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  hello again ヽ( ´¬`)ノ

  

  taking themselves seriously. They don't need to: when you're that good, you ... Allow me to (re)introduce myself. My name is Chris Peterson. For ... from 2009-2012, when I went on a somewhat spontaneous year's leave to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 19, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Smashing pumpkins and other halloween treats Turning back time and dropping squash off of tall buildings

  

  dressing up as an electron orbital (e-mail me if you want to claim your ... by catching up on all of the work that you were supposed to have ... “committed to reducing stress and facilitating student social activities while

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  More About Reading ...based on your questions!

  

  (remember, we're professionals); newer readers might take 30-45 minutes to fully evaluate and summarize a folder. We're expected to read applications at least 4 full days each week (including weekends), in addition to the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  5n, n=1

  

  (ISEF). I got in yesterday, and last night I decided to take in the ... -from-behind win by the home team thanks to a Troy Glaus three-run home run. Yet I ... like MIT: when you're there, you can feel the energy running through the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 11, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  40 Hours in Cape Cod Take note, I typed this entire post with a broken shift key. Please appreciate the…

  

  with themselves. I intend no offense to your opponent, Aaron. The ... On the first night of my mandatory vacation, I walked to the beach with the taste of fresh complaints in my mouth, trying to wrestle down

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 27, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  parallels or juxtapositions in one sitting at flour cafe

  

  but couldn’t get myself to decide what that was; i promised myself i ... fruit, beckoning for me to reach out and grab them. it seems every ... make myself busier. when i have a bad day, i buy myself a coffee to make

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • February 26, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  what’s on my desk: messy person edition not sponsored

  

  seldom has enough free space for me to actually get work done.  [caption ... ~[/caption] here’s what’s on my desk, from left-to-right, top-to-bottom: my friend ... agent, and I actually got to see her at Boston Book Festival last month

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 19, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a week of class notes airplanes, ethnography, and some bonus doodles

  

  mathematical models and quantitative data, and i'm looking forward to getting ... theory is about making messy systems behave the way you want them to behave ... class in space systems engineering) have led to real systems for

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 11, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet The (New) Bloggers! how to something something

  

  folks won't begin blogging right away, as we have to get them to ... , and wants to learn to climb things. She sometimes eats three breakfasts ... to write fanfiction about me and m_quinn, but we hired him anyway

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  L@@K at the Class of 2015 profiles in greatness? a great profile? or both?

  

  to the newest data from this past year's admissions cycle. We always try to provide as much data as we can to make our process as transparent as possible. But before you get to the numbers, here are just a few of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 20, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Nightmarket Two (unrelated) celebrations of low-priced office supplies and Asian culture. (~15 pictures)

  

  each paid $2 to get in, and were handed 5 meal tickets. In addition to ... ) and I went to Harvard Square for some errands and dinner. Weywey dug ... for 18 cents each! Needless to say, I was thrilled. (I bought 12

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 7, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  another day of summer ♬ ba-ba-da-ba da-ba-da-ba ♬

  

  Sloan lab that I stumbled upon during a desperate mid-April I need-to-get ... to help... Eventually, I get back to work. I have to fill out a weekly ... walk to Star Market to get a pint of ice cream and end up with two pints

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 18, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Mist in the streets of Boston monday wanderings

  

  what never was. How sad that I couldn’t get to know deeply all the cities ... on the street.  We meandered down Beacon Street and stopped to watch ... friend of a friend’s place, surrounded by students from BU. We set to

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 20, 2023
• Blog / IAP

  Why I’m Baking Cookies Tonight. IAP is a beautiful time to do lots of something or lots of nothing. Or…

  

  tonight or wait until tomorrow when more people get back to the house. Last ... decide to drop the class, too. So I go and unpack, get a hold of MY little ... , but 6 weeks is enough to get people excited for classes to start up

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • January 15, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Everything Everywhere All At Once a free early screening from lsc and a q&a with the directors

  

  screenings of movies and projects them in 26-100. I've gone to a couple of screenings and events in the past in an effort to see more movies (I watched ... also went to the Bo Burnham-Jonny Sun event I blogged about my freshman

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 29, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I’m Teaching This Fall spoiler alert: a social history of the internet

  

  of diversifying your sources of media:     Ethan and I ... description: There is often a tendency to consider technical systems as 'purely ... historically contributed to its current shapes. In doing so, we will come to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 8, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  0 Days Since Last Fire Alarm Oh noes! Simmons Hall on fire!

  

  myself outside in the snow or in the rain, waiting for the strobe lights to stop blinking before heading back into the dorm to resume whatever I was ... hand, is getting slapped around by the fire gods as if it was nothing

  • by Snively '11
  • October 29, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  East Campus Rush photos

  

  harnesses and had to wear helmets. I didn't manage to get a good picture of a rider in motion, but I did get a picture of this rider who was about to start his/her ride. Not every attraction has to be a ride. We also had

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 1, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Life, IHTFP, and Everything answer: 42 (and snow!)

  

  knowledge did. Most days, however, I strove to just get done with the agenda ... fear of high places. I talked to my roommate until early morning, though ... dorms to explore, a hundred activities to pursue, a thousand friends to

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 25, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Lament for CPW (Guest Entry) Of lanyards, Capture the Flag, and headwraps.

  

  on campus—and there shouldn’t be any reason for me to like it this much ... lanyard holds the key to my soon-to-be home, even if it lacks keys to any of the many residence houses. I’m not going to say that I’m going to love

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 16, 2008