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• Blog / MIT Life

  In which I am only slightly less boring than usual The title says it all, no?

  

  around the Shift key is easy enough, as there's another one on the right side of the keyboard; the A key, however, is another story entirely. It ... and pushing the button that opens the front door. Working desk is a

  • by Keri G. '10
  • July 12, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Be A Blogger 2015! TAKE THE PLUNGE

  

  ? Here is the opening paragraph from the blogger training manual that Lydia ... mission of the blogs is to allow our bloggers to express to the world what ... . The day-to-day experience of your life at MIT is a perspective only you

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 14, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  NM – u? Sometimes there just isn't that much crazy in my life. Splish splash.

  

  , which is not true. It's just not MIT-related excitement. There was lots of ... interesting things about which I can't wait to blog. The rest of the weeks ... , so I curled up in Hayden with Moll Flanders. I usually sit up on the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 23, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to Senior Haus, version 2.0 More pictures!

  

  of Hanna, Dorota, and Jake, all fellow frosh. Here are some from the fourth floor: This is the door to GRT Vikash's room - The 4th HNC ... working on sewing projects like the flower Amy '10 is making below: Trust

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 20, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  The End of an Era A no-longer-freshman's reflections on life, the universe, and MIT-specific details

  

  was explaining why, because the human eye is innately attracted to ... ourselves with is the existential crisis of some whiteness. But when something is missing, we notice. Somehow, the emptiness is jarringly loud. I

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 24, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  Bang! Update [3] Gotcha!

  

  , MIT is awesome at pistol, and the range is on campus, why not join? I ... straight from the bus into the range, which is, unlike ours, housed in a castle. Seriously, castle. The event shot tonight is called "Air Pistol

  • by Snively '11
  • January 25, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Story of Tim Tebow My friend Steve '11 wrote a blog for the not admitted.

  

  played the game. That is a fact, not an opinion. He was the first sophomore ... 's not the important thing. What happened next is part of college football ... . Today he is remembered as the greatest not just of our time, but of all

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 16, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  YoYoPhones The iPod has nothing on this.

  

  Before you get all "zomg" on me. This is *not* the iPhone v2. MIT ... Manufacturing II gave me a taste of the various manufacturing methods including injection molding, casting as well as the tradeoffs between cost, quality

  • by Bryan
  • May 21, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  On Greatness

  

  people say it's a good idea, or whether or not it has any practicality. The important thing is to find what you love and do it to the utmost of your ... (and occasionally even current students) saying basically the same thing

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 11, 2011
• Blog / Classes

  Second Semester Schedule + Thoughts A mind-dump of excellent quality

  

  want to be a 21W minor, if not a major. SO I spent the rest of that day ... comes after 6.145 or 6.0001/2 pretty naturally, but the learning curve is ... hours the last two weeks, which I guess is kinda the point. I feel like

  • by Powers '23
  • February 19, 2020
• Blog / MISTI

  My Summer in Japan Tokyo, Spaceships, and Lots of Ramen

  

  at least arriving to the moon is incredibly impressive.  But don ... (or JAXA, Japan’s version of NASA). Here is where the 2-meter ... one that actually flew the lander in Mission 1. Not only was she kind

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 1, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Closer Calls and rising unease

  

  the lights go off, what we need is a shimmer, a glow, not a black hole ... Emab Plaza is a busy shopping mall located in the heart of Nigeria ... passion is the height of worry—thankfully so—and for others, the uncertainty

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 28, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes Time may change me, but I can't trace time..

  

  knew this in the past anyway - not the socks part, the other thing - so ... is the best advice I can give to someone trying to choose between ... perceived myself and the way others perceived me, the difference is almost

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 28, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Q&A: Food on campus, UROPs, decisions Qs from prospectives and prefrosh, As from me.

  

  seems like MIT students are overwhelmed because the workload is impossible ... else) You're free to eat at any dining hall: the meal plans are not dorm ... hear, the food is pretty decent, but I can't speak from experience. The

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 5, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Surprise! Long time no see!

  

  DID YOU KNOW? John McCain is 2.41 Saturn years old. Funny story. On the way to dinner tonight we were discussing Adelaide '09 and her role ... Ruth. Then, on the way back from dinner, we were discussing Sam, Mitra

  • by Snively '11
  • August 29, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Dewey Love Libraries? Yes we dew!

  

  Yes we dew. I am not very shy about my love and affection for the MIT ... 2 hours. You really should try one. (That is me.) Dewey is the ... for the Dewey furniture survey. (Clearly, I don't have enough work to do

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 10, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  checked off 101 things to do before you graduate...

  

  sailing lessons at the pavilion ⛔ This is something I really wish I did. I ... Taekwondo, I once went to a tournament at the University of Vermont, which is ... were in January 2021, but I still enjoyed the class a lot. My Japanese is

  • by Waly N. '24
  • May 31, 2024
• Blog / Residential Life

  back in east campus, the sequel jiggity jig (again)

  

  this room.) this is a room with a rich history. i can name the past ... table, some of the posters. it's also right next to the lounge, which is a ... the years and years of stories attached to each piece, may not get

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 18, 2021
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Announcing new blogger avatars! all-new, all quality

  

  possibly communicate the amount of #swag i had back then, so instead, here is a photo. this was not my daily attire at the ripe old age of 15, but ... The bloggers' old avatars were drawn by a talented professional in a

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 1, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pi(e) Day Burton 1 celebrates Pi Day as we generally like to celebrate all unofficial nerd holidays…

  

  off the front page is grape-flavored anything (it's not even a flavor, I swear). The point of this entry is that my friend Liz '11 and I recently ... , and also not because you make me feel old. But I'm mostly excited

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 18, 2008