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  If the Obama were a unit of measure . . . . . . what would it measure?

  

  . The first thing I noticed, surprisingly, was the amount of room the news ... Jab!" Try JibJab Sendables® eCards today! The gravity of this whole thing ... , and is the talk of campus. . . President Obama came and visited on

  • by Snively '11
  • October 25, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] On Food and Cooking at MIT, Semester 1 fantastic dishes and how to cook them

  

  . This is the flavor from the bonfire of the first men, the flavor of ... biology does help a bit, as in the case of removing small bones from a whole ... of food. As the legendary French chef Auguste Escoffier once said, “la

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 8, 2020
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  SHASS Hack feminist hacktivism

  

  few comments from members of SHASS. Before the area was hacked, the ... with the values inherent in the choices of this display and are recreating it to better reflect the diverse departments and people of SHASS

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 4, 2023
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  An Admissions Excavation Chris gave me a box of stuff and this is what I found inside

  

  of the whole box. There was a whole CD filled with MIT museum photos ... /label/digitize everything but that’s less interesting). So, here are some of the coolest ... ? (Edit: I've recieved confirmation from a couple of alums in the comments

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 17, 2014
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  [Guest Post] We’re Not in ~Kansas~ Missouri Anymore Going From a Small Town to Boston, by Claire S. '25

  

  of the larger Small Town and Rural Student (STARS) Network, which aims ... ’m writing this in my dorm room overlooking the city of Boston. Ultimately, I decided to sacrifice the comfort of a small town for all MIT had to offer

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 17, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  We Should Take This Final and Push It Somewhere Else you'll need a lot of mOXie

  

  back to the first week of class because I didn’t feel ready. Much to my ... Even though we’re only two weeks into the start of the Spring semester, I have already taken a final exam. In the midst of sitting down for

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • February 14, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  My Gap Year Part One: The good, the great, and the very, very dumb.

  

  ancient, feel the wonder that soaks the pages of books I read years ago. I ... now and then, I’d stare out the window -- of my car, of a plane, of a ... , the fun and stupid anecdotes of road tripping up the west coast, working

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 4, 2020
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  Applying to College vs. Applying to Jobs yes you heard me, the application process NEVER ENDS

  

  Most of the readers of this blog post are, in all likelihood ... thought the process of applying to semi-elite institutions ended after ... like applying to colleges, you have to apply to a whole bunch of jobs

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 6, 2019
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  Burton-Conner’s Renovation: A Saga on friendships that transcend shitty infrastructure

  

  usage of just the Conner side instead of the whole dorm, but that raised ... whole lot of coordination between BC exec and the resident body, we were ... of our living group. The entire time, I could only marvel at how

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 6, 2020
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  Advice From The Elderly My last blog entry, at least from this chapter.

  

  To the class of 2016 - My name is Jess, and I graduated in 2010 ... food that has fallen on the floor. I am probably the age of some of your ... undergrad [Janet] if she had seen Silence of the Lambs, which came out in 1991

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 25, 2012
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  All I Ever Really Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten (and at MIT)

  

  sure I owned one in first grade), but a reflection of respect for the ... this one. :)] The other day I was hanging out with one of my best ... of what he is like, he taught my little brother (who was four at the

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • June 24, 2013
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  Classes, by the Group Chats and their potential replacement, Interstellar!

  

  At the start of each semester, I typically join Facebook Messenger ... fall! Interstellar was created by four students in the class of 2022 ... Canvas, so Stellar might be in the procss of getting phased out. Regardless

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 27, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Penny for Your Thoughts pennies

  

  - "'The whole is greater than the sum of it's parts'. You're not just the ... winter and the slew of second semester tests starting to take its toll. It ... a rejection. Or perhaps you were accepted and are worried of the

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 14, 2015
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  dear frosh: here are the things we want you to know a firehose of advice from upperclassmen: tips and tricks for freshman year

  

  it (I made it through the first few weeks off of free food because I ... . I added some of my own advice. Then I organized everything into the ... sense at the moment. A lot of items contradict each other. Here is the

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 13, 2015
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  “You know what would be cool?” some pizza would be a start...

  

  't click further than the Notable Alumni page to see a good number of people ... That phrase is probably the most uttered string of words I hear. It ... the more unsung parts of MIT: People here are very clever. You see

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 8, 2009
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  Boomeranging The day before classes start is Registration Day. It’s also the day we welcome readmitted…

  

  the fourth time I’ve sat on the Returning Student Luncheon panel of… the ... current batch of returning students (who I’ll call “the returners” from here ... when you meet her, and she spends a lot of her time making sure the

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • September 14, 2014
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  study spots at MIT not exactly places to cry, but they'll do

  

  I could be exploring a new and fascinating part of the institute I ... embarked on a quest to document the best study spots at MIT. most of these ... .2%) I also asked them to choose the most important characteristics of a

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 5, 2023
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  Avatar and Desserts Exploring Food Art

  

  ?"][/annotation] . First, all of them had distinctive visuals (the cave, Katara’s bending ... to the side of the chocolate mousse in the first dessert but there wasn ... episodes. Here are some pictures. The rest of the blog is me explaining how

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • December 10, 2020
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  College Shopping List Everybody do the shopping cart!

  

  healthier, better-tasting and cheaper. AND LOADS OF FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY ... Welcome to the scary world of College Shopping. Who knows what you ... . I bought all of this ahead of time except for the pillows just because

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 26, 2007
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  Some Advice Sometimes I wish I could tell freshman-me that everything's going to be okay

  

  pass the time ended up being a 2000+ word stream-of-consciousness. So I ... 'll be happy to hear from you. 2) The first people you meet in a new place ... where you instantly figure out what you want to do for the rest of your

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 20, 2015