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  The Boston Festival of Indie Games In which I geek out on campus with a bunch of gamers

  

  . (But actually it was awesome, and much like a baby-PAX – a video game conference started in Seattle that now has a Boston branch. I went last year ... around 10am, got my pass and a guidebook around 10:45, and headed over to

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 16, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What is an Incomplete Grade? ABCDF....I? How to use MIT's grading system in dire situations

  

  shades of brilliant, MIT handles grades. On a 0% – 100% scale? Maybe “A” for effort! A smiley sticker chart? Or is it a Downward Logarithmic Spiral of Doom? Never fear! It’s similar to what a lot of us used in high

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • September 7, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Taking Care of Yourself Eating, Sleeping, Water and Vitamins pave the way to happiness

  

  I was having a chat with my friend Matt O. '15 when we both agreed on a few aspects of taking care of yourself we wish we had learned two ... incredibly difficult in the face of a three midterm week but these simple steps

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 26, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  College Interviews a survival guide for the high school senior

  

  something that resembled shade. After a breezy but sweaty 45 minutes of ... perks of living in the Bay Area, we reached a sudden lull. "So, do you ... blogs and application info, and had a working knowledge of all the course

  • by Connie H. '15
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / Hacks

  IAP=Watermelon in January I honestly can't think of a better analogy.

  

  ’s definitely not because I’ve decided to relax too much and lead a quiet ... 2 classes for credit. I took 8.01L, which is a version of physics you ... awesome desktop image. 9. I was working on this:   It’s a wind

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 9, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Greetings from India: D-Lab Students in the Field D-Lab students Luke, Sydney, Jessica, Madhavan

  

  technologies. This January, teams comprising a total of 35 students are working ... class are working with the Rickshaw Bank, a project of the Center for Rural Development, an Indian NGO. Rickshaw Bank loans rickshaws on a micro

  • by OEL
  • January 28, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Survey says… A LOT of freshmen report that they were leaders in high school!

  

  A lot of comments from my last entry touched on the leadership topics ... they held some sort of leadership position in high school. Out of a list ... confident in their the ability to “function effectively as a member of a team

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • January 25, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  3D Ping Pong Quantum Mechanics (Or why the sciences here are even better than you may think)

  

  Imagine, if you will, the following situation... You join a dense crowd of people filing through a set of double doors. You are flanked by people ushering you inside; the person nearest you hands you a pair of

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 20, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Circus but like a nerd circus. So you know, less elephants and more calculus. Just as…

  

  I have a problem (well, likely more than one, but let's not focus on ... because I have no idea where to start (I know, I know. It's a tough life ... out" but that's a tough philosophy to motivate yourself on. As astute

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 7, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  This Entry is About (A) Lady Gaga (B) my MIT ID card (C) all of the above

  

  Gaga defacing my MIT ID with a permanent marker. Be warned: the newspapers will spin you a cybertastically-juiceless tale of a bleach ... notice as a truckload of detonated TNT, of a Polaroid press conference

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 1, 2010
• Blog / Hacks

  Hack Safari I sneak around taking pictures and videos at night.

  

  see, for the first time since 2006, there is FINALLY a hack on the Great ... actually being "on" the Great Dome, there's a hack mounted to the trench wall ... for, you silly goose. Affixed near the Great Dome is a near

  • by Snively '11
  • April 28, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Rainbow Lounge Where the LGBT kids hang out.

  

  Back in the day (TM) when I was a prefrosh participating in the ... strive to: - provide a safe space for the MIT LBGTQ community, including allies - achieve a better sense of community with its cross

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 23, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Ben’s Farewell The conclusion to the Ben tribute entries, and a little advice.

  

  My sister graduated college a few weeks ago, which meant two things ... sounds like a house elf from Harry Potter and 2) my parents, who were in ... after you graduate?" Two years seems like a lifetime to me, although I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 28, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Alpha Delta Phi Presents – Mic-Check [by Susan Shepherd '11] If you're looking for a talented actor, or poet, or singer,…

  

  're looking for a talented actor, or poet, or singer, you'll find a pretty heavy ... try out for their annual competition, Mic-Check. If a student had a poem to read, or an essay, or a song they had written, they would be

  • by ARTalk
  • May 16, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Freezing My @$$ off at CPW By: Andrea '11

  

  As promised, I offered the chance to write a guest blog to prefrosh ... must admit that while I was very, very, very excited, I had a weird breakdown for five minutes when I realized I was going to college with a

  • by Bryan
  • April 16, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  Making The Switch Making the transition from high school to college, Chapter 1

  

  Hello, I'm a PC. Hello, I'm a Mac. If you haven't seen one of ... buying a computer for college, I can share my thoughts. This blog entry ... to make a shortlist of the changes that I made or had to make when

  • by Bryan
  • March 31, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  Burn Out or Fade Away Suggestions for second semester seniors: don't take either for an answer.

  

  memory. Sorry it's been a while since I've had anything substantial to say; finals hit a few weeks ago, after which I flew home immediately and ... two weeks hooked up to a machine with my tongue hanging out of my mouth

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 6, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Daniel Guillen Our football coach gets a surprise in Daniel Guillen '10.

  

  best a student-athlete could ever hope to receive. Guillen, a four ... well. "I feel this is a great opportunity and not just because of the ... a senior with 133 while also handling the punting duties. His longest

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

  Answering some questions The entry on commencement was just getting unwieldly.

  

  Questions 1. Sevi asked, here is a question for you about Mac ... inconvinient, how do you think? A MacGregor room is eight feet by fifteen feet. I ... for many dorms was just put in last summer. There is a website with

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lazy hazy crazy Summer for me means lab and cooking. I'm not sure which I like better.

  

  my postdoc that I should do a handful of further experiments, then ... . It was kind of a given that there would be a paper, and that I'd get to write it (this is my project, anyway, and I've been working on it for a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 4, 2006