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• Blog / MIT Life

  I’ve got Mail! And a LAPTOP! Why I can breathe again, and the 10 most recent emails in my inbox.

  

  a few times to me. One of these was when I was in high school and ... events, I was deprived of my laptop for over 3 weeks. How ridiculous were ... ) My power cord broke. Okay, that's annoying, but I can borrow a friend

  • by Kim D. '09
  • November 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First Days in NYC

  

  access at the office but not in my apartment. It's been rough, as you can imagine. (Not to mention my gas stove, which I don't know how to ignite ... is done here is litigation-based and strictly confidential, I can

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 10, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Party of One A fun day trip idea when you're getting tired of homework.

  

  Street in historic Old Port. I caught lunch just a few steps away at Mim ... One of the great things about living in Boston is the close promixity ... weekend, I woke up early, packed some physics notes, and headed to Boston

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 25, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I My Spanish adventures!

  

  decir "la noche madrileña." In other words, I'm totally settled in ... Telefónica in Madrid. Well, I got here last Saturday, so I've been living here for a two whole weeks. I have a room in Puerta del Sol, a new cell phone

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 9, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  #Winning the battle for awesome (fictitious) alumni

  

  him, no "Wayne Corp. makes my stuff, I just buy it", Tony Stark designs ...   Most of my entries center around things I've learned or experienced in my always interesting (if occasionally miserable) time trudging

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 27, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A Part II Why the Media Lab is cool. Bonus: A great "You Know You Go to MIT…

  

  for something I don't understand or do you mean "Techer" as in ... welcome in comments or email. If you suggest something I really like, I may ... : "how are enrolled students accomodated?I mean are they assigned rooms

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 25, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dancing Days Nerd love, as the summer evening grows.

  

  , well, do much better than you at dancing. It's great! I know in high ... dance floor. I know Cassi Hunt. In fact, she was my "date" to the boat ... possibly see in your lives." However, I have to say that I found it less

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 1, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Love is Blinds A short, fairly irrelevent entry, as told from the perspective of the 7+ people who…

  

  last night, in the hallway ANGELA MONSTER: Allin and I are going to Economy Hardware tomorrow morning. ME: Oh, can I come? I need to buy blinds ... Hardware ANGELA: Oh, are you buying 37"? That was the kind I was returning. I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 31, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes – Fall 06 The inside scoop on all 54 units I am taking this semester

  

  thing I have: A copy of Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room on DVD 21F ... class In addition, I am advising the freshmen seminar 14.A03: Economics ... newspaper and where can you turn for detailed information on a fund? How does

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 8, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  In Stereo

  

  fairly regularly. In my years at MIT, I've seen sneaks of such films as 8 ... movie derail me from that. I was thinking about how no colleges ever ... our office might visit 50 or so of them in a year. I know from talking

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 8, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  March Questions Omnibus 1

  

  ) and Math (Course XVIII), but ultimately I graduated with a degree in ... people the benefit of the doubt, as I'm sure we did in your case. hedwig ... chances of getting into MIT?? and if so, then by how much?" I'm sure your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Jon and me how I came to see the world

  

  September 11th, 2001. I was a freshman at a new school in a new town in a new state; in fact, I was still living in an extended stay hotel with my ... make sense of them again. I watched TDS nearly every night in high

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 11, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  You Are Welcome Here (and at Elmhurst College too)

  

  ’s freedom of self-expression. Anyone who is taking part in REX right now can ... in including these as well. I echo the sentiments of a commenter on the ... a wonderful institution in so many ways and no matter how you choose

  • by Kris Guay
  • August 29, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  6 / New Year, New Me Looking back, looking forward & staying in the present

  

  uncomfortable, a foreigner in distant lands, comfortable with uncertainty as I ... and every moment, and take it all in. Most of the places and people I ... most I've ever run in my life Attended two winter carnivals and even a

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • January 12, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  Making The Switch Making the transition from high school to college, Chapter 1

  

  buying a computer for college, I can share my thoughts. This blog entry ... my home for college. Additionally, having lived in Miami when I was younger and learning the basics of living in an urban environment, I had a

  • by Bryan
  • March 31, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  The return of Questions Omnibus It's time to answer your questions...

  

  ... ------------------------------------- Jasmine wrote, "how do you register for CPW? I can't find any information ... ://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/...ork_hard.shtml I think I can, I think I can (Bryan): How do you have time to have fun ... registration form for CPW?" You can register for CPW in your MyMIT Portal. Just

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 21, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  one weekend in March a play-by-play

  

  wade in. It’s the coldest water I’ve ever swum in, but it’s not as bad as I imagined for water a few degrees off freezing. We stay in the ... might try to make this a habit in the future. 12:00 p.m. I have leftover

  • by Kai V. '25
  • March 22, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nobel Prizes in your pocket Computers are so cool omg this is why I’m a course 6

  

  ! OLED Displays How can plastic become conductive? In materials science ... you can buy on Amazon for 7 cents each. You can find blue LEDs in any ... Do you ever stop to think about how incredible computers are? I don

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 9, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  What I’m doing this IAP i guess i need to be more specific

  

  ’ve been learning a lot! I’m making a website with [annotation note="hi Dylan and Emma! oops sorry i’m writing this instead of working on the website"]two other people,[/annotation] and I’m really excited to see how it’ll turn

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 16, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bubbles and UROPs OK, so we're going to follow up on this white water rapids question, because I…

  

  ! =) lowered their total self-help. At least, I think that's how it happened. In ... chlorine in the water might have something to do with it. Now, I know Mollie ... hours, in pool water, in salt water, in fresh water, in the ocean, where I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 12, 2006