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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ode to the New, Part 2 Slowing down time in the Land of Enchantment.

  

  I'm currently on the MedLinks retreat; it feels good to get out of ... down time - and it's a lot simpler than trying to approach the speed of ... , then called the office and was driven the rest of the way by a kind

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 9, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  Making an Entrance On being helped to my feet.

  

  , casually tossed a disc around, then lined up at our respective ends of the ... would inspire me to new heights of athleticism (although given his recent ... member of the other team, who had come running over to make the block. Foot

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 17, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Announcing New Bloggers for 2010! A digital debutante ball...

  

  Last week, the blogging committee - comprised, as always, of the ... . With an acceptance rate of just under 9.7%, it's actually more difficult ... difficulty of the decisions is no excuse for not making them. Decide we must

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 16, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Undercover Admissions Officer ...or how I saw the campus through "fresh eyes".

  

  most of the tour guides, several live in my house and I appreciate seeing their helpful faces at the end of my information sessions. The time had come! You all have met Alina, one of our newest bloggers. Well, I first

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • August 5, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

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

  

  . Because I truly, truly do. No, I can’t tell you my favorite flavor of ice ... the mood to experiment? It’s kind of a big deal, picking a favorite, and ... Achilles heel. It’s not for want of trying. I bake a lot; last summer I kept

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

  Throwback I'm gonna throw this out there. If you don't like it, you can throw it…

  

  I recently bought a pair of rollerblades for $8 from the Garment ... of clothes in a pile being sold at a dollar fifty a pound - and I think I probably haven't looked this uncool since my fouth-grade days of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 9, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Let’s Get Down to Business 'Tis the eve of a new semester.

  

  Tomorrow marks the return of classes, p-sets, papers, reading assignments, and a tangible lack of both time and sleep. Yup, second semester is ... I actually liked reading the textbook. We'd watch a whole bunch of

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 1, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friendship Oh my dearest . . .

  

  me and Elizabeth (one of my teammates for toy design last year) about ... have a better understanding of how entrepreneurs may get started with their business. Here is a tentative schedule of the event: Tuesday

  • by Snively '11
  • March 28, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  This semester, almost all of my classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays ... ?) Besides the plenitude of classrooms, some of Building 4's most enjoyable ... for 18.02 (multivariable calculus), which is one of the freshman GIRs

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

  Early Morning Construction and other bexley woes.

  

  construction in the alley. Yesterday was also somewhat of an exception so I was ... and continued for some hours into the day. Down the other end of the ... days ago a bunch of kids pulled down a big branch from the tree outside

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • July 5, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Road I’m On Life's a lot to think about sometimes...

  

  sardonic words of the ever-quotable Winston Churchill, "This is the sort of ... now made it's way into my blog, like several other songs I can think of ... well capitalize on the opportunity. As it happens, I'm feeling sort of

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 26, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Time Out I attempt to top Emo Walt Whitman, even though I'm only taking a brief reprieve…

  

  what I'd do once those nine hours of exams finally concluded. It felt so ... installation of ski lifts in hell, or the release of a successful Blink 182 side ... past midnight, convinced I'd never be prepared for three straight days of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 27, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Marching Band Refused to Yield Band in the name of love.

  

  of my short life. -- Hokay. So. Nine days and 10,000 miles of flight ... with some pictures. So, to answer all of your questions, here is the ... fact that most of the events are on Saturday afternoons, which means like

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 4, 2007
• Blog / Events

  1 Month, 0 Classes IAP tomorrow and an opportunity to mystery hunt!

  

  ...well only if I choose to. Tomorrow marks the beginning of IAP (Independent Activities Period)...It's one of my favorite times of the year ... . During January, a lot of people do externships, some go to Zambia, some

  • by Bryan
  • January 7, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Paul Farmer at the Broad Lander update October 28

  

  I try to attend at least one guest speaker talk a week (many of them ... lot of this together. Okay, deep breath. Here we go. Remember the ... "shoot for the moon" in terms of faculty, and emailed Professor Eric Lander

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 20, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  FREE FOOD! FREE FOOD! EVERYWHERE!! AM I YELLING??

  

  ? ME: What? MOM: You're not really kicked out of MIT, were you? ME: Yeah ... the ridiculous amounts of free food I got this week. In that particular ... Lecture Series Committee. I'm working off of a breakfast of granola bars and

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 2, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Yes, I am still alive My fourth of July in America's hometown

  

  Well, I spent my 4th of July in Plymouth with Adam's family and my ... dying of hunger) feta chicken, and our friend Mark '07 manned the grill ... actually do make some regular hot dogs now, but that's only because of the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 6, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lazy hazy crazy Summer for me means lab and cooking. I'm not sure which I like better.

  

  I am just full of sweetness and light today. Lab-related good news ... in charge of my lab? I do this in person all the time -- I'll be ... my postdoc that I should do a handful of further experiments, then

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 4, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Dorms: Baker House A tour of Baker House.

  

  of nowhere Bryan: a piano fell out of the sky Diana: HAHA Bryan ... good friends of mine got it all started again and threw one off the ... a piano onto a model of the caltech cannon Bryan: how do you get work

  • by Bryan
  • May 14, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Cake Concert, Wing Dinner, and Senior Ball An action packed 2 weekends: Cake, a wing dinner, and Senior Ball!

  

  charity banquet called Grains of Rice This year's featured band was Cake! I ... huge fan of either, but then CAKE came! We were able to get amazingly ... yelled out songs that they wanted to hear. Some of the songs that they

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 7, 2006