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• Blog / MIT Life

  Look as good you will not Some summer reading for the nerds out there. Which means all of you.

  

  must find a way to get to Ogana Major on your own. He is waiting for you ... that you can't really get everything out of a movie by reading its ... garbage chute, flyboy!" were brought to the life by the incomparable acting

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 1, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lessons on How to Start a Hard Tech Startup, with Sam Altman hard tech is hard(er).

  

  in 3 months? The answer is to shorten your cycle time by aiming for ... companies, Sam says, is that they can aim to get 10% better every week. Short iteration cycles allow them to get feedback from customers and improve their

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 13, 2016
• Blog / Hacks

  Tricky Questions A follow-up entry to answer all of the 50 million comments I got about the…

  

  . Anyway, it would be cool to do a hack getting some of the faculty involved ... get caught. I guess you'd have to actually get caugh to figure it out ... I don't think it's available on-line, so you'll have to stop by if you

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 20, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  On Friendship how my beliefs have changed over the years

  

  get to choose. My relatives are spread out across the world and the love ... , surrounded by beautiful souls and amazing resources that encourage me to ... In an Uber ride during my freshman year, one of my friends turned to

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • November 2, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer in San Francisco Interning at PlayStation Network

  

  to get practical experience in a software company before even having to ... teammates about whatever I couldn’t figure out on my own. I started to get ... our QA team to integrate my code into our project. By the end of the

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 7, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tuesdays with Menorah, eek! A young boy, a young girl, and life's greatest lesson.

  

  supposed to vote on slogans advertising a party thrown by Hillel, but I do ... !" "It's getting hot in here... so immigrate [sic] to Israel with all your ... was really afraid because your hand has to get really close to the flame

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 28, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  My first music festival It was muddy.

  

  passers-by. Me: Hello! We're trying to get to Floyd; could you help direct us? Woman: Oh, you're trying to get to the festival! Me: Yes! Woman: Oh ... watch out for the Mad Russian once you get to Floyd -- gives a lot of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 5, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Low Balance A epic story of Chinese food, heartbreak, and loss. All because I have no TechCash.

  

  me. I don't register my money situation until I get to the cash ... having to be taken away by the very ambulance I am working by telling her I can't pay for my food. "I, uh... I'll be back.. I just have to.. get

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 18, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick updates Just a few notes -- that's all we have time for right now!

  

  didn't get the email or lost it, let me know in the comments (leave your email address) and I'll get the information to you. It should be fun and ... 'm sorry to say that I don't have any announcements about a decision date yet

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 2, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  For the love of 6.470, Montresor we stayed awake, we built, we conquered

  

  -long vacations to these vicious battles, which are typically organized by winners ... (paradoxically, we will do more to get a free T-shirt than we will for the amount ... As the blogs are quick to harp upon, MIT thrives over the month of

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 5, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Entry: Engineers Without Borders Environmental engineering major Tiffany'12 fills in on international development

  

  offered to temper my usual Course VI nerditude by writing about her ... contamination of critical water sources. By providing the means to basic hygiene ... fun. We get to spray each other with water while prototyping our pump

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 14, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  NSBE MUSE Colloquium my first video

  

  . I promise to get a better camera for my future productions. ;-) ... Last week, I attended the MUSE Colloquium hosted by MIT’s NSBE ... money to help support their continued research. 1st Place won $500: 2nd

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • February 21, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Happy Pi Day!!! 3.14159!

  

  : What do you get if you divide the circumference of a jack-o-lantern by its diameter? A: Pumpkin pi. Don't forget to celebrate Pi Day (3 ... .14159265358979323846264338327950288419716939937510..................... How many digits do you know? More to come later today about how MIT

  • by Bryan
  • March 14, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Interview with Emilienne: The Sophomore who does brain surgery Emilienne has been studying the brain through her UROP in the Fee Lab.

  

  to talk personally with the professors. I was so excited by everyone ... birds called zebra finches, which are known for their ability to sing ... interest me without having to think about grades. I always look forward to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 16, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Summer Reading List The exciting hobby that I never have time for during the school year...

  

  Skloot I want to read at least 12 books by the end of the summer ... realism sort of fashion. But it took me a lot of thinking to even get to ... some point tried to get all of us to read Infinite Jest, which was his

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 5, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  Things I’ve Missed About Home My top six.

  

  difficult to come by in Boston; instead, you get bubble tea. I'm not ... experience that I never would've had without my family pushing me to get in the ... Francisco, just about to fly back to Boston to prepare for FAP (Freshman Arts

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 16, 2008
• Blog / Events

  This School’s Big Game: a fun way to think too hard (how MIT Mystery Hunt works, now in Up-Goer Five)

  

  different ways to use them. You will not get the answers only by guessing ... -surprised by how easy it was to give Up-Goer Five names to these groups of hard ... -problem-making-person did not plan for, or if no checking-person is able to get the right

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • January 25, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  you can’t be everything to everyone you just can't

  

  application after application to get rejection after rejection, and the game i ... some excellent puzzles. it's written by teammate, and i know lots of people who helped write, and they've all been talking to me and asking me

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 8, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  weather and stuff a Californian’s first experience of fall and also other things on my mind

  

  woah woah woah, hold on Fiona, its going to get a whole lot worse in the ... minutes total, no matter where I’m going: I get to leave later and not be ... inspired by Abby’s last post and am going to conclude this blog with a photo

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • October 2, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Interview Deadline Approaching! It's time for applicants to contact their local MIT representative.

  

  to ask. Remember that the interview is not only a way for us to get to know you better, but also a way for you to get to know us better. Show up ... might add: please allow your interviewer some time to get back to you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 11, 2007