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• Blog / MIT Life

  Outside The Bubble Life? Oh yeah, I forgot I had one...

  

  year, but i am going to guilt you anyway because that is what i am here to do. please blog!!" e-mail from Chris. I even got a "just wondered ... world is a double-edged sword. You get to be around some of the most

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 28, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  3D Ping Pong Quantum Mechanics (Or why the sciences here are even better than you may think)

  

  glasses to wear for the upcoming experience. You pass through another doorway and enter a room that has been engineered to optimize the room's acoustics. From one lateral end to the other, all you can see are rows of

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 20, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  Making an Entrance On being helped to my feet.

  

  lobby. Rewind four weeks, to a field in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where I was about to start playing Ultimate Frisbee. The teams stretched ... would inspire me to new heights of athleticism (although given his recent

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 17, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Art Imitating Art well, at least blogs.

  

  New Hampshire this weekend, but I wanted to take this brief moment of consciousness between an otherwise unbroken day of naps to share with you ... awake one morning to find the zombie apocalypse hath begun. You are in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 5, 2010
• Blog / IAP

  Belated Guest Entry by Carin '13 - a little late perhaps but incredible nonetheless

  

  My time in Germany sadly came to an end two Sundays ago, when I ... over to England to visit a childhood friend. I've spent the past week ... , and attempting to imitate British accents as best I can. All the

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 2, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Mens et Manus – mainly Manus! Hmm my hands feel itchy...

  

  cycles – making rounds from “Hey…I can do this…” to “OMG. This is impossible!” and back again. But true to my procrastinatorial roots, I can ... . -- 1 AM on a Friday night, I decided to break out my art supplies and

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 29, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Truth Values [by Ken Haggerty '11] A fantastic one-woman show about life at MIT. (Now playing!)

  

  't quite sure what to expect. The show, Truth Values, billed itself as "one ... in the arts faculty that I finally decided to check it out and squeeze ... venue. (Photo by CST) The Central Square Theater, home to two theater

  • by ARTalk
  • September 22, 2009
• Blog / Personal Travel

  I Climbed a Mountain Today there's always gonna be another mountain!

  

  , there's no time for puzzlemaking in MIT usually). Then, I returned to ... and more Cantonese words, haha - I have resolved to start learning ... language to know in the States, due to the amount of Cantonese immigrants

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 28, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Colors! Burton-Conner:12523 kbps1649 kbps140 ms

  

  It seems as though the more work one has, the more time one finds to ... to be evil. Why? Here's what it looks like. Problem 1/ a -- s Problem ... 're reading it correctly, A through S. 19 parts! In addition to the other parts

  • by Snively '11
  • September 15, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Mechanics of Blogging How do I do it?

  

  on the Internet did MIT hide all of its goodies? I'd like to shed light ... need to put it on the internet I head to our special MIT Admissions login ... livejournal, MovableType is designed to fit into a webpage that already exists

  • by Snively '11
  • August 16, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Early Morning Construction and other bexley woes.

  

  Yesterday, I wrote to facilities complaining about the noise from the ... alley, they appeared to be drilling holes into the pavement and covering ... my window. Said it was coming down anyhow and didn't want anyone to get

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • July 5, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day in the Life (2)… [Mathematics] Studying math at Cambridge and MIT.

  

  'm senior now heading off to math grad school next fall). I really appreciate ... what subject you are studying. I went through Course 18, to study the ... of individual motivation and tenacity to make it through the year

  • by Cambridge
  • May 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Surviving CPW Tips and tricks on making the most of your CPW experience

  

  ;-) Here are a few tips to making the best of your CPW experience. Rule #0 (To be done before you come): Figure out the big questions that you have ... , faculty, and anyone else you manage to meet. Rule #1: If you're paying for

  • by Bryan
  • April 5, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hilarity with Jeremy "Hi!" *awkward silence*

  

  personalities. When I say that, I'm not just referring to undergraduates, but also to grad students, post-doctorates, and even professors - and in my ... here, right now I want to focus on an aspect of diversity I never fully

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 8, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  The Coop What's a coop? You'll find out!

  

  I go to college. Yay! Here's the thing about college, every single ... , or Bookstore. Which of these three am I going to talk about? Well, I ... I want to talk about the MIT bookstore. Almost every college out there

  • by Snively '11
  • January 13, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Deferred Students Update Some Q&A for deferred students.

  

  't imagine being happy anywhere else!] [This doesn't apply to everyone, but ... attracted to MIT's campus culture, I've found these students often are also ... definitely by the end of February. You may also want to keep us up-to-date with

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 18, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Building 4 Odyssey Looks like my James Joyce karma isn't that horrible after all.

  

  both difficult but possible to understand. I really enjoyed both of them ... of annotations, it is a monster to read... let alone understand. But ... , and I diligently take pages of notes each class to supplement my reading

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 7, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Endless rain into a paper cup ...also, restless wind inside a letterbox.

  

  like a little wind and rain is going to stop them from running it ... the above information was available to me with a simple push of F12. In ... ), when I got this e-mail from Mitra. From: Mitra Longshoreman To: All of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 16, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt 2007 A final report from this year's awesome IAP puzzling solving funfest.

  

  came in to save the day, offering the teams the opportunity to get the ... to Michael Fauntleroy Stopheles (M.F. Stopheles, for short) for a mere penny. To get their souls back, they would have to complete his course of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 16, 2007
• Blog / Events

  1 Month, 0 Classes IAP tomorrow and an opportunity to mystery hunt!

  

  ...well only if I choose to. Tomorrow marks the beginning of IAP ... . During January, a lot of people do externships, some go to Zambia, some France, some stay at home ... and some go to lab. After a brief search on

  • by Bryan
  • January 7, 2007