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• Blog / Residential Life

  four ways to unstrip a screw tΞp work week tales

  

  Charles River on the north and the glittery high rises of Back Bay Boston on ... screwdriver anymore. This occurs when the tip of a screwdriver slips on the ... courtesy of Toolever Of course the five screws on the sweep have to be old

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • September 3, 2023
• Blog / Events

  The middle days of the week

  

  days of the week: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. On Tuesday, I went on ... children. The sheets of braille were already printed on transparent stickers ... because at Manray, despite the large numbers of good dancers, there's always

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Derailment My Gap Year

  

  real job. The first few weeks on the job were tough. All of my colleagues ... about the possibilities of my time ‘off’. I began feeling right on track ... it might be of interest to you! Enjoy, and comment. Derailment

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • September 18, 2011
• Blog / Classes

  the classes among us reflections and too many flashbacks on classes ft. ESG

  

  snowball of second-guessing my answers. In most humanities classes, on topics ... significant is this number? Does a ratio of 5:1 mean a lot when you can have a freshman lecture size of 400? One of the quintessential features of American

  • by Waly N. '24
  • October 12, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Otra Vez, Como Siempre Some J-Pop to cheer you up. =p

  

  the students new (and hilarious) methods of approaching math, literature ... way - where they put the exam ID numbers of everyone who qualified for Todai on big poster boards in front of the campus and you have to go to

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 12, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  Little Pieces of Living january & february & march & now, april

  

  quesadillas with the stove turned on all the way — inadvisable, but much more fun that way — and many servings of pasta. We made pancakes one weekend ... 's playing on repeat and I had felt like a part of me was soaring. I am glad

  • by Sara N. '28
  • April 2, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  i’ve joined a sorority and what that means to me

  

  frats and srats, where frats have seemingly boatloads of money to spend on ... the chaos of Random, but I think there'll be a lot of new adventures in ... new people, and I think this is the best way to jump right into it. I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 21, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Odd Jobs How non-seniors can occupy their time before and during graduation

  

  keep track of on a day-to-day basis). I don’t really have a better way ... —MIT alumni gathering on campus to see old friends, reminisce about the good old ... coffeehouse, back in the day when this space on the 3rd floor of the student

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • June 8, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “This is not a smoking gun for superfluidity. This is a cannon.” Physics Breakthrough at MIT

  

  some of my favorite websites for news and updates, but I have this ... Office: MIT physicists create new form of matter June 22, 2005 CAMBRIDGE ... among physicists: They have become the first to create a new type of

  • by Bryan
  • June 22, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  We Wear Matching Hats Very nearly one year ago, I wore the hat you're all wearing this week.

  

  holiday weekend in New York with some friends. I acquired a real curio of a ... it's good enough to take the place of all your future gifts. :-) I was ... lot of my interests, the things that really defined who I was, on hold

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Even Waitresses Under 30 Call Me ‘Sweetheart’… Some thoughts about how classwork and free time intersect at MIT, with a look at…

  

  of MIT's new Initiative on Technology and Self, which is working to ... ways with her mid-20s long ago, kept asking variations of "How is ... Brian and I set out for the front steps of MIT on Wednesday evening, and

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Global Languages Freshman Learning Community engaging frosh done right

  

  new light on the history of the French capital. We also discussed what makes good political and protest photography. Next on the docket, we have ... 's really interesting and was a great way to kick off the FLC's focus on COVID

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 6, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  majoring in 21E: frequently asked questions what it's like to study humanities at a stem school

  

  .616 - Games and Culture (blogpost pending) is a class on the role of ... all its worth, but I still gets lots and lots of questions about being a ... it and they have a great blogpost on 21E here, but I'll reiterate it

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

  I Love Lucy: Continued This time, the title even makes sense.

  

  )). Instead of paying for MIT parking, though, I keep my car on the street. It ... 't all bad, however; I got to hop on my shiny new bicycle (thanks ... time on the new bike before the cold really sets in, I was moderately

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 22, 2010
• Blog / Classes

  Misconceptions initial thoughts from a first-gen college student

  

  impression of college was from scrolling on college websites, watching media ... spend most of my time anxious meeting so many new people on campus at once ... ’t quite supplement the feeling of actually being on campus.  That being

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • September 30, 2023
• Blog / IAP

  nothing & everything what i did this IAP!

  

  's over"). I can't overstate how wonderful it was -- like a third way of ... ' snazzy!; new hooks; a closet that's fully packed on five different lines ... as good as it gets. There are a lot of things I'd like to accomplish

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 3, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21L.011 Are You [film] Experienced?

  

  a couple classes to choose from based on the results of your placement ... class, touching on subjects like objective goods, rational desire, and ... advisor was really good about, well, advising me on what to do. I “shopped

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 21, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Case of the Considerate Robbers and other winter adventures

  

  their way into speech. On a particularly warm weekend, about twenty of the ... missing the fast pace of studies. Students also grew accustomed to the ... combination of cream cheese, soy sauce, sesame seeds, and pico de gallo on bread

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • August 3, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  You’re Not That Old [by Elise '14] Not having done it before should be a reason to try, as…

  

  to MIT and on a spur of the moment deal, tried out for an acapella ... surprisingly really good, he spends a lot of his time practicing with the other ... audition and most are accepted since a good portion of the dances are created

  • by ARTalk
  • June 17, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 2 Neither zumba, nor yoga.

  

  before the hour. On Wednesday, I had every intention of going to zumba, but two thirds of the way there I realized that I had forgotten to print ... currently broken) I slapped my palms on either side of my mat and began

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 16, 2013