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• Blog / MIT Life

  Spectacle I was going to title this entry "Spectacle of Light," because I mention MIThenge. Then…

  

  with me here, but I don't really count grilled sandwiches from Alpine in ... were lots of dumb people getting in the way, so I didn't really get any ... The other day I realized that I'm always bragging about the one time

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / Events

  total eclipse of the cruft

  

  eclipse on April 8th. I had happened to see the total eclipse in 2017 in ... location, which saw about 93% coverage. I'll be using this in my classes in a ... Robert and I roadtripped to Bangor, Maine, to see totality in Millinocket

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 16, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  An Awesome Autobiography in rage comic form

  

  Last weekend I posted an entry on my birthday, sharing some things I have learned now in my advanced age. On the same day, in a very different ... a tesseract - an 86 year old man posted his autobiography to reddit in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 14, 2011
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread talk amongst yourselves

  

  Decisions come out in 36 hours, and I know a lot of you may be ... prepare to send decisions out in ~12 hours. I may close comments later today ... can talk about stuff you do that you might have included in your

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 13, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  The ‘Game’ Supporting inter-collegiate relations.

  

  So last week, I made a trek out to the school down the street for The Game. This was my first time in all four years that I'd been at MIT that ... thing, but I think we decided that the more clever competition was in the

  • by Bryan
  • November 25, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Everybody LOVES a math joke Math jokes for a Monday chuckle!

  

  in an email: I've definitely felt like doing this before.... ... Judging by the facebook group "I Wish I Were Your Derivative So I ... ...here's one she loves to tell (copied from an article in the American

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 6, 2006
• Blog / Events

  PumpkiNerd Carving My dorm had a pumpkin carving contest, and categories were funniest, scariest, geekiest, most original,…

  

  As I pasted in my previous entry, my dorm had a pumpkin carving ... , and best overall. Can anyone guess which category I entered my pumpkin in? Here's Veena '06, who lives in Baker House. Look at the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 26, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  we do some memeing around these parts memes i've made so far on campus

  

  vital part in my communication toolbox. I also draw and [annotation note="i don't actually use adobe photoshop. i taught myself how to edit images ... I love memes. I can't help it—I'm a Gen Z'er, so I grew up on the

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 23, 2021
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Beacon St. and Marlborough St. Rooftops and flowers on two streets in Boston.

  

  during my MEng, I’ve fallen hard in love with this city—Cambridge, then ... past Saturday, our first warm weekend that I’ve been in town, on a path ... gardens. I love our long, long, daylong and nighttime walks. I love feeling

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 27, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Ritual & Ceremony I'll be out of contact the next two weeks as I celebrate a big event.

  

  . But I know that in the end, for you and for me, things will turn out ... colleagues in Admissions will be happy to help you. And not 24 hours after I ... 're in Northern California, I hope to see you, too. Best wishes to all of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 14, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  elephants what I've been up to

  

  in macgregor so I'm painting on clear contact paper try not to paint ... I've been pretty busy lately doing stuff like this a little of ... of this. But this blog post is about the elephant in the room (read

  • by Abby H. '20
  • September 27, 2017
• Blog / Athletics

  XC is Sexy

  

  I first saw the slogan "XC is Sexy" on the shirt of a 12 year old, and I figure if it's appropriate for him to wear it, it's okay for me to blog it. On Saturday, I went with some friends to Franklin Park, in

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 11, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Did the quadratic formula explode?

  

  In one of the 28 (and counting!) responses to my last post, Kelly wrote, "I just wish the bloggers themselves posted more." Well, there have ... of applications I still have to read. The other work (yes, other work

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 16, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Application Reading Season Kickoff We are indeed looking for human beings in every sense, not just looking for numbers.

  

  was pleased to find that I wasn't too far off in any of my ratings and recommendations - and in many cases I was dead-on - which means that my "calibration ... We had our reading season kickoff meeting today, which checked in at

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 25, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  THIS. IS. 18.02. "We will wield our triple integrals as one!"

  

  . I haven’t slept in 2 days. So last night, I had 3 Monsters, and I just ... . In the interest of full disclosure, I have had a mild crush on him ... In case you haven’t been able to tell by the lack of bloggage across

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • December 10, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Pardon my French! Join me as I cross the English Channel and dodge oncoming traffic on the Champs-Elysees.

  

  rain and a strong breeze while waiting in line -- luckily I was under a small covering near the door. As you can see, I am completely drenched in ... was a long trip.) I'd been to Paris before, but I wanted to ride the

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 19, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Soup Dumplings, Fever Pitch Yesterday after work I headed downtown for the evening. First stop was one of my…

  

  (and most expensive) movie theater. When I walked in, I saw a big crowd ... won it all in 2004. In the last couple weeks, though, I have seen some ... Yesterday after work I headed downtown for the evening. First stop

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 27, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  I can’t feel my face Snowmageddon 2018

  

  you don’t like MIT… I think you’re on the wrong page. Maybe you’ve heard, but it’s cold in Boston right now. Like, really cold. Arctic tundra ... was actually the warmest that it’s been outside in a week. This has

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • January 5, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Toy Design Update How couldn't you enjoy building toys?

  

  Toy Design in several months but that's not to say I haven't been heavily involved. In fact, I'd like to officially propose that MIT move this ... has even influenced two major decisions in my life as of late. 1) I

  • by Snively '11
  • April 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  4 Jack Bauer, eat your heart out.

  

  three-day weekend. In the meantime, I'm going to be your very own Kiefer ... fellow, I decided to open it up and look in side as per deskworker rules ... ANTS. What is even edible in a DVD box? Do I even want to know? Mike just

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 10, 2005