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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Grind Time It = late. Coffee = love. You = intrigued.

  

  . Shockingly, I was pretty tired for my 9:00 AM lecture on Tuesday morning ... mathematician is a machine for turning coffee into theorems." -- Erdos I would have liked to make up for lost sleep on Tuesday or Wednesday night, but

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

  Alia Whitney-Johnson: Making a Difference in Sri Lanka Alia Whitney-Johnson, a Junior studying Civil and Environmental Engineering, spent three weeks teaching the art…

  

  The MIT Public Service Center provides fellowships for students to ... shelter for raped and sexually abused girls. Her original plan was to ... share her passion for beadwork by hosting jewelry workshops for the girls

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pluto replies ThinkGeek.com rocks my effing socks.

  

  and I have been working on it for hours upon hours. Basically that means we worked hard on problem one for 15 minutes, and then spent hours and ... needs to be. For example, one problem describes the motion of a curveball

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  It happens to Helen Life is just a series of awkward moments sometimes.

  

  Z Center as I was getting changed for my evening run. Now, I didn ... inorganic chemistry and think you have a remarkable gift for conveying the ... the student center, for dinner during his all-night vigils in lab. And I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  There’s antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium… ...and hydrogen and oxygen and nitrogen and rhenium...

  

  for everyone to enjoy while, as the name implies, breaking from their ... for 6.081. But I'm tired and confused (why is d+=1 legal normally but ... contents of the periodic table for a quiz. This basically means that everyone

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 15, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  “Who Needs Harvard?” Generating your college list based on which schools fit your personality, not your ideas of…

  

  Posted on August 13 on TIME.com: Who Needs Harvard? "Competition for ... better suited your personality? To be honest, during my interview for MIT ... applying to. They didn't really have anything in common except for being

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 15, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Toga, Toga, Toga On being in a fraternity (info for parents too)

  

  House, and I was on my way to Baker. (pause for information) Just a few ... Orientation and lasts for up to two weeks. - Over those two weeks, you get to ... about classes, applying for jobs, etc. I discovered that fraternities

  • by Bryan
  • June 14, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Senior Week: Jonathan Lii A look at a senior from the Class of 2006.

  

  birthday problem. This class really helped me out for my finance interviews ... . Going to him for one on one help really pulled me through 18.310. I feel ... there is a giant music free-for-all. Its definitely one of the most

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 5, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Marking time Somewhere between the end of classes and graduation...

  

  myself how to use Photoshop for scientific applications today. Check out ... to be waiting for your grades for a week or so.) I've fulfilled all my ... ). Questions! 1. Thanks all of you for your kind words. I'll keep blogging as

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 30, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Art? It's late, but not too late.

  

  that I appreciated during finals week: For 10.213: Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics, we got four review sheets for the final. I know someone once commented on Laura's blog about getting cheat sheets for exams... you may ask

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 22, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Play hard…and then work hard! There's no excuse not to have an AWESOME time this weekend!

  

  a "reading week," but apparently a "reading day" is enough for MIT ... on "Leonardo da Vinci and the Search for the Soul" by world ... lie.) Saturday: 7:30 AM- 5:00 PM: MIT Habitat for Humanity workday

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  See, I Am! (CI-M) Communication-intensive economics research. (If that sentence doesn't make you want to read this entry, I…

  

  See, I am here! Sorry for the gap in my posting. My CI-M (TLA!! Sam ... journey through 14.33: Economic Research and Communication, my CI-M for the ... . First, we had a pun in our title. (Also, note the colon. Do we get +20 for

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 19, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Lie la lying down Sometimes there are perks to attending a school with a notorious reputation for producing stressed…

  

  Housemasters and house government, I have arranged for free massages for Burton ... provide free 8-10 minute massages for Burton-Conner students who sign up in ... ... uh, I could have studied a little more for that dirty little puppy, I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 4, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  A thousand million questions An evening with Gaelic quesadillas and Farrokh Bulsara.

  

  later, my floor headed down to the Asgard Irish Pub and Restaurant for ... famous for holding up a microphone stand without the bottom part. 3. What ... for Burton-Conner, a scholar of the history of technology, and a regular

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 6, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  how to spend a summer Spending a summer in Boston a la Bryan

  

  buying one, but this summer it made for a great resource. With my T-Pass, I ... as I wanted. And the big plus, on Sundays I could bring a friend for ... coaster for the coffee I pretend to drink, reading thin newspapers like the

  • by Bryan
  • August 27, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Can You Become Back at MIT, with excitement and pictures

  

  thing I didn't get a super burrito, since after paying for the regular ... wanted to talk to him (and he wasn't online). For some reason, he didn ... weeks for a graduate program in bioengineering. This stud sang in the a

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 26, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Schedules are up!

  

  , because individual class schedules for the fall term came out. (My very ... schedule for the next term, but this takes place several months before a term ... 't think it counts as my favorite day of term.) I know for sure that I'll be

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  jetsetting i saw a flying pig.

  

  visit him for his 20th birthday. Before I made it there, I experienced my ... actually won a game for once. Highlight of the Game: When the mascot did the ... for a bit because I was leaving the next morning for the Lone Star State

  • by Bryan
  • August 9, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  My Old Kentucky Home

  

  , stepdad, and four siblings in Louisville, Kentucky, and will be there for ... argument about what the proper name is for a soft drink. Most people said ... generic name for soft drinks. If you go to a restaurant and say "Could I

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  5n, n=1

  

  I'm in Phoenix for the International Science & Engineering Fair ... : For 108 years now, Tech Night at the Pops has been one of the most ... together for an exclusive concert and a rousing rendition of the alma mater

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 11, 2005