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  Three Weeks a short summary of this crazy place

  

  neighborhood. In regards to the latter, it is the exact opposite here at MIT. From my FPOP (Freshman Pre-Orientation Program) to Orientation to the first week of classes, I don't think I've ever taken a day off to relax

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 12, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Discuss Disqus launching our new commenting system

  

  for admissions officers and current students to share their stories. It's also a place for y'all to carry on a conversation with us and amongst ... , email, your comment, and a captcha. It then populates the big long list of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 10, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Hawk Flies High Spontaneous jazz improv at 77 Massachusetts Avenue.

  

  music elements to jazz--or vice versa, depending on your point of view. I ... night. At first I attributed it to the loudspeakers that blast rock and ... back and looked at the stars, listening to the cars hiss by underneath

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • August 7, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  whiteout conditions forget your mission, just get out alive

  

  crumbled, you doubled your dosage / you wanna go, said the inhibitor blocking ... vague desire to go to classes and do work. but i don't actually want to. i wake up and i'm already tired. i no longer know if i want to go to my

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 26, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  Watch this year’s 2.s009 final presentations designing kindness during a time of covid

  

  you're waiting for the show to start. I'm too busy reading applications ... This is a very brief blog post to remind you —  as our announcement ... webcast at s009kindness.com, where you will also be able to ask questions of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 7, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Physics professors have a charming sense of humour Excerpts from relativity problem sets

  

  .033, Relativity. Relativity is a great class to teach, if you enjoy designing ... amusing excerpts with you. Enjoy! (The point of the problem was to show ... linearly at relativistic speeds.) (Again, the problem was to prove

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 23, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Invasion of the Stikmen Another invasion of MIT?

  

  around finals time, MIT had an invasion... Well as I walked to lab last ... another one! So I thought to myself, "What are these strange creations?!?" Baffled by these little men, I tracked down my friend Steven '15 (my go-to

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • August 14, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  On the Road Again Adventures in Texas!

  

  adventures, so if you're interested, I'll make another plug for my Twitter account - feel free to follow me @MikeyMIT. So far it's been mostly text updates, but I'll try to include more pictures for those that want to try

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • October 4, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Got Questions? I have answers.

  

  where to spend the next four years of your life. It's a huge decision, and ... Hey guys - sorry for not blogging in so long! I've been up to all ... heating up as we race towards finals, I'll do my best to blog about all

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 23, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Update We plan to release Early Action decisions on Monday, 12/15.

  

  days to come; thanks for your patience. In related news, I can announce ... We plan to post Early Action admissions decisions online at 9pm EST ... applicants an email on how to access the decisions online; I will also post a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 8, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Meetings with Brown & Yale in Texas and Arizona Learn about three great schools at once in the American Southwest.

  

  seniors) to hear from three great universities all in one place. Each school ... .org. This trip to the Southwest follows closely after the three schools ... spring, and last year's trips to Southern California, Maryland, Virginia

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 1, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Edmund’s New Toy Guitarring starring eJones

  

  photo (notice the tupperware! what a friend to the environment...), and ran away to a meeting. Here's what he emailed me today: Mitra, Where ... do enter it please be sure to be clear about the bass so as not to

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 28, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Back Bay 5K Cool running... so cool that my legs were numb. (11 pictures)

  

  As I wrote in a previous entry, I signed up to run the Back Bay 5K last Saturday. Results here. I very intelligently chose to walk across ... freezing. I attempt to curl up to conserve warmth (not tie Sam's shoelace

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 10, 2006
• Blog / Events

  APPLE BAKE channeling midterm stress into baking, sculpting, and completely destroying apples for decades

  

  right when hordes of students show up to shovel your creations into their ... of Burton-Conner compete to create the best apple dishes and apple art ... traditional ingredient used in your recipe for a healthier choice (you will have

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 5, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Painting and a trip into Boston

  

  whether you can paint your room is one of those little quirks to look at. I ... Yesterday evening I came back from work to discover my friend Kim, a 5th East alum, primering the room into which I'm supposed to be moving

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  I have never been trick-or-treating, (until now) and how trick-or-treating relates to geography...???

  

  people that, they look at me shocked, jaw to the floor like a scream mask ... door-to-door didn’t make much sense when “the next door” was half a mile ... pretend to be all surprised for trick-or-treaters and she’d hand each of us

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • November 4, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  My 21st Birthday More details about the transition to Halloween than you ever wanted to know.

  

  that whenever you go to the doctor's office and state your birth date ... to whatever object you're watching move around. And that clock is ... This is Anna Ho, reporting live from her transition to being 21 years

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 30, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tetazoo is not a Hivemind Haha... just kidding... unless?

  

  ’re moving locations, so I’ve got to get going; the clock is ticking. Wish me ... soon), but right now I’m coming to you LIVE from from Tetazoo’s freshman ... ’m inclined to participate in a three-hour challenge that the upperclassmen set

  • by Powers '23
  • November 24, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A suite surprise My suitemates find out I'm a blogger

  

  , “Wait, it gets even better!” and pointed to my bed. So I walked over and ... Yesterday afternoon, I walked back to my suite in Burton-Conner after ... taped to my door.   OK? I opened the door, stepped into my room

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • September 19, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Different Kind of Learning

  

  considered. I have to get back to my readings, but hello from Detroit, and ... already tell that this semester is going to be very different from anything ... for me this semester being the type of work we are expected to do

  • by Becca H. '12
  • August 25, 2011