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Three Weeks a short summary of this crazy place
I've only been here for a few weeks, but 'here' already feels like home. There are things I miss about real home too. Like my high school ... first week of classes, I don't think I've ever taken a day off to relax -
Blog / MIT Life
My Stomach Overrides All Priorities culinary procrastination
If there's one thing I am utterly terrible at, it is prioritizing. My ... learning Haskell!" As I paged through windows at an excruciatingly slow pace in my browser to do just that, I was seized by the sudden necessity to -
Blog / Hacks
A Hack and Advice Two entries smashed into one.
when I walked out of my dorm to head to Physics I noticed something strange. What are those pokey things on the small dome? I hastened my way towards physics and while passing the student center I realized what they -
Blog / Challenges
IHTFP Warning: Bitterness Ahead! (And why IHTFP can mean so many different things.)
said whiteboard: "I hate everyone and everything, including you." -Keri "Name any topic and I'll tell you why I hate it." -Laura "I will kill you with a bat." -Christina '10 "It must be finals week!" -Ben Why am I -
Blog / Academics & Research
Like a freshman Getting a P+ isn't just for frosh anymore.
until November. No no, today I felt I like a freshman, hosed for the very first time. Last night I woke up at 5:30 to put the finishing touches on ... eventually turned out to need about two and a half hours of touching) when I -
Blog / MIT Life
Google Maps is NOT the best. But everything else seems to be right.
only 18%. Sam's Mom has informed me that I have a then/than error in one of my recent entries, but I am unable to find it. Well, I'm not in Rome, but I'll leave you with a few thoughts of my migration southward. 1 -
Blog / Admissions
To tell the truth
On Tuesday night, I told the audience at my Central Meeting in ... of my meeting I popped open my PowerBook, accessed the score, and ... was true. The problem was, I told this audience of ~230 people that the -
Blog / Residential Life
Don’t Stop Believing you can take the east camper out of east campus but...
Last Sunday, one week ago, I moved out of East Campus. The hours ... , a nap, more goodbyes, more packing -- and then suddenly I was turning in my key and walking out the door. I knew it was coming, of course -
Blog / Academics & Research
A Bit About Me Growing up on a healthy diet of prime time television and MMORPGs
I'm what you'd call a product of prime time television. In my household my sister and I planned out our days based on television shows. I ... Cailou (a show my young sister was adamant to watch) I'd saunter off to the -
Blog / Academics & Research
MIT Dating Research A news story today looks at Media Lab research on dating.
the topic. Having trouble attracting women? Here's what I find ... talk. And I'm not the only one. This seems to be one of the key rules to ... speed-dating conversations. He can now predict the verdict for 80 per cent -
Blog / Admissions
Talking about a difficult subject Answering an FAQ.
session, I am asked a question like this: Is it true that MIT has the ... the extent they can be determined -- are almost never academically ... health issues. I think some people assume that MIT must have a high -
Blog / Personal Travel
a week in europe pictures of munich, vienna, amsterdam
-ending projects just outside my window keep me awake as i attempt to make our 6.033 report seem comprehensible. i look outside and see the same view i've seen ... : it's the mid-semester bubble rearing its ugly head. i want to succumb -
Blog / MIT Life
deconstruction end-of-semester atmospheres
i woke up naturally at 9am this morning to a sunny day, feeling rested, and realizing i have no commitments. so i went into boston to find ... was booked all morning so i scheduled an appointment at 3:15 in the -
Blog / Academics & Research
(My Third) First Day In which I attempt (and fail) to do a timelapse vlog
First off: I apologize for the shakiness of this video. For some reason, I assumed that holding a camera and walking around campus would ... -processing software couldn't save me; I spent a couple hours trying to stabilize the -
Blog / MIT History & Culture
OMG SNOW Well, FINALLY!
(To be serious for a moment here - I really love comments and emails, as long as they in some way have to do with MIT. If you're an '11, I ... a decision, or you haven't even applied, I'd prefer if you stuck to -
Blog / MIT Life
Time and change
Term's over. Almost. I've always felt that term wasn't truly over until all of my grades were in, and I'm still waiting for two of them (out of five). But I'm less nervous about my grades this term than I have -
Blog / MIT Life
Swiss Miss "The archangel Michael descends riding a triceratops."
to #2, and it only went to #94 in Japan. And I am SO SICK OF HEARING IT. This is a dumb story, but scroll down for some more pictures. I left my ... were becoming apparent after three years of use. But anyway, I left it on -
Blog / MIT Life
Bio? My sort-of bio, but not the Course 7 kind.
In my past entry, a few students commented with the request that I post a biography of myself. I wrote a list of things I do and don't like ... , so here's a revised version: Here goes: I'm Mitra, class of 2007 -
Blog / Events
Almost Only Counts in Horseshoes I almost did it. Rather I almost didn't do it. And all for a class…
activities and stuff that I'd want to do, I decided to get all my homework done early and take my free Monday off to get ahead. And so I did. Cue the fun ... and bad haircuts. Wednesday night, I braved the long lines to wait for