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• Blog / Hacks

  An Olympic Hack Floating rings above Brigg's Field?

  

  Upon entering MIT, every freshman gets a list of "101 Things To Do Before You Graduate", which varies a slightly by academic year (for example ... have their own lengthy Wikipedia page, in addition to a chronology at

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • February 9, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  New Kid on the Blogs Claim your place. Make your mark. Live your dreams.

  

  - but most of the time I still like to think of myself as a normal guy who ... 'm proud to say I was born and raised in South Bend, Indiana, a smallish city ... as my surrogate hometown, I still cling to a few Midwestern habits that

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 8, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friday A day in the life.

  

  note to get those wheelie shoes prepubescent boys wear. 10:00 AM: Stand ... ". 12:23 PM: Group digresses to discuss whether a third nipple is considered a disease or not. 12:24 PM: Group is laughed at by recitation TA

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Culture Shock

  

  Adelaide and when I told her, "Hey, I'm about to get to Mass Ave, I'm at ... time to sleep lately, let alone blog, but I just thought I'd give a quick ... athlete knows, Day 3 of getting back into shape is by far the most painful

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 21, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Yay CPW! I'm just trying to see how many blog entries we can get in the RSS…

  

  getting to meet a lot of you, but it was exhausting- I lived in the Burton ... ." [This entry was brought to you by the following quote: "I look forward to ... CPW is finally over, which basically means I'm back to sleeping again

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Since U Been Gone While I was out, the world changed. (UPDATED)

  

  that it would be best not to chance it, even with a concurrent entry by ... Chris '09 to see Alaina E'09 and Allison E'07. Despite getting lost AGAIN (Google Maps, you're on my enemies list), I had a spectacular time getting

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 1, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Knife fight with a biker gang Best blog entry EVER. If you think I'm kidding, let me just say: Gory photos…

  

  at MIT Medical and may have to splint my teeth or even get a root canal ... that is going to have to take a back seat in order for me to document to ... to a bloody pulp with my awesome newfound kickboxing skills. I'd almost

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 18, 2007
• Blog / Personal Travel

  summer 2021

  

  just go to 7/11 and get a spam musubi. Any shrimp truck on North Shore ... 'd wake up at 5:30am to get ready for my 6am-2pm work day (Hawai'i is three ... shop at Don Quijote, and then go back. By the time I'd get home, it'd be

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 5, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer On-Campus No exams woohooooo

  

  schedule. I used to watch a lot of the Media Lab's content back in middle ... absolutely crushed during my fall semester when I have to take it as a class ... "going to a dead guy's house," I visited the house of poet Henry Wadsworth

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 8, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pressing Pause Taking a moment before the beginning of spring semester

  

  FUTURE for a moment, and take time to get back your energy, hold the reset ... IAP--Independent Activities Period--is soon coming to a close! Spring ... credits to Ayesha B. ‘18 (my fantastic roommate). I do not actually own a

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 3, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Chalk of the Week chalk art at the welcome center

  

  This summer, I got a side gig to put up chalk art in the Welcome ... wondering how large of a range of places people are coming from to visit the ... board with beavers, but I was getting hungry so I put up a speech bubble

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • July 27, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Value of Creativity Sí, se puede.

  

  Spanish essay due tomorrow and 5.12 to study for, but I feel I must get this ... to seek extra help?" are a few of the common questions that are running ... child?" "Does she need a test prep course?" "Do we need to hire a college

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 6, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Big Questions and Small Scientists The kids I volunteer with are magical.

  

  . I was getting a tuberculosis skin test, which I needed in order to ... -year-old a short bus ride away. One day, while I was explaining how to add ... partner and I were supposed to teach a group of kids (ages 6-8ish) about

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 27, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Of MUN and Academia What is Course X in Chinese?

  

  exams. In a word, sophomore standing isn't very difficult to get, if that ... Sometime in the last month, I was forwarded a request to blog about ... Intensive). A side note: you're actually required to take a CI class during

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy Birthday, Simmons Hall! 20 things I’m grateful for in my dorm

  

  a funky-looking dorm is that I can always find my way back to it by ... lounge Having a lounge space to hang out with friends is integral to my ... a different dorm – and still go to the lounge and fit in. 9

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 4, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life as a Physics Major- Research and Junior Lab(Part 2) Long and verbose. But I hope you find time to read it.

  

  last experiment a week into the next. Also, it's killer to get behind ... introduction to physics@mit. This entry has been a while coming. I started ... trips, and guitar hero III. I learned how to ski; I beat a song on hard; I

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • January 29, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Human Factor And String Theory Two links to start your weekend.

  

  are pretty busy by day, but at night we've been heading to this sports ... . This trip will conclude my fall travel season, so I'll get back to ... links to tide you over: First, The Human Factor is a video that MIT has

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 26, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’ve got questions, I’ve got answers

  

  have a question. Do you have to get a high score on standerized testings ... Orientation?" You know, to refresh my memory, I created a thread on College ... you should already know about if you're an incoming frosh. You get to

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  My Summer in Japan Tokyo, Spaceships, and Lots of Ramen

  

  worked on analyzing a lot of data from Mission 1 to better inform our ... to a mind-boggling temperature to mimic the sun’s heat and then shook them around a bunch to mimic take-off.  The other team I worked with was

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 1, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fame Discover Magazine tries to cash in on this whole "turkey into oil" craze that I…

  

  your school library or something if you get the chance--it's a nicely ... DID YOU KNOW? America's fastest competitive eater is Sonya Thomas, a ... this month. How sweet is that? Anything Into Oil By Brad Lemley

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 5, 2006