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  Mind and hand

  

  is Latin for "Mind and hand". Now, in most cases, a school motto isn't particularly meaningful. It's a slogan that sounds cute. In the case of MIT, I feel that it's still a slogan that sounds cute, but it's also meaningful

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • February 3, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  10 reasons why MIT is beautiful if I do say so myself.

  

  Sometimes MIT gets a bum rap for not having a pretty campus.  I ... Cambridge, and a whole lot more. So without further ado, 10 reasons why MIT ... Court... (4) ...or take a walk by the boathouse: (5) I'd show you

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 22, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The 2013 Ig Nobel Prize Lectures I won a prize!

  

  Charlotte Blonsky a patent: In case reading the crumbly Times New Roman is a struggle: their patent was for an "Apparatus for facilitating the birth of a child by centrifugal force." You are familiar with the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 15, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Few of my Favorite Things (Counting Blessings) Maybe the most sentimental blog post I’ve written.

  

  summer. The morning after I got here, I woke up to a pile of stuffed animals on top of me where I had fallen asleep on the couch and, on a post ... realized that though I don’t think I’ve felt rooted to a place before, Boston

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 6, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  get SLAPped! it doesn't hurt

  

  campus. my tenure as a physical resident of ec had just ended due to the initiation of a two-year renovation plan, but house team was still emailing us ... , and i've unfortunately since [annotation note="this is a tangent, but i

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 21, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pre-Med @ MIT The title says it all.

  

  question repeatedly: after all, MIT is primarily a technology ... program (where I wouldn't have to take the MCAT and would be guaranteed a ... have to take the I-never-want-to-ever-take-this-again exam a.k.a. the

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 28, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  fish metaphors on queerness

  

  "Why did you come back?" "Well, I'm—I'm a queer Asian...person, so..." "You felt seen." "Yeah." Imagine a fish out of water. When I was growing ... usually the only Asian student in the classroom, and that was just one in a

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • June 18, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Parametric Cooking how i make fifty plus recipes with just three!

  

  : designing based on a set of parameters and functions, rather than by just modeling. Now, I know that sounds confusing, but think of a cube. What is the best way to model a cube in 3D? Certainly, there's a very easy way to make a

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 30, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Two hundred puzzles, fifty people later ✈✈✈ (pronounced whoosh) ✈✈✈ (pronounced nyeowww)

  

  , which will be marked. Titling these posts is beginning to be a challenge ... 't have fifty people; the number's closer to 65. But this is a series, and I ... anywhere from one to a hundred, work to solve roughly a dozen rounds of

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 22, 2022
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  Snively’s Cross Stitch Corner I really enjoy cross stitching

  

  in a city where I knew nobody, I filled my time with new hobbies and ... stitch using a kit from Barnes and Noble. Nine years later and I’m still ... art. You stitch little x’s onto a perforated piece of cloth using a

  • by Snively '11
  • April 13, 2020
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  Bad Ideas Weekend 2019 good times

  

  since I got here. For me, IAP has been a time of relaxation and ... [annotation note="Anyone with a bad idea can apply to receive the resources and ... . By the end of the day, 2 East succeeded in making 2,925 cookies, a

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 3, 2019
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  101 Things To Do Before You Graduate! 102. Read this blog entry.

  

  Four years ago, Melis '08 posted a list of the "101 Things To Do ... freshman Orientation, each incoming MIT student gets a copy of some version ... since my freshman year, and I just asked Grace to take a photo of her list

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 15, 2011
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  Home Under the Dome sorority recruitment, tips, and my experience

  

  a sorority? How do I sign up? When is recruitment? What’s the ... [annotation note="Like many others, I didn’t know a lot about what being in a ... interested in joining a sorority or are just curious, I encourage you to read

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • August 14, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions of Travel a guest post by Spencer W. '15

  

  . One of them was Spencer Wilson, a young man from the small town of Moultrie, Georgia, where he and his carpenter dad worked on a lot of projects, including Gus the Bus, a 1967 Volkswagen bus that Spencer spent five years

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 16, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  As We Approach Decision Day On getting in and on not getting in

  

  manifested itself academically. I had a close relationship with my parents, and I didn’t have a rebellious streak beyond my accidental goth ... magic didn’t happen. MIT is not a magic wonderland. There are grades

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 8, 2012
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  I Miss the South Musings on a secret Instagram account

  

  This blog is about my hometown, which I filmed a little bit of last ... you have before. [embed]http://youtu.be/JJMYZUh1PRQ[/embed] A week ago, I made a separate Instagram account to serve two dozen followers split

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 1, 2022
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  Two hundred puzzles, fifty years later cms major who

  

  I've talked about Mystery Hunt at length, from the perspective of a participant, the perspective of a hunt runner, and the perspective of a community member. Here I'll take the perspective of a critic, or perhaps a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 29, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  trying to trim the tree of possible paths an Aristotelean inquiry

  

  Act I: A (Probably Flawed) Introduction to Aristotle Although I ... Greek Perspectives on the Good Life, a required class for almost all ... , for example, the following hypothetical conversation: A: Why do you

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 3, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Praise Of Holistic Admissions not an admissions machine

  

  role as a socializing institution. College is a place where you meet all ... somewhat self-evident. When I said college was a "socializing institution", I didn't mean that it's a place to idly chat with people (although it is

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 20, 2011
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  Note To Self Please don't forget this.

  

  : "How was your first year at MIT?" After a billion failed attempts (most ... smile, then say: "I learned a lot." I remember how I felt when I first ... realized that learning where one's limits are can be a very good thing. I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 31, 2011