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  What I’m Up To distractions

  

  hours, too. Also, thank you for your lovely responses to my last post. I ... make custom cardpacks with this website for good inside jokes Settlers ... 've been watching movies every night at 9pm because of Discord's screenshare

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 28, 2020
• Blog / Personal Projects

  A Recycled-Material Selfie Stick Engineering and problem solving in developing nations (the most important problems only, of course....)

  

  ’d be a perfect fit for MIT and lots of other build-y culture nerd schools ... failing. Eventually, he got a lot better at putting things back together. So good, actually, that at 21, he has his own small business fixing other

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 1, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  jr fall classes &c

  

  these classes is 6 units (compared to 12 units for a typical one-semester class) and runs for half a semester. i'm especially looking forward to 14 ... suppose this is my one Foundational Class With Unspectacular Ratings for

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 19, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Escaping MIT Maybe if I just get far enough away, my finals will cease to exist!

  

  , it came to an abrupt end, and I’ve been left staring dejected at my ... up a breakfast burrito at Qdoba and camped out in a little park just ... topic for more than ten or fifteen minutes without starting to wander or

  • by Joel G. '18
  • May 16, 2015
• Blog / Events

  A Typical Friday Afternoon on a Thursday Honoring the decades old (?) tradition of the East Campus Friday Afternoon Club (FAC)

  

  East Campus is unique for a wide variety of reasons. We build roller ... food item for the denizens of East Campus. Tetazoo takes FACs extremely ... Much FAC," where we made personalized cakes for each of the ten halls of

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • September 29, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Makers @ MIT how MIT supports student creativity and craft

  

  at MIT. Of those who responded, 78% said MIT's reputation for making ... : Kickstarter, which is today launching a new funding category specifically for ... the great folks over at Slideroom), to the academic enterprise (with

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 18, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Mustaches in the airport, Daleks in the library, and Food in many stomachs French House winter traditions

  

  gifts for a randomly-assigned other resident. At the dinner, we make two ... (DISCLAIMER: Unless otherwise specified, photo credit for this post ... dorm for all ~four years, communities are tight-knit and develop

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 27, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Survey says… A LOT of freshmen report that they were leaders in high school!

  

  trouble, and cheer a lot at races. I don’t even know how I became captain. I ... for the MIT Cross Country and Track teams, it’s a whole different ... team events, prepare supplies for meets, oh and, of course, cheer. A lot

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • January 25, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Just A Small Town Girl Blogging in an awesome world.

  

  skills at the MIT Daycare, practicing for my future career in stand ... ?? Crap.) here to tell you about life at this "quirky and special" place. I ... school, hit deer, etc. I couldn't fall asleep my first night at MIT because

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 17, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  This entry has a surprise ending While you wait for decisions to come out, I remind you that people at MIT…

  

  at MIT happens more often than some people do laundry. Best to get it over with, soak up the life lessons, and hope for a brighter future. At ... Hawaii sell Spam.” I, however, sorely lack his flair for distinguishing

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 13, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Deferred Students Update Some Q&A for deferred students.

  

  've got some answers (updated for this year's very competitive EA pool). Is it all over for me? At MIT, a deferral isn't just a "polite rejection ... regular action. You are at no advantage or disadvantage versus the regular

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 18, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Scratches On My Mind A brief introduction, so you'll know why I see MIT the way I do.

  

  Yeah, I know. It's a weird title for a first blog entry. But bear ... points for anyone who can tell me where I got the phrase). We all see the ... , looking at the display on the microwave, while my mother holds me and gives

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • September 20, 2007
• Blog / MISTI

  Last train to Koblenz If I get back by 7:30, I don't need a reservation.

  

  in all the train stations make up a personal itinerary for you listing ... 's apartment in Karlsruhe at around 7:30 PM, expecting to take a train back to Bayer in Leverkusen and get back by around 2 AM at the latest. After all

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW-related whatsits Just some things you might want to know before you arrive tomorrow!

  

  one here for you. At the moment, it is actually snowing in the 02139 ... "starter child" (pre-frosh) for CPW? Is it a personality match or just random ... lots of people at MIT interested in helping you make your college

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 5, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  From The Midst Of Selection A recount of EA selection committee.

  

  day with MadMatt and Nance Nance Revolution to make sure we're ready for committee. That night I edit 50 pages of copy for the new viewbook in preparation for a meeting the next morning. (Lunch: Mass Ave food truck

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Please, Mr. Postman A fair and balanced look at the inbox of a typical MIT student.

  

  's no better way to do that than to look at my webmail inbox--to see ... (wow!) Saturday, 7/16/05: 0 (she was at a wedding, okay?) Sunday, 7 ... is at work and how excited she gets. The standard deviation, however

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 21, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Western Union A celebration of marriage, nanotechnology, and acrophobia in Seattle, WA.

  

  Seattle for the summer (Boeing, Microsoft, etc.) and had dinner at The Crab ... , and are both going to Stanford for grad school. Say it with me now: "Aww ... explanation for why he did this, but it might be that he was just bored. A

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] Why did I come to MIT? by River A. ‘26

  

  realize that at least for me, I won’t know what I am interested in for at ... high school self is yearning for the struggle at MIT. This struggle has ... like though! At MIT, I have explored areas that I never have before in

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 2, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Night Off Campus and some dancing

  

  fails to feel at least slightly terrifying for reasons I'm still trying to ... soul-consuming. Still, on October 10 at 6pm, I can feel my brain starting ... get one. I put on a light jacket, text a friend who wants to meet at

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 21, 2016
• Blog / Events

  An Evening With Pizza, Constipation and Hell-Sucked Villains Written in the style of TWoP’s recappers, to mourn the website’s closing. Weird things may…

  

  With Earth And Life that is the Boston traffic. This at least allows for ... ’s finally the weekend—a four-day weekend at that—but MIT has another thing ... lose a life for each such word. I’m supposed to meet up with my advisor

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • April 24, 2014