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  The Joy of Building a chronicle of my failed attempts to create things that work

  

  several pieces of paper. This really hurt my brain at first. It took awhile ... . It was a fear of being wrong that came at the price of making progress on problems. Hence, a semester of Pass/No Record acted as an

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • March 3, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  First Day of Classes! Today, the MIT Class of 2014 begins.

  

  Today is the first day of the Fall Semester at MIT, and thus is the first day of classes ever for the MIT Class of 2014. The past couple of ... Class Profile For the MIT class of 2014 Gender Male 55% Female 45

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 8, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Song of Myself All we need is music (sweet music).

  

  Oh, I was going to answer a bunch of questions today, but it turns ... but haven't had the chance yet--I've heard some of his later piano ... awesome. The music program at MIT is actually quite strong, and one of the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 27, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Hint of fall A Sunday adventure

  

  calendar was a solid block of commitments from ~8-8, and the remaining hours ... adventure to see all. of. the. pretty. trees. Through a combination of biking ... , looking for any and all signs of fall. My only directive was to maximize the

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • October 21, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  a week of summer ft. cafes, lab, and assorted thoughts

  

  flower pressed between pages. Here’s a snapshot of a week: https ... plays, there’s always at least one free table, and most of the clientele work quietly. There are books along the walls, most of them higher than

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 8, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Four Weeks of Freedom What I'm doing for my last 4 weeks in the US!

  

  The arrival of September 1st signifies exactly 4 weeks until I board a flight to the U.K and embark on the second half of my college journey. And over the last 3 weeks most of the conversations I've had

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • September 2, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  The Complexity of Simplicity Not as paradoxical as it sounds

  

    Did you know the soda can top (or "pop" can for those of you ... 's simply a tab on a lever that punches out a precut piece of aluminum. It ... enormous amount of work. In fact, this "simplicity follows complexity" idea

  • by Chris M. '12
  • December 8, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Train(wreck) of Thought

  

  intensive project hence (most of) my absence from the blagosphere. BUT I ... is a group that screens movies on campus) and one of the movies was ... 't speak more than a large burrito worth of spanish, but here's what I

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 4, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Felines of Fifth West meow meow

  

  So they say that the best part of MIT is the people. Is this true ... to be people, in which case I would whole-heartedly agree that one of the best parts of MIT is the tiny furry people walking around on the

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 18, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Battle of the Boot storytime with Yuliya #1

  

  ceiling of the Simmons auditorium and display my work of many days. There ... past the rows of viewers. I donned my best cardigan and favorite boots. Underneath my shoes, I concealed the mark of laziness, two mismatched socks

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 23, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Of MUN and Academia What is Course X in Chinese?

  

  , when I went to UPMUNC in November. One of the most common questions the ... (two weekends ago) Members of the BU or MIT MUN program are given the ... the conference from the other side of the spectrum. Joining MUN

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  symptoms of nostalgia emo-posting

  

  It's the time of year when the blogs get a little wistful. I ... semester of your MIT experience, and it's coming to an end. Sophomore fall is notoriously academically difficult because you're adjusting your expectations of

  • by Abby H. '20
  • December 2, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Nibble of Music

  

  coherence of an album keeps me focused. But yesterday, in honor of Daniel ... . But instead of the first 10 (decimal is so ordinary!), I decided to ... of a country evangelist) to make me a mix CD of her favorite stuff. I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 22, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Order of Operations In what order should your application be submitted?

  

  Recently, I've been getting a lot of questions like, "Can I do my ... of this sort. You can do all of the parts of the MIT application in parallel. That is to say, order doesn't matter. (All of this assumes you have

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 18, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Narrative of Discovery Most people would be hard pressed to tell a story that has both James Watson…

  

  , Nancy Hopkins provides a passionate, first person account of the

  • by Laurie Everett
  • February 1, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Chalk of the Week chalk art at the welcome center

  

  . Every week, I've been putting chalk art up on one of the boards, as well ... Chalk of the Day). The gig I'm doing kind of extends that part of student ... on a skateboard, doing an ollie out of a giant fire behind him I

  • by Jenny B. '25
  • July 27, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day of IAP 3 Classes and Soup

  

  , which is a month of courses, events, and other activities around campus ... cooking for myself this month. I bought a lot of soup. A tad too much most likely. My pantry of food resembles that of the Soup Nazi. Anyways, I grab

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • January 16, 2018
• Blog / Events

  A Splash of color! and a bigger splash of water.

  

  As something of an absent blogger over the past few months, one of ... -1 only has two days left on Hulu!", or d) all of the above). However ... , right? Also, true to form, I have returned bringing you something of a

  • by Cam T. '13
  • March 4, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  Fifty Shades of Break or things to do other than pressing F5

  

  It's that time of the year where everything winds down and you might ... towards the end of high school, my friends and I would religiously check the results of a semester, year, or life's worth of effort. It boiled down to a

  • by Connie H. '15
  • December 12, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  Taking Care of Yourself Eating, Sleeping, Water and Vitamins pave the way to happiness

  

  a few aspects of taking care of yourself we wish we had learned two years ago. MIT has its times of incredible stress and it's during those times that these tips are most crucial. Taking care of yourself is

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 26, 2013