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• Blog / Academics & Research

  I will, I will set this schedule on fire This has been a long time coming. Text- and picture-heavy! Link- and acronym-happy! Take it…

  

  upcoming term. It hurt me to do it; 9.15, only offered in alternate fall terms, was the class I was looking forward to the most. The problem ... is exactly what I'll have to do very soon. It'll be a huge comedown

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 10, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Once upon a time Who I was in high school.

  

  everyone always come to you for help, expect the best from you, etc ... with the caveat that memories are believed to be strongly modified by later experience. So I'm going to try and cite from primary sources (that

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Presenting…the 2008 Brass Rat!!! As the only sophomore blogger, it is my duty, no, pleasure, to describe the unveiling…

  

  As the only sophomore blogger, it is my duty, no, pleasure, to ... really dreadful rodent problem. To draw attention to this ever-growing infestation, one rat is chosen out of the many scurrying about campus to be

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 11, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Humans 101 @ MIT introductory SHASS classes this fall and recapping the lightning talks

  

  purpose of the list is to provide admitted students with a basic roadmap to the SHASSy side of MIT as they try to navigate the Institute and figure ... : Anthropology 21A.00 Introduction to Anthropology: Comparing Human Cultures; HASS

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 26, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Trumpeting for Assassins I get to watch each presidential assassination. Live. Over and over again.

  

  In fifth grade, everyone at my school had to pick an instrument to ... playing every instrument in turn, and the teachers would rate us from 1 to ... and picked up a trumpet. And got a 10. I assume it was for managing to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 26, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Latke vs. Hamentashen Debate: LiveBlog FOOD FIGHT!

  

  8:02 pm I'm here in 26-100 getting ready to watch the 2008 Latke Vs ... . I'm going to try to semi-flow this debate, keeping you updated on all ... scarce because of how hard it is to take, compress, crop, upload, and

  • by Snively '11
  • March 5, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Rats ! Foiled Again !

  

  to expecting a lot of myself, and I was a bit baffled when I just ... ’t suppress the desire to go back just 48 hours, so I could’ve slept just a bit ... could’ve transported myself back to pre registration, to change my course

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • April 3, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  (Not) Home for the Holidays a very late Thanksgiving post…

  

  ="108229" /] In honor of holiday meals at home, I want to share a holiday meal away from home. Aka, it’s finally time to post my (extremely belated ... ’ve decided to remedy that in as overzealous a fashion as possible. I

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 3, 2025
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Snippets of Iceland some rhymes from spring break

  

  2024 has been quite a year for the Sun—in addition to the total solar ... friends and I decided to travel to Iceland!! This was my first time ever ... ! We planned out an itinerary, booked a hotel, found places to eat, and

  • by Allison E. '27
  • April 17, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  on fitness, health, and food a couple of moments over the years

  

  member who was fat was something I wasn't really allowed to forget. It ... and headstrong as this person was reduced to merely their number on the ... : how close to last am I for PE team picks? Physical education was, to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 24, 2022
• Blog / IAP

  In The City That Never Sleeps NEEEEEEEEW YORK CIIIIIIIIITY

  

  This IAP, I was originally supposed to take an MIT class called ... ever beautiful Madrid, Spain. However, obviously, due to omicron, I am not in Spain and I was left with effectively nothing to do this IAP

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 17, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You should get this bundle right now definitely clickbait

  

  game bundle to tell you that you should buy it. Here's a list of some of the games I've enjoyed from it that'll hopefully convince you to get it ... , which I also wrote about. You upgrade a slot machine to make rent payments

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 8, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  fun facts about random stuff sometimes i just like learning new things

  

  -quite-potato thing that I’ve been doing is trying to learn a lot of trivia — time on ... have a lifelong goal of trying to make it onto Jeopardy, and so I view all of this random-fact-learning as somewhat productive c: To be clear

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • January 5, 2021
• Blog / Announcements

  An MIT Community Vigil for Black Lives

  

  , and the nation, to do better. So I wanted to make sure we shared it here ... . If you don't have time to watch the full video, you can [annotation ... to say about the struggle for racial justice in America today, they

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 4, 2020
• Blog / Events

  APPLE BAKE channeling midterm stress into baking, sculpting, and completely destroying apples for decades

  

  of Burton-Conner compete to create the best apple dishes and apple art ... to note on the entry form what you swapped!) Apple Core of my Floor ... addition to a set of custom-designed Apple Bake mugs for the top five winners

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 5, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  What is Simmons Hall Like? part of my freshman year experience

  

  MIT Logo on it. Next to my birthday cake were two robotic arms (the ones that Iron Man talks to in his workshop), which I assembled (from ... of my soon-to-be home: Simmons. Let's talk a bit about this lovable

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 16, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Recapping Trashion 2015 sustainable fashion == trashion

  

  over to the student center to a different committee, this time to judge ... organizers invited me back to judge again this year, along with Professor John ... bag twist ties to add detail along the neckline. This is supposed to be

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 18, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Deadline where I attempt to reason through an approaching all-nighter

  

  , have coordinated their Problem Sets to be due in almost symmetrical time ... freshman Orientation, although that seems too far removed to tell. Challenges come in bursts and send an electrifying signal to the brain. "12

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 17, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Trendy Reif Strikes Again this time with the ALS bucket challenge.

  

  university president. My favorite example of such continues to be MIT President ... sclerosis, aka Lou Gherig's disease. The challenge is to dump ice water on yourself, donate $100 to the ALS Association, or do both, and then publish

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 26, 2014
• Blog / Hacks

  Laser Graffiti I found something cool on the way home.

  

  leapt onto a bench for a better view, trying to figure out which room in ... : before disappearing again. Back to blank wall. We figured that someone ... , climbed up to the top floor (we figured out where the source was) and found

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 28, 2013