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• Blog / MIT Life

  Back in Cambridge I less than three the holidays.

  

  silly for him to fly all the way back there just to turn around and fly back here. So instead he came to Plymouth with us on his first visit to ... friend Chris '09 back to Plymouth with us -- his dad works for the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 26, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Marathon Sports The store has the word "marathon" in it, so it has to be good, right?…

  

  basically wanted me to run an entire workout in each pair of shoes. First, I ... Brief background: I try to be healthy. I don't eat junk food, and I do sit-ups in the mornings. About a month ago, I got the crazy idea to

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  That time MIT was almost rebuilt on an artificial island in the middle of the Charles River we were THIS CLOSE to being a pirate fortress university

  

  quickly ran out of room. There's an incredibly interesting story to how MIT ... almost closed again, only to be saved by a last ... ," which allowed it to move to Cambridge and build the core of the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 22, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Finals Week at MIT Free food, procrastination, cats, free food...

  

  to make us feel better. However, there are some nice things about ... reading their parts in French when it was their turn to read from the book ... to make veggie lasagna on Wednesday. We also have a finals board

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 19, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  TEDxCambridge! 1. How TED talks can improve your life 2. Recently hosted and filmed right here…

  

  a goal to have my own one day. Hmm.. what's a good first step but to ... open to it. It's 11:44 am right now and there are 24 hours and 30 minutes ... 17.5 minutes, and that you're probably too excited to sleep tonight

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • December 13, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  (K)onstantly not good enough baby's first sabremetrics

  

  Patriots lost to the Giants. It was pretty painful. But the midst of it all - and in between flashbacks to the Superbowl-That-Didn't-Happen - I started thinking. Mostly to distract myself from the pain as I did this over

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 7, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lessons Learned in Lab Applicable to life.

  

  Yes, I know it's a Sunday, but nonetheless, I went to lab around 2 ... 've learned a little about life - and how to live it: 1. Tell the truth. I ... but honestly gone to my graduate student and reported each of my

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • June 19, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  CHICON 2008 by C/4C Adam Fuhrmann '11, C/4C Patrick Ernst '11, and C/4C Daniel Darlington '11

  

  Darlington, Ernst and Fuhrmann traversed the nation to a gathering of ... AAS business sessions in order to pass resolutions and make decisions on ... lot of useful information and gained insight as to how we can improve

  • by ROTC
  • April 24, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Oh look, an update

  

  -related applications. All course 9 students have to take a probability and statistics ... the textbook more than just about any other textbook I've had to use, but I like the material. It's relevant to what I want to do. 6

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • March 10, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Show your creativity: the Year of the Pig While we continue reading applications full time, another mini-contest.

  

  , and started her ascent to stardom by starring in the Abercrombie & ... cameo in the first episode of CSI: Miami. She spent the following year touring to libraries and charity events and finally decided she was

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 13, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Like a freshman Getting a P+ isn't just for frosh anymore.

  

  first time. Last night I woke up at 5:30 to put the finishing touches on ... DID YOU KNOW? Prussian Monarch Frederick William used to kidnap ... royal guard. Like a freshman? Haha, no, you aren't allowed to do that

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 6, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  recitation fun fact: The entire first chapter of our textbook is devoted to the ... Description: Uses the tools of macroeconomics to study various macroeconomic ... long run to government finances in the intermediate run and economic

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 8, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  One wonderful day I might just make it, after all.

  

  First of all, good afternoon to any visitors I might have who are ... with three people. I volunteered to organize and compile it by 3 PM today ... my laptop, taking it from wireless connection to wireless connection on

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 21, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Review of “Shopgirl”

  

  to see "Shopgirl," a movie based on a novella by Steve Martin. Claire ... someone you see everyday and have been introduced to on numerous occasions ... kiss or sitting in silence outside of a movie theater on a date just to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes—Fall 05

  

  It's always awkward to post an entry about my classes for the ... at my blog. If that applies to you, um, Hi. 14.41 Public Finance and ... worse or better off, yet the first party neither bears the costs nor

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 15, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Come in, we’re open

  

  living in A-Entry for my first three years at MIT. But I'm moving to D ... I survived moving to my fall room! (I realize this is silly. But moving is very difficult for me due to a) impatience, b) anal

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 14, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  gently down the stream whitewater rafting might be easier than driving on mass ave

  

  Last Friday in my [annotation note = "my first-year humanities ... friend, Levi observes that:  “He did not belong to that species of persons who do things in order to talk about them (like me)” I, too, belong to

  • by Taylor L. '29
  • October 16, 2025
• Blog / Uncategorized

  [guest post] The Random Hall Milk: Gone But Not Forgotten an obitu-dairy for Pecker's oldest resident

  

  return to Random Hall began slowly. First came those who lived in MIT ... -enjoyer, please take a moment to think of our beloved Milk as you drink your own ... first frosh arrived on August 19th. The last upperclassmen trickled in on

  • by Alice L. '24
  • October 21, 2022
• Blog / How to MIT

  Gallivanting with Gilles or, how I learned to stop worrying and love the MIT Mailing Lists.

  

  more. Vultures@MIT, or, What To Do With That Leftover Pizza First of ... often find occasion to derail the discussion of extracurriculars and athletics at MIT in order to share with attendees what I believe to be the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 4, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Supposedly Fun Thing That I’ll Probably Do Again On July 4th, I reenacted The Old Man and the Sea, minus the old man…

  

  -safetified* raft. *safetify: vb, to make safe. Ex: “After crashing his first car ... My first Fourth of July in Boston was spent on an inflatable 61-inch ... succumbed to a four-hour soak in liquid described by writer Bernard DeVoto as

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 7, 2009