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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  RainbowFloor@MIT Because at MIT, if it doesn’t have a mailing list, it doesn’t exist. Fact.

  

  Building 6C (a Course 3—Materials Science and Engineering—building) is giant

  • by Natanya K. '14
  • October 11, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Swag … I mean, Career Fair What I did not acquire at the career fair:A job.

  

  Engineering and Computer Science) or 18-C (Math with Computer Science) majors

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 30, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Stayin’ Classy Workworkworkworkworkwork *deep breath* workworkworkwork.

  

  It’s been 13 days since the school year began, and already, many of us are gasping for a break. There’s a definite pick-up in the amount of work compared to…

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 21, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Settled It's good to be back!

  

  Having endured various planes, trains, buses, and customs officers who don’t believe me when I say I’m 19 and instead ask to see parent-signed papers saying that I’m allowed to…

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 20, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Camp Kesem! It's magical.

  

  Exactly three weeks from today, I’ll be done with my freshman year of college. SCARY. Two midterms, two short stories, four final exams (ahhh, finals…), and several doses of caffeine…

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 28, 2010
• Blog / Events

  I Feel Cool Welcome to MIT, Mr. Gates!

  

  As you’ve probably heard about already, Bill Gates visited campus today! And thanks to the MIT Admissions Office, I got a ticket to see him :) (Thank you, Dave!!) He…

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hello? Pick up your phones!!

  

  Yesterday, I briefly deserted my physics and orgo psets and headed over to the Bush Room to join several other MIT students in calling youuu: the RA admits! I think…

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

  A Few Words

  

  I realize that some of you have been counting down to this day since what seems like forever. I know what that feels like. When regular action decisions came out…

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 14, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  No Pain, No Gain I wish it weren't so.

  

  This past Wednesday found me with blistered palms, swollen shoulders, throbbing arms, and various bruises that colorfully decorated my 5′ 4” frame. It would be somewhat forgivable if these minor…

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 5, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  On Time That which I do not have.

  

  After considerable twisting and tweaking, I have contrived to design my schedule such that not a single class of mine runs past 3:30 pm. This was done primarily to create…

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 7, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Healthy reflections… I never know what to write here.

  

  ’s see – 3 F’s and 2 C’s? What!!! Second-semester can’t be like this! Okay

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 31, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Snow On working in a winter wonderland.

  

  's -51C) wind chill. A few friends and I bundled up and traipsed around the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 21, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Top Ten Reasons I’m Thankful for Thanksgiving Breaaaaaaaaakkkkkkk!!!!!!

  

  10. I won’t have to think about the Crystal Field Theory… …Which is unfortunately what we happen to be learning about in my 5.112 (Principles of Chemistry) class at the…

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 24, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Snow-bama Snow? Obama? At MIT? AHH.

  

  Hailing from the notoriously hot and humid city of Houston, in which snow-that-can-barely-be-called-snow deigns to appear about once in ten years, it was understandably a big deal for me when…

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 23, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Work and Energy Can't do the former if you don't have the latter.

  

  Having spent the majority of orientation meeting new people, staying up late, and climbing on roofs, I met the start of school with a dangerous sense of nonchalance. Consequently, I…

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 7, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Terence ‘13 The second in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  valedictorian at Lucy C. Laney High School. He plans to major in electrical and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 22, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Fresh Food! Here at last!

  

  Dining is a hot topic here, and rightfully so ’cause a tooling MIT student has got to eat. In fact, all college students need to eat (hopefully that wasn’t surprising…

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • March 31, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Valentine’s Day Eve Day. What? Also. BEN FOLDS.

  

  IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR THE LAZY: You, email me, picture of you + Valentine’s Day card. End memo. First, and most importantly: BEN FOLDS IS COMING TO MIT. So every year…

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • February 13, 2009
• Blog / Events

  The Places You’ll Go Places I've recently gone.

  

  I went to 9-to-5 life in downtown Manhattan. Some of you might have wondered where the rest of us were during IAP, if not building snowmen, solving brain-busting puzzles, and…

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • February 13, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A bevy of beautiful Brass Rat bezels More on the evolution of the MIT class ring.

  

  Technology Class Ring dates back to the spring of 1929. C. Brigham Allen

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 9, 2009