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  Hosed life the last few weeks

  

  conference. That means that I'll have to either pset on the bus/train or not ... -30 degrees Fahrenheit with wind chill on the first few nights. To ... short program, and moved up to second after the free skating portion. With

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • February 20, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Academic Love Poetry The amount of poetry I write is inversely proportional to the amount of sleep I…

  

  the invaders gestured for her to come out to the aisle. They crowded ... , they sprinted out of the room to thunderous applause. These charming men ... around delivering them, to the mortification of the recipient, and the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 15, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Physics A short novel.

  

  coming out on top by figuring out how to, I don't know, fix the boat, I ... 't looking forward to letting physics continue to feed on my soul for the ... , there are very often ways to change that. The second thing is that I

  • by Karen F. '11
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  What YOU’RE Doing This Summer! Do yourself a favor and watch this! Make sure you're not doing anything for the…

  

  unofficial Course XIX still lives on to the present day). I met Dr. Lee last ... have to experience the highest mountain range on earth at least once ... comfort of your home. you can even bring it on to the airplane without

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 24, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 1 Zumba and putting pants on in lecture

  

  pulled on a pair of sweatpants (to protect my legs against the sub ... down her back. Beaming, she asked me to sit on the far side of the room ... seconds to tug them the rest of the way up, before sitting back down, cheeks

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 15, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  The Real Deal no impostors here

  

  people are too stupid to know they are stupid. Impostor syndrome, on the ... something akin to the impostor effect. But second semester, when both of them ... A few days ago a young man posted a confession to the Class of 2016

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 27, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My Disappointment Is Immeasurable And My Day Is Ruined A story about cream soda

  

  second opinion from my friends… To my horror, none of them saw the glaring ... Office gave a presentation about adjusting to life in the alien environment ... to learn that it also existed in the US. None of the MIT dining halls

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 15, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Integration Bee If this were televised, nobody would watch the Superbowl.

  

  , s, i, n, h, e, l). Here's the gig: The 12 top scorers on a quick written integration test open to all MIT undergrads receive the unparalleled ... solver in each round get to have another load of integrals dumped on him

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 2, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Trendy Reif Strikes Again this time with the ALS bucket challenge.

  

  sclerosis, aka Lou Gherig's disease. The challenge is to dump ice water on ... speech at the 148th Commencement. On Friday, August 22nd 2014 at 11am ... Challenge, one by Harvard President Drew G. Faust and the second by MIT

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 26, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  USA Wins 2nd in International Math Olympiad Three MIT '09s won Gold Medals.

  

  On July 6, the world eagerly watched as London was named the host of ... problems is graded from 0-7 points, with partial credit given (on the above ... finishing second in the world. Rounding out the top 5 were the teams from

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 18, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Adventure’s Out There….. in Boston! Summer shenanigans at MIT

  

  , my roommates and I started to scout out an awesome spot on the ... Finally back on the blogs, and it feels so good! (I'd normally start ... demanding. I think I might have found myself running on the MIT treadmill a

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • July 20, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 2) notes from the second day

  

  my best to ignore it. The second time was at 6 AM or so, around Toledo ... incredibly smooth; it’s going to be hard for the second leg to live up to this ... /with the sculpture and briefly considered continuing on to Maggie Daley Park

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 12, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Visualize whirled peas

  

  States, and how it related to the promotion of unity and understanding on ... interviewer have told us, it is my job to summarize your application on the ... to the entire Admissions Committee to make a decision on (more on this

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 12, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Getting Through a Difficult Month Study, Study, Study

  

  never going to end. It seemed like all my midterms were clustering on the ... something up on the day of the test. I thought I was going to forget a ... belief. Now, as Spring Break comes to close, and the month of April has

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • April 1, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  72 Hours Three days can be a long time.

  

  the rest of your time to work on the project. Unfortunately, because my ... , to say the least. I've also been out of town quite a bit thanks to the ... applications varying by semester. Emphasis on the integration of fundamental

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

  More on the Paris Metro Our final review was Monday - officials from the Paris public transport authority flew in…

  

  people from the class to work on each of these four project areas. I had ... underground examining everything from the advertising on the walls to poorly ... currently use to express ourselves to strangers on the train.) These

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • May 16, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  You Are Welcome Here (and at Elmhurst College too)

  

  comes to resources on campus, MIT has the rainbow lounge, where I will be ... means we get to consider changes and additions to questions we include on ... in including these as well. I echo the sentiments of a commenter on the

  • by Kris Guay
  • August 29, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  Advices, advices Notes from Associate Advising...

  

  Trivia: In Mandarin blogs, being first to comment is to get the "tou xiang" - a phrase that alludes to the traditional "tou xiang," a Chinese practice that is meant to bring good luck which entails being the first to

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 28, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  day one, six out of eight am i doing too much?

  

  the kitchen to reheat it. i see some friends from hall. "good morning ... pull the pizza out of the microwave, and i walk back into my room to eat ... 's nice to only start walking to class ten minutes before the start of the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 2, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Double diplomas The only thing better than one MIT degree is TWO MIT degrees!

  

  on the plan -- if you ship it to the roommate, the roommate can be on ... the truly worthy will be able to dance at graduation with a diploma in each hand), so I'm going to try and demystify the process a little. The

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 12, 2005