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  Spontaneous 5-Minute Classes on Whatever You Want These are too good not to share

  

  a whirlwind of learning. I've blogged about teaching at these events ... tangentially related to this"-->"Okay, I have an idea for how to begin, at ... What is the particle in a box model? How to make ice cream at home

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 14, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Toons and Tasty Burgers adventures in chalk and tasty-burger-tasting

  

  11/9/2013: At the time of this writing: > I'm sitting in a cozy ... performance on Friday night at Wellesley, but it was our Saturday evening ... members on stage at the end of their set, cutting off their last song. Not

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 11, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Bad Ideas Weekend From Craigslist searching to meat-MIT building, this certainly is an experience

  

  Boston and almost ended up at the airport, but we found our way back home ... their team worked away at making the best piece of meat art possible ... flyers and bananas at the top of the building!! This has been a

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 27, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Picking A Southwest Flight Seat How to Make Flying Bearable

  

  Entering college has meant I fly at least 6-7 times a year and I ... rather be drilled at the dentist. [1]   Pros Cons If you ... 's not terrible. The leg room is abysmal for tall people but at least you

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • January 22, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  A Q&A for Deferred Students

  

  Hi Everyone, I was just taking a look at some of the questions on ... at your application again and consider it in the context of the Regular ... deferred. In fact, there will likely be nothing at all missing or needing

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • December 17, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Stressful Times in my opinion, the best advice, ever.

  

  remember my dad looking at me with his honest, slightly concerned eyes as he ... often does everyone hear that? Kindergarteners could tell you that. At the ... finals week for us here at MIT. So to all who applied, whether you get in

  • by Ana V. '15
  • December 11, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Halloweekend and the 7 weekends prior!

  

  event that allows you- at absolutely no charge- to showcase your ability ... paste on setting: Friday. After 4 hours, at 11:59, quickly sprinkle in the ... emotional pick me up, or at least clean laundry. Content with the knowledge

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • October 28, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Hack Punt Tool: The Musical Now, the music can be yours.

  

  away at problem sets or studying. For a much better (and more musical ... : Billy Rogers (Trevor M. '15), a freshman who arrives at MIT determined ... seven writers, four were full-time undergraduate students at the time the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 30, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life Update It's been an amazing year!

  

  year he used his computer skills to obtain an internship at a local ... of Sunday afternoon brunches at IHOP after the wait at the Friendly

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 21, 2012
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Up The last of the post-finals, pre-internship adventures.

  

  it was like no time had passed at all; despite not keeping in touch ... : ... Me: ... At this point, I realized she was serious. Me: NO! WHAT? NO! WE ... at 4am the next day better than I ever could

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 27, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Time Flies… especially when you are having more fun than you could possibly imagine.

  

  150. At the same time, I bid the Class of 2011 goodbye with the promise ... to even realize…ways that will be a part of them when their time at MIT ... . As they are making plans for their future I am overwhelmed at all the

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • June 6, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  Why So Serious? On Keeping Life in Perspective

  

  of time and blog. I promise I have a good reason though! Most people at ... do it all now. It's okay to jog instead of run. Keep up at a steady ... importantly though, remember the BIG picture. At the end of the day, it doesn

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 25, 2012
• Blog / Hacks

  IAP=Watermelon in January I honestly can't think of a better analogy.

  

  with different themes. This year’s topic was Portable Windmills. At the ... students for a chance at a summer internship. Momentum was a truly amazing ... reunited at last.    5. I needed watermelon: I painstakingly dragged

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 9, 2012
• Blog / Personal Travel

  In the Darkness of the Night one of the strangest things I have ever experienced

  

  good bonfire, our group of five decided to take a look at what was ... into the place to be at night. Over a hundred people gathered around a ... , mother and son. At a call, two members of the family had to pick up the

  • by Becca H. '12
  • January 24, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Home is Where the Heart is In which I speak only in trite cliches.

  

  things at MIT? Where to live is a subject that is frequently touched on in ... . The living groups at MIT are as diverse at its students, so whether you

  • by Tom R. '14
  • December 13, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ICE, ICE baby Guess which song would inevitably get stuck in my head as I tooled in the…

  

  Mary, and my status as the youngest child meant she knew my location at ... reactor design), and 10.213 (chemical engineering thermodynamics) all at ... amount of ethyl acetate at a given purity per year. Ethyl acetate is a very

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • November 23, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Faith Embracing uncertainty as the world changes around us

  

  like a crazed lion, tearing at every nerve ending within its grasp. I ... weeks staring at the ceiling, pondering life, pain, and the existence of a ... . Here at MIT, uncertainty abounds. The key is to embrace it and keep

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • October 24, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Some Good Advice On Advisors

  

  it you'll realize you were never ready at all. Perhaps there's a lesson ... under their wing at the institute and, as their namesake implies, advise ... ), was a particularly important figure in my freshman year. I, at the time

  • by Chris M. '12
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet The (New) Bloggers! I promised myself I wouldn't cry...

  

  study Marketing here at MIT, as well as cross-register for art classes at ... -Conner residents, take notice. Ana, who attended MITES at MIT, has also spent the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 17, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Reference Frames Vision - of the present and for the future - is powerful

  

  here, at this moment in time. Do you know how hard you've worked up until ... worked hard, and you were all exceptional at what you loved to do. That ... the hearts and souls of more than one admissions officer here at MIT

  • by Emad T. '14
  • March 19, 2011