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• Blog / MIT Life

  Time in a bottle. A Newbery-medal-winning collection of short stories.

  

  If I could save time in a bottle, the first thing that I'd like to do ... coming to MIT for a day and wanted to see how our research on the thermal ... up to Professor Tester's office at 12 PM, all ready to meet with him

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 20, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Neurony goodness More lab, because that's what I do.

  

  , because he's the boss. And he pays my salary. I'm going to finish up a few ... to a journal (Morgan hasn't decided which one yet); the journal ... . I transfect the cells, which means that I get them to take up a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 23, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Surviving My deep thoughts on surviving and thriving at MIT, straight from three years ago.

  

  /no record -- and was heading off to a shiny internship at the NIH... I was ... , and my friend Dave '07 said he actually did use them. I am a celebrity in the world of sleep statistics.) 2. It really is better to get a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 11, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Venturing to far living groups

  

  to be working)." One thing to remember is that just because a hall is ... deliberately circled around here to make it easier for Yoyo to get a pic. "Grrr ... fraternity or sorority, but without a national organization. pika used to be a

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 3, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Road Trip—sort of.

  

  , and we took a mini-trip to Santa Cruz, Capitola, Monterey, and ... call it, Velocity We woke up insanely early to go on a fishing trip. I spent most of the ride falling victim to a nasty bout of motion sickness

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 19, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Back Bay 5K Cool running... so cool that my legs were numb. (11 pictures)

  

  As I wrote in a previous entry, I signed up to run the Back Bay 5K last Saturday. Results here. I very intelligently chose to walk across ... "freaking." While Sam '07 pins on his bib, I warm up my hands... ...so I

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 10, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Yay, weekend!

  

  are good photographs. I was going to leave the party and go out with a ... picked over the summer, but come on, would you buy a house before you ... lights of Black Bemis and talked, which is a popular quiet-night activity

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 11, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summiting Mount Monadnock camping trip!

  

  a camera store in Malden to buy film, then Texas Roadhouse, and lastly ... . It was nice to take a moment out of the productivity-maxing of MIT and ... ="119565" /] Anyhow, we returned to the campsite and enjoyed a delicious spaghetti

  • by Victor D. '27
  • October 18, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Puzzle: Are we going to win? another puzzle to stimulate your mind

  

  this weekend, so I probably won't get a chance to post the solution until ... ? "Here is my schedule. I just can't seem to get the times right. I need a ... My friend Brian, Course VI '07, came up with this puzzle. I'll give

  • by Bryan
  • August 5, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  I like to break a mental sweat, too. Missed it by that much.

  

  inspiring that I got the inclination to write a whole entry on them. So, if ... might have been a little imposing to have Schrock as a professor, since ... you fail to field a team. Well, you can't ever waste money, ever

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Spreading Santorum around MIT Or rather, just spreading awareness of Santorum.

  

  vs. Spam as a stepping stone to the presidency. Still, I must say, I ... is a lovely picture, and I've been trying to find an appropriate photograph to paste a cutout of good old Rick's head onto. I've decided not to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 6, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Yes, eat all our shirts! See MIT through the eyes of my prefrosh.

  

  introduction to chemistry for, say, a chemical engineering major, usually take 5 ... want to. In the Friday's 3.091 lecture, Professor Sadoway delivered a ... % student discount to good use on. We didn't end up buying anything, but I did

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 22, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  Seen and Not Seen I wonder, twice, if I might have made a similar mistake.

  

  , 2006 (9:00a.m. EST) to January 22, 2006 (11:59PM EST) How to enter ... . Also, I wasn't too interested in the prize of a VIP card to any of Boston ... Chocolate Science's Chocolate Tour of Boston Ever wondered where to buy the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 24, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Top Ten of All Time; 2024 Edition ft. Barack Obama aka Minesweeper Monday EP 2

  

  'congratulations' at the end. i tried to make it a caption but yo no se. "]Note[/annotation]. ... In this episode, which was most certainly posted on a Monday, I talk about making a pizza, and how Simmons hall doesn't have a sheet pan in any

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • January 7, 2025
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Nerdy adventures on the West Coast Q: What changes when you transplant a few MIT students 3,000 miles? A: Not much.

  

  Oakland, where Ruth '07 works. While there, I had to snap a photo of the ... lend themselves really nicely to outbursts of nerdiness. Exhibit A: the ... SAE team. (Once upon a time, I was on MIT's team.) Walking to the BART

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Special October Events

  

  Mississippi that needs money to buy musical instruments and rebuild their music ... event to attend! Attendees will also have a chance to win tickets to see ... plenty to keep me busy. Here are some of the many events from this time of

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 24, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admissions Decisions

  

  confidence that you will be admitted to several great colleges, and a letter ... you again get a choice: where do you want to go? Remember that no matter ... We've come to the time of year when many of you readers will find out

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 18, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  Bavarian Rhapsody I'm just a poor boy, I go to MIT.

  

  briefly contemplated buying a Hard Rock Café: Munich t-shirt, because that ... almost had to change into liederhosen in 45 seconds, but somebody with a ... through the alps, he would probably opt to wear something that chafes a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 29, 2006
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do I need a high school diploma to apply?

  completion to apply. Each year we receive a small number of applications from ... ready for university study. Although we don't have any required high school classes, a strong academic foundation in high school both improves
• Blog / Athletics

  Lax bros and their workflows

  

  a typical day, I wake up at 9:00 AM to get ready for the day. Before ... . We are currently 6-1 in conference play and getting ready to begin the ... , so these types of games are always a lot of fun to play in.  Best

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • April 14, 2025