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• Blog / MIT Life

  What is Simmons Hall Like? part of my freshman year experience

  

  of my soon-to-be home: Simmons. Let's talk a bit about this lovable ... MIT Logo on it. Next to my birthday cake were two robotic arms (the ones that Iron Man talks to in his workshop), which I assembled (from

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 16, 2016
• Blog / Events

  RecomMITted On Ring Delivery and the halfway mark

  

  ; This semester has been by far the toughest, most challenging to date ... 've constantly reminded myself that I didn't come to MIT expecting easy. It was by ... . Nearly two years of the Institvte, I can't see myself wanting to be

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • May 2, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  what your favorite study spot says about you badly stereotyping places to work on campus

  

  energy for things you're passionate about. you're try to be a morning ... % chance you're a sick person to be around. you're laid back, can handle ... a cursed follow up to this post. note that these are based off

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 5, 2023
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  When You Yourself Are Far Away Donuts, used books, and some wonderful/terrible recipes you need not try.

  

  can be hard to believe that all of this is all so close ... what used to be bananas.    Mix in a teaspoon of baking soda, a "pinch ... . We made the balls way too big. They should be tiny. If you have time

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 16, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Starbucks. I'm getting a little too familiar with it.

  

  stretches all the way to and sometimes out of the door. 2. At any given time ... about how annoying it is to be sick. I like it at this Starbucks! It ... /bio/chem till my brain feels like it's dying. And then I go to lab and do things

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • June 14, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Folding with Flair Adding a third dimension to boring old paper

  

  in a “draft” blog post when I applied to be a blogger. That draft never ... ornaments. I was amazed by how the satisfyingly geometric creases gave rise to ... book lent to me. Despite being a relatively simple 2D shape, it was

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • August 4, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Hello, Layover (Part Two) Electric Boog-a-loo.

  

  leading me to miss my connection to Chicago O'Hare by approximately two ... get across. By the way, all of the Introductory Biology classes cover ... Due to an Act of God, I am in the shiny new JetBlue terminal at JFK

  • by Keri G. '10
  • June 23, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Deadline Tomorrow Questions? I've got answers.

  

  teachers and schools. Your recommendations do not need to be in our office by ... . Slideroom portfolios need to be submitted by the November 1 deadline. Like ... well! Early Action applications should be submitted by 11:59pm

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 31, 2016
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  romanticize a quiet life i want to be okay

  

  the truth— you want to be needed so badly that you think you might choke on it. you need to be wanted so badly that you think you might keel ... ghost haunting the corridors, and you make your way up to barker, the 24

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • December 28, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Stealing from the Class of 2016 And you'll have to work to get it back

  

  allow people to contact a large number of other people whom all have a ... lists. It's impossible to avoid getting added to many MANY mailing lists during your time at MIT. By the end of my four year stint I believe I was

  • by Snively '11
  • September 27, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Face Book And Study I have been doing all this and more. But mostly not this.

  

  morning to find rows and rows of laptops accompanied by nametags and setup ... ’ve sent 150+ emails and made 20+ calls related to housing, because I decided not to take company housing for some reason. When I landed last weekend

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • May 30, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Chapter Closes To open another

  

  , grinning. We say “wow” in the same way—long, drawn out, typically to signal ... summer will come to an end, and fall will arrive. I’ll be back in MIT. A ... that bore the cloak of being ordinary, a cloak that was only shed by

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • May 24, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Just a Yellow Lemon Tree… I wrote a rap song for you.

  

  ) --- So when I signed on to be a blogger, I made a small promise to myself ... conference (at Hah-vahd). (I was Fiji, by the way - oh and Ahmed went too ... need to film the iHouse i3 video tonight, being Housing Chair. -Need to

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 11, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taking Shape

  

  other by their in-game nicknames when referring to the gameplay. “Why is ... It’s hard to believe the first month of sophomore year is already coming to a close, but I’m happy to say that the term is taking shape quite

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 25, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Alternative Transportation Fast ride in a short machine

  

  , check. Ability to make R2D2 whirring noises and generate smoke by friction ... pedal and accelerated the motorized shopping cart from 0 to (approx.) 25 mph in the gaspingly brief time required to scream barely the first two

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 2, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Punting

  

  Punting is a really relaxing and nice way to spend the afternoon if ... tomorrow. The really great thing about coming to Cambridge is that we’re invited to all the Fresher’s (that’s what they call

  • by Cambridge
  • October 3, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes, musicals, teaching, research, sports, and wisdom tooth surgery. I think I can I think I can I think I can I think I…

  

  will soon be able to eat nothing but baby food, and I have more work to ... no recollection of being warned that the sedative was on its way. I ... shouldn't exist, but it doesn't) and used to be in a rock band. I had a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 25, 2012
• Blog / Hacks

  The Stars Look Very Different Today Planet Earth is blue, and there's nothing we can do

  

  me in a rigorous academic environment and my need to be really, really ... that should really just be listened to straight through. (I have ... to believe: It is okay to be the weird kid in the room. You are

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 14, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  World of Wires [by Emily '15] Are you living in a computer simulation?

  

  [by Emily LaVerriere '15] First of all, I need to second Miren ... ever!) being the best class ever. All the way back in September, we ... will be performed in January in New York. So, if anyone happens to be

  • by ARTalk
  • January 9, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  My MIT Story How I came to be at MIT

  

  Settlers than walk all the way downstairs and not be able to do laundry ... * Little did they know that by mentioning MIT to me at that early age they ... 'll have to come up with your own). By freshman year I actually knew I

  • by Snively '11
  • July 28, 2008