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  Camp Kesem! It's magical.

  

  Exactly three weeks from today, I'll be done with my freshman year of ... day, when I shelve my textbooks and notes and give it up for three wonderful summer-y months. I have a few things lined up for the summer, and

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 28, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Lip Sync ‘08 Because I want . . . you . . . back

  

  time that feels like it's being wasted. As such, I decided to take most ... ) and I was heading back to the dorm. As I walked by the student center I ... Saturday Night at 8!" I check my watch. 7:45pm. Oh why not. I went over to

  • by Snively '11
  • April 27, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Firehose Warning: insomniac blogger on the loose.

  

  'clock last night, with some breaks for sleeping and eating, I have spent most ... differential systems for 18.03 (differential equations). Yes, I have two midterms on the same day. Yes, I'm not very happy about that fact, but it

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Rubbing Elbows I have pizza with a famous person.

  

  Last week, I blogged a little about how MIT's student body really distinguishes the Institute from any other university that I know. On one level ... MIT. At the same time, though, I have come to realize that MIT's faculty

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 6, 2008
• Blog / Events

  The Igs Where Science meets Silly. Hello Silly!

  

  I'll assume that we've all heard of the Nobel Prizes, yes? Perfect ... eventually cropped down to the final prize winners. I know you're saying to yourself "I'm ridiculous! I can do really absurd research! I should win an Ig

  • by Snively '11
  • January 15, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Deprotonated I see the way you're split into your ions and you're fully dissociated.

  

  I'm taking 5.12 (Organic Chemistry) this semester, which is ... than having your feet cut off, but I really enjoy it thus far. We have our first exam next week, though, so we'll see how I feel about it then

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 22, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Some Perks Of Life At The ‘Other’ Cambridge [by Mirat Shah '08] Along with ~40 other MIT students, I am studying abroad at…

  

  [by Mirat Shah '08] My name is Mirat and I am a junior studying Course 3 (Materials Science and Engineering). I grew up in New Jersey and ... year I am in the other Cambridge (the OC for short :) ) in the UK. Along

  • by Cambridge
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Things to Do While Waiting for Decisions Like elevator music, except without the awkwardness of standing next to a stranger whose priorities…

  

  A couple weeks ago someone asked what I did to pass the time while I was waiting for early action decisions. I know there's no real way you ... few things I can think of.. Things To Do While Waiting For College

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Building, building, building, building This one goes out to the one I've left behind.

  

  to D√Љsseldorf this weekend, I forget why, but the thing that we were ... . Ling: "Why are you taking a picture of this sign?" Sam: "So I don't forget that it's a Frank O. Gehry building." Ling: "I don't think that you

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 28, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Second… Fifth Week?

  

  Okay, so it's been inexcusably long since I last wrote here. This is ... going well. The weather has been great the past couple days, I've been meeting with various faculty to shape the perfect path for the future, I

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • March 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  One wonderful day I might just make it, after all.

  

  First of all, good afternoon to any visitors I might have who are knitting aficionados. Did you know that the bunny hat I'm wearing above was ... and thus oxygen mass transfer in E. coli fermentation, and I'm doing it

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 21, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fixing a hole First figuratively, then literally.

  

  I walked into 21M.302: Harmony and Counterpoint II today to find this on the chalkboard: Now, I wasn't really paying that close attention at the time because I had to finish this problem, due in less than four

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 17, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  More About Reading ...based on your questions!

  

  I was planning an another entry on the reading process, and since many pertinent questions were asked in the last entry, I figured I'd base ... will shake out, but I expect we'll be up slightly from last year's ~2800

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / Events

  TMI WRT MIT TLA’s Wonderful things happen that I can organize around a coherent theme. Also, I didn't lose…

  

  prove it to you? Aww, here goes. Today I ate a grape lollipop that SaveTFP (an ETLA) was handing out in Lobby 7 and I wondered about the rate of grape flavor diffusion into my mouth. Specifically, I wondered how I could

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 7, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You stay classy, Sam… TA, go! At MIT, I live in a basement and I don't get to watch Desperate Housewives.

  

  First of all, can anybody out there think of a new blog tagline? I ... since I've already had to break out the long pants and awesome jacket, the ... -mail--who knows, I might pull a Mitra and end up using it. Classes started on

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 8, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Things to do before you graduate

  

  curiosity, I picked up a copy of this year's edition, and found that I have done a respectable 51 out of the 101 Things listed. Though I was ... that I've actually done, including getting published in the Tech. In

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I Wanted to Say to Prefrosh before CPW 2015 a resurrected freshman draft

  

  NOTE: I drafted and abandoned this post in the spring of my freshman ... is my past avatar, a more accurate depiction of me when I wrote this post.  On the week of Pi Day, my friend and I both wondered how a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 19, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I never want to finish my P.E. requirement MIT PE might be the best thing that's happened in my whole (short) athletic history

  

  lying on your back yelling “I really like this stretch!” Then we would do ... indoor kickball or doing homework. With these experiences in mind, I was ... full course listings for this semester!   I mean, tango? Fencing? I

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 16, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  on happiness and well-being Coursera attempts to cure our depression

  

  During quarantine, I enrolled in The Science of Well-Being, a free ... since it seemed low-commitment and beneficial, so I decided to join. I ... , but I ended up enjoying it a lot. The course is a psychological

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 11, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  like a freight train a schedule post

  

  Hello everyone! I thought up this title as a metaphor for how the ... to actually write a blog. Life has been good, but busy. I’m taking ... ."]main thing[/annotation] on my mind, and I've been meaning to write a schedule

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 19, 2021