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  A Brief History of Thursday I met Kip Thorne.

  

  I'm the type of person who never wins the lottery. Were this a ... ) prior to Monday, I was under the legal lottery ticket purchase age, (2 ... -enviable genetic makeup is devoid of lottery-winner DNA, and (3) I've heard that it

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • May 9, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Application Advice v2.0 How to survive the application process without losing your mind.

  

  apps? OK, well I can’t see you if you’re raising your hand, but I bet that’s a lot of you! Last year around this time I wrote an entry called Application Advice, where I dispensed...application advice. It’s probably worth

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 20, 2006
• Blog / How to MIT

  Better ways to get around campus as in "better" i mean "objectively worse"

  

  I’m now in my third year at Next House, so the long walk to campus is nothing new. Usually I enjoy the walk, but when the weather sucks or I'm coming back from a long day, I wish I could move faster than my legs could

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 14, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  This is why we can’t have nice things harmless things that irritate me

  

  during the ~14 months I’ve been here. And it always happens when I need the ... .   To no surprise, I'm not the only person who's experienced this. In ... transportation around, I like that [annotation note="I hate driving. The one exam I

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 29, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  What do you want? the story of college fit and how i stole from jeremy

  

  I normally [annotation note="spoilers!"]start off all my information sessions[/annotation] by saying some form of “I believe in my heart that MIT is a great place to go to school, but I also recognize that it’s not a

  • by kellen manning
  • August 19, 2021
• Blog / Announcements

  An MIT Community Vigil for Black Lives

  

  I think I speak for many members of the MIT community when I say that ... , and the nation, to do better. So I wanted to make sure we shared it here ... in our CMS, so I ripped it down and reuploaded. The original, with

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 4, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  What is Simmons Hall Like? part of my freshman year experience

  

  that Iron Man talks to in his workshop), which I assembled (from ... friends and I during our superhero day. The other one was holding a picture ... the only dorm that guarantees no velociraptors attacks. The first time I

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 16, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  How to Make Friends Disclaimer: Attempt at your own risk

  

  For whatever reason, I’ve been getting a lot of tumblr questions ... environment, and many other concerns. I’ve even received a few questions from ... introverted to make friends. These questions were hard to answer, because I

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 30, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  FAQ for Maker Portfolios You have questions - I have answers!

  

  World! (That's my Arduino talking, sorry. I've been having some fun ... .NET, and Assembly that I learned since coming to MIT.) Fun!  See? Anyways, while I've been making things in my spare time, we've also been getting a

  • by Dr. Dawn '04, MS '06, PhD '11
  • October 1, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Splish Splash ♪ ♫ great programs at MIT and beyond!

  

  several years back when I was in junior high. What do you think occupied several of my Saturday mornings after I found an old CD containing Bobby ... starting my own company? Heh...nope. I played "Splish Splash", of course

  • by Ana V. '15
  • November 19, 2011
• Blog / IAP

  More at Home At thirty thousand feet, thousands of miles away.

  

  Thanks to a continuation of computer problems, I was without a ... more blog posts during IAP, I said I'd get around to it once I returned ... history, I will deliver. As one might be able to deduce from my previous

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • February 11, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back to School If you go to school in Missouri City (TX), I might see you this week!

  

  I'm back in the U.S. of A and have recovered enough from jet lag for me to write this entry. I've spent the last 24 hours alternating ... laziness. So ~ my time in India is over :( No longer do I wake to the sound

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 23, 2011
• Blog / Hacks

  mit.wikipedia.org The best dang hack there ever was [citation needed]

  

  of geeky wit. This, for instance, hung from the ceiling of Lobby 7: I was actually kind of ashamed when I didn't recognize the iconic globe right from the get-go, but after walking down MIT's Infinite Corridor, I

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 20, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  On the Flip Side I'm a host instead of a prefrosh this year - but CPW has still been…

  

  world ‚ô• I haven't quite made it to all the CPW events that have taken place so far, which is okay because I'm a host and not obligated to be ... :) Still, I've made it to some events - and they've been great. First off

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 10, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Mind Dump (Episode 4) What's going on RIGHT NOW!?

  

  snippits, flashes, and whispers. Almost like . . . Twitter. Let me say, I ... I have something to say about MIT that I believe is important or gives you a little insight into my current mental state, I'll dump it here

  • by Snively '11
  • April 22, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cream Tea with the MIT Club of Great Britain Meeting MIT alumni in the UK

  

  comes another confession of cultural ignorance, I did not know what cream tea was when I went to this event. But the president of the club kindly ... that everyone would want to do, I was told at the event that many clubs

  • by Cambridge
  • April 27, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Sunny day – Sweepin’ the clouds away On my way to where the air is sweet.Can you tell me how to get,…

  

  I was reading Evan's most recent entry and I noticed that he mentioned Sunny's, which I don't believe has ever been blogged about. What is ... and plan their meals. I know, right? I mean, who has time for that? Ever

  • by Snively '11
  • February 8, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Livin’ la Vida Española (Pt. 1) De Madrid, ¡saludos!

  

  MIT proper, I have been in Spain for more than two weeks! I don't know ... beautiful country. Recap (for people who are wondering why I'm in Europe right now, when there was an amazing Hunt (yes, I know, I'm sad too) going

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / Events

  How Many Liveblogs Can We Get Onto One Page?! Mystery Hunt Part 3.5

  

  towards the end. I'm not sure if you could sense it from where you were, but ... . I'll post answers to the puzzles you guys worked on and some to puzzles I wasn't able to show you. I hope you all had a good time, I know I

  • by Snively '11
  • January 20, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Behind the scenes of Glamour: Part 1 Two MIT students were chosen as Glamour's Top 10 College Women

  

  Whitney-Johnson (’08) and I are among the Top 10 College Women of 2007 ... 2004. I received the application from a sorority sister and filled it out with no expectation of winning, so you can imagine my shock when I

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 9, 2007