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  Match Game

  

  'll start with the question that seems to be most prominent: what does it mean ... of the MIT spirit is collaboration and cooperation: you can see it all ... It may have been snowing outside, but inside, it's raining

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 27, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Check the Mail Pyramid!

  

  send it again?!" (Please no.)   The answer to all these ... , but I don't think you got it. Maybe there is a post office conspiracy?" "My counselor said she faxed you over a SSR but it

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • January 2, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Power of suggestion This entry will tell you whether you'll get into MIT or not in two minutes.

  

  television shows in the world. Still, I think it's safe to say that the typical ... to say something like, "Oh, the campus is incredibly diverse but all ... absolute perfect answer to this question. My freshman year, I went to Sigma

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 5, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Stitch n Bitch: Quarantine Edition a tight-knit community scattered across the globe

  

  used it to try out embroidery."]embroidery kit[/annotation] for Christmas ... time, I didn't want it to be true – who wants to spend a whole year ... to start learning. I got the [annotation note="It was advertised as an

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 21, 2020
• Blog / Personal Travel

  retreating and proceeding favorite thing about mit's campus? leaving it

  

  'estaloam', which can be stretched to mean 'this soil' in Spanish. As in 'Mira ... can assure you that it is much greater than the sum of the complementary ... opportunities to travel globally, but while it's not summer or IAP, local

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • April 13, 2013
• Blog / Class Projects

  Angry Birds Fly at MIT Students construct trubuchets, catapults, and air cannons to take out the dastardly pigs on Killian…

  

  to fire I'm sorry, but this is the best action shot I could get -- it ... Mechanical Engineering course 2.009: Product Engineering Processes took to Killian Court (the big grassy quad by the Great Dome) to fire birds at pigs

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 8, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The MIT Spring Concert This year's concert: Jason Derülo and Janelle Monáe.

  

  ) and used one to play half of a song on his bass." Apparently, the ... audio or pictures of this concert? Would love to hear it / see it... The ... . Here's the story, as I have come to understand it: The Grateful Dead

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 26, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Sun off a beach The one where it rains. I mean, another one where it rains.

  

  minutes immediately after getting to the beach before we realized that it ... greatest game I've ever played, and I'd like to teach the world to play it ... Well now, this is a good way to start a blog entry. Megan '08, nine

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 31, 2005
• Blog / Events

  The Places You’ll Go Places I've recently gone.

  

  -known fact about me, but I used to want to study hurricanes. This comes from ... I went to 9-to-5 life in downtown Manhattan. Some of you might have ... !) and busting my butt off at my JOB. I chose to get an internship in

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • February 13, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Stayin’ Classy Workworkworkworkworkwork *deep breath* workworkworkwork.

  

  really good about it. Until one of my Erlenmeyer flasks decided to jump out ... summer. I'm also waiting on my UROP paperwork to go through, so I can start ... It's been 13 days since the school year began, and already, many of

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 21, 2010
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Repilot A 10th vlogiversary for the 20th blogiversary

  

  peppermint tea, and no matter what tricks I use to try and drag myself out of ... When we first decided to coordinate 20th anniversary blog posts, I ... never-ending busy season of reading applications! So it's not like I don

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 24, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Shoulder Season Treat A little something for rising seniors to jump-start their exploration of MIT

  

  I have heard the term “Shoulder Season” to characterize the time ... vice versa). I am, however, going to co-op the term to also apply to the ... group of rising seniors (and other underclass students) who are anxious to

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 12, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Updates, Previews, and My Successor

  

  , and what should the United States do to solve it?" Two fellow bloggers ... producer at the History Channel happened to read it, contacted Zahir, and ... World: MIT Speaks, that showcases 25 undergraduates' responses to the

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • May 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  St. George’s Day England's National Day

  

  you can't tell, the flag is white with a red cross on it. Okay, I ... When I came back to England from Easter vacation, I was greeted by ... . I whipped out my camera and we agreed that whatever it was, it would

  • by Cambridge
  • April 26, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  CPW 2008: The Hack Edition What!? Already!?

  

  trafficked, but wouldn't it make more sense to have the chainsaw in building 46 ... Hackers don't waste any time hacking CPW this year. It's the first ... , doesn't see the zombies as a threat, forcing hackers to help protect the

  • by Snively '11
  • April 10, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  train of thought on feeling deeply

  

  Amtrak. One day, it suddenly occurred to me that when I'm on a train, I ... story was starting to settle inside of me like concrete; it was becoming ... , I think it’s progress just to realize this. Maybe it’s a glaringly

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 26, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Nibble of Music

  

  is a band I'm going to have to explain to my kids so they can ... don't try to karaoke this one, unless you really can hit those high notes. Even JBJ himself can't do it anymore. 0x6. Cherry Filter, [I can

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 22, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  ZOMG CPW rawr.

  

  'll work it out! And if your host has tried to contact you but you haven't gotten back to him/her yet, do so ASAP so you can work out living ... and nights to match up all 1,100+ of you coming this weekend with

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • April 7, 2010
• Blog / Events

  4 comfort songs for your first day shake those jitters!!!

  

  course i technically can, but... what??? summer flew by']I can't believe it ... my head. Nerves tightened. I couldn't quite get myself to bed. The first day of anything can always feel a bit stressful—but that must

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • September 3, 2024
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Alum FAQs I'm baaaaaaaaack

  

  ) Walk to work. It really depends on the day, since I do production and ... . Especially when it comes to script development with the students - I’ve learned ... at the same time, it’s been a really amazing thing to have all these

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 11, 2014