for her roommate Adelaide a lot. (Adelaide does the dishes in return ... is the Spanish class I'm currently taking for HASS credit. Today we

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 8, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Teacher of the Year MIT's notable alumni include amazing teachers.

  

  tables and are asked to solve problems too complicated for one. So, they tap their social network, divvy up the equations and trade measurements ... high fidelity business. For the next 15 years, he designed equipment and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 1, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I am dumb

  

  Well, it's pouring rain outside, and I managed to get myself up at 8:30 as usual for my 9:30 Tuesday/Thursday class, 9.15 (biochemistry and ... got to the classroom and discovered that class had been cancelled for

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 25, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Dishwashers, parents, space: what do these things have in common?

  

  dishwasher (ha!), pick up your sister, study for the SATs, fill out college ... cu. Ft.), I hope and pray that somehow, perhaps for Christmas, a ... sink, where more water ends up on your clothes and the counter than on

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 9, 2005