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  The Tale of a Frosh once upon a cold November

  

  acceptable option. “Why must our academic future be determined by a series of ... ’s a lesson the Frosh will carry on from this: “It’s way better to work ... Musical with Friend B, and afterwards she vowed to be as cool as Elle Woods

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 30, 2014
• Blog / How to Food

  Most delicious deliverables ever Also, I'm not having a bad hair day. I'm having a bad hair fortnight.

  

  little mustard in with the cheese. Now, my recipe called for nutmeg to be ... ship. Last two photos by Eric Levenson. Okay, off to core some pears. If ... resolution to cook dinner every night? Well, I did it!* *Okay, I mostly did

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

  Remember? A Blast from the Past

  

  later, I presented myself to my mother in shame, fully expecting to be ... 't the only way to remember the past :) ... I like it: 7.013 (Intro to Bio) has been kind enough to assign psets

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 16, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Bedbugs (fiction) A short story. (It would make me happy if you moused over the bedbugs.) =)

  

  eradicate, smoothing, organizing, correcting to be done anew. They took up ... every night when we went to bed we would be taking apart their life ... risen from their beds when the indoor humidity had dropped to forty

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 21, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT TechFair THINK Competition A national science competition "intended to motivate high school students to think about problems related…

  

  celebrating innovative technology by bringing in companies to showcase their ... we are inviting YOU to be a part of it! THINK (Technology for Humanity ... Catherine Huang '10 just sent me this announcement and asked me to

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 17, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What is a zonotope? yes this is a post about math

  

  ."]zonotopal[/annotation] tiling—a way to dissect the zonotope into pieces, each of which are a ... the red segments, which goes all the way to the opposite side. We can do ... be 10 tiles corresponding to 10 triplets of vectors, as long as the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 1, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Measurements How do you measure a year in the life?

  

  Campus to the Z-Center one day when my favorite song of the musical theatre genre came on ("Seasons of Love" from Rent). As I belted out the ways they measure a year, I began to wonder what units I use to measure my life. The

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • October 21, 2011
• Blog / Hacks

  Where’s Waldo? Hack Attack!

  

  and saw: Divine intervention? On my way back to the Student Center ... -Hsuan back. Joe didn't ask too many question by the time it got to him. Joy ... to in my email inbox I receive this email. From: Friend with the

  • by Bryan
  • December 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The return of Questions Omnibus It's time to answer your questions...

  

  bunch of them are mine, which has less to do with me being amazing and ... (Mollie): It's okay not to be the best http ... ://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/...n_friday.shtml Power of suggestion (Sam): One way to tell if you belong at MIT http

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 21, 2007
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Party of One A fun day trip idea when you're getting tired of homework.

  

  Au Bon Pain, incorrectly referred to by many as the "French Mc ... for you, a la sub sandwich shop) on my way to the T. Descending the ... more lively than I remember from most Amtrak cafe cars. On the way to

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 25, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I went to the Arnold Arboretum!!! i become one with nature

  

  spent a couple of blissful hours there. The area is HUGE—281 acres, to be ... , so being surrounded by a whole lot of trees was not good for me. I ... On Friday, I went to the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University for

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 25, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sentimental Objects (part four) senior trinkets

  

  way to much stuff, re: our hoarding tendencies, re:re: this post ... took our class to Boxaroo (an escape room in Boston founded by MIT Alums ... the first, second, and third installments, in case you want to read them

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • May 24, 2020
• Blog / How to Food

  Cooking with Cami learning to adult part 1

  

  'm also trying to be a little more conscious about the food I intake, trying ... her I was saddened by my floppy undercooked crepes, she told me to 1 ... my body and my little pudge, but it feels nice to be in control of what

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 10, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Things That Are 20 DID YOU KNOW? 1988 was a leap year.

  

  . * "Don't Worry, Be Happy" by Bobby McFerrin. * McDonald's plans to open 20 ... being knocked out by a TV camera. * Me. ... * Sonny Bono (of Sonny and Cher) being elected mayor of Palm Springs

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 7, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wish I Joined the MIT 100K as a Freshman four years of this would've been great

  

  I applied to be a student partner at several VC firms in the area ... started in 1989 as the MIT 10K Competition by Richard Durling ... brought MIT's varied schools together to identify and support innovative

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 8, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Day in the Life A play-by-play of my day, along with some pictures.

  

  for (several) pictures. By the way, in their free time they model for AT ... papers to write and a problem set to start, it’s clearly the perfect opportunity to blog! I’ve wanted to write a “Day in the Life” entry for quite a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 11, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorms The closest I'll get to an entry about the different dorms

  

  propitious time for that old data to be put to use. I present Beaver Scope ... . Theoretically, this could be used to generalize the types of people who live there ... a curiosity. Regardless, I thought it'd be fun to share. Happy

  • by Snively '11
  • June 24, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  In which I am somehow still an MIT student 4 years later

  

  wanted everything to be perfect. I kept waiting for a private moment, which ... . Several hours and 14 pitches later, it started to rain. We felt ready to be ... to the MITOC office. I don't know where I'll be in four years, but I

  • by Alex M. '21
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  The Waitlist This is not an easy entry to write so I'll just keep it short. No…

  

  This is not an easy entry to write so I'll just keep it short. In a nutshell, we're not going to be able to admit anyone from the waitlist this ... fewer applicants this year - fully intending to use the waitlist in order

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 10, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Strands literal and metaphorical >:)

  

  ’t be bothered to brush it. As I fingered the juncture between the cool ... precious to me.  To be honest, my hair has always been a source of pride. Or ... enviably shiny. It was one of the few ways in which I felt like I was able to

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • September 10, 2023