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  [guest post] The Random Hall Milk: Gone But Not Forgotten an obitu-dairy for Pecker's oldest resident

  

  to be back home.    But all is not well. We hadn’t been in the ... , 2022.    The Milk is not an easy object to mistake for something ... desk workers, the government, and the like. Last but not least of the

  • by Alice L. '24
  • October 21, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dancing Days Nerd love, as the summer evening grows.

  

  thing about MIT is that about 90% of the student body really has no idea ... this." One thing about living on the East Coast is that there are no ... on her article on The Tech's website. Now she's done radio interviews

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 1, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Their Own Words (Part 3) Thailand and Israel and Columbia, oh my!

  

  to. The problem at MIT is not whether opportunities are available, it ... (Courses 6-3 and 21M, of Random Hall): "We all know that MIT is the best there is for science and engineering, but many of the humanities

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 8, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Monteverdi to Mozart: 1600-1800 An organ, three harpsichords, and lots of learning

  

  ) Playing the organ in Kresge Auditorium This is not a performance class, but ... - so obvious I usually forget about it - is the instrument the piece was ... contrast, the piano can sustain notes, and how hard you press is correlated

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 11, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  What Is Your LΔ? What about heart? What about determination? What about resilience?

  

  other hand there is James. For whatever reason, James did not enter the ... One of the first things that I learned about MIT is that everyone ... me, you need to know that my definition of LΔ is the following: (L

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 18, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  everything is actually going okay and i think that's pretty cool

  

  'm asexual. instead, i feel like the tradeoff is more… fundamental. not on the ... get when i hang out with them is fun, and not as much comfort. on the ... backseat to the other things in my life. in my mind blogging is either one of

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 30, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  This Entry is About (A) Lady Gaga (B) my MIT ID card (C) all of the above

  

  . The takeaway message here is that I finished the mango, checked my email ... this is legal?” (If you look closely at her sunglasses in the picture ... ID.) Honestly, it's probably not. But on the bright side, a new ID

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 1, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Is MIT too hard? warning: metaphors ahead

  

  -six back to back 4:45 miles.  How do they do it? The answer is that they ... know what? MIT is unnecessarily hard -- at least if you think the purpose ... , punting is not an option.   --   Last week, I worked 75 hours

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 18, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Nerd Camp tales from TDI

  

  the community is so strong, more and more alumni began teaching as I did. And now, nearly the entire staff are not only TDI alumni, but - more ... but the very oldest campers were not yet born when I first attended TDI

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 27, 2011
• Blog / Advice

  I did not graduate on time

  

  not graduate?  Freshman spring was the first period of crisis. I had ... heartfelt, like other bloggers’ posts. That's not the Imposter Syndrome talking here—I couldn’t not be the neutral, helpful blogger. And I couldn

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 13, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions? Answers. A valiant attempt at creating an entry that fits as many categories as reasonably possible.

  

  , campus dining is a porcupine in a petting zoo of tamer subjects (like the ... not universally feasible on campus. In four of the twelve dorms ... hours. Breaking even with the dining system is about as easy as breaking

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 1, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Cognitive Processes or: i take a personality test again

  

  there is out there in the world. I read into my zodiac and stuff, not ... the 16personalities quiz and saw it as just flat out wrong. Not only ... 's the honest truth! This is actually kind of funny to write down because I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 2, 2020
• Blog / People & Identities

  Home is where the Heart is visiting my grandparents

  

  ourselves and our bags onto the 14 hour flight. The best part was that not ... . Everything is ridiculously cheap. For maybe the price of a weeks worth of ... towards Asian cuisine. The cost of a batch of tofu soup for 5 people is less

  • by Anika H. '26
  • August 4, 2024
• Blog / IAP

  Is this real? The party called IAP continues.

  

  about the show in Wednesday's edition. But, fear not! MIT is getting ... the Geek, one of our very own MIT alums, is on the show. After LSC ... appear to be how much of it is still scripted and staged. Despite the Tech

  • by Bryan
  • January 19, 2006
• FAQ / Afford

  What is need-blind admissions?

  MIT's need-blind admissions process ensures that you will not be disadvantaged in the admissions process because of your financial need. Our admissions process is need-blind for all students, foreign and domestic.
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Winter is coming. actually, it's already here.

  

  the snow is while everyone else got sick of it three weeks ago. But can ... in the past few weeks. Not too shabby, eh? Some prefrosh were ... Confession time: I'm one of those West Coasters. The ones who get

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 16, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How Hard is MIT? A quantitative analysis

  

  hardness. The most well-known is the Mohs hardness scale – an ordinal scale ... ].[/caption]A slightly more sophisticated scale is the Vickers hardness scale ... my 3.020 psets. Thermodynamics is one of the most challenging classes I

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 26, 2023
• Blog / Life after MIT

  My Least Responsible Purchase I'm an impulse buyer but THIS was a bit much

  

  's website to see if I could afford one.  The math never worked :( In late ... completion my real estate agent swung by to check on the progress.  She was ... fell in love with it.  It was the second Tesla I'd ever seen up close and

  • by Snively '11
  • July 17, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MARC 2025 (not a live blog) Featuring Andi '25!

  

  MARC is one of the few conferences people have in their academic ... think what we said is a little heinous for the blogs, judging by the ... building 36 freight elevator, which is why we left it on the first floor

  • by Anika H. '26
  • January 16, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Major, Course 6-9 computation and cognition

  

  major is not the sole determinant of your skills. Regardless of your major ... topic. Your major is not the sole determinant of your opportunities. But ... experiences with Course 6-9 and give an overview of what the major is like

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 28, 2020