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  Science, Technology, and Elephants. In which I take the best field trip ever.

  

  mural on my whiteboard. I have a confession to make: I’ve never actually seen the elephants. I don’t think I even knew it was going on my ... . But this year, my schedule promised to accommodate the elephants

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 13, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  RainbowFloor@MIT Because at MIT, if it doesn’t have a mailing list, it doesn’t exist. Fact.

  

  of bloggerdom, crowding my blogspace with its inconvenient, road ... amazed, out of my suite kitchen one night, the sound of a cadre of people assembled in my floor lounge singing the original Pokémon theme song making

  • by Natanya K. '14
  • October 11, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All Hail the Working People Living down the 40-hour work week.

  

  My rest & relaxation days ended in the beginning of July. After ... my first taste of the working life. (P.S. One of my favorite moments ... setting. So…..my job is basically developing test questions for the TOEIC

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 31, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Complementary in Kinetic Typography Posted with permission from the author. Meet Rishi '14!

  

  be my top choice, and I couldn't put anything over it. It was then that one of my friends (a fellow Class of 2014 MIT-er) suggested that I pool my talents together to make a presentation to the Admissions committee

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 23, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Few Words

  

  Blackberry to check my decision, but just as the pivotal moment arrived, I ... a good ten minutes, I decided to call home and get my mom to check for ... to be rejected, my mom would see it first. But still, I called. And

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 14, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Healthy reflections… I never know what to write here.

  

  . Well - story of my life. At the turn of the new year, I posted a number ... (ABC’s) for the 2nd semester. I'm going to grade my IAP. The following ... never realized that my gummy vitamins were bear-shaped, that my Tupperware

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 31, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Snow On working in a winter wonderland.

  

  - opt for wool or fleece instead) and you'll be fine. One day, during my ... campus the night they left, and I took some on my way into work this ... snow and winter here) On Wednesday, I'll be leaving on my winter break

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 21, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  LIFE! is my favorite entry title.

  

  Ahh!!! This blog is finally happening! I think my bio page gives a ... media res – I did pretty legit badly on my 18.01A exam yesterday. 18.01A ... -passed/borderline-failed my first exam @ MIT. What I dislike the most right now is the fact

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  SEPTEMBERRR Don't read this entry. Read the one under this one.

  

  what...October 2? o_____O One of my favorite stanzas to the Engineer ... was my day beginning at 9 AM, and ending at 4 AM. And you guessed it ... , having studied hardcore on Tuesday. Multiply that by four, and you have my

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  And now, for a brief interlude from our regularly scheduled finals whining. I should be studying E&M right now, but this is much more fun.

  

  few weeks ago, I was heading over to my sorority house to study one Friday night when I ran into a couple of my sisters. Them: Where are you ... with my usual black North Face. (No, I do not usually go out in public

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • May 17, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Still Going… haha... yeah. It's not over for all of us.

  

  , Background/Bias subtraction, Relative Photometry... guess what my projects ... , but there's always something that gets in the way. First there was my ... 'm taking data for my thesis at this very moment. After tomorrow I'm handing

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • May 15, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  One Week MIT: It's so dangerous, you'll have to sign a waiver.

  

  example, this is my week: Studying for my 24.900 (linguistics) midterm tomorrow Studying for my 5.12 (organic chemistry) test on Wednesday ... .110 (thermodynamics), due Friday Meeting with my new UROP mentor at the Broad

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 20, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Lip Sync ‘08 Because I want . . . you . . . back

  

  Saturday Night at 8!" I check my watch. 7:45pm. Oh why not. I went over to Johnson ice rink, bought my tickets, and headed inside. More sorority girls than I had ever seen in my life! Seriously, I think most of them may have

  • by Snively '11
  • April 27, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  After the Storm Thoughts about decisions from someone who's been there.

  

  For the past six months, I have been truly privileged to share my MIT ... my classes, my dorm, my fraternity, the hacks, the research ... prospective members of MIT's Class of 2012 - foremost in my mind. I hope I was

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Nerd’s Paradise Phi is a "h" of a lot cooler than pi.

  

  expectations. This mindset has, in my opinion, produced some truly incredible ... education MIT provides. Out of everything I have experienced at MIT - my first classes, turning in my first p-set, the clubs I've become part of

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 28, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Notes on the Interview It's only going to be as fun as you want it to be.

  

  ) understood. That was my big :( moment of the week, but the trees and the ... , My interview is within 3 weeks, so I want to know how you prepared for ... that you have heard from the admission folks, I'll give you my spin on

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 26, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  You’re Not Alone Even if you think you are.

  

  My Mondays are horrible. I'm thinking about bringing a camera with me ... third because it conflicts with my 9 AM class) 11:00 - 12:00 AM ... :00 PM: Astronomy Lab Lecture 2:00 - 3:00 PM: Frantically read for my

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • October 17, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Two short stories My last three weeks in a nutshell.

  

  was convinced that joining a sorority was not the way to go. Anyway, my ... basis for my sorority-bashing. Seriously though, I was basing my opinion ... hours reading my 5.07 textbook and still not coming close to understanding

  • by Keri G. '10
  • September 24, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If the roots are imaginary, then the dots will be blue… Diff EQ what now?

  

  still am - I just got out of my 8.02 final, and I have 5.12 tomorrow.), I decided that upon my return, I'd treat you to my collection of 18.03 quotes ... for over 40 years!) These quotes have peppered my notebook all term, so

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 21, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Return of the Nance Effect The Summer Update Edition!

  

  to blog a little more than a year ago I wrote the following: My blog ... ; Tell with how I spent my summer solstice. (Unlike most of you, the ... few pix from my summer... I had the pleasure of working with the MITES

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 9, 2006