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Beacon Hill in the Fall More door.
Northeast of the more frequently mentioned Harvard Bridge is the Longfellow Bridge, which connects MIT to Boston from the Stata Center side of ... is behind us, the Charles River is below us, and Boston is in front of -
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Yoga The joys of physical education
successful completion of the swim test (or beginning swimming class) and a total of 8 Physical Education points. It was your responsibility to fulfill this requirement by the end of your sophomore year. (Mitra note -
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Defying That Sinking Feeling On learning to swim and envisioning success
point of college: the assertion that, if you attend any college, you'll be ... you need for shelling out something on the order of (tens of) thousands of dollars each year. I mean, never mind the fact that the set of -
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50 Things Advice for the class of 2010.
Dear Class of 2010, This will be my last entry written specifically for you; beginning with the launch of our new site in early September, I'll begin focusing on the future class of 2011. I hope that you guys won't be -
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Pixar Pi
Waiting for decisions sometimes made us feel like kids, scared of the ... that kid right now, afraid of the unknown, know that there are a lot of ... way you want them to, it's easy to feel down. Look at all of the good -
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Every now and then, my mind = blown. Thanks, Science!
Hello beautiful people. I know that one of my previous entries hinted at the idea of doodling a science-question post. I still plan on getting around to that. But in the midst of my magnet research, I stumbled -
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I know you’re bad at something And here's what you should do about it. Hint: NOT "do something else"
delightful to you. Freedom! A chance to be expressive and creative in front of lots of other people! For me, this sounds like: My Worst Nightmare! A chance to freak out and embarrass myself in front of lots of other people -
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How Wrestling With Snapping Turtles Can Get You Into MIT A student profile of an aspiring limnologist.
As someone whose idea of Friday night fun in high school involved (a) spending three hours with a bunch of other nerds and a stack of pizza boxes ... elbow grease, carcinogenic automotive lubricant, and a home-brewed mesh of -
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This Blog Post is a Bad Idea Not blogging for several months... that was also a Bad Idea.
I knew there was going to be a problem when I was one of only two ... Talbot, the large common room of East Campus, the only two females ... for the celebration and creation of very bad ideas. But since it was the -
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17 Things I’ve Learned in the Past Year growing, growing, grown
plan to not have spring break plans, but I feel like I have a lot of ... been pretty nice and relaxing to have a chunk of time to myself. Incidentally, there are a lot of great concerts happening in Boston this week, so -
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Mostly Harmless Rifle. As in, the phys ed class. As in, I fired one.
technique used to reproduce the layout of colonies on one petri plate on a ... the agar. You wrap a piece of cloth around a cylindrical block and mash ... not only your experiment, but also the lives of millions of bacteria -
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MIT Is My Home Looking back and saying goodbye
Every time I look at the faces of younger MIT students, especially ... starting to take on new and exciting coursework, I smile and think of all the ... MIT, I've been the treasurer of Chinese Students Club, President of -
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An MIT Underwear Exposé (and Sorting Hat) The coolest data you never wanted to have.
A lot of socializing at MIT happens on the dorm mailing lists. One of my favorite mailing lists is Burton-Conner’s, not because of the content of the mailing list (I’ve never been on it), but because of the -
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Underwater Dreams (from a distance) A reflection on immigration, student activism, and civic engagement at MIT.
questions, then hope. The event was the showing of Underwater Dreams, a documentary about an Arizona high school robotics team of undocumented Mexican ... panel. Sofia Campos (MCP 2015), Jose G. (Course 16, Class of 2017), Renata -
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A person can develop a cough. Simultaneously the coldest and hottest entry I've ever written.
running and seeing one of your professors in the locker room wearing only ... sheer force of will. I originally wrote "shear force of will," as in the component of force that my will would experience tangent to the wall during -
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Life is Improv say yes
The first and most important rule of improv is this: don't negate. To negate in improv is to break the flow of absurdity and belief that ... fundamental premise of the sketch - "no, Zoe, you're not on the moon" - because -
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Leaving How I ended up taking medical leave as a sophomore
of depression and extremely brief mentions of suicide and self ... the corners of my eyes. On the inside, nothing. Just emptiness. But ... into a lump of a person, sitting at the kitchen table for hours at a time -
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A Mischievous Anniversary Tonight Four score and ten years ago...
dormitory on campus—the Class of 1893 Dormitory—which had opened ... ," the Faculty Houses. The dorm's name of '93 would last for ... built just to the west. In February of 1931, the buildings would be -
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Pre-Med @ MIT The title says it all.
/engineering school and has the reputation of being incredibly difficult. This isn't the first time one of the bloggers has written about being pre-med at MIT, but ... spirit of MIT. People here want to change the world - in whatever way they