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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Our students, their stories. Andy Partridge in a zamboni purple monkey dishwasher.

  

  the Men's Ice Hockey game for a little Marching Band on Ice action and ... 's what's been going on in my life. Yesterday in 6.002, somebody brought a rabbit to class. A rabbit. She brought a rabbit to a lecture about Thevenin

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 15, 2006
• Blog / People & Identities

  requiem for the desert as temperatures rise higher

  

  Written early September after a presentation by Spencer Glendon from ... but now I am aware of the sameness of everywhere, the unique beauty of a ... don’t seem to like where the heat is at already — for the past three

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 30, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  #9 Dream Ah, bowakawa, pousse pousse! Ah, bowakawa, pousse pousse!

  

  -out entry in the midst of studying for finals. Go read Mollie's blog; she's a ... snuggled back into bed for another hour or so. Turns out that I was having a ... upon a small number of important works, which are studied in depth

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 21, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  My MIT Story How I came to be at MIT

  

  grandma's house when my parents asked a completely unreasonable question for ... of my head for the next 4 years, slowly growing into more than just a ... wanted. MIT asks for a lot in terms of high school classes and if you aren

  • by Snively '11
  • July 28, 2008
• Blog / Community Projects

  A “World Record Attempt” We can do it!

  

  back as an upperclassman (a junior!? WHAT!?) is much different than going to campus as a freshman, for almost more reasons than I can count. My ... . This entry is a shameless plug for an event that Keri inspired me to

  • by Snively '11
  • August 20, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Livescribe’s Pulse Pen: The Sequel! I've written about it before, and now I'm writing about it again!

  

  , thought it was important for prefrosh to know about it, and did a video ... Program," a way for Livescribe to have people distribute pens, run demos ... applied for the job and after a couple of phone interviews and some

  • by Snively '11
  • July 28, 2009
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Nerdy adventures on the West Coast Q: What changes when you transplant a few MIT students 3,000 miles? A: Not much.

  

  2 MIT alums (including a former blogger) for a week on the west coast ... by Scott Westerfeld. Yeah, it's a book for 13-year-olds. I adore young ... for some drinks at a nearby bar. (Actually. Those last 2 sentences were

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  LSC: A Brief Summary [by Ashley Nash '11] Who wouldn’t want to join?

  

  [by Ashley Nash '11] I am a member of LSC, the Lecture Series ... involved with a movie that is being shown for free, e.g. the director or one ... now and then there will be a free showing of a movie that is either in

  • by ARTalk
  • May 2, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Odds & Evens & Ends Notes on CPW, Veronica Mars, and more.

  

  . For one thing, the weekend is not planned out for you, it's more of a ... It's been another late night at work, but I wanted to at least post a few odds & ends... CPW update: for everyone who has registered

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 31, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  A sporting chance

  

  a draw for me in the depth of intramural sports. I had been a varsity ... frozen for a couple months of the year. So I grabbed the opportunity at MIT ... Despite growing up in New York, I became a Red Sox fan when I was 8

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 22, 2004
• Blog / About Decisions

  what we mean when we say the people why we like “the people”

  

  signing up for too many things means doing all of them badly (after a ... major for career prospects or are otherwise very career-oriented people a ... like me, helped me build a robot for fun (over several months). I don

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 25, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Photo Scavenger Hunt Let's give this a shot.

  

  's have a contest, who got out the latest for summer vacation? post your ... "Photo Scavenger Hunt", this is important for my filter and my sanity. I ... -back, carefree, and a whole lot of fun. This year my summer is shaping up to be

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 15, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Joint Blog] What It’s Like Studying Design at MIT Recounted by two seniors

  

  body, so we hope that this blog can be a thorough resource for ... course number for design is 4-B, and it exists as more of a sibling of ... for short), and students can certainly take it in more of a fine arts

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • February 4, 2026
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds VII: Decided? T-minus one day until the reply form postmark deadline.

  

  University, had this advice in his most recent entry: 1. Time for a self ... information as possible. You may also want to create a ranking system for each ... becomes a study in what characteristics you find most important. If you did

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 30, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Evolution of Physics Physics gets harder as you get older, go figure.

  

  Don't forget to vote for me in the 2008 Blogging Scholarship for $10,000! I don't like physics. A lot of people seem to think I do. I'd like to dispel those rumors: I don't like physics. Lucky for me, there are all

  • by Snively '11
  • November 14, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advising and freshman formalities

  

  Yep, I'm officially Course 11. A few interesting things have happened this week. - Thanks to a freight derailment in Idaho, I spent most ... connections, even as a freshman. For those of you coming here in the fall, be

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 20, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  10:31 I wrote this entry on my iPhone about two minutes after boarding the 11:10 train…

  

  everything happens for a reason. And so I'm trying to convince myself I am out 57 bucks on a bus 40 minutes after the one I had bought a ticket for in ... convince myself of, not for any good reason. I spent a little too much time

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 29, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Telethon Live Blog Where we call you --

  

  Gann has just arrived! He's dressed very nicely for a telethon, maybe he ... number two! We'll dig for more names. 11:14 pm Alright, I'm back in my ... ! Anywho, here's a quick wrap-up of the telethon. @Carmen/Jing Jing As for

  • by Snively '11
  • January 17, 2008
• Blog / Class Projects

  Make a Lamp! and cart the pieces of it from IDM to IDC, the forge, Metropolis, and back…

  

  process, a guest lecturer, and lab time to test out the process for ... of my Harvard classes overlapped with a weekly lab, and trusted me to ... isn't need for a fix. I opted to only use the front piece, going for a

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 10, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A *Major* Dilemma Will you forgive the pun if I tell you that I just declared my major?

  

  temporary decision, for a couple of reasons: 1. More resources. You ... (Aeronautics and Astronautics), you’d probably be in for a rough time. It ... I saw the Milky Way for the first time a couple of summers ago, I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 22, 2011