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• Blog / Challenges

  I’m still here (and MIT’s still hard) The little comment that wasn't. (This isn't edited. It sounds awkward at times. Deal.)

  

  exaggerate only because I don't know any other way to live. Ask my friends ... elaborated anecdote about my 10th grade PreCalc class. The class was taught by ... it was a portmanteau of my first and last names and could therefore

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 12, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Syzygy, basically. uh, what?

  

  I had traveled to Maryland (where my mom now lives due to work) to ... other words, all my relatives that are currently in this country). And ... travel. Wednesday was 13 hours including traffic by bus, just me and my

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 9, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT is hard Yes, yes I am.

  

  . Last year I thought it was hilarious because each of my classes had a ... , wait, reviewing my notes, there was also something called a "Similarity transformation," an "Error Function," and an "Error Function Complement." My

  • by Snively '11
  • October 18, 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 my crap (believe me, a lot of it is crap) up a floor (onto Conner 3 ... bedding (should I just sleep in my old room tonight or move all the bedding

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

  Boston Marathon ‘08 I'm back!

  

  while, and I would look down at their page over my absurdly high nose and ... would post every day, about classes and my terrible eating habits and the way the trees look from my dorm room and exactly how long it takes me to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 14, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Road I’m On Life's a lot to think about sometimes...

  

  English up with which I will not put!"), but I'm currently listening to my ... now made it's way into my blog, like several other songs I can think of ... I wouldn't have it any other way. Really, my only complaint is that I

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 26, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Surviving CPW Tips and tricks on making the most of your CPW experience

  

  So even though my own CPW was now FIVE years ago, old age has not settled in enough that I don't remember what my own experience was like :-P For the record, during my CPW, it rained for a little and despite that

  • by Bryan
  • April 5, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Some Funnies An Appetizer

  

  morning when I first wake up, I reached blindly for my iPod so I could check my e-mail. There was the typical stuff, comments from blogs, e ... -mailing myself. The e-mail looked perfectly legit, it was sent from my MIT account

  • by Snively '11
  • February 19, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Political Process For the civic-minded

  

  ?" etc etc) I've gotten more exposure to politics than I ever had in my ... like everyone under 40 is crazy about it. I'm not going to get into my ... I will say that I believe politics are relevant, and in my mission to

  • by Karen F. '11
  • February 14, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  A truly independent activities period A glimpse at some MIT students' IAP plans.

  

  . (For more about IAP, see my former entries on IAP 2007 and 2006. So what do MIT students do with one month of freedom? I’ll be working on my ... things in the Hobby Shop, and checking things off of my “101 Things to Do

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 7, 2007
• Blog / MISTI

  MIT-France: To The Observatory of Paris and Beyond The MISTI experience of Anjali T. '09.

  

  the way around the world from my home in the States, the Observatory was ... Study of Radiation and Matter in Astrophysics (LERMA). My job was to try ... , and along the way, I got to make lots and lots of plots. I spent my

  • by MISTI Program
  • September 17, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s like a bag of sand! I go on a quest to legally obtain music and movies.

  

  I was going to save this post for whenever my summer job had given me ... that this happened quite a while ago. My days have been filled with RA ... of being emotionally and even physically delayed..." And to think, my

  • by Keri G. '10
  • June 29, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  The Open-Ended Question Why I chose MIT ... twice

  

  So it's hard to imagine I just participated in my FIFTH CPW but yea ... . My genes didn't really favor that department. *Gulps protein shake* So ... of my life at this place. I LOVE IT. So why would anyone want to come

  • by Bryan
  • April 15, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Thursday liveblog Updated whenever I get a chance.

  

  My approximate CPW schedule 6:36am: Alarm clock goes off. SNOOZE. 6 ... . 8:25am: CPW Registration opens; I take my post at the Help Desk. 8 ... . Now, my shift is over. Nearly half of the students have arrived. I have

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 12, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  This one goes out to the parent Fire! (she's comin' down on her own, now)

  

  sitting in my room listening to Ween, meanwhile Joe '08 won $25,000 to save MIT. So I got this e-mail this morning from my 10.491: Integrated ... swanky hotel rooms instead of the floor in my dorm room. Thanks to my visit

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 15, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  This one goes out to the parents It's been a while since I've written specifically for you.

  

  , all of my friends and relatives would constantly ask, "Where are you ... decision season. Looking back, I realize that my parents were my rock. They ... visit my college choices, asking good questions while staying neutral. My

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to Senior Haus According to Joel '10 from New House, we eat your babies.

  

  when I happen to be walking to the Haus from MIT Medical with my camera ... , is this wall directly outside of my room. According to my hallmate Sari ... space between the drawers and my lamp. No commenting on the unfinished

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 15, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Congratulations! You have been named… Time Magazine's Person of the Year!

  

  Tube and MySpace and Facebook and even Wikipedia. And straying a little ... reading this, because open-source is quite possibly my favorite thing. Ever ... there for anyone to listen to. I know I have Ben's band on my iPod. =P

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 18, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Colin Jackson is awesome So is my life, but not to such a great extent.

  

  days. Me? I'm a slacker. Well, here's my excuse: it was a four ... statement of purpose for grad school, or a practice GRE essay, or one of my ... EAT MY OWN HAND!" So that wasn't a good mindset for writing a blog entry

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 12, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Flavor of Love As a wise woman once said, "Free is my favorite flavor."

  

  DID YOU KNOW? If I had been born a girl, my father would have wanted to name my Marya (MAR-ee-uh). Marya Maurer. As it was, Sam's Mom wanted ... tantalize you with tales of my free food, but also tell you about the fine

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 21, 2006