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  Like Burger King – Only Not (Guest Entry) That ain't no Etch-a-Sketch. This is one doodle that can't be un-did, homeskillet.

  

  you've had since forever, or you get home after a long trip and just put ... want to get technical about it, CPW served no other purpose for me other ... , "Ohmygods I can't wait to watch bouncy balls fall out of the sky and play in a

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 22, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  I’m leavin’ on a jet plane… and another plane...and another plane...

  

  while I'm traveling!) If you ever get a chance to go, I'd highly recommend ... . Unfortunately, by the time I get there it's pretty late, and (probably due to the ... inconvenience. By about 11:30pm, I finally get to the other hotel, check in, and

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • September 22, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Watch a Webcast! get ya popcorn ready

  

  during our travels, we get to meet amazing students and talk to them in person about what it's like to be a part of MIT. But even MIT hasn ... already knew something about us. So we invited students to tune into a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 14, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  One Last Look Back 201920192019

  

  to get my Brass Rat 12) Unknowingly ended up in a private Sting ... With a little less than an hour to go to 2020, I'm feeling some kind ... , when the future (the one where you have to be a responsible adult and

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 31, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I never want to finish my P.E. requirement MIT PE might be the best thing that's happened in my whole (short) athletic history

  

  class every quarter. It’s a great way to meet new people and get some ... our “daily walk” around the track, followed by a vigorous round of ... pretty psyched to see just how cool the PE offerings at MIT are! A small

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 16, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventures of a Prefrosh: My ‘Year On’ ...and why you should listen to Matt McGann. [by Vicky Thomas '12]

  normal routine. And mine definitely has been. To prove it, here's a play-by ... get back to you quickly! The campus seems a lot quieter now that all of ... "On taking a 'Gap Year'", I remembered that I've been meaning to write

  • by mitblogs
  • April 24, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Exhaustion Guess who's not ready to go to grad school after all

  

  portfolio enough by the end of this year to get a research job in industry ... 've been having a crisis over whether to go to grad school or not. And as ... MIT, but still go on to do an MEng, or do a multi-year grad program

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 5, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What an “OX” means on a transcript and why I currently have two of them

  

  because I wanted to get it over with and be like hardcore but by Thursday ... online to look at your grades you might see the familiar A ... subject, but the O grade can be converted to a grade of OX” and OX

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • January 25, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  Don’t Neglect Your Creative Side And I don't mean the side of you that thinks up math problems while you…

  

  . And now, with the congratulations out of the way, it's time to get to ... technical pursuits. And I've begun to feel a certain yearning to do something ... calculus. You'll enjoy your time here more if you get a full experience

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  I am a hapless klutz Stories about Nobel laureates.

  

  , April, I had to hunt elsewhere (we're moving to a new building in October, and Morgan doesn't want to "waste" grant money on a new ice machine when we're getting a spiffy new one at the new building. Whatever.) So I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 22, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Poetry and Physics You don’t have to get theoretical physics to get Frank Wilczek.

  

  to get Frank Wilczek, as he is also a writer, poet and is known to tell ... there are dues to be paid, you must accumulate a certain number and type ... is a Strange Place, a lecture given by MIT Physics Professor and Nobel

  • by Laurie Everett
  • January 24, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  ramen this is a ramen post.

  

  ). everyone coming to yume wo katare gets a free dream (or choice to not share a ... curry and donkatsu fills your nose and you smile. are you going to get ... 're familiar with another visit, and you've decided to get the worst out of the

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • February 15, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Replying to questions and comments

  

  such a wide audience for my blog! I seem to get a number of alum comments ... : "Did you have to do the lab by yourself? no lab groups? Speaking of which ... 's a good question! The answer is that, for 6.004, you have to write your

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 27, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a semester in glass! i made a lot of things :D

  

  , and by the time I realized I needed it to be a little wider, I could ... 'm very fortunate to get to be a small part of such a wonderful place. ... later part of the class. Taking it a second time helped me get a lot more

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 28, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A Half-Century of Hacking MIT's original hackers are still alive and well, right on campus and just a short…

  

  and everything had to be done by hand. Today, club members design ... If you don't go to MIT, when you think about "hacking," you probably think of nefarious nerds tapping away at Internet terminals, fueled by

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 16, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  people keep leaving their things in my room and other stories from sophomore fall

  

  outside to take a break and get some fresh air. It was, however, raining, so ... getting up at around 2 pm and walking to get a peppermint mocha from ... rug, to get ready for a party, to relax after a long night. For some

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • December 17, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s First Annual Q&A Kidding about the annual part. Catching up with my blog comments... finally!

  

  to get good competitions (all by my own effort) to follow my passions ... million things to get into college. You just have to do a few things that ... regarding my essay to MIT. Basically I want to tell you how being in a small

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 20, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tangential Learning Isn't the point of research to delve into what you don't know?

  

  and I will probably get to work with another language - R, a statistical ... chocolate science). So if you've ever wanted a chance to get some in ... to do a UROP involving research that's tangential to my major

  • by Emad T. '14
  • July 19, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT Medical: A Freshman’s Story Worth sharing.Worth reading.

  

  student gets to see a local doctor, or a local pharmacy, and you or your ... appointment with a doctor (which we had to pay for separately) in order to get ... for a project funded by NASA. He sent me to the library, which got me

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 14, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Film! [by Nathan '14] Documenting Science Through Video and New Media

  

  the MFA to see a screening of the documentary Urbanized. It is by Gary ... growth. I’m not going to give it all away, you should get ahold of a ... how to use serious equipment to create a film. Above is a photo of me

  • by ARTalk
  • November 28, 2011