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• Blog / MIT Life

  Google Maps is NOT the best. But everything else seems to be right.

  

  , but I'd rather blame Google Maps for getting me lost on the way to my grandmothers' house in the middle of the night. In the words of a great man, I ... train for the 15-or-so passengers making the connection. So, I guess I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Like a freshman Getting a P+ isn't just for frosh anymore.

  

  until November. No no, today I felt I like a freshman, hosed for the very ... contemplating the prospect of having a class on Junior/Senior P/D/F. You get to do ... the tenths place)! But if I got a B in any one of them it would stay the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 6, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  See her picture(s) in a thousand places In which I understand what Bruce Campbell feels like

  

  that this entire enterprise is nothing more than a spinoff of the ... . Guy: 'cause you're on Mitra's Blog. Sam: Heh. You know I have a blog now, too? Guy: Really? Sam: Yeah, you just have to go back to the admissions

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 3, 2005
• Blog / MISTI

  Wouldn’t it be Nice? ...actually, I'm kind of glad that I'm not older.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The town of Nice was originally a Greek settlement ... ), and discovered that between the four of us, Ling '07, Stefanie, Vanessa ... intensive cultural experience for at least 8 hours a day, and I think I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Two short stories My last three weeks in a nutshell.

  

  stereotypes were for the most part nowhere to be found. And when I received a ... complain for a full nine months, but it's all for naught. The point of the ... was convinced that joining a sorority was not the way to go. Anyway, my

  • by Keri G. '10
  • September 24, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Time and change

  

  , Georgia. It's very strange. The first few times I went back to a parental ... find out a lot about yourself. But paradoxically, the more I develop from what I was when I left home and entered school as a frosh, the more

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  USA Wins 2nd in International Math Olympiad Three MIT '09s won Gold Medals.

  

  team members are tallied for a country team score. This year, the top ... themselves here). The problems are stated in a straightforward fashion, making ... problems is graded from 0-7 points, with partial credit given (on the above

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 18, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I?TFP

  

  .004. Usually the labs for 6.004 are not so bad - they take maybe five hours. For ... build the Beta processor. Yeah, a processor, like you'd find in a computer ... help from the TAs and LAs. Unfortunately, for several hours there was

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 19, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  When I’m Home Did you enter the PE lottery yet?

  

  last two shows nearly started a war for control of the Conner 2 floor ... years at MIT, I was always able to make time for the American Idol ... DID YOU KNOW? The first time I ever went to New York City it was to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 3, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Endless rain into a paper cup ...also, restless wind inside a letterbox.

  

  the above information was available to me with a simple push of F12. In ... -mail didn't push me over the edge. Sam's Mom already made a 300-mile journey ... remember for my entire life. Plus, if I can run a marathon in sleet and get a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 16, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Perfect weekend Sun, fun, and Plymouth Rock.

  

  our friend Mark '07 for dinner and a movie. After the movie (where I saw ... Oh, it's been such a good weekend. Friday I went into the lab for a ... around the lab for a year or more, because it does take a long time to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 18, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  As though we weren’t hosed enough…

  

  ...we've been graced with a fire truck on the Great Dome! In case you can't tell, that inscription says "MIT Fire Department". The CPs ... good officers staring at the Great Dome from their bikes: As a measure

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 11, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Work, friends, sleep – pick three In which I manage time effectively.

  

  this summer: "Devin (another Spectrum '07) and I have been reading A LOT ... 'd want something more than the above.) I'm blogging because in a true show ... uninterrupted study time. By the way, I'm not a double major anymore. More on

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 23, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Carnival A glorious carnival is marred by the passing of a beloved goldfish. (24 pictures)

  

  Last night, we went to a carnival that was sponsored by the ... something and your prize was a goldfish. After I performed the aforementioned ... in time to try and knock down a fat cat. It's really hard to throw

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 3, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pictures of me

  

  One of the requested entries a while back was for me to post some ... '05. I dressed up as Indiana Jones for a friend's post ... necklace that I'm wearing in the UAP/VP '06 debate. A more wishful

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 4, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Yoga The joys of physical education

  

  successful completion of the swim test (or beginning swimming class) and a ... or modifications due to a disability, please notify the physical ... entry on PE classes and my previous entry on training for the Boston

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 25, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Knowing me, knowing you My plans for Nobel laureacy, and everything I like about MIT professors.

  

  singles from the same album (courtesy Mitra). You all left a lot of lovely ... start planning the itinerary and look for flights (especially for the ... supervisor, this summer. I look forward to hear from you. Good luck for the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 25, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I need a fix ‘cause I’m goin’ down Or, how I learned to stop worrying and love a 40%.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Mary Tyler Moore sent a signed copy of the single ... doubleshot from LaVerde's, and get ready for their first exam of the fall term ... high school, I got a 95 on my first 8.01 test after studying for like one

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Since U Been Gone While I was out, the world changed. (UPDATED)

  

  bunching for the stairs, and made a mad dash for the gates, only to find ... moments I saw. For example, there was the "delicious and healthy" Rachael ... Ben. I then remembered the best April Fool's joke that I ever had a hand

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 1, 2006
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Greetings from Switzerland

  

  much a lot of the stuff written in the MIT forum (and elsewhere, for that ... on the Internet, but I need to have time to acquire a power adaptor for ... rampant. The clincher was when a friend sent me a link to a post about

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 23, 2006