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• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Best (Work-Related) All-Nighter Ever Stressfully fun times at the Institvte.

  

  admission letters to your hearts in a sleepless fervor of joy, I've been ... papercuts later, I hauled my arrangement off to Kresge, where a ragtag band of classmates played the pieces. MIND BLOWN. I had no idea a flute could sound so

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 18, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  Photophobic

  

  As I lay face down struggling to move in a puddle of 40 degree water thinking about the life decisions I've made to lead me there, I noticed a ... could to get a better look at was was so alluring a distraction in the

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 28, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  On Mens et Manus The realizations one has whilst building improvised flotation devices.

  

  fleeting fifth-grade dreams of being a mechanical engineer. When I was being ... for the life of me I couldn’t remember a time when that had been my thing. So I took a moment, thought, and told him the first of my pursuits

  • by Natanya K. '14
  • October 14, 2010
• Blog / IAP

  Belated Guest Entry by Carin '13 - a little late perhaps but incredible nonetheless

  

  over to England to visit a childhood friend. I've spent the past week ... traveling I've done this summer finally reminded me of a guest entry I meant to post a long long time ago, regarding the epic IAP 2010 travels of

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 2, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  T-Minus Six Days Ready for the best four days of your life? CPW 2010 ftw!!

  

  already knew, but for many of you, that won't be the case. It's not a bad ... to know them a little better. If you're nice to them, they might be willing to snag a cot for you to sleep on, which means you won't have to lug

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 2, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Senior Survey (Says?) (For the record, I think that being on Family Feud would be totally awesome)

  

  A couple of days ago, Snively wrote, "I have a theory that bloggers ... need money. I blog whenever I find something interesting. As a relatively ... a joke. It's an ultra-cool door.) I'm in the middle of a tough week

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 3, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Let’s Get Down to Business 'Tis the eve of a new semester.

  

  assignments, and a tangible lack of both time and sleep. Yup, second semester is ... semester. I loved biology in high school - mainly because I had a great ... I actually liked reading the textbook. We'd watch a whole bunch of

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 1, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  MITiplication This entry contains one multiplication problem.

  

  yourself a cup of coffee, and commented “FIRST!” on my blog already. Great. We're now ready to play a short psychological game. A private ... .Imagine a piece of paper, do cross-multiplication on your imaginary piece of

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • June 20, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friendship Oh my dearest . . .

  

  flame wars and being used correctly, it's also a great way to let somebody eavesdrop on a ridiculous conversation you're having with a third party. I'm not just saying this to say it, I'm saying it because I just had a

  • by Snively '11
  • March 28, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Writing Science Fiction [by Susan Shepherd '11] Writing takes time, but fortunately MIT gives you good excuses to…

  

  [by Susan Shepherd '11] It is probably a well-worn maxim that writers write. That is, there are many people who are interested in writing. A lot ... and intricacies of a satisfying plot. Unfortunately, not all of these

  • by ARTalk
  • March 24, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorm Bathrooms Always look on the bright, side of life

  

  Every so often I am begged to write a blog entry about a specific ... first borns. The topic in question? Bathrooms. Apparently bathrooms are a ... you a bathroom primer. Now, I only live in one dorm, so I can't speak

  • by Snively '11
  • March 2, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All About Toys And how they rule my life!

  

  future. As a part of the class we took a trip to the Hasbro world ... ended up submitting a resume for a summer position. I got the job and ... was that a museum in Lowell, MA was interested in displaying Electro

  • by Snively '11
  • January 25, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Guest Blog: From the Life and Times of Cam

  

  Tonight's blog entry is brought to you by Cam, a resident of CAMbridge, the owner of a CAMera, and an early action acceptee to the MIT Class of 2013. A few months ago, Cam asked me if he could do a guest blog

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 6, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Odds and ends and Canada A study break, plus some other highlights of the week

  

  . QED: My own mother thinks that I have a stupendously boring life. On the contrary, I've had a stupendously excellent weekend while my sheets have remained stupendously unlaundered. A few minutes ago, I began to

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 12, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Time Management Reading this article adds +15 to Time Skills

  

  this comes as a surprise you may have been looking for that other ... psetted, whilst having plenty of time for movie-thons and Guitar Hero on a 60" HDTV. There's a popular saying around campus: "Academics, Friends

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 1, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  The Infected It's not a zombie outbreak...yet

  

  sympathy. I'll probably just be a jerk and say something like "I never get ... this is going? Pride goeth before the fall. Last week, I...I...I have a ... ever I willingly failed =P) and told me to sleep "a lot" and come back if

  • by Karen F. '11
  • February 22, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Art Keeps Me Sane At MIT [by Danbee Kim '09] The beautiful irony is that the analytical, obsessive, and perfectionist mindset…

  

  gave me a quizzical look when I came home for Christmas break freshman ... , an empirial technician, and an ewok in a grueling three-hour, two-intermission-long show. Kenneth Kamrin, a graduate student in mathematics, works with the

  • by ARTalk
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  72 Hours Three days can be a long time.

  

  Man, it's been a while since I last blogged. I've been a bit hosed, to say the least. I've also been out of town quite a bit thanks to the ... . S. Johnston Every major at MIT has a course that's famously hard. For

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • November 8, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Benzene Back Take it to the lab!

  

  'm actually officially no longer a freshman (woo!). The amount of things I have ... have left after finals. So, I'll put my feeling-like-a-post-finals-limp-noodle lethargy aside with a song. Not just any song - a chemistry song. On the last

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 24, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  That’s right, you’re sick Thank you, nurse, for stating the obvious.

  

  a headache? Have some Tylenol! Stuffy nose and a cough that just won ... last night's session with a psychologist and a social worker from MIT Mental Health Services) and the like, but it's not like when a sick

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 8, 2007