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  Let’s talk about science…and chocolate A day of scientific enlightment followed by one of chocolate consumption.

  

  In Ancient Greece, the word “symposium” referred to a gathering of rich men reclining on comfy couches while drinking and battling wits. The symposium that I attended on Friday was quite a different assembly. Held at

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 5, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Nerd’s Paradise Phi is a "h" of a lot cooler than pi.

  

  talk to some of the current students. I was on campus for a grand total ... results - not only in terms of the groundbreaking research and new ... ways of viewing the world, who are just as comfortable talking about

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 28, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  mid semester check-in all about my classes

  

  of the four technical classes I had picked out or put one of them on ... Saturday last week, I decided I would put 6.006 on Listener. One of the main ... of the great conversations I had this week while working on the problem

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • October 22, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a brief walk to Caffè Nero alternatively titled: life update since i am comically bad at blogging this semester

  

  knocks my glasses off my face. i put on the hood of my sweatshirt and ... on a two-sentence synopsis. moving onto my floor of BC was the most ... seize every opportunity to walk through it on my way home. when i've left

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 27, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dear Prospective 2020s Passing on advice that good people have given me

  

  , if you're a bundle of nerves and it feels like your future is riding on ... 't quite empathize with the feeling of your whole life riding on a decision ... . Best of luck, and remember you have so much life ahead of you to do good

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 16, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT goes on the road Beginning Sunday until the end of October, my Admissions colleagues and I will go forth…

  

  MIT is a good match for you? We will of course talk about admissions ... students? [answer at the end of the entry] Beginning Sunday until the end of ... to tell you tales of MIT. This year, the first meetings are in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Former MIT Students on TV Two in a flattering way, one in a potentially embarassing way.

  

  where viewers choose which of three new science programs will get picked ... on the CW television network (home of one of my favorite shows ... of MIT one semester short of graduation to pursue acting. Based on his

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  [guest post] hindsight in 2020 — about life after mit rejections, situated knowledges, and ultimately getting closer to the asymptote…

  

  for those of you still patiently on the wait list, as she once was ... and Doing Things on colored post-card papers, and a curated set of ... myself sobbing on the floor. the dream of being someone loved & known

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 29, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  living away from home lessons learned

  

  improve on? It's good to identify what went well and what didn't so in the ... I've had my fair share of time with roommates and friends in the past ... townhouse in the suburbs of northern Virginia. There were five of us in total

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 10, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  when the world gets too heavy put it on my back

  

  dwelling on my high school self, living in the crevices of tumblr and slowly ... characters, my understanding of what relationships were supposed to be, the way ... tumblr for a good chunk of time, amassing a lot of followers but a lot of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 11, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friendship Oh my dearest . . .

  

  a new line of plush toys that seek to increase understanding of ... flame wars and being used correctly, it's also a great way to let somebody eavesdrop on a ridiculous conversation you're having with a third party. I

  • by Snively '11
  • March 28, 2009
• Blog / Classes

  Pirates and Pi and Rats and Pie and Rats (except there are no rats) 3.1415926535897932384626433832795… idk the rest.

  

  with good pizza structure and firmness. Idk, New England Pizza just isn ... , down the ways a little bit. He was longboarding with a can of soda in ... I [started] writing this blog on 3/17, and it’s the warmest day that

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • March 23, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  For the love of 6.470, Montresor we stayed awake, we built, we conquered

  

  . There are lots of other things going on, but as far as structured ... causation, then living on my hall would make you pretty good at web ... sold us on the idea of making an American Sign Language learning site

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 5, 2012
• Blog / How to MIT

  The Ultimate Showdown Making important college purchase #1

  

  watching seasons of 24 on DVD. So what is my suggestion? Get what you want ... , I'll share my thoughts on what's hot and what's not. So I'll make the ... parts - Sometimes more powerful The Cons: - Not mobile - A lot of

  • by Bryan
  • July 10, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how ARe you today? Do you Nintendo? On an unrelated note, part of me thinks this and this might…

  

  has a bunch of people that will buy a new system on launch day and thus ... through Lobby 7 this morning on my way to a 2.002 exam. I stepped into Lobby ... Alright, a quick peak out of blogger retirement today to share some

  • by Snively '11
  • April 4, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  Football home opener College football is as American as apple pie.

  

  there are very few pictures of me in a cheerleading uniform on good hair ... . Some of the cheerleading alums came back to watch the game and cheer on ... I realized the other day that, despite the fact that most of you are

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 18, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Ode to the New, Part 3 "Your calendar looks like a clown threw up on it!" -my friend Jordan

  

  like a shame to not try anything new. So, I had to adopt some kind of ... put lower on my priority list. On the other hand, I found plenty of ... of mind: activities that cheered me up on a bad day. I also tried to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 28, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  World of Wires [by Emily '15] Are you living in a computer simulation?

  

  around New York during IAP and happens to hear of it, I’d highly recommend ... [by Emily LaVerriere '15] First of all, I need to second Miren ... ever!) being the best class ever. All the way back in September, we

  • by ARTalk
  • January 9, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  blogger wrapped 2022 judge our music taste (the 5th installment)

  

  always been on top. slay fatima did a lot of listening to TSwift this ... to hyper-fixate on! thanks for keeping us entertained with random new ... ) again, or are you constantly on the hunt for something new? How about when

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 8, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  Living Meaningfully and all the things that has entailed

  

  social battery seemed to always be on 0%; in the absence of tasks to do ... many times on the blogs. In light of COVID (and post-MIT induced ... the other side.  A good friend of mine from work liked to quote the

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 26, 2025