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  MacGyvering Bacon-tine’s Day decathlon brought to you by a paperback, a sledgehammer, and a scooter

  

  with hexagonal cross-sections at various angles, the physical properties ... ever have gotten from reading it. It didn't stop at Twilight sledgehammer

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 15, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  New kid on the block

  

  many additions I have made to my vocabulary since I commenced my study at ... reading about my college journey, at MIT and abroad. Hopefully I will be

  • by Linh V. '13
  • February 9, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Grades in Context Sometimes, B stands for "baller"

  

  If you go to MIT, the odds are good that you'll get a B at some point ... . Let me be frank: If you were to look at my external transcript, you ... the knowledge that if I horribly messed up, at least I'd be able to no

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 15, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  Starting 2012 on a volcanic island bonfire! but no eruptions yet [photo-heavy]

  

  First time in a foreign country - the pace at which new things are thrown at you is beyond words. Thoughtful reflections connecting all these new experiences may come later, but for now, let's not get lost in

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 11, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Regular Action Deadline Q & A Have a question about your MIT application? Read on...

  

  in advance of the deadline. Most people's problems at the deadline ... nice, understanding people here at MIT Admissions. If you're ... fix. If you're submitting at 11:57pm, you're playing with fire

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 22, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Remember, Remember, the 17th of December… things that happened

  

  -than-air flight in the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. 1935 – First ... 're going live on 12/17 at 12:17? No. What they have to with is this: history

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 16, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  What Should I Do Next Semester? i'm making a list and checking it twice

  

  spending a year at Cambridge taking amazing classes that didn't fulfill ... at MIT but not taking any classes. How awesome is that? I know someone

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • November 14, 2011
• Blog / Events

  How to MC Hammer AKA embarrassing yourself for charity

  

  got to knock off a task that is surprisingly easy to finish at MIT ... was another huge success and an easy way to get involved in charity at

  • by Connie H. '15
  • October 20, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Different Kind of Learning

  

  I have done at MIT not only because it is a humanities program, but ... and I am excited to see how it intersects with my coursework at MIT, my

  • by Becca H. '12
  • August 25, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  NIGHTMARISH THOUGHTS fear of technology

  

  uniquely American institution.  At a time when budget cuts across the nation ... will love it. At this point, I am really scared of technology. It

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • August 22, 2011
• Blog / MISTI

  Things got poopy in Beijing and edible.

  

  10 weirdest restaurants in the city. Naturally, we started at the top ... 's just say, at the bottom of everything was a turd. That would be me and

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • June 28, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Updates from Admissions The latest from the home office in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

  

  ) Mark Wahlberg was playing pickup basketball at MIT this week. For robot ... pending financial aid appeal (at MIT or one of your other choices), and you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 28, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  Marathon Monday A Boston institution.

  

  , hosts a Marathon Day party every year at their house, which is located ... going to tell you how to spend your weekends, but do be sure to spend at

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • April 19, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In Which I Sound Like an Old Man I'm really not that old...according to CVS cashiers, I apparently look 17 =p

  

  spent Western Blotting at midnight*, sleeping till noon, and hauling my ... This coming semester will be my FINAL semester at MIT. FINAL FINAL FINAL ... freezing cold) - and how scared I was at beginning this class for the last

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 21, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Finality Just one more week.

  

  the classes I want to take at MIT, all the people I want to meet some ... that exam timeline, I have nothing at all to complain about, haha

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 9, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Love Lucy! REALLY don't even think about bringing a car to MIT - sans elephants.

  

  staying awake while on the road, so he would stop at the Wellesley MA rest ... fridge at his dad's house (yum, delicious). While this mountain dew

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 13, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  An Adventure on the Charles In which Kate fails spectacularly, except at storytelling.

  

  on a tangent about my sailing PE class at some point. (If you were ... , all at once! Hamsika just blogged about sailing, but my story is so ... ’m taking a sailing class! So this morning at 11am I reported to the sailing

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 7, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  Sailing! !!!!!!!

  

  squealing* Yeahhh, MIT! Our boat went kind of slow at first, but after a ... onto the dock, all I could think about was how happy I was at that moment

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 26, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blast From The Past: Garage Hero! Turn your Guitar Hero controller into a MIDI Garageband device.

  

  In the old days, when I was in college - when dinosaurs roamed the earth, or at the very least when Facebook didn't yet offer photos or groups as features and you couldn't friend folks at other schools and it

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 24, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s for dinner? The joy of cooking

  

  proponent of the dining system (or lack thereof) at MIT. I’ve eaten in a ... menu (or at least a food item to be used in the dinner), and people sign

  • by Becca H. '12
  • September 21, 2010