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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What I just did You'll never believe it.

  

  the score from my last test. Can you say "fail?" I can! Oh, 2.005 is ... filtered my restaurants such that they had free delivery and chicken wings. Here were my options: From experience I know Wings Over Somerville to

  • by Snively '11
  • October 6, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Ops Air Force A summer spent with B-1Bs and C-130s.

  

  my summer PDT at Dyess AFB in Abilene, TX. Dyess is home to the 7th ... Air Force which keeps our planes airborne. During my three weeks I had some amazing experiences that few of my friends could ever dream of. I

  • by ROTC
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Culture Shock

  

  a whole segment of my vocabulary that had lain on a shelf this summer. Well, most of my vocabulary (the English vocabulary, that is) did that...so there have definitely been a few moments of searching my brain for English

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 21, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  When it Rains It Pours

  

  because it's ongoing, but I still haven't taken my pre-employment drug test ... last night the hard drive on my computer randomly died. That's right ... clean. Just one more thing to add to how busy I already am, rebuilding my

  • by Snively '11
  • May 6, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  NM – u? Sometimes there just isn't that much crazy in my life. Splish splash.

  

  Most of my weeks at MIT have been crazy and cool and full of ... , though, are less jam-packed. I just go about my routine - running, reading, meetings - and spend my nights awake with worry about how little I have to

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 23, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Time and change

  

  until all of my grades were in, and I'm still waiting for two of them (out of five). But I'm less nervous about my grades this term than I have ... , Kentucky, at my mom's house. I'll be staying here through the end of the APO

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Tale of Two Majors Trying an Evel Knievel approach with my studies.

  

  of classes and try to get as many degrees as humanly possible. My ... captures my story the best. When he was young, he would buy shoes that were ... rest of my life. So why not try to hedge my bets and try to do everything

  • by Bryan
  • November 16, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hi, I’m Lulu ...a different kind of blogger; I take pictures.

  

  my biography, but here's a little more! I was born in China, grew up ... Haven. My essay for MIT was about my life before age 8. My interview for ... essay. I was admitted Early Action and withdrew most of my pending

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Number Game A few words of advice before applying to college.

  

  baseball cards in my kindergarten days. I guess the whole point is MIT looks at more than just the numbers. Now I took N AP classes, got X on my SAT, and got H A's in my entire life. I applied and got into MIT. Someone

  • by Bryan
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Re-introduction A summary, for those of you just tuning in.

  

  rough draft of my paper. This is my last week in the lab, and I'm trying to organize everything properly so that my postdoc can do a few final ... around in Excel so much that my hands hurt, and when I close my eyes I see

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 26, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The LiveJournal Survey Mid-summer frivolity, part three.

  

  THINGS THAT SCARE YOU: - Other people dying - My debt-to-income ratio ... have two children - I have two tattoos - Marilee Jones is my aunt THREE ... my band THREE JOBS YOU'D CONSIDER DOING OTHER THAN THE ONE YOU HAVE

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hooked on a Feeling High on believing everyone's in love with me.

  

  and noticed a tabloid magazine on the counter which, as far as my ... life and exclusive pictures. So, that's been my first encounter with Hasselhoff here. On my daily runs along the Rhein, I pass by a sheep farm. Oh

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

  Senior Week: Mollie Burgoon A look at some of MIT's graduating students.

  

  so friendly and caring that he ended up becoming my unofficial mentor -- I can go into his office and plop down on a chair and whine about my ... was really funny. My friends and I didn't get tickets, so we didn't get

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 4, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Psets from hell Sometimes learning can be painful

  

  Break here? I know, I have failed you all. Please accept my sincerest ... all the other kids. No, seriously- I remember one time my mom got really mad at me because my kindergarden teacher wanted to talk to her, and she

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 18, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Only Answer I Have "Just a couple of sentences."

  

  that it was a personal entry in my personal blog about my personal ... common in my field, but it needs clarification. No one is ever rejected by ... said in one of my comments in the last thread, I wish people would stop

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Bio? My sort-of bio, but not the Course 7 kind.

  

  In my past entry, a few students commented with the request that I ... (Amelie style) on my old blog in August 2004, but it's pretty hard to find ... power crisis. My family still lives in the Bay Area, so I am racking up

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 5, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Trip to Princeton U Taking advantage of the three-day weekend by taking a trip to Princeton!

  

  my friend, Maria '08, to visit one of my best friends from high school ... (!). Anyway, after an hour my fingers were trembling and my arms felt like ... -be climber: Later that night, I saw my friend from elementary school who is

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 20, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Underneath your curves (Free) sample problems from MIT's integration bee this year.

  

  of my generation destroyed by madness, starving, hysterical..." Hello ... my life. Last night I made my TV boyfriend Alton Brown's recipe for 40 ... Gabe. Three hours later, I realized that maybe bringing my Super Nintendo

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 31, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hey look, I’m famous…or something

  

  Hey, cool, my column's in the Tech! See? My column was a response to Ruth '07's column from last week. Two people complimented me on my ... themselves on my behalf by wearing breadboard-style posters with John '06's and

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 18, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  turn the dial to 88.1 hello caller, you're live on the air.

  

  Up until last Thursday, my only on-air experience was the one time I won season passes to Astroworld from a failing radio station back in my hometown, and yelled and jumped up and down. I never told my mom how I lost

  • by Bryan
  • August 21, 2005