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• 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 school – I was definitely of the “I’m not technology-oriented enough to go ... Institute of Technology, not the Massachusetts Institute of Totally

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 23, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Inside/Outside words/pictures; I really don't know what to put here... haha

  

  of faces and experiences makes it all worthwhile. * Came home to find ... in all the sports championships I care about (or in the case of the World Cup - pretend to care about in spirit of global love): French Open

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 5, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, Decisions….. Don't Panic!

  

  't explain (the likes of which you won't see again until prom) and bandwidth-crippling refreshes of https://decisions.mit.edu/verify.php. If this sounds like you ... I love being at the most (a good thing since I spend most of my waking

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 13, 2010
• Blog / Events

  MIT goes APE. Not your average Sunday night.

  

  took both of my calculus finals. But on February 21st, the building was ... making y’all dizzy. :P A tidbit of info on this electrobop ... absolutely love an encore – but this time, under the protection of Johnson

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 27, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where do Trees Come From?

  

  like this one. Photo courtesy of publicdomainpictures.net And of course if you wait a few years they get quite large... Photo courtesy of

  • by Kim D. '09
  • February 10, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Potpourri Blog Post food... etc.

  

  Coming off of a state-of-mind-altering weekend in Maine with people from the dorm, I knew a full Pre-Thanksgiving week of MIT won’t be pretty ... ; Bane of my existence, and I know I’m not alone. For 8.01 – the intro

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • November 21, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Mens et Manus – mainly Manus! Hmm my hands feel itchy...

  

  drowned out by the blinding rays of a familiar sunset. I adore the sight ... ’t going to jump out of the screen and stop me from carving some pumpkins ... our table (there were 4 of them) and grabbed 2 more from another table

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 29, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  You should live in EAsT camPUS A few of the basic things to know.

  

  What sets MIT's East Campus apart from other dorms of the college ... known to make a home out of EC as well.. 3. Residents live in doubles or ... can look down the entire length of your hall and see EVERYTHING.. 7

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • July 31, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Mattress Dominoes! One of many reasons why my summer is better than yours.

  

  For those of you who don't remember or are new here (or don't care ... my argument, too. There's a video on CollegeHumor of some students ... made their own version of the video last week when I was away from the

  • by Keri G. '10
  • July 24, 2009
• Blog / Community Projects

  Vroom Vroom! Hey! I know him!

  

  .004 and I've worked with him on a variety of other projects. He's always ... never really looked into what they meant. . . There are a variety of ... Build a Speedy Go-Kart Out of a Shopping Cart. Surely, no, it couldn't be

  • by Snively '11
  • June 29, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sixth Sense No, I don't see dead people.

  

  So, less than THREE WEEKS until CPW! All of us in the office are ... ! It'll be loads of fun, I promise. I thought I'd take a break from ... research group (including one of her grad students, Pranav Mistry, who she

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 27, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  Hosed Exams=Cars, I'll show you how!

  

  the same time? That's how exams are here. Most of the time they're all ... the end of the week. What's being hosed? Well there's this saying ... occasionally a pretty accurate description. During these moments of accuracy, one

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 6, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Please Vote for My Idea for the Obama Administration! Change.org is sponsoring a competition whereby anyone can post an idea for making America better.…

  

  . They'll also receive the support of a national lobbying campaign run by ... ten winning ideas have a real chance of being implemented. All you have ... to becoming one of the Obama administration's priorities!

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • December 19, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Choose my Halloween Costume!

  

  though I dressed as a witch like 5 times between the ages of 3 and 8 ... other ideas, or how on Earth I can pull any of these off within the next week...bonus points given to awesome characters I haven't thought of (I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 25, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

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

  

  he doesn't like the arts - but the truth of the matter is that MIT students have quite a bit of respect for drama, music, poetry, and all the ... and I went to see the one of these 50 student groups in action

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 23, 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…

  

  of the Boston population. A while ago I gave everybody some Boston advice courtesy of Sara Ferry '11. It's time for some more Boston advice courtesy of Sara, and then some MIT advice courtesy of me. Sara Advice When

  • by Snively '11
  • June 11, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sore Subjects state of affairs isn't so good. But here are some telescope pictures!

  

  ) symmetries of the hydrogen atom, using just symmetry and algebra of groups to ... of Sunday-night realization you dont want). I was clearly expected to ... light, is definitely by far the fewest number of units I've stood to

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • April 14, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  The Infected It's not a zombie outbreak...yet

  

  lot trouble admitting it. Even after several days of waking up with ... ! (Come on, how unprepared can you get?) It turns out that three of us missed the class last week because we were all THAT sick. And one of the

  • by Karen F. '11
  • February 22, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  A truly independent activities period A glimpse at some MIT students' IAP plans.

  

  the start of Independent Activities Period (IAP). *Cue “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year”* During IAP, students get to enjoy MIT without ... do MIT students do with one month of freedom? I’ll be working on my

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 7, 2007
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A day without rain + pictures of yosemite

  

  I was born in the province of Sichuan and speak the Sichuan dialect. I imagine it as the equivalent of a southern hill-billy drawl ... -the-go young professional from the Northeast. However, in any kind of a tight

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • July 18, 2007