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• Blog / MIT Life

  Talking to Strangers

  

  before I fly back to Cambridge tomorrow morning. I’m on my own for now; my ... I spent the morning in a café, working. I planned to get things done ... , discarded my plans to see the city. I wanted to get inside. My sense of safety

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 14, 2014
• Blog / Hacks

  Giving Laura an assist

  

  with administrators to get the harsh new policy replaced with this policy ... '? Friends of mine were also put off by the use of 'hack' for real ... . So is anyone ever going to update the online IHTFP hack gallery? I get

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  New stuff on MyMIT, and more

  

  lecture, this time by Wolfgang Ketterle (though I had him for freshman physics, so I got to hear him speak 3x/week). Admitted students, log into ... I'm back in Boston now after two trips to Washington, DC in the past

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 18, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Party of One A fun day trip idea when you're getting tired of homework.

  

  throughout New England. Hop on board and see how to take some time off ... Au Bon Pain, incorrectly referred to by many as the "French Mc ... for you, a la sub sandwich shop) on my way to the T. Descending the

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 25, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  i feel completely fine and maybe that's okay

  

  everybody who I have left on read this summer; I promise I'll get back to you eventually."]instead of getting back to the people I need to get back to ... sparing a thought for all the woes which continue to sit in the back of my

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • August 12, 2022
• Blog / Study Abroad

  From One Cambridge To The Other A year away from the Institute

  

  did this mean getting to spend some time in Europe but it also meant a ... From EC to Trinity Hall Last year First East was graced with a ... enthusiastic 6-1 major with a propensity to semi-conductor electronics, Rob was

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 12, 2013
• Blog / Events

  MIT PUMPKIN DROP 2012! chucking pumpkins off the highest building in cambridge. that's an exclamation mark, not a factorial.

  

  midnight.  At 8 pm, they go around and beg for candy from dorm desk workers: (I was supposed to be a Wellesley girl.  No, I was not prepared for ... Saturday before Halloween - they watch hundreds of pumpkins get tossed off

  • by Michael C. '16
  • October 28, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Monday a detailed documentation

  

  by a carefully selected playlist. I look forward to the commute for ... :00 → Second UROP meeting! Same place, different project. For this one, I get to ... 10:30 → Wake up. Panic. No time for real breakfast. It’s too early to

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 27, 2015
• Blog / Summer

  The Courage to Change Even Through the [Tough] Mud[der]

  

  get back into running. I’ve been on break for too long, and it’s time to ... yet.  So now I know I need to make a change. But how? How do I get out ... strong enough to get things done on my own, and I shouldn't need help. In

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 11, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Aiden Wrapped a year in review

  

  only being exposed to new movies when one reasonably good one comes out ... saw them violate that churro. We all watched the edits to Brat by Charli ... interest in genetics and bio for me as a career path, so to that I owe it

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • December 3, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  You’re Not That Old [by Elise '14] Not having done it before should be a reason to try, as…

  

  you get to MIT, you’ll have had about eighteen years (or less for ... ’ve spent your whole life being told to try new things and find what you like ... time to learn a new skill. It’s okay to be a n00b at age eighteen

  • by ARTalk
  • June 17, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A New MIT “Alum” Many fictional characters are MIT alumni; the newest is Jessica Alba's Sue Storm in "Fantastic…

  

  ... Of course, it's nothing new for a film or other work of fiction to establish credibility for a character by giving them an MIT degree. Here are ... On Friday morning, I was reading the New York Times review of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 10, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Special Edition! Speaking of Valentine's Cards . . .

  

  for fun," referencing "All Star" by Smash Mouth, the song I was ... -day cards signed by all the bloggers. This means that we sat down, faced an ... many times can get a little repetitive and even confusing (after about

  • by Snively '11
  • February 14, 2009
• Blog / IAP

  Samantha: The Automated Nerf Gun Turret a personal project by raymond t. '23

  

  . Essentially, MIT students get the month of January off to do whatever we please ... lot of torque due to its size. The Nerf Gun In order for this to work, Raymond had to get a hold of a fully automated, fully electronic nerf gun

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 3, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hi, I’m Lulu ...a different kind of blogger; I take pictures.

  

  I was 8, and then to several other places before settling down in New ... classes I'd like to take at MIT and realized I'd be here for 8 years. So I ... what? I'm here by popular demand so tell me what you want to see! If you

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / Class Projects

  The Semester I Played With Chocolate and Ants for a Technical Class Inflatable Chocolate Balloons + Ants as Architects

  

  semester to create an object and then turn the object into a vessel. For a ... for context) For the first half of this class, we had to take a ... to create a 3D object, and discover something new about the process

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • October 7, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Bloggers Wrapped 2019 aka i harvest everybodys data, my favorite pastime

  

  to listen to their new album over and over to learn the songs for a ... cheap to pay for the full version, lol"]too impatient[/annotation] to wait for Spotify to give me a glimpse once a year, so I use last.fm to track

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 11, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  What has carcinogenic chemicals, alum bloggers, and ~art~? embracing my inner hipster

  

  , although by the end of it my arms were thankful for the digital photography ... student, but I have to study for my 7.012 midterm right now) So until next ... Some people can draw. My friend Alison, for example, drew this

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 29, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Application season

  

  With the Regular Action deadline just days away, I want to wish all the best to the regular action applicants in finishing up their application materials. Try to get it done soon so you can have a rockin' New

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview: 10/20 Approaches Some thoughts on the interview, as the EA deadline nears.

  

  opportunity for MIT to get to know the real you. Also, I recommend Mitra ... Friday (October 20). So, if you haven't yet, go on to MyMIT, get your EC ... in the next month, because once Thanksgiving hits, things start to get

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 17, 2006