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• Blog / Community Projects

  No Touching one plane, two planes, red plane, Corn Dog

  

  hours of sleep and crawled out of bed this morning at 6 AM. One group ... .   At the competition site, every team was given a taped-off area about 7 ... toolboxes, the teams around us sneaked awkward glances at our area and our

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 11, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Just Desserts No metaphors here...

  

  your cravings. But you get so discouraged just by looking at the people ... slice, you may be at a loss for a moment. As soon as you turned your laser ... , take another good thorough look at the dessert case, and try a different

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 13, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Polar Vortex or my third IAP, and how externships work

  

  by IDEO for the winter, with the stipulation that I would be working at ... contributions to the place you are working at. (For more on getting the most out ... month in Chicago at IDEO, because hopefully you can practice these skills

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 16, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  About That Email an error, and an apology

  

  applicant list. In other words, it replaced one line, in small print, at the ... better. I know that the admissions officers at this school care. I know how complex a communications project at this scale can be. It's so easy to make

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 5, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Mormons and video gamers Bonding with strangers

  

  integrity, I was glancing over at the guy sitting next to my sister, who ... station (along with half of London, it seemed) I heard at least five or six ... made it in one piece. This afternoon, I arrived at my hotel and for a few

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 3, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Tale of Two Struggles Starring a broken scanner and the Urban Dictionary

  

  . Everything is more dramatic at 2 in the morning. The scanner in CopyTech was broken and a blinking error message smiled up at me. No amount of random ... .09 philosophy essay due Wednesday at 11:59pm. I really shouldn’t be complaining

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 2, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Soldering Things pronounced "soddering"

  

  case, it's kind of delicate and at the same time kind of badass, becase ... satisfaction and ego that I sat down at a soldering station and started stripping ... 's hard to get that feeling (for me, at least) when I'm sitting behind a

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 25, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Spontaneous 5-Minute Classes on Whatever You Want These are too good not to share

  

  a whirlwind of learning. I've blogged about teaching at these events ... tangentially related to this"-->"Okay, I have an idea for how to begin, at ... What is the particle in a box model? How to make ice cream at home

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

  Toons and Tasty Burgers adventures in chalk and tasty-burger-tasting

  

  11/9/2013: At the time of this writing: > I'm sitting in a cozy ... performance on Friday night at Wellesley, but it was our Saturday evening ... members on stage at the end of their set, cutting off their last song. Not

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 11, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Bad Ideas Weekend From Craigslist searching to meat-MIT building, this certainly is an experience

  

  Boston and almost ended up at the airport, but we found our way back home ... their team worked away at making the best piece of meat art possible ... flyers and bananas at the top of the building!! This has been a

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 27, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Picking A Southwest Flight Seat How to Make Flying Bearable

  

  Entering college has meant I fly at least 6-7 times a year and I ... rather be drilled at the dentist. [1]   Pros Cons If you ... 's not terrible. The leg room is abysmal for tall people but at least you

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • January 22, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Mandatory: MIT Mid Year Report What you need to know.

  

  released, which defeats at least half the purpose of the whole form. And ... subject section like this: Java I (taken at B.C.C.) A+ Multivariable ... ______________________ and I will mail or fax them to you at that time." (Don’t forget to

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • January 16, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  A Q&A for Deferred Students

  

  Hi Everyone, I was just taking a look at some of the questions on ... at your application again and consider it in the context of the Regular ... deferred. In fact, there will likely be nothing at all missing or needing

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • December 17, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Stressful Times in my opinion, the best advice, ever.

  

  remember my dad looking at me with his honest, slightly concerned eyes as he ... often does everyone hear that? Kindergarteners could tell you that. At the ... finals week for us here at MIT. So to all who applied, whether you get in

  • by Ana V. '15
  • December 11, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Halloweekend and the 7 weekends prior!

  

  event that allows you- at absolutely no charge- to showcase your ability ... paste on setting: Friday. After 4 hours, at 11:59, quickly sprinkle in the ... emotional pick me up, or at least clean laundry. Content with the knowledge

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • October 28, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Hack Punt Tool: The Musical Now, the music can be yours.

  

  away at problem sets or studying. For a much better (and more musical ... : Billy Rogers (Trevor M. '15), a freshman who arrives at MIT determined ... seven writers, four were full-time undergraduate students at the time the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 30, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  One of these labs is not like the other GELlin' like a felon

  

  The scene: Friday morning, about 9:10am Me: *Sits down at table with ... ’re getting trained in and feedback on. At least for me, I have trouble ... ’s newspaper, completely student run), shouldn’t I be good at optimizing things

  • by Stanley G.
  • September 17, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life Update It's been an amazing year!

  

  year he used his computer skills to obtain an internship at a local ... of Sunday afternoon brunches at IHOP after the wait at the Friendly

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 21, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Magic Of fluorescent cells and robots

  

  all the things I love. I will also be back at MGH soon to volunteer so ... . At the start, you might not know a lot of things but I guarantee after ... nightmare of most pre-meds. Well.. at the beginning, it was somewhat enjoyable

  • by Linh V. '13
  • August 20, 2012
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Up The last of the post-finals, pre-internship adventures.

  

  it was like no time had passed at all; despite not keeping in touch ... : ... Me: ... At this point, I realized she was serious. Me: NO! WHAT? NO! WE ... at 4am the next day better than I ever could

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 27, 2012