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  Random Hall REX! Residence Exploration events at Random Hall. Your orientation booklet is WRONG. :D

  

  of Pancakes, and you don't have to drive to get here. See how much ... Random Hall family is being abruptly replaced by strangers who still trip over the step to the front door—you! Hello, incoming freshmen! new

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 26, 2012
• Blog / Events

  MacGyvering Bacon-tine’s Day decathlon brought to you by a paperback, a sledgehammer, and a scooter

  

  tendency to sit fascinated for hours by the refraction of light through pens ... granted by the structure of a shoestring's weave, internal discussions on particularly weird or ironic evolutionary imperatives, or by producing really

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 15, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Remnants of Four Years What happens when you have to start packing

  

  getting serious and deciding what to keep.  It also means unearthing things ... have to pack up your life from the past four years.  No more of this, "I ... about.  Free t-shirts seem to be for everything at MIT; classes

  • by Becca H. '12
  • June 6, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Quick Update I am busy, this is short.

  

  breaks. Besides, I get to do awesome stuff no one else gets to do, like ... Well, I'm back from Atlantic City and have 3 million things to do in ... to 1.5 million things per day. Which is why this entry is short. Sanja

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 16, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  fun. the band, but also the form

  

  classroom on Tuesday morning and had to run to get there. I went to an extra ... thing I have to report to old friends: I’m doing better now, I still get ... are emotions I don’t think I want to get all out right now, and probably

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 11, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  The Day Before Selection Begins "Tell us about something you do for the pleasure of it."

  

  Sorry for the blog vacation guys. We're scrambling to get ahead in our work before we retreat to selection committee tomorrow. (Don't get ... to become 100% about getting into college, which is wrong, wrong, wrong

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 15, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Leaving home…

  

  eagerness to get the hell out of the desert, I lost sight of the foundation ... , getting my favorite takeout food. Driving to the airport this morning (a ... travelling.] For months, I've been looking forward to the day I'd be leaving

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 28, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Measurements How do you measure a year in the life?

  

  Campus to the Z-Center one day when my favorite song of the musical theatre ... measure a year, I began to wonder what units I use to measure my life. The first quantity that came to mind was distance and the easiest unit of

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • October 21, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Did you know about this? This is big.

  

  presidential debate bingos and register to vote parties. Well, I've been getting ... to this system by an Interstate Compact. Hawaii, New Jersey, Maryland ... . Regardless of where you stand, you should read through it to get a sense. I

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 29, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Cancer Research The history and future of cancer research at MIT.

  

  's contributions to cancer research. I'll reprint it below: Even without a medical ... research, from the isolation of the first human cancer genes to the development of a technique for delivering chemotherapy directly to a tumor

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 29, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sunsets Academics at the other Cambridge.

  

  The sun always seems to hover near eye level. It gets a bit ... over, you've gotten more work than you know what to do with, and a ... day last week. This is non-trivial because I like to, and usually do

  • by Cambridge
  • November 13, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Hitchhiker’s Guide to CPW DON'T PANIC.

  

  few other things you should know. #1: Get to know your host. For the ... Vogon airlock with a man from Betelgeuse, and about to die of asphyxiation in deep space, that I really wish I'd listened to what my mother told

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 5, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Siete Ciudades de España A very busy IAP

  

  of cultural exposure. After class, we were free to get lunch at the ... in high school, and I hope to be trilingual by the time I leave. And ... is the best opportunity I have to go abroad. College is one of the most

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 6, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Sue me, I’m a multicellular organism snob

  

  , Adam and I headed to the Museum of Science -- MIT students get in free ... Columbus Zoo. I managed to make my annual trip to the zoo last summer, but since I won't be home at all this summer, I'm stuck getting piecemeal

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / MISTI

  10:31 I wrote this entry on my iPhone about two minutes after boarding the 11:10 train…

  

  little too long waiting at the station JUST before I had to get off. (Of ... didn't know where I was and only had 12 minutes to get to a bus I didn ... more infuriating than that, only took me up the block. To get an idea of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 29, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I Scrapbook Sometimes Stickers!!!

  

  post, but I did not get to post about any of my own pages. Here is a look ... and stress-reducing to sit down on the floor and put stickers on pages ... you have some stickers and are feeling overwhelmed, get some pretty

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 17, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I don’t like SPAM! Technology to the rescue!

  

  I know you’re already thinking to yourself, “Where is Dave going to ... with Bacon!*)? Perhaps a photo of SPAM carved to resemble some bit of ... much to bear. You can relax, because today I’m taking the high road

  • by Dave McOwen
  • October 6, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Selection? They're selecting the earlies...

  

  the next few days with some photos and such. Try to get some rest ... 'd better get out of there once I had my picture so they could go home and ... telling you not to worry, to think about other things, to just trust that it

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 3, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Riddle Me This The return of the puzzles.

  

  "How do I get to New Amsterdam?" "Just follow that road and don't be afraid if you see something unfamiliar." Whatever happened to fair dealing ... stifling. We just couldn't wait to get out of the place. (13) Enjoy!

  • by Bryan
  • October 14, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Epilogue An open letter about blogging, growing up, and the end of my first year at…

  

  profession? Sorry to those of you who have actual careers like car-washing and running lemonade stands. I'll get a real job someday.) Moments of pain are ... the latest tides of prefrosh, but nonetheless I do want to totally sound

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • May 21, 2009