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  morning room sounds get your headphones

  

  use headphones for maximum sense of transported-ness   The ear favors no particular "point of view." We are enveloped by sound. It forms a ... everywhere, without ever having to focus. Marshall McLuhan * * * * * for more

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 14, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  welding 1000 digits of pi nom nom buzz buzz

  

  learn to spot weld 5 digits of pi, and mentors/staff can arc weld them ... social. The pies were oh-so delicious. I want to share with you some ... mentoring for them for most of my time at mit and have really loved it

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • March 23, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  We’re Ready for CPW Are you?

  

  prefrosh assigned to us, as you can see below: 1,100 of you are coming and ... to drop off lights, glowsticks, and popcorn machines, the grass is growing, and the sun is shining. MIT is getting ready for CPW as fast as it

  • by Snively '11
  • April 4, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  January Book List Oaks & Poems & Baldwin & Biss

  

  with it and assented to its claims. 5. Notes of a Native Son by James ... start to skim. It's my own loss. These short stories and essays and poems ... wide in the sun; oaks in forests grow tall and thin to get what they can

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • January 27, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I Remember…

  

  It is difficult for me to accept that the MIT Blogs are turning 10 ... in my own MIT application. I remember the day I brought it to the post ... inviting everyone to join an AIM chat room called "MIT09." For many of us, it

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Senior Bucket List, Pt. I Do ALL the things!

  

  doing yet, and GOSH DERN IT I'M GONNA DO 'EM, FOOLS! I am proud to ... like a total goober but it literally almost brought tears to my eyes. He ... . I thought it'd be fitting to get my book signed for my high school

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 18, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Availability Heuristic with applications to pledging

  

  't make it any easier. Many MIT freshmen, myself included, come to ... trying to trick you: it doesn't help anyone if you pledge a fraternity ... are also sometimes available to talk to.  The worst thing you can

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 11, 2011
• Blog / How to MIT

  Super Sketchy Background Activity the experiment, part 3

  

  the Best of the Blog zine. It was great, and you know, vandalism can be ... video, I had no choice but to add him. I mean...just watch it! https ... was cheering. You had to see it. Eh, maybe it exists in the multiverse

  • by kellen manning
  • June 5, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Like Burger King – Only Not (Guest Entry) That ain't no Etch-a-Sketch. This is one doodle that can't be un-did, homeskillet.

  

  down your bags and sigh because it feels so good to be home? Yeah. That ... want to get technical about it, CPW served no other purpose for me other ... , "Ohmygods I can't wait to watch bouncy balls fall out of the sky and play in a

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 22, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Odds & Ends 522 EA admits, Snively, molecular jewelry, and Evan Broder's holiday card - more random than…

  

  particularly awesome, although I can't afford it. :-( That's About It... We ... . Congrats to all of you who got your applications in on time. :-) And being a ... of EA admits from last year's 390 to this year's 522. Fear not, we have

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Quad Life four girls become roommates, hilarity ensues

  

  ?" and "Tell us something funny, we read a lot of these!" It seemed to go ... and hello panda) -- and it's not easy to describe. (For those of you ... located in Baker House. Don't sweat it!) The year got off to a rocky start

  • by Connie H. '15
  • May 13, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  End-of-Summer Camping Temporary escape from my “cruel, insufficiently damp world"

  

  already boarded. I rolled up to the driver. “Can I get on this bus?” He ... for. A perfect farewell to summer.             Kudos if you can ... idea it was to get that close).   The world often gives us a gentle

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 28, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Painting and a trip into Boston

  

  to work on it. So Kim, who is a good painter, asked me if I wanted help ... whether you can paint your room is one of those little quirks to look at. I ... Freaks and Geeks, and listen to a really funny speech by its creator

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Parental Advice Sometimes you just need to get out of the way

  

  I have known for some time that my approach to things can be unconventional.  You don't have to look any further than how I parent to really get ... ,  in favor of blank pages that forced them to create their own images

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 11, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Admitted Student Gathering Thank you MIT Club of Northern NJ for throwing a great one!

  

  person...and to stuff my face with the alumni's homemade desserts! It was ... have questions about MIT life and can't wait to set foot on MIT at CPW ... forward to doing it again for the MIT Club of NNJ's other events

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Bertie Bott’s Every Flavor Beans + Peanuts + Crackerjacks i practically pulled another all-nighter, and again, for a non-academic reason.

  

  me the hardest time was: "NDECOINI" Let's see if you can figure it out ... because the fans get really into it. We then went over to Pour House ... pretty much the weekend in a nutshell. Tomorrow, it's back to work and I

  • by Bryan
  • July 17, 2005
• Blog / Events

  2022 Ring Premiere! ring alert: it SHINY

  

  don't want to brag too much, especially considering it was literally just luck, but it was a great feeling.  I went to Ring Sales (which are ... 'm very excited to get my own copy of this ring in April. It might just be a

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 3, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You should get this bundle right now definitely clickbait

  

  game bundle to tell you that you should buy it. Here's a list of some of the games I've enjoyed from it that'll hopefully convince you to get it ... to fix a time machine before it explodes and resets everything. There

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 8, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Classy celebration, 5E-style

  

  me in my ignorance, it would be a major fashion faux pas to wear this ... about it and bought the shirt and skirt. I'll figure out what to do about shoes later - is it acceptable to wear shiny black combat boots (my usual

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 26, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  FWACC! and some small thoughts about kindness

  

  to the front of the stage when it was my time to start singing and did my best to produce the notes. It went reasonably well, and we were ... show[/annotation] called out to me from the audience. She said it sounded

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 25, 2022