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• Blog / MIT Life

  A Typical Friday Night Done with 6.046 exam, time to chill

  

  just kind of shut down and didn't do anything productive for the next 96 hours :) I thought I'd share the fun times I had this past Friday night, post-6.046 exam. I know that before I came to MIT, my impression of the

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / Events

  FUP!!! I spent my first official week at MIT as a FUPPER!!

  

  at MIT a week early to participate in FUP, or the MIT Freshman Urban ... about going to MIT was that I wouldn't have the time to do as much ... the last days, the FUP counselors gave presentations about all the

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 29, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Rambax MIT Goes To Senegal Like Mr. Smith Goes To Washington, except with fewer filibusters and more dancing.

  

  to still take advantage of the incredible opportunities MIT has to ... ") ensemble, and this January we had the amazing option to actually go to ... (sabar drummers), learning to dance the Senegalese way, and eating lots and

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 18, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  What Should I Do Next Semester? i'm making a list and checking it twice

  

  the deal: I'm having a pretty boring semester academically. After ... the list.) Fortunately, that's it; after this semester, I'll be done. I am graduating in February. I will be spending the Spring semester

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • November 14, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  NIGHTMARISH THOUGHTS fear of technology

  

  Hello all, I interrupt the great back-to-school flow of these blogs ... ordering an e-book reader (the brand of which I will not specify but you should have an idea.) And then I dwell on the fact that you can soon

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • August 22, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Life On Mars and by "Mars" I actually mean "3AB, Simmons Hall."

  

  When it comes to housing at MIT, you've got quite the array of options. You want to explode things and paint crazy murals on the wall ... one of the cultural houses, like Spanish House or French House! Want to

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • February 15, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a rose is a rose is a rose ...is a rose

  

  . All I know is, no pain no gain. The work has been painful. But yeah, so ... class gets to build their own; the 2013s were feeling pretty funky and we ... ) (credits to Evie'13 for the titles of these masterpieces - and for the whole

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 12, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Weekend Adventures Part One the first of several "a day in the life of Cyd" posts

  

  know what the daily life of an MIT student (i.e. me) is like. So i decided to chronicle my weekend! This will be the first of several "a day in the life of Cyd" posts and I can imagine them being lots of fun (for me

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • November 23, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Watch a Webcast! get ya popcorn ready

  

  Some of you may remember my blog entry Inside the Webcast Studio, which consisted of the following video: So what was that all about? We travel all over the country (and the world) here at MIT Admissions. And

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 14, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Well I Know That It’s a Wonderful World from the sky down to the sea, but I can only see it when you're…

  

  all the lost sleep in the last 3 months. After obsessively refreshing the Academic Record page for like the n! time, it was a strange feeling ... playing in the background had turned into five simple letters and a two

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 21, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  And miles to go before I sleep. Here we go again.

  

  A friend in the class of mine which has a huge pset due tomorrow ... long night ahead of you." Great. The thing is, I know how to handle these ... Night of Toolage: a long, long night of grueling problem sets due the next

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 27, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Happiness in threes

  

  Okay, so I just figured out how to add the Spanish keyboard to my OS ... involved using the WiiMote to control robots. http://www.iearobotics.com/proyectos/friki-apps/wii-servo-linux/wii-servo.html (As it turns out, "friki" is the Spanish slang word for what we would

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 14, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Standing Out [by C/3C Christopher Benson, '10] Before AFROTC, this abstract concept of "leadership" seemed very generic...

  

  ." This quote came from an F-15 pilot who stopped by to speak to the AFROTC ... excited to commission as an Officer in the United States Air Force, to have the chance to fly faster than the speed of sound, pull more Gs than any

  • by ROTC
  • January 3, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Southern California Fires Our thoughts go out to those affected by the wildfires.

  

  1300 homes have been destroyed. The hardest hit has been San Diego, where every school in the entire county has been closed. San Diego County ... students directly affected by the fires, we will be as accommodating and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 24, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Introduction To ROTC At MIT A new guest-author blog in response to a variety of inquiries regarding ROTC programs at…

  

  you to better understand the ROTC programs here at MIT.   ROTC is more ... undergraduates who are US citizens for success as officers in the United States ... include access to advanced vehicles, systems, and technology, the chance to

  • by ROTC
  • August 14, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Update Some news & notes for the Class of 2011.

  

  A few updates for the Class of 2011... Tonight MIT students will be ... Meetings. Across the country (and across the world) there will be meetings of students admitted to the Class of 2011, as soon as tomorrow night (I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Funny pictures of me I wear a New Year's party hat. That's funny, right?

  

  You want to know the hardest part about this job? Entry titles. It ... consuming large amounts of junk food. Well, that was the plan, and we did in fact make it through the four episodes we had left by then whilst

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 3, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freedom isn’t free. ...but a biology minor is, sometimes.

  

  always the best part... how about the milk vending machine in the basement ... think I'll leave it at that." [five minutes later] "Hey, the Quik rabbit ... -mail from Maxine, president of MIT's chapter of the American Institute of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’ve got questions, I’ve got answers

  

  much understand the housing lottery now, but what else happens during ... Dorm Rush, and the only answer I got was from Mollie, jokingly saying ... effect. Anyway, stuff that I remember... - The Academic Resource Center

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

  Free-For-All Week! Movies, Music, and Baby Names.

  

  It is clear to me that I COULD NEVER WRITE ENOUGH ABOUT THE ... into holiday mode and I believe that you need to do the same. As I read ... classic movies. If you need help, I suggest IMDB. Here are the rules

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • November 8, 2005