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  Dance ‘Til You Drop 53rd planning a 53-year old party i've never even been to

  

  living group, the Burton Third Bombers, on [annotation note="the weekend of the Boston Marathon"]the Sunday of Patriot's Day weekend.[/annotation] The party is open to the entire MIT campus and features a hack and a

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 3, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  Spoofy Spooky Stories MIT is ~haunted~

  

  cast sharp shadows across the road, cutting gashes of total darkness. Bushes extended branches onto the sidewalk like long, skinny fingers about ... you who are applying to MIT EA, the deadline tomorrow is probably one of

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • October 31, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Painting with the Colors of the Wind reflections on the first MIT semester

  

  We need to sing with all the voices of the mountains. We need to paint with all the colors of the wind. — Pocahontas from Pocahontas I ... the ear buds. Dimmed cabin lights are perfect for introspection. My

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 23, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The other 2 of the 3 R’s About reading and writing on campus -- forget the 'rithmetic.

  

  Trivia: What is the name of MIT's literary magazine, and which MIT Admissions blogger is its Editor-in-Chief? [answer at the end of the entry ... "a new magazine" which "spotlights exemplary writing from the first

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Let the good times roll here is where my summer adventures take place

  

  Here's the skinny on my summer. I got a fellowship from the MIT Public Service Center to intern with a non-profit in Hawaii on the Big ... and July). Now, for the meat-n-bread of what I’m doing, check out this

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • June 18, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Unfolding of Language Your high school English teacher may hate it, but "gonna" really is a word.

  

  So, here it is, the inaugural post in my new book review blog idea. The whole idea was in fact inspired by one of my random "pick a book off the shelf because it looks kind of cool" library trips. Linguistics is

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Putting The Pieces Together: Hacking at MakeMIT in which four biological engineers spend 16 straight hours making something

  

  butterfly that chugs along the top of a giant golden cardboard stag head ... the world of “making” by signing up for MakeMIT, even though they had no ... create to their hearts’ content for 16 straight hours. Hosted in the

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • March 12, 2017
• Blog / Residential Life

  All the 2019 i3 videos megapost your annual Interactive Introduction to the Institute

  

  As a part of MIT's unconventional housing assignment process, the ... the assistance of the MIT guide to residences. One major component of this process are the so-called Interactive Introduction to the Institute

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 30, 2019
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Are the Arts active on campus?

  the arts, and more than half of all MIT undergrads enroll in arts ... . Arts on the MIT campus are rooted in experimentation, risk taking, and imaginative problem solving. The MIT School of Architecture and Planning offers
• Blog / Events

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

  

  goes to Xiaoyue Xie '15) Because many MIT undergrads live in the same ... French House. Nous avons beaucoup de traditions. Towards the end of fall semester, we hold Dîner de Noël, a fancy formal dinner. We decorate the

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

  I’m Not Normal About Friends (Part 1) i lost six nights of sleep to perform amateur data analysis on a sitcom

  

  be an innocuous little break from the stress-inducing shows that I usually choose to watch like The Bear or Black Mirror. Then out of the blue ... sucked into the Friends zone. I love the show. Don't know what Friends

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 25, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  hold me (but not too close) on writing the full-length play

  

  was not awkward, and everything worked out fine in the end. Every once in a while, I’d open my eyes and check the clock, just to see that only ... that dream. I would continue the simulation in my mind until I fell

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 7, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What is a zonotope? yes this is a post about math

  

  What is a zonotope? Get a sheet of paper and draw some vectors in the ... [annotation note="What do these colors remind you of? Google? The MBTA ... vectors. Here, we’ll go with the order red, orange, green, blue. Draw the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 1, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Riddles, Research, and Nerds with Power Tools My week.

  

  entry, and the past seven days have been quite hectic indeed. Even though it's IAP, the MIT tradition of "work hard, play hard" absolutely still applies, although I suppose the definition of work is a little more flexible

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 24, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  chasing the aurora a celestial hunt

  

  This past Friday evening, I wished I didn't want to see the aurora because the trip seemed logistically inconvenient, I was tired, and I had ... the beautiful is one I can't pass on. [caption id="attachment_100807

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • May 13, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The MIT Spring Concert An annual tradition bringing famous bands to campus.

  

  Today is the official beginning of Spring Weekend at MIT. The highlights include the always-popular International Fair ("I-Fair"), the colorful Holi festival, AXO LipSync, and the Fierce Forever drag show. But

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 23, 2008
• Blog / Class Projects

  The Best and Worst Places to 💩 on Campus

  

  drop it 3/4ths of the way through the semester). One of the assignments ... tool, or a visualization of some dataset.  We had the choice to make either some social bot, tool, or dataset + visualization for the project. I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 9, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Parting Remarks Part II: The Blogger Bio That Was I just graduated!

  

  The original premise for this blog post was that I would dissect the ... or September of 2016. I thought, in the style of my last blog post, I ... would reply to the prompt "Tell me about yourself." The title and subtitle

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 30, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  A Day at the Beach: Quick Trips From MIT The ocean is only a short train ride or drive away!

  Growing up in the Midwest, my "beach" experiences consisted of the ... (or going to college) in the Boston area is a real luxury because the ... longer. Even better, many of them are accessible via the commuter rail

  • by mitblogs
  • October 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  An Overture to the Commencement of a Very Rigid Journey Sam's Mom dubs me Sami-stop-spleening-me!, because I am always spleening her.

  

  Very shortly, Sam's Mom and I will be on the road to Cambridge. So, I ... . I think the trailer's actually a little encouraging... it's understandable that they're leaving out all the Trachimbrod parts from the novel

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 27, 2005