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• Blog / Personal Travel

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

  

  . Like MUCH better. On the other hand, I got, frustratingly, a B+ for 7

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 28, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Epilogue An open letter about blogging, growing up, and the end of my first year at…

  

  Paul B. was at least 5 feet tall*. *Actually, he might be over 5 feet

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • May 21, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Talks Energy at the White House "It is is our institutional responsibility to address the challenges of energy and the environment."…

  

  At a press briefing at the White House on Monday, MIT President Susan Hockfield joined U.S. President Barack Obama in calling for a “truly historic” new level of federal funding…

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 26, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Things You Shouldn’t Do And something I did

  

  before realizing a) what had happened and b) the gravity of it. Turns out

  • by Snively '11
  • February 27, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  As Winter Melts things are gonna change so fast

  

  Today, winter left Boston. I woke up and found that the snow had melted, the ice had mostly thawed away. The streets were clear and the air was warm. I…

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 3, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  My Guilty Pleasure or why it's all about "the Hockey."

  

  . And then occasionally, for a real thrill, we'd go watch the B

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • January 1, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A word about the humanities It's sort of a long, multi-section word.

  

  like a psycholinguistics aptitude exam. This semester, Paul B. and I

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 25, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Global Poverty Initiative Because you’re reading this while 1/6 of the world is illiterate.

  

  or b2. Study Breaks!- Food + Discussions about poverty = Awesome

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 15, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Juggling Act When you're used to life in Hell...

  

  This semester, almost all of my classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays take place in Building 4. (Yes, that’s its actual name: Building 4. What, you actually expect MIT kids to…

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Seminar Advising There is nothing funny about this entry...but please read anyway.

  

  masculinity. I reread my application essays to see if something gave it away. B

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Examining exams Sometimes, grades matter less than photons are matter.

  

  my birthday. I'm not in high school. I got a B. It's been one week

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tale of the Midnight Tool! Simulcast in 1337 for our viewers at home!

  

  the floor? B) Reality: Calculate the (p+q)th derivative of y=x^p(x-1)^q

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  And so it is… Just like the blogosphere said it would be.

  

  ) going to the northern part of the lower peninsula, or b) going to the UP

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • September 14, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The other 2 of the 3 R’s About reading and writing on campus -- forget the 'rithmetic.

  

  , and serious student group (n.b. I saw their president last week and she

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  If strangers meet life begins you shall above all things be glad and young

  

  I. Flying back home to MIT from home in South Bend (not a typo), I had a perfect view of Cambridge and Boston out my window. The plane was flying…

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 23, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Olympians, Part 2 This time, I am talking about science olympiads.

  

  , Chemistry: Bronze (n.b. There were no seniors on the US International Biology

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 22, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Top of the World If I have seen farther, it is by standing on the roof of the Green…

  

  It’s sort of funny how some of the most interesting things happen completely by chance. Case in point: About a month ago, I was heading from my lab to the…

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 3, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The MIT Shakespeare Ensemble This ain't your AP English class's Shakespeare.

  

  One all-too-common misunderstanding I’ve encountered about MIT is that “no one” at the Institute appreciates, let alone participates, in the humanities or the fine arts. Well, I don’t know about…

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 23, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Full Circle Here's to yesterday.

  

  Even though I just finished my first year at MIT, this is actually my second summer in Cambridge. Two years ago, when I was a rising high-school senior, I enrolled…

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 7, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  ¿Cómo se dice…? La única cosa que he aprendido en la clase de español.(Blame Google Translator if that…

  

  total n00b when you get to MIT. I'll help you out. First, pronouncing

  • by Snively '11
  • June 11, 2008