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  This Particular [T-] REX Tuesday (No actual tyrant lizards in this blog post.) Frosh come chill with me!

  

  my day)—but not from the freshman side and not from the other side. A few days ago I had a lot of fun chilling with a few of you at Giant Stuff at Simmons (along with some torso-sized bowling pins and a handful

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 1, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Best of Times summer at the NYTimes

  

  side project, culminating in a presentation that caused me to stand in an embarrassing well-what-do-we-have-here pose in front of a nonsensical slide that ... , a great internship that was far from corporate, as these non

  • by Connie H. '15
  • August 14, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Night Vision Funny how "photo"graphy throws you into the dark

  

  the semester, we were thrown into the darkroom. It might as well be a time-machine (film? what’s that?)....and a time-warp. The darkroom is ... long I’ve been doing each aforementioned action. It’s brainpower

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • May 8, 2013
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  1 of the 101 Quincy Market, Mike's Pastries, Giacomo's, yummm

  

  In my last entry, I mentioned that I had a bunch of things I wanted to do before I graduate and one was to get through this list. Last weekend, I made a little more headway on this goal by tackling Item #51: Eat

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 24, 2012
• Blog / Class Projects

  Angry Birds Fly at MIT Students construct trubuchets, catapults, and air cannons to take out the dastardly pigs on Killian…

  

  each develop a prototype of a product that can (and in many cases does) go to market; they present their products at a huge event before ... on Mythbusters. Along the way, the teams do some fun engineering

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 8, 2011
• Blog / How to MIT

  Pay it forward I used to have a guilt complex.

  

  able to do a single problem on my psets without him. I didn't even know ... turning a funny mix of pink and orange. You (and everyone else in your little freshman psetting group) are stuck on a problem. Options? (1) Keep

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  An Open Letter Employers love students with dorm desk experience.

  

  Prime membership (with free two-day shipping) for a year. And, supposedly ... than anyone else on this matter. I purchased tea, a scrapbook, and several textbooks from Amazon, and I was considering buying a notebook (the

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • October 8, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  T Minus One. BRASS RAT BRASS RAT BRASS RAT.

  

  each class's Rat are chosen by a Ring Committee, or "RingComm," a group ... at MIT, Mitra '07 was a member of her class's RingComm. It's all kind of a big deal around these parts, and wouldn't you know, it happens to

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • February 11, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Days My traditional end-of-summer recap post, in technicolor.

  

  how it took place, or if it had anything to do with me becoming a senior ... let me tell you, it wasn't pretty. Like a preteen boy with more bacne ... , began exercising on a daily basis, and even quit pulling the pigtails of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 29, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Well, at least you didn’t fail, right? A tale of mystery, wonder, and the worst possible way to handle too much work…

  

  what he's doing. This is a godsend after the disaster that was 18.02 last ... , absolutely necessary Saturday, 2 PM - I wake up. Come on, there was a party ... there involved minimal effort. If I could cross campus for a Baker party

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 28, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Mid-January Updates The latest from Cambridge.

  

  . Lots of reading to be done! If you are a regular action applicant, please ... application component, such as a transcript or teacher evaluation, now is a good ... are available (if you're on a trimester system, we probably already have

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 18, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  Teatro ZinZanni Another trip to the circus -- is my boss trying to imply something?!

  

  On Thursday, I attended Teatro ZinZanni, "a bewitching evening of ... live music and a gourmet five-course dinner - set in the nightclub of ... practically gave it a standing ovation) but the dessert was a disappointment

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 5, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  An American Idol Math Question You guys are all good in math; help me out with this one.

  

  it was a 3-way tie. Let's do the math, and please correct me if I'm wrong: American Idol has a finite number of phone lines. The phone lines ... ), within those two hours, can handle a finite number of calls - then it

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 19, 2006
• Blog / Events

  It’s not every day… lunch with a celebrity

  

  . Bryan, President Hockfield periodically has lunch with a small group of 4 ... , and then walk over together to the Forbes Cafe at Stata. I do hope that you can be a part. Sincerely, Kirk Kolenbrander Senior Advisor to the

  • by Bryan
  • November 21, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Festival

  

  student groups doing fun activities. 58% of the admitted Class of 2009 are ... event... And this is the "after" picture, a half hour into the event ... Association sponsored some mini-golf, with prizes for a whole in one. Sadly

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ethicist

  

  . Reading the Sunday paper is a favorite part of my week. During less busy times of the year, I'll do the crossword in the Magazine. Also in the ... . Today's The Ethicist column had a pretty ridiculous college admissions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Clarification On Last Post I was really just trying to say that when I look at your names in…

  

  Hi folks - a comment I received in response to the last entry: I ... made her application very strong. But a single element of one ... find "the formula." I don't think "oh, that girl got a 1600 on the SAT

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 18, 2004
• Blog / How to Human

  Living Meaningfully and all the things that has entailed

  

  Station and Twitch. I wanted to do a UROP related to games, and I found the ... into a version of myself who is capable of deciding to do an activity by ... be descriptive. Not sure if I succeeded. Do I have words to post

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Writing an essay using thumb tacks and arousing the suspicions of a snarky Nobel laureate

  

  A niche on the third floor of MIT’s Building 8 leads to two glass ... , neutral red letters. Immediately inside, the left-hand wall displays a grid ... front of a chalkboard, with a drawing of his or her choice. A spectacled

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 5, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Tales From The Nance Effect Road Show My travel to the land of Boomer--Sooners, Miners. Wild Cats, Sun Devils and Rattlesnakes

  

  Meetings for the better part of September. Here is a quick update of what I saw and who I met. Tucson, AZ (A.K.A. Wildcats & Mr. Rattlesnake ... that my seat could be used as a floatation device even though the entire

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 29, 2006