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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Mattress Dominoes! One of many reasons why my summer is better than yours.

  

  . My Neuroscience class had 17 students who are pretty much the best ... my argument, too. There's a video on CollegeHumor of some students playing mattress dominoes, which involves... well, you'll see it. My class

  • by Keri G. '10
  • July 24, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Got Questions? I have answers.

  

  !) checking out the Boston Marathon hanging out with prefrosh at my fraternity ... few other things I'm forgetting right now. Although my classes are heating up as we race towards finals, I'll do my best to blog about all

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 23, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  This entry has a surprise ending While you wait for decisions to come out, I remind you that people at MIT…

  

  DID YOU KNOW? About 25% of my blog posts are partially written while ... days of MITblogs, circa 2006. Long before my time, Sam '07 would prelude ... to start my entries with some useless metaphor instead.) A few weeks

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 13, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  American culture at its finest: Thanksgiving How my family celebrates the holiday. Plus a crash course in U.S. culture for internationals.

  

  the shopping season. I really need to read less Wikipedia.) At my house ... broadcasts the parade every year. My mom and/or sister and I take breaks from preparing some food to bring to my grandparents' house to catch snippets of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 27, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  Hack or Treat A time for tricks.

  

  this morning on my way to class and it absolutely made my day - although ... . For my own part, I dressed up as an absolutely ridiculous Renaissance

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 31, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Registration – Important! If you're planning to attend CPW, please read this entry whether you've already registered or…

  

  registered for CPW: the deadline is TODAY! Please log into your MyMIT account and fill out the CPW registration form asap. If you don't have a My ... telephone. If you have already registered for CPW: please log into your My

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 31, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  And I am telling you I’m going And you, and you, and you, you're gonna love me.

  

  -year career. Well, I sure enjoyed my month home in Harrisburg, although ... 't wait! Stay tuned for tales of my audition for The Amazing Race, the world's largest indoor farm show taking place in my backyard, a special

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 14, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m in Lusaka, baby, so why don’t you blog me? I told Sam to blog this entry since I'm in Zambia (that explains the title).

  

  I am writing this from an internet cafe just outside Lusaka, Zambia, and Sam is awesomely posting this for me. My group has been here for ... restaurant called "Zamchick" where my mango-pineapple juice cost more than my 3

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Because one story just isn’t enough My tale of being admitted. Laugh. Cry. Both. Neither. All of the above?

  

  'm posting my own tale of being admitted last year. Since this is the second year that EA acceptees were sent cardboard tubes, I thought my story ... chunk of this, solely because I can. Three people from my school applied

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 14, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Physical Education: because your body needs problem sets, too My adventures in completing the MIT Physical Education requirements

  

  requirement was a drag, but my classes have ended up being a lot of fun. You ... , and so I randomly rank classes that happen to fit in with the rest of my class schedule. My current gym class is Advanced Beginners Swimming. I

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 20, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The only living boy in New York I get all the news I need from The Colbert Report.

  

  tomorrow. And you don't get to read it unless you vote. Now, I did my part by ... Killian Court, but since then all my Google News feeds seem to be telling me ... my part here too. So if even ONE registered voter currently residing

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 7, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Bicycle Diaries Like the motorcycle ones, except far less artsy and with a serious lack of Gael…

  

  1. So my sister bought me a bike. It's a used bike, but it's still ... bus back. 2. I am back at the student center, conveniently without my sister, and I find my bike. I take the key out, stick it in the lock, and

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 4, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Meditation Mondays Achieving inner peace, just in time for my 14.05 pset

  

  meditation session tonight -- which I definitely needed after getting my French quiz back and after watching my chicken shawarma drip onto my pants today

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 16, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, adieu To you, and you, and you and you and you.

  

  figured today would be a good day for me to hang up my blogging hat. I ... at MIT (2010s, bloggers, etc), you know where to find me, and my door ... life, the universe, and everything -- my email's still mollieb at mit dot

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 4, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  A quick plug

  

  my readers: What's your favorite MIT hack? I know it's awesome, but ... fondness for, among others, the Wright Flyer, which happened during my freshman year. Other hack-related entries on my blog include: I feel the

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Accidents Happen My mom was right.

  

  Parents are always the optimistic ones, right? My mom always has a ... sometimes I feel like my experiments are more mistakes than intentional, but ... just a little Monday morning humor courtesy of one of my favorite comics:

  • by Bryan
  • June 19, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Thoughts On Global Leadership Susan Hockfield + others quoted in Newsweek on the topic.

  

  My mom just sent me the link to an interesting article in the latest ... Rodney Brooks. Call me an idealist, but my favorite of the responses is ... too heavy, my mom also sent me this link. Enjoy.)

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Semi-Real Time Mystery Hunt Update The title says it all.

  

  the adventure. I just took a quick trip back to my room so I could grab my driver's license- ambulance driving lesson in less than an hour ... I knew, someone had shoved the phone into my hands to give the answer

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 13, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Birth Of Baby Nance Regular updates from labor through delivery (guest-hosted by Ben).

  

  my birthday, which is tomorrow. So my (wishful thinking) guess: January ... not born on my birthday. :-( He was born at 10:40PM on 1/11/06, weighing

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 11, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Trouble staying focused Finals. And about a zillion questions.

  

  .60 in depth, doing zillions of practice problems and perfecting my already gorgeous formula sheet. Instead, I have been struggling with my inner ... examination week will keep me from my appointed duties in the lab), but studying

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 20, 2005