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• Blog / Athletics

  (K)onstantly not good enough baby's first sabremetrics

  

  shine of an oncoming linebacker's helmet and gets so distracted by how ... Patriots lost to the Giants. It was pretty painful. But the midst of it all - and in between flashbacks to the Superbowl-That-Didn't-Happen - I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 7, 2011
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Last night in Haiti I have about three hours to sleep until we have to catch our flight out…

  

  point to get back before dark, since some of our professors were concerned ... -Au-Prince when we get back to Boston. Tomorrow we'll leave, but the street vendors ... night to see by the light of one little light bulb. Maybe it only takes

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 1, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Odds and ends and Canada A study break, plus some other highlights of the week

  

  slices of bacon, which was equivalent to a 6-unit course in Not Getting ... 's study break should be Canada. Come to Foo at 22:47 and donate your ... , it's a time for residents to get together, enjoy free food, live up to

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 12, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  One Thing I Love About MIT… Is how easy it was to use an assignment to pick up a cool internship.

  

  homework means significantly more time to be creative and pursue passions (at ... ’s backyard). I'd like to share how I found myself working for this 1.5 year old ... ). The term-long project (and ~40% of our grade) was to write a detailed

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • January 5, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Drawing from Life "is that the boldest stroke you can make?"

  

  sessions: getting to observe and be inspired by other people's processes ... much depth and motion she's able to get in such little time with charcoal ... ! “Love is being willing to ruin your good painting for the chance at a

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • June 28, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waiting How about 'em EA decisions?

  

  or brush it aside, it’s easy to get bogged down in the details from ... it, you’re likely to reach a crescendo of anxiety. After that moment ... nine long months to birth with a lot of snarling and kicking around. On

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 13, 2013
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  It’s all right. It’s just a small pebble in your path. Just a tiny pebble. The place you want to be is farther than this, right? That’s why it’s ok…you can get up and immediately continue on…” - Guts (actually

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Things That Have Happened To Me Recently in no particular order

  

  next batch came out fine. But then I ruined them by trying to turn them ... of the new ones. You might be too young to remember this (oh God), but ... The other day I tried to hard-boil eggs for the first time. The first

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • January 28, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What’s happening with Senior House The thing that happened, why the thing is upsetting, and what can hopefully be done

  

  emails regarding the same Thing, the same event, the same new information ... House community,” and I felt that discrepancy did well to set the tone for ... about this in public channels by residents, alumni, friends of the Haus

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • June 13, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Reuse Poetry Giving things away

  

  was mispronouncing the name of a continent, or the way I refused to call class and majors by their course numbers my first few weeks here, because it felt elitist to speak in a code no one outside MIT could understand

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • July 13, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Stuff that happened on Pi Day (besides decisions) pastries and pie-ings from around the institute

  

  . Pie Kits from Clover To celebrate all the hard work done by the whole ... Museum took advantage of the day to announce their new home at...314 Main ... kit from Clover Food Lab to make cranberry pies. [carousel image1

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 16, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cool Classes

  

  Course 9 majors, with a heavy systems neuroscience focus. You get to play ... Nicole R. asked: "What have been some of your favorite classes at MIT ... a variety of departments, have been... 9.00 Intro to Psychology (Fall

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  We have nice things on the walls And I have pictures.

  

  towers in New House), and the top floor of House 5. There are around 27 +/- 3 beds (too sleepy to think harder about it); two are doubles, and the ... own bubble wrap to it. This is on a wall in the same part of the house

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 10, 2013
• Blog / Uncategorized

  [guest post] The Random Hall Milk: Gone But Not Forgotten an obitu-dairy for Pecker's oldest resident

  

  -enjoyer, please take a moment to think of our beloved Milk as you drink your own ... having any reason to own milk.    Whether by chance or on purpose ... This is a guest post by Sara M. '24, our lovely dorm VP, who did a

  • by Alice L. '24
  • October 21, 2022
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I get on the mailing list?

  We don't do a lot of mailing, but you can sign up for our awesome monthly email newsletter that shares what's happening on campus and—if you're applying—provides updates and tips.    
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Linkdump: Smart Leaves, Burritos, and Shaq cool things on the Internet

  

  I think I get my need for notes from my mom. Every day of my childhood was a festival of notes. I'd wake up to a note on my bedside reminding me to brush my teeth; on the bathroom mirror a note would remind me

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 10, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Endless rain into a paper cup ...also, restless wind inside a letterbox.

  

  northward to see me, so I couldn't let her down by skipping out. No, no, not ... like a little wind and rain is going to stop them from running it ... out the weather report in mid-April and this is what I get... I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 16, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  Blogger’s Block a hiatus from writing (but not memeing)

  

  , I truly planned to get my life together enough that I could post and ... thought about if I would get fired[/annotation] but was too scared to ask ... determined to get good grades and maintain a healthy social life, so I traded

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 23, 2020
• Blog / Blog Projects

  the blogs turn twenty 👴🏻 the posts start coming and they don't stop coming

  

  It is a venerable tradition of the blogs to begin a post by apologizing for being late, and whom am I to reject tradition? So let me first ... physical DVDs to your house. The Higgs boson and gravitational waves were a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 20, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Nerd Love Beauty and the Science!

  

  to get kids interested science by working on fun projects.   Can ... voicecracks and so forth. However, I am happy to say this is quite false. True ... my forehead allow my friends to play connect-the-dots on the go, and my

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 25, 2010