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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  One of these labs is not like the other GELlin' like a felon

  

  The scene: Friday morning, about 9:10am Me: *Sits down at table with ... select a leader. Once you have, leaders, raise your hand” Me: *turns to ... the task inside that packet with your team.” Me: *looks around, blinks

  • by Stanley G.
  • September 17, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  ? Will you miss MIT after graduating? Me: Well, I'll miss MIT. I don't want ... no more than half a densely populated mile away -- made me miss the ... the beginning of the semester, is beginning to bear down on me with all

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

  Beauty, xkcd, and my classes The problem with me.

  

  's point. Without further ado, allow me to introduce you to... 8.03: Physics ... break, the BANG almost gave me a heart attack. The post-8.03 reaction: if ... textbook. Daniel L. ‘12 was the first poor soul I encountered. Me: DANIEL

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 9, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  So you want to be a student-athlete? Finding the balance

  

  ups and downs of MIT athletics. Playing hockey and lacrosse keeps me ... interscholastically forces me to stay healthy. Another benefit to competing is the sense ... the positive side, this constant stream of commitments keeps me focused

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 29, 2011
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A Brief Retreat How a short trip to Block Island left me revitalized

  

  Freshman year has come and gone; three more years of MIT separate me ... that were clear around me were the oceans - and, for a moment, my mind ... relationship. Prior to me beginning my freshman year at MIT, it gave me this

  • by Emad T. '14
  • July 31, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s in a name? Is “geek” now chic? Are we happy with the word “nerd”?

  

  . But the ensuing string of comments didn’t agree with me at all. Her own ... questions remind me of a time when I was coming out as gay in my 30s, when I ... all assembled in a semi circle around my front steps, me standing in the

  • by Kris Guay
  • July 4, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how ARe you today? Do you Nintendo? On an unrelated note, part of me thinks this and this might…

  

  carry this sucker around with me at all times. I bank on the fact that MIT ... StreetPass. Ok, so that explains I had my 3DS with me when I walked ... thing. I knew exactly what it was, but others may not, so allow me to

  • by Snively '11
  • April 4, 2011
• 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 ... -Fun-Times (although I’m working on getting that changed). Let me preface this story ... this class to teach n00bs like me how to program.** 2. Turns out

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 23, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Enterlude Brought to you by the letter "L", for Late, Lame, and real Life. Or something…

  

  tossed it down to me. Tugging it on over my top, I grinned, bounded up the ... weren’t cruel enough to give me a name with numbers and symbols, √† la ... me Natasha), and while I tend to prefer it over nicknames, I

  • by Natanya K. '14
  • September 18, 2010
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Past, Present, and Future This all "began with a single blog by a student five years ago, at the…

  

  era." Let me share with you an anecdotal history of blogging, what I'm doing lately, and how MIT has continued to shape me post-graduation. Since ... . Hold me back from making PowerPoint slides!! EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- MIT

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where are you going, where have you been? (Part I) Academics.

  

  cooking dinner with my boyfriend and he was telling me about his visit to ... curious. "I don't know if I have." My boyfriend's a physics major, like me ... 't know what to say. So he told me this, and I dropped what I was doing

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • May 27, 2009
• Blog / Events

  I’m on a boat! It was only a matter of time

  

  pestered to dance. Every year I fight back. "No! I don't dance! Let me be the awkward guy who watches! No! Don't make me! Noooooo!" and then every year I ... the fun time for me, because I don't dance. "But Snively, everybody

  • by Snively '11
  • May 3, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  About Tomorrow Good Luck Tomorrow!

  

  were you and someone said that to me, I'd probably have ignored them and ... hopefully you're not like me, and will be willing to give it some thought. I ... after I started last semester. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love this

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 13, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  A Word of Warning (Pay Attention) A guest entry by Kelsey Kennedy '12

  

  this semester that make me wish I had paid a bit more attention when I ... fickle and annoying and COLD." I remember my parents jokingly asking me to consider Stanford a little bit more seriously so they could visit me in a

  • by Snively '11
  • January 4, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’ve got Mail! And a LAPTOP! Why I can breathe again, and the 10 most recent emails in my inbox.

  

  a few times to me. One of these was when I was in high school and ... completely out of me. A few gasps later, I was okay. Another of these no ... the usual email informing me of its arrival, so it took a week to figure

  • by Kim D. '09
  • November 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You win some, you lose some. day in the life.

  

  :30. This means I didn't get my test back. And this suits me alright. Last ... wrapped up in my blanket, with JP licks curled up next to me. There was a ... me uncomfortable all day and boiled some tea, filled up my thermos with

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 23, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fall term is already a nightmare Today I went to my second day of classes.

  

  the desert landscape would be so familiar to me, even though on the ... inconveniences of the world I'd left behind. Let me explain. It's hard to miss the ... this meant that someone somewhere was trying to tell me not to go through

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 5, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  River and the bay glittered like uncut gems in the light. It took me but a ... , drawing my eyes like a beacon. And in that moment MIT unfolded for me, as I ... me to meet at least five new people each day of Orientation. But he

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

  DONE (sorta) If I'm done, why am I still stressed?

  

  any random prefrosh that have contacted me lately. I've been really ... , it's because MIT hates me. II -- Yesterday, while sitting in the ... inside buildings but nobody has yelled at me yet (well, except for Copy

  • by Snively '11
  • May 9, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Take 1.618: Film at MIT [by Danbee Kim '09] There are very few things for which I would get up…

  

  it wasn't until this semester that I took a class that made me lust for ... exposed me to media that has impressed and inspired me: the Media that ... do first, and I still feel that way. Don't get me wrong; I can get very

  • by ARTalk
  • April 2, 2008