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  Holiday Life's not always a picnic in Killian Court.

  

  ?" "On a picnic. Do you want to come?" "...Where?" "Killian Court. We have ... , but how do you measure, measure a year?*). The beginning of my senior ... Monday was a student holiday, which means that while my friends at

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 27, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Lost in other people’s stories My brand of escapism

  

  I listen to a lot of audiobooks. In 2023, I listened to 28.6 days worth of audiobooks–while doing chores, while falling asleep, and sometimes even while doing psets. It’s something I’ve been doing since middle

  • by Allison E. '27
  • October 28, 2025
• Blog / Blog Projects

  How I Write My Data Analysis Blogs just in case you were wondering

  

  it locally from a file on my computer. Or, more often, what I do is ... where I hypothesize about a trend in the data, do an analysis to ... cool patterns is to make visualizations. I can do this with a variety of

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 28, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  laser-powered happiness 6.UAR showcase, part 1

  

  project of a reasonable scope for an undergrad to be doing; no, seriously, you could probably make a thesis out of what you want to do," and then I ... a few lasers for dinner today, things will be better? No? [annotation

  • by Alice L. '24
  • December 5, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Taking a Step Back Using Avatar: the Last Airbender to talk about my feelings

  

  to toxic behaviors: It’s okay to take a step back –or really do just ... show's been around for like over a decade soooooooooo, y'know, there ... . Once he successfully fights the illness, he emerges as almost a

  • by Powers '23
  • September 23, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Look At Stagecraft [by Susan Shepherd '11] And axes!

  

  plot. Stagecraft has to do with everything in a play excepting the actors ... Shakespeare Ensemble's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream opened last ... , clever new interpretations, and a great deal of humor, and Midsummer Night

  • by ARTalk
  • October 29, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  GET A BIKE very important psa

  

  that's a thing again ✌️ (haha jk would literally never do that)   ... return to/arrive on campus, you should consider getting a bike. it's so ... "]Lobby 7,[/annotation] so if i needed to get to a class in Building 16 by 10

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 28, 2020
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Thing-A-Mah-Bobs Never walk up to a duck trying to cross the street

  

  : Why do you or don’t you feel a personal obligation to 'buy local ... town center. Do NOT stare at a cow in the eyes! And especially don ... a meat tray at a party. You grab a couple slices of each kind, a few

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • July 8, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Questions from Beyond one last blog

  

  ’t work at MIT anymore. I actually haven’t worked at MIT for a whole week ... ="someone decided i should be a director. what?!"]new job[/annotation] and I was just ... 're reading this now, it seems like i do. The second reason is actually buried

  • by kellen manning
  • July 8, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Becoming a Mad Scientist a required class for all meches!

  

  Have you ever wanted to see how accurate you can make a GPS? Have you ... gun bullets? Or maybe the power of a single footstep? Want to know the ... , collecting and analyzing data, and uncovering a conclusion. Sounds nerdy, but

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • June 24, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  A lively Dead Week what i've been up to

  

  a luxurious full week off between the end of classes and the start of final exams. Here at MIT, we're only granted a paltry four-day weekend, but we still call it Dead Week, and I'd say we manage to cram about a

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 18, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Complementary Post Canvas, balance, lanterns.

  

  idea because I spent all my nights doing my work and all my days being a ... some psets, did yoga in my P.E. class, worked on a blog post, attended ... , and sat by the Charles River with a group of forty-odd students for a

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 27, 2015
• Blog / Uncategorized

  a spectacle-r weekend exploring the Boston Harbor Islands

  

  are [annotation note="34, in fact"]a ton[/annotation] of beautiful ... the [annotation note="FOP: first-year outdoors program, essentially a ... "]kayaking[/annotation] [annotation note="first year orientation program"]FPOP[/annotation] do, but

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 5, 2020
• Blog / Events

  A Couple of Firsts With a picture game

  

  do a great job of describing life at MIT. They’re all creatively ... guy said the best he could let me do was take a picture standing at the ... some of a few of my "firsts" here at MIT (There's many more, but this is

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 17, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  Save a tree… ...eat a Beaver. MIT makes me fill out lots of paperwork. Get it? Beaver? Oh…

  

  forcing upon me. As a new MIT athlete, the first thing I had to do was ... ...eat a Beaver. Speaking of beavers killing trees...let's talk ... a little apology note attached and crossed my fingers that it won

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 2, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  walking the marathon… part of a four-day weekend

  

  moment is not particularly exciting, although I do feel a sense of ... Dakota, where one of the best activities you can do is going on a nice hike ... , doing, this, for approximately as long as I want. It is, in its own way, a

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 25, 2021
• FAQ / Transfer

  Can I apply if I’ve completed more than 2.5 years of college?

  do not include any college completed while still a high school student. ... than two and a half years (five terms) of college may not be eligible ... study area or intended program of study at MIT. If a summer semester is
• Blog / Challenges

  A Complicated Synthesis Question starting materials include hard decisions and uncertain paths

  

  down with a friend and catch up to be able to do a pset. I need to blow ... again, I would spend hours locked away in a corner of the library staring ... living in a universe of Organic Chemistry. To the point where Orgo and real

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 7, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  Jargon

  

  .i. To be in the process of not doing something.   Smoot - A unit of ... students and alums, you should learn a bunch of the jargon that we MIT folks sometimes use (a small selection from How To GAMIT's glossary)...  

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 6, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Procrastination For Finals 2 T minus 53 hours...

  

  of orgo I've got a pain and I know that it's all mine, oh, oh oh oh Do ... I've got a pocket, got a pocketful of orgo I've got a pain and I know that it's all mine, oh, oh oh oh Do all I can but I keep on getting

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 17, 2009