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• Blog / MIT Life

  A Week in the Life: Optimism Edition In which I have a particularly tough, enriching week.

  

  for that project made me a half hour late to 4.42J/2.66J/1.044J ... model, so we got to go outside and take measurements under cloudy skies ... . Yeesh. That night, I tried to work on a paper but couldn't. I also didn

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  And so it is… Just like the blogosphere said it would be.

  

  . To kick off my new blog, I thought I'd do some blogging from the road, with some "day in the life"s, similar to others that have been done in previous years (see left-hand column of the "the road" link). So feel free to

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • September 14, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Top of the World If I have seen farther, it is by standing on the roof of the Green…

  

  lab to the tennis courts on the other side of campus to play a quick ... " beneath the Green Building - one of MIT's academic buildings, home to the ... Cambridge. Of course, as a general rule access to the roof of the Green

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 3, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Oh the People You See *does a barrel ro-- I mean a double take*

  

  Today was moving day. My role in life on May 25th, was to move all of ... 't care enough to pack everything into 4 boxes and partially due to the fact ... almost everything moved and decided to call it a day. All that's left is

  • by Snively '11
  • May 25, 2008
• Blog / Events

  And I’m leaving, on a . . . cruise ship? Don't know when I'll be back again.

  

  time to blog about a nice little semi-formal event that wasn't just for ... be a great idea to swap jackets. While the black jacket with blue ... eventually they adjusted their wardrobes so as to prevent me from sobbing (look

  • by Snively '11
  • May 4, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why I do too much stuff at MIT 1)My mom doesn't have a problem with it.

  

  top 25 albums of 2007?! Come on, Blender.), when it occurred to me that it would be a really good idea to write a post. My dentist doesn't actually have anything to do with MIT, although I do constantly feel like the

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 13, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Ambulance! Ambulance! So I'm in this serious long-term relationship.

  

  It is four days into IAP and I have yet to sleep in my own bed. In ... half an hour since returning to MIT on Sunday, and I was only home for ... to cancel my room at Burton 1, since I'm not home day or night, and my

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Wall A Lack of Color

  

  I decided to come back here a little early to go see an AMAZING concert and spend New Years in a place that I wasn't allergic to. (No, really, I'm convinced I'm allergic to Florida. I've never had allergies

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 2, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Getting a Physics Major – Part I I split this up because i need to start studying for finals.

  

  Juniors in physics tend to complain a lot. The more of them there are ... , though, I think they complain about junior lab. It's best to come into ... weeks, you are expected to have learned how to operate your first set of

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 14, 2007
• Blog / Hacks

  Hack Study Break MIT is home to some very dedicated gamers.

  

  friends seem to be coping pretty well. In fact, a few students apparently had so much spare time on their hands, they actually decided to provide the rest of us with a few games and toys to play with over the next few

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 11, 2007
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A day without rain + pictures of yosemite

  

  . Therefore, I, the Sichuan native, belong to a species quite closely resembling ... 's strange to me to be considered an East-Coaster-- a city-dweller, an on ... bind, I've been known to identify myself "Boston", sometimes, "New Haven

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • July 18, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Interview with Hanhan Wang: EECS, robots, and more! What it’s like to study electrical engineering and computer science at MIT

  

  to as Course 6 or EECS) is the most popular major at MIT with 700 ... , a senior majoring in Course 6 to learn about her experiences with the ... later taught LEGO robotics to middle schoolers at RoboCamp. After

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 13, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Wonder what an Amtrak station in the middle o’nowhere looks like? Pulling an Anthony on you: pictures of train stations, followed by my IAP so far.

  

  This was the title of an email I sent to Neha '10 a couple of weeks ... set of railroad tracks on the way to his house, he said, "And this on ... joking - this is my father we're talking about. (Hi, Dad.) I drove back to

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 17, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  NY Times article on women in science Women in science...the debate rages on.

  

  Biomolecular Systems on Friday morning. In an effort to procrastinate, I was ... : The Battle Moves to the Trenches” by Cornelia Dean (the Times’s science ... equal representation of women in science. When I casually mention to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Oh, sweet freedom? One girl's tale of how to (try and) fend for herself in college. Tire swing…

  

  to my parents, living on your own is the first step on the pathway to ... responsibility apparently has to do with novel concepts like time management and being able to make food for myself. The latter is beyond terrifying, as I

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Thoughts On The MIT Interview ...from the perspective of an MIT interviewer.

  

  decisions. We are just people who once went to MIT (maybe in a time when it was easier to get into MIT than it is now) and have insights into the ... we do send notes on your behalf to the admissions team so they know a

  • by John DeTore '80
  • October 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Someone saved my life tonight Survived my squalor, like a butterfly.

  

  to help "chronically messy" individuals around the work survive their ... . You are not the tidy person you once were. Little piles are starting to emerge and your disorganization is starting to affect your life and

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Passing Out ...of classes. Or in class. We'll see.

  

  policies are subject to change for each entering class. Please refer to this page for up-to-date information on AP and transfer credit.] Remember ... cried like you didn't see THAT one coming), but it's still nice to have

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 3, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Daniel Guillen Our football coach gets a surprise in Daniel Guillen '10.

  

  Guillen taking advantage of chance to attend MIT, play football By ... best a student-athlete could ever hope to receive. Guillen, a four ... to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), which is located in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 29, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  No more school, no more books Professors are people, too. Importantly, they're people who give free food.

  

  'll ever attend. I am trying really hard to scrounge up some sad, much as I ... four years here and I love MIT to death. On the other hand, no school until September for this kid! (I have a feeling part of my inability to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 17, 2006