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• Blog / How to Human

  Inspired Brainstorming Three pieces of advice I employ

  

  what people normally do or say. I don’t give a shit what people normally ... I often feel inspired when I least expect to. When I do feel ... mind take me wherever it wants. I pull out a piece of paper and a BIC pen

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • November 25, 2012
• Blog / Events

  IAP Jealousy (Hey, Jealousy)

  

  happening during IAP, check out mit.tumblr.com which is also doing a series of ... a little since I tend to talk about glass-blowing and truffle ... can throw a #sorrynotsorry at me.) One day a week, we meet in the

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • January 13, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Couchamarans and Carboats MIT alums create awesome floating vehicles from which to watch the fireworks.

  

  . From a homemade floating vehicle on the Charles River. Enterprising MIT ... , MIT alum Nathanael Herreshoff created a revolutionary design for a ... Couchamaran. The Couchamaran is just what it sounds like -- a sofa on pontoons

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

  Inherent Asymmetry Around.

  

  , doing well on these GREs is more a matter of pride than anything else ... physics this saturday. Few things I'm doing to prepare for it: sleeping < ... all the physics I learned freshman/sophomore year, starting a week ago

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • April 2, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Hayden Christensen Comes to MIT, Looks Pretty Pictures of the top of Hayden Christensen's head inside!

  

  transporting someone from point A to B very quickly. But I'm going to do it with ... never be able to do what Eddy said, because there would be a LOT of energy ... get there, someone would’ve built a better and faster approach to do it

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 17, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Numbers, Perfect and Imperfect Math geeking, and a guessing game.

  

  'll play this as a guessing game: how many freshman applications do you think ... A quick entry, before returning to reading applications... I am perfect today. Perfect? What do you mean, "perfect," you ask? Well, today

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 4, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Reek Week Updated 8/3 to include pictures of Gilroy garlic ice cream.

  

  't be able to do. The bales of hay outlined a picture of a clove ... horses (nope, whew) + MIT Send-off Here are a gazillion pictures from Gilroy Garlic Festival 2005: The entrance is flanked by two port-a

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  firsts of first year 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1…

  

  that came with it. That first year had a particularly high yield of ... : Stayed in a [annotation note='dome-shaped tent that feels like a cabin ... -income Pre-orientation Program']outdoor ropes course[/annotation] Attended a

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • December 31, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  making the most of things we threw our annual rager in, uh, Minecraft

  

  best we could to do honor this tradition was talk for a couple of hours ... I just wanted to quickly share something that brought me a lot of ... occurred. This party is typically a huge affair that thousands of dollars go

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 20, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ask Yourself Can you really LTFP?

  

  truth. Here are a few to start off: Do you enjoy being worked (read ... I know I haven't written anything lately. Portraying MIT feels a bit weird now because my boyfriend, a sophomore in mechanical engineering, has

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • November 2, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  difficult difficult lemon difficult the end of senior fall

  

  having to work out a plan for me to do the requisite work during IAP ... so hard to remember that "you do not have to walk on your knees for a ... ?" And, for a moment, I thought about it. What have I grown into, and do I

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 29, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Singing with a Local Filk Group [by Susan Shepherd '11] At MIT, I discovered that my "unusual" hobbies weren't all that…

  

  , let's do it!"), and a lot of creativity from people who enjoy doing very ... is the culture. It's hard to describe, but there's a peculiar mix of ... aren't nearly hot enough." "I agree. What do you say to refining the

  • by ARTalk
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  This Post Has a Happy Ending dealing with obstacles @ MIT

  

  new life, break down from a petty virus. I could do well on exams ... Do you know what “hosed” means? Urban Dictionary defines it as ... available (as in trying to drink from a firehose). (context: MIT)” I drank

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 30, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Peek at 8.033 – Relativity We think physics is pretty great.

  

  being able to do physics so quickly that he is a veritable blur. This was ... . And do it quickly. Don't make a fuss. XOXO -lulu ... So this is a big week. This, is not only production week for

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 6, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  IAP in Review: Week One IAP should stand for Independent Awesome Period.

  

  here's a look at what I'll be doing for the next three weeks: More ... A couple of days ago, I was working on an entry talking about all the things I was planning on doing during IAP...and then I got distracted by

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 12, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Getting a Physics Major – Part I I split this up because i need to start studying for finals.

  

  Juniors in physics tend to complain a lot. The more of them there are ... junior physics lab with a bit of preparation. By the end of the first 2 ... data analysis in Matlab, learned how to use Latex, written a 4-page

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 14, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  What has carcinogenic chemicals, alum bloggers, and ~art~? embracing my inner hipster

  

  in a very mural-happy dorm, I can't paint to save my life. But I do like to photograph a lot, and in fact I've done quite a lot of it in the ... digital photographer, through and through. This is what I do after a day of

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 29, 2012
• Blog / Classes

  The Marks of a Student or, let's catch up

  

  doing good enough, here it is! I think a lesson we all need to learn ... to take a break. I am not weaker or dumber for struggling. I am doing ... Hi, long time no see. Well, for me it's been a while. I've been

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 4, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  secondhand stories an allegory

  

  doing improv was a lot of fun, so i tried auditioning for a few groups myself. most of the process consisted of taking a video of myself doing ... had to do a live performance in front of retired cast members. the first

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 22, 2021
• Blog / People & Identities

  a jaunt to Philadelphia We went to the AWP writing conference!

  

  sitting in a coffee shop in Arizona, finishing this blog many months later ... postcards picked up at a writing conference many states away. I moved the lamp from a corner where the wall is painted black to a corner underneath my

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 26, 2022