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  Bang! Update [3] Gotcha!

  

  It's 11:42 am Eastern time and I'm packing my bags. ¿Porque? The MIT ... guns, gotta love it. I'd never shot before coming to MIT, but pistol ... , MIT is awesome at pistol, and the range is on campus, why not join? I

  • by Snively '11
  • January 25, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thanksgiving in England Celebrating a North American holiday in Britain.

  

  After reading Chris' blog entry about Thanksgiving at MIT, I thought I'd write about celebrating an American holiday in Britain. Although to be honest, instead of thinking, "Wow I've been in England for 2

  • by Cambridge
  • November 24, 2007
• Blog / IAP

  Thanksgiving Reflections Be thankful.

  

  I was looking at the calendar a few days ago and thought to myself, "Wow, I've been in America for three months." To be honest, these three ... things I think about coming to college is complete freedom in learning to

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 24, 2007
• Blog / Events

  17 Days "Hey baby, I motion for an one-on-one unmoderated caucus!"

  

  and best wishes! :) On November 7, I received an email. To be honest, I ... and simple: "Should I be expecting an entry today? ;)" [name omitted by request] Kudos to you and your eagle-eyed observation skills! Indeed, I was

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 12, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Ritual & Ceremony I'll be out of contact the next two weeks as I celebrate a big event.

  

  -- applying to and going off to college -- I, too, have been preparing for another of life's big rituals: getting married. Tomorrow, I will marry an ... following day, she and I will depart for our first trip together as a married

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 14, 2007
• Blog / Hacks

  Where’s Waldo? Hack Attack!

  

  The time is 11:23 am, and I am sitting in the Student Center. Then to in my email inbox I receive this email. From: Friend with the ... motto is: "Have camera, will travel." Off to Killian Court I depart

  • by Bryan
  • December 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  This doesn’t suck It's not particularly great, either. But you could go to Germany!

  

  actually made me wish that I had been born a size zero woman so I could rock ... , WILG also makes me wish I had been born a size zero woman when they hand out free cookies on the first day of classes every term. That was all I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Quick Update I am busy, this is short.

  

  Well, I'm back from Atlantic City and have 3 million things to do in ... said: I think I would just die if I were you... No, really, just to stand ... background of some of the pictures I posted) and the waterpark are jointly

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 16, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Making friends

  

  remember, in my last post I asked for people to provide me with MIT ... close friends?" I'm sure that some of the incoming frosh reading this ... is "I make friends with the people in APO, the Assassins' Guild, the UA

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  No Flip Flops The original title of this entry was "YakTrax."

  

  Massachusetts? With flip flops of course! Try again. While I must say that flip flops are my shoeware of choice, even I have to give in at some point and ... at MIT. I must admit that I also learned a lot of new information

  • by Bryan
  • November 30, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Back From The West Coast ...with thoughts and conclusions on the recent serious posts.

  

  Hi everyone, I am back in town after a crazy day of traveling across ... sporadic during my trip. I've had a chance to think about the recent thread ... issues such as suicide. I respect the sentiments of the original poster

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 8, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  How I got mugged in the frozen foods section. So, MIT is kind of like a turkey and provolone Subway sandwich.

  

  So I was really tired last night. I’d been in northern Michigan ... you know what I mean when I say that I was kind of like the walking dead when I got home, only minus the drool. And when I’m tired, I have kind of

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • January 5, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  chances the point is to let yourself be helped

  

  MIT I consider “successful” and the semesters during which I accepted the most help from and collaboration with others. Freshman spring: I ... became one of my closer friends here. Junior fall: I went to office hours

  • by Kai V. '25
  • November 26, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making Decisions “I don’t know”

  

  , we are going to… well, you’ll see. Danny: “Now, I don't know” is how ... . Allan: Wow, this is actually super apt. I literally just turned on Ghost ... : These “I dont know” conversations have been about both of our

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • November 10, 2017
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Thirteen Things To Do Over IAP: #6-13 Concerning the half I spent in Cambridge

  

  I am aware that it is no longer IAP, but I figure it’s better late ... IAP I took the MIT EMS class to become a certified emergency medical ... shifts during times that you are available. Since I have classes all

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 16, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Urinetown I blame my absence on musical theatre.

  

  At the end of January (our Independent Activities Period) I made a promise to the rational, logic-based region of my brain: a promise that I ... Tool was REALLY fun, and even though I can't sing to save my life, I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 13, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On a Week of IHTFP An Exam Week story. Starring none other than 18.022.

  

  weeks? That's inexcusable for a freshman blogger! So I will have to make ... ). Wonderful? Out of this world? No, the question is... Can you SURVIVE??? I ... MIT's motto is IHTFP - “I Hate This F***ing Place” or “I Have Truly

  • by Marcela R. '13
  • October 28, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Flashback 1.0 What was I like as freshman? Wouldn't you like to know.

  

  am I? I'm Laura, and in my first entry ever, I introduced myself to the blogosphere. (I still really like that entry, it's definitely worth a read if ... ? When I do get to MIT, I'm planning to declare Course 2 (Mechanical

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Walk Across Rhode Island 12 hours, 33 miles, a million aches and pains

  

  Last Sunday, some friends and I walked across the state of Rhode ... . So they did! I heard stories of the Walk when I met Xavier this summer ... people from MIT and Brown University to walk the Walk again. I was super

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 14, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  The Art of Trying New Things V.2

  

  In my sophomore fall, I wrote the art of trying new things, where I wrote about all the clubs and classes I was doing. I've decided to revisit ... class is honestly the one I'm least excited about because I really, really

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 2, 2022