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• Blog / MIT Life

  “Well, you just cost me money.” Best. Desk Call. EVER.

  

  On any given day, you'll totally forget how awesome it is that you ... : hello, Bexley Desk guy: hi, is this MIT? me: this is a dorm at MIT. guy: can you connect me to the science department? me: this is a dorm, I don

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • February 23, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s 2017! highlight reels from the new year

  

  . The problem set is due at 7:30 A.M. I turn it in at 7:27 A.M. March 1 ... is now a senior. He graduates in a couple of months and we both freak ... something new, how about you stick to a new buffet restaurant in Chelsea? Or a

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 1, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Magic Of fluorescent cells and robots

  

  in a concert that the team is organizing this fall! Ballroom is one of ... summer! This summer, I am doing research in synthetic biology as a member ... a member of tissue culture team, has helped me so much with catching

  • by Linh V. '13
  • August 20, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Embarrassing One Minute everything that can go wrong...will find a worse way to manifest itself

  

  called it a night, feeling pretty happy with how much we’d gotten done. I ... In the tale that is my Junior Spring Semester, two exciting and ... and open-ended, which means that there’s a lot of groping walls in the

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • March 8, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I Scrapbook Sometimes Stickers!!!

  

  I wrote lightly about scrapbooking in my coping with anxiety blog post, but I did not get to post about any of my own pages. Here is a look ... sticker donations :) And, as always, Rory is there to inspire me in my

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 17, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On Being a n00b at MIT Guilty as charged.

  

  .” You may have even uttered a version of it yourself. For me – in high ... even more by saying that there are many ways in which I am a “typical MIT ... phrase to NYTMITSISATEE?), because, well, I’m a n00b.* As in, I-can’t-solve-a

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 23, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  East Campus, Part Two Interior photos of vacant East Campus dormitory rooms. (Photos of occupied/"lived-in" rooms are to come.)

  

  didn't mean that I don't like it here! It's just that MIT is located in a vibrant metropolitan area with much to see and do, in a region with many ... second post of a three-part series, I will showcase some vacant rooms in

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 18, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why was I up so early this weekend? Reaffirming my faith in humanity and destroying my confidence with computers

  

  is even legal in Massachusetts, less than a block from some cops who ... riding a bike without a helmet is only illegal in Massachusetts if you are ... , I was in charge of the treasury table, a nice secluded table in a nice

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 20, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Nance Nance Revolution! (+ My CPW Recap) New art and new memories.

  

  here is much bigger than a single campus. When you come to MIT you ... cannot express how pleased I was to gaze upon the MIT family and see a reflection that is much more representative of America than ever before. Ladies

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • April 25, 2006
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Walking the Kerry Way journal of my fourth day in Ireland

  

  a river — that was magical. I texted some friends about how hiking is ... -cooked oats. It goes way faster in a pan than a pot, too. Perhaps the thing to ... in America. The first gate, I ran into a group of people herding sheep

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 10, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where I’ve Been All this time ...

  

  a classmate calling studio “a time warp” – you just don’t know how ... that you have a general spatial understanding of where studio is, here ... – that’s how I function. Using a stool to press down on a drying foam

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • April 30, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Junior Fall Line-Up, Part 2: Extracurriculars My academic plans? I've got bigger plans. Better plans.

  

  ." is from a musical written by MIT students that I performed in. The ... Overheard at MIT (Fall 2012) [MIT Sophomore walks around in a circle ... ...you actually AREN'T doing work, because the total work in circular motion is zero

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Awesome Diva adventures When high school summer programs collide

  

  than I learned in one year of being a student… and I’m not even working ... paired with a mentor in the Boston area to do an original scientific ... . (I want *that* job!) One of the lecturers needs a document camera in

  • by Kate R. '14
  • July 6, 2011
• Blog / Residential Life

  What’s Happening at McCormick? Guest Post by MC^2's REX Chairs

  

  ?  That event is probably a sneak peak into how the residents have fun with ... there so much they moved in early to hang out with you guys!  They can tell you stories of what living in McCormick is really like because it

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 27, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Retreat! Retreat! 24 wonderful hours of sister-time in the MIT mansion!

  

  I just returned from a retreat for my sorority, Alpha Chi Omega. We spent the past 24 hours at the Endicott House , an MIT owned mansion in a ... sisters in such a beautiful setting, surrounded by antiques and eating meals

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 1, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Let the Rush Begin On Greek Life at MIT.

  

  . A free meal or an outing to go paintballing is always also fun as well ... LAN party. Wednesday, we went off to mini-golf. Rush is always a ... and help bring in a new awesome class to share the house with. It's also

  • by Bryan
  • September 8, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  A way a lone a last a loved a long the An opportunity for heated debate and a cry for revolution.

  

  This weekend I went on a rafting trip down the Kennebec river in mid ... much for the rainbow smelt population in the river, but it did make for ... food establishment? Is there a logical reason for this throw

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 11, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  App Reading In The Western ‘Burbs The little towns west of Cambridge are filled with history and charm, and are surprisingly…

  

  . It's also a great place for a date. :-) Sleepy Hollow is a cemetery in ... I have been reading applications for 5 days in a row. Well, I took ... -minute read. Actually, pretty much every reader in the office can pull off

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 14, 2004
• Blog / Events

  The end, my friend Pictures from my graduation :(

  

  ask for. Also, my cousin (who is a musician in New York City) wrote me ... a well-organized system where we reported to a station in order to be ... to get good seats, but we just waltzed right in. A view from my seat

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 7, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Don’t Eat the Hot Glass Five things you can’t eat in the MIT Glass Lab for “health and safety” reasons…

  

  forgot to bring food in a green take-out box from Maseeh lunch, and ... ’t Pop In Your Mouth The subsequent disappointment came just a few days ... sometimes roll a lollipop in pop rocks, you also roll a gob of hot glass in

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • November 24, 2022