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• Blog / Admissions

  Looking Back, Looking Forward In which I take a study break, discover some embarrassing videos, and tell you why…

  

  't getting anywhere with my biochem studying, I decided to take a break and wander through the videos on my computer. I'm sharing a particularly choice ... dorm at MIT has its own flavor: McCormick Hall (my dorm) is generally

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 31, 2011
• Blog / IAP

  Belated Guest Entry by Carin '13 - a little late perhaps but incredible nonetheless

  

  My time in Germany sadly came to an end two Sundays ago, when I packed my suitcase yet again (I'm really good at it now, haha) and hopped over to England to visit a childhood friend. I've spent the past week

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 2, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  I Can Save You Possibly.

  

  My last rendezvous with an ambulance occurred in the suffocating heat ... barefoot and promptly tripped over a friend's size 12 shoe. I ended up breaking the big toe on my right foot - eleven days before I was to leave

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 9, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All About Toys And how they rule my life!

  

  As of exactly one year ago, toys have completely taken over my life ... , Monopoly, Nerf, My Little Pony, GI Joe, and tons of other stuff. During our ... Design. By the end of the semester my team, Team Emerald, had produced

  • by Snively '11
  • January 25, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Tips from Me to You 15% is standard most places, but my tips are 100%! (awesome that is)

  

  friends, watch movies, make jokes, write programs, start organizations, just ... on my application, do you think that's enough? Do you think I'll get in because I expressed my number in scientific notation? Do I need more Sig

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tale of the Midnight Tool! Simulcast in 1337 for our viewers at home!

  

  's still there). Which means my nights spent shirking responsibility and ... started the pset at 9:30p.m. What follows, friends is what is known as a ... the material presented. A handy example actually comes from my pset: A

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Why yes, I’m with the news I need a good fedora

  

  while Kim got all checked in I flashed my ID and got my hand stamped for ... my duty as a member of the press, I snapped pictures for ya. First off ... the back isn't on Design Squad, nor is he an engineer. He's just friends

  • by Snively '11
  • August 7, 2008
• Blog / How to Food

  Gluten-free at MIT Oh hey, that rhymes!

  

  chef and he introduced me and my gluten-free situation to the other chefs and told me about all my possibilities. They include almost any kind of ... not. Also, I keep a mini fridge in my room with other gluten free

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 2, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Next Generation Of College Campus Tours? My interview with Michael Epstein '04, covering his MIT experience and the genesis of his…

  

  have been screened carefully by yours truly. :-) My first interviewee is ... outside of class? Who were your favorite profs? My program involved a lot of ... a thesis for my program, and the profs - from day 1 - tend to scare

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Laura’s UROP Advisor in ‘American Inventor’ finals tonight! Watch it tonight on ABC and vote!

  

  ? My UROP advisor is on American Inventor, and next Wednesday is the ... everywhere." [...] Thanks, -Laura Craig is working with his friend from ... television:   My old Baker House dormmate, Ed Miller '00 (a.k.a. "Ed

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 25, 2007
• Blog / Events

  I’m embarrassed to be writing this entry. The one where Matt regresses back to being a 12 year old boy.

  

  's Taqueria with my friends Dan & Jeff for a quick burrito dinner, then we ... . Jim Ross lecture I admit it; growing up, my brother and I watched pro ... scientists and engineers who would give guest lectures. Over my years here

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 23, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Marching Band Refused to Yield Band in the name of love.

  

  -o-grams," but my good friend Ben is in Boston this weekend visiting some college ... of my short life. -- Hokay. So. Nine days and 10,000 miles of flight ... mention in my earlier breakdown of the band is Mary Beth '10! She plays

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 4, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  Perhaps you have noticed my lack of blogging lately, unfortunately I ... Monday and Neuroscience today, and my last exam is for Thermodynamics of ... visitors and family friends that MIT has a 50:50 gender ratio, I am always

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lit Analytics How humanities classes can be analytically rigorous, courtesy of a Shakespeare scholar

  

  MIT News Office that addressed this point, but really butchered my ... and take.... Henderson noted in a recent e-mail, "My interest in the importance of collaboration originated from my work in theater long before I

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer, East Campus rush, and the new term East Campus orientation activities, the summer, and the upcoming term.

  

  -- got to know some of my co-workers a little better with more time in the ... known as Rush. Bavetta and friends from Tetazoo debuted the highly ... mixture of stuff, some which count toward my major and some which count

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 6, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Profile On The Web: Can It Hurt You? Responses to questions on Facebook and other internet profiles and how they can affect college…

  

  responding to her questions, I realized that my answers may be useful to others ... use them as the latter is, in my opinion, not terribly ethical ... who do check students' Facebook profiles? Off the top of my head, no

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Freedom costs a buck-oh-five Question: What are two broke twenty-somethings to do on a pristine summer day in Boston?Answer:…

  

  beat the Yankees, my friends and I (and pretty much all of Boston) ran to ... which Boston is famous. My parents have done it two or three times while I ... a) sitting in the Common reading the newspaper on my lunch break and b

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 8, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  Bonn, Games, Bonn Wherein we teach the world the true meaning of democracy.

  

  around for my French friends to give me rides, and I go to Köln as much as ... travel to Bonn, so I went down there with my roommate Kunal and every ... mustard that I have ever tasted in my entire life. See, Ling '07 approves

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 7, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Gimme a “C”! What a bunch of the cheerleaders are up to this summer. Hint: It's not sitting…

  

  home after finals, and before coming back, my friends and I drove down to ... Since you're all probably sick of hearing about my summer, I emailed ... -quiet region of Mileura in western Australia. My group is focusing on detailed

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 27, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  Seen and Not Seen I wonder, twice, if I might have made a similar mistake.

  

  wealth of activities on the IAP calendar with my busy schedule of turning ... every single IAP activity that strikes my fancy. It's tragic, to say the ... -perfect meatballs to show for my work. I ended up with half of one at the end of the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 24, 2006