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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fran Sancisco and Spother Oonerisms Racing tays and fighting lires

  

  from the first sentence of the introduction, where Obama is noted as the ... American singer. Spooner was particularly plagued by a tendency to swap syllables between adjacent words, often to comedic effect. An inattentive

  • by Joel G. '18
  • August 7, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Science! at the BAH!Fest The science is a lie. The exclamation points are not.

  

  first in line to get our posters signed! With our loot tucked safely ... -joke: unexpected and irrational enough to elicit the obligatory chuckle of awkwardness, but still, to everyone’s chagrin, logically sound in a roundabout

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • October 8, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Space Robots II: Attack of the Paradigm Shifts why undergraduate research is so much more than an opportunity

  

  undergrads who would love the opportunity to do research and learn about their ... space for someone. That's how I got my first UROP!) The experience is ... regenerating organisms with a certain gene turned off to see that they grew heads

  • by Piper '13
  • January 27, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT, Part VII in which I realize that I am less wise in person, and also a senior

  

  A couple of weeks ago, it was too warm and humid to sleep, so I wandered down to one of MIT's many perpetually air-conditioned Athena ... into Jeffrey'13 leading a cluster of frosh from his FPOP. As is wont to

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • September 15, 2011
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  A New Time, A New Place 2011 and India!

  

  Happy New Year to all of you! I spent a good 30 minutes this morning hogging wifi and using the textplus app on my iTouch to wish my friends back ... ☺ And that happens to be just a little too far away, haha. Following two

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 1, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Fariborz Maseeh Hall The Phoenix Group would rise from the the "ashes" of Ashdown...

  

  first to enhabit the newest dorm at MIT by the fall of 2011. Check out the ... administration had plans to increase camaraderie among graduate dorms, to alleviate the crowding in undergraduate dorms, and to increase the undergraduate

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • October 18, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  Katharine Hepburn’s Brownies How Kate saved my kitchen cred.

  

  to use the word hate, but I’m going to be a rebel and use it anyway ... cream-you’ve got give me more to work with. Are we eating it plain, or ... the mood to experiment? It’s kind of a big deal, picking a favorite, and

  • by Alina G. '11
  • July 26, 2010
• Blog / Events

  And I’m leaving, on a . . . cruise ship? Don't know when I'll be back again.

  

  time to blog about a nice little semi-formal event that wasn't just for ... be a great idea to swap jackets. While the black jacket with blue ... eventually they adjusted their wardrobes so as to prevent me from sobbing (look

  • by Snively '11
  • May 4, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Ambulance! Ambulance! So I'm in this serious long-term relationship.

  

  It is four days into IAP and I have yet to sleep in my own bed. In fact, today was the first time I've been back in my dorm for more than half an hour since returning to MIT on Sunday, and I was only home for

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Wall A Lack of Color

  

  talking about my walls. I have a lot to say about the end of first semester ... I decided to come back here a little early to go see an AMAZING concert and spend New Years in a place that I wasn't allergic to. (No

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 2, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  Hack Study Break MIT is home to some very dedicated gamers.

  

  I am two days away from finishing my first semester at MIT. How did ... friends seem to be coping pretty well. In fact, a few students apparently had so much spare time on their hands, they actually decided to provide

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 11, 2007
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A day without rain + pictures of yosemite

  

  . Therefore, I, the Sichuan native, belong to a species quite closely resembling ... 's strange to me to be considered an East-Coaster-- a city-dweller, an on ... bind, I've been known to identify myself "Boston", sometimes, "New Haven

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • July 18, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Oh, sweet freedom? One girl's tale of how to (try and) fend for herself in college. Tire swing…

  

  to my parents, living on your own is the first step on the pathway to ... responsibility apparently has to do with novel concepts like time management and being able to make food for myself. The latter is beyond terrifying, as I

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Thoughts On The MIT Interview ...from the perspective of an MIT interviewer.

  

  First and foremost: I am an EC, and EC's don't make admissions decisions. We are just people who once went to MIT (maybe in a time when it was easier to get into MIT than it is now) and have insights into the

  • by John DeTore '80
  • October 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do you have class? A view of my classes for the fall semester, with some photos from their first…

  

  Engineering. 1.A24 meets every Monday at 3:30, and promises to personally introduce its attendees to the world of transportation, as seen through the ... December, Professor Wilson will remain the students' first-year advisor. The

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 8, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m a pedestrian! I’m a motorist! Pedestrian! Motorist! Read on, my children, and you shall see of our midnight ride to IHOP.

  

  To begin: "If it weren't for my horse, I never would have spent that year in college." --New England proverb A prize goes to the first person to identify the source of this wisdom. Ruth, you're not allowed to play

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 14, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Alum Helps the Red Sox’ Keith Foulke Every Sunday ESPN nationally televises one baseball game, and last night they showed the final…

  

  of the series 7-2, thanks to a strong pitching performance from David ... said that Foulke had flown to Birmingham, Alabama, last week to see Dr ... information, I went to ESPN's Peter Gammons, who wrote: Keith Foulke took last

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 30, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Books I did read this semester I am literate if not literary

  

  Previous me wrote in a blogpost that I "did not want to write about ... but even more so now. Sometimes we have to dip into other worlds to make our way through this one. I used to be that kid who read during lunch

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 21, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Four years, four summers The stuff I've been up to every summer at MIT.

  

  TV shows to watch. Adam and I have been eagerly awaiting the season ... that I didn't get to see during term. (It's not that I have no time to ... didn't get to see it all year. And usually during the school year, Adam

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 14, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  some thoughts i have a few

  

  I've been blogblocked a lot and I've been really trying to find something to write about, but every time I start, it feels like I'm not being ... it's about time I tackle some of the more difficult things for me to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 10, 2021