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• Blog / MIT Life

  A Shot in the Life I now realize that this is probably a misleading title.

  

  actually using up all the change in your wallet before you can accumulate any ... definitely nsfw) 4b) ... I was also really busy. 5) For the amount of insane ... calculation for some pset. 6) A nearly lost calculator almost had a grown man

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • April 16, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hello? Pick up your phones!!

  

  work at it. If you have three tests coming up in next week, you might ... to attend MIT. Do people even have time for extracurriculars ... 't remember...) are offered for anyone who wants to place out of introductory

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 16, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Few Words

  

  Donald's. I don't think I've ever disliked fast food more. After fidgeting for a good ten minutes, I decided to call home and get my mom to check for ... for giving you guys a psych lesson :( I just want you to know that it

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 14, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Celebrating the Moon Landing MIT celebrates today's 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing.

  

  film "Giant Leaps," produced for the Giant Leaps Symposium: It ... ? A. Up in space we use a vacuum. I always tell kids it's not something ... Naval Postgraduate School have had more graduates selected for the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 20, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  So let’s build a snowman. In the moat. One of the better ideas I’ve had in a while.

  

  SWIMMING sign, run around mine and Sumi's sorority looking for clear packing tape for lamination purposes, and run back to the moat to put it up. Throw in a chunk of ice for a shark fin, snow angels, and you have

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • January 25, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The School of Architecture + Planning What happened to "science"? "Engineering"? "Technology"?!

  

  am in it below!). It's made up of smaller parts designed to fit ... . :) For those curious to find out more about Course 11, Karen and Anthony will have some relevant information. For art, ARTalk always makes for a

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • December 28, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Exponential Decay This entry probably isn't about what you think it is.

  

  Amazingly, I've been an admissions blogger for a bit over twelve ... lasts for a week. What happens after that? Well, once an entry leaves the ... , every now and then I get kind of nostalgic for old posts. Some things have

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 20, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  LAST! It's the end of the world as we know it!

  

  this morning, but we’ll ignore that for the sake of sensationalism). In ... at the thing. From for blog Whoa, yea it's big. In fact it ... against starting it up, and death threats against scientists operating the

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 10, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Strike! Strike! Strike! I. H. T. F. P.

  

  , meaning any host in 8.02 just completely ignored their prefrosh for the ... false sense of security. I ended up getting class average, but it ... Brawl to settle me down. It was rough. Boo for 2.001 quizzes. Luckily, we

  • by Snively '11
  • March 29, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Jhumpa Lahiri visited MIT today! ...and all of Cambridge (it seemed) wanted to see her!

  

  sponsored by the MIT Literary Society. I literally jhumped for joy (ouch, yea ... seats. Luckily, they had set up two TV screens right outside of the ... reading one of the eight stories in her new book, Unaccustomed Earth, for

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 5, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Physics Prof. Peter Fisher on Conan A freshman physics professor helps the late night talk show host break a record. [with…

  

  Late Night with Conan O'Brien. For the past month, Conan's show has been ... wedding ring on his desk, trying to see for how long he can get it to spin ... Physicist. To solve the problem, Prof. Fisher asked many other for help

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 9, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Noam Chomsky Talk in 26-100 i still have to send these pictures to amnesty

  

  ). It has been yet another one of those semesters for me. I don't think I ... for 4 months doing isn't all that exciting to prospective students :P ... students who planned the event) and watching the room fill up: including

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 4, 2007
• Blog / Hacks

  Remember, Remember the Fifth of November Celebrating Guy Fawkes Day as only MIT can.

  

  Just over 400 years ago, a group of Englishmen attempted to blow up ... , no doubt, by the recent blockbuster movie V for Vendetta. The email ... wild. It's B for Vendetta! A rather impressive sight in Lobby 10

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 5, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

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

  

  teaser: 5:30 - 6:00 AM: Wake up 6:00 - 7:15 AM: Mandatory NROTC Workout 7 ... :00 PM: Astronomy Lab Lecture 2:00 - 3:00 PM: Frantically read for my ... was awake. "Hey Boone, I went to office hours for ICE tonight." "Cool

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

  An IAP in Texas, chapter two Week two of school away from school as I learn about and work on transportation…

  

  -functioning conference rooms used regularly for business purposes! There's a network of ... (the one who had me over to his house for dinner, after taking me to ... context to lend. The hardest part about this work is getting up around 7AM

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Breakfast with a Genius Okay, so I stole the genius joke from Bryan. But it's still true.

  

  When I grow up, I want to be Suzan-Lori Parks. Only, you know, not ... /Underdog won the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, making her the first black woman ... .) I couldn't attend it, since I had rehearsal for the Musical Theatre

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 28, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Return of the Nance Effect The Summer Update Edition!

  

  represents the changing of the guard for The Nance Effect. Many more of those ... . This is, after all, a community designed for and about you. When I began ... table for you. Just remember, unlike Thanksgiving dinner, the priority

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Double legacy ...what my kids will be, since I'm marrying somebody from MIT!

  

  my room left except for Adam, and we stayed up all night talking to ... Science -- because what better place is there for two MIT grads to have ... -- plus 18) to change the policy. :-P (For Karen, below: A legacy is an

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 1, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  A person can develop a cough. Simultaneously the coldest and hottest entry I've ever written.

  

  boxer shorts. And then he recognizes you. How's that for teacher ... homemade killer death robots or whatever open another bottle of Jolt Cola for ... over the summer, and of course this only increased my appetite for toast

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 6, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Telethon! Yay for the class of 2010!

  

  Whew. I just spent the last 4 and a half hours calling up as many of ... ! I've basically been working continuously for the past 15 hours and I ... for real, so we got to see everything we've learned so far really coming

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 27, 2006