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  2.670 Summary

  

  Today was the last day of 2.670. I had wanted to make a really cool modification to my engine by making it a generator, but I didn't have enough time to make it work. Anyway, I spent all morning putting together the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 20, 2006
• 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

  • by Bryan
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Flipping Failure an IAP update

  

  MIT. After debating between a couple of topics, I chose to tell a story about struggling with sacrificing self-care to prioritize academics ... the story I told. But ultimately, I want to let this story speak for

  • by Paige B. '24
  • April 28, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  One Art variation on a poem of Elizabeth Bishop

  

  The art of being hosed isn’t hard to master; the tasks (you hope) will teach you something new. To be busy, then, is hardly a disaster ... many things to-do. The art of being hosed isn’t hard to master. [caption

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 22, 2020
• Blog / Advice

  Parting Remarks Ending the same way I began

  

  classes I decided to make this last video just sort of going through how MIT ... , non-scripted, talking for too long videos that I used to make for the class of 2019. So I thought, what better way to end my time at MIT than

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 12, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Hospital State of Mind The things I hate about being stuck here

  

  I hate going to the hospital. Yes, hospitals help people. Most nurses ... Wednesday. It is driving me crazy. I started talking to my squishible monster ... Services is super great about sending emails to professors and letting them

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 6, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pi Day Eve A doodle and some old advice

  

  To everyone who's waiting for a pi(e) day decision: It's all going to be okay. It may not feel like it right now, with t-12(ish) hours until that fated time, but it will be. I tried to think of what high

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 13, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Measurements How do you measure a year in the life?

  

  Campus to the Z-Center one day when my favorite song of the musical theatre ... measure a year, I began to wonder what units I use to measure my life. The first quantity that came to mind was distance and the easiest unit of

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • October 21, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Presenting…My Prefrosh! ‚ô•

  

  'm Abir, a prefrosh, and I was fortunate enough to have the BEST host ever ... asked me to guest blog about CPW and I am going to try to give a glimpse ... beaver I am, I decided to book my flight to CPW EARLY in the morning; 6

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 18, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer’s End To everything there is a season.

  

  -checked all my saved strains of yeast, handed my notebook to my post-doc, had a ... sense of finality, of completion - of fulfillment. Today, I head back to ... amazing summer. I haven't even had the chance to blog about all the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 9, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Spring Break post

  

  Hi, readers. Congrats to those of you who got in. I remember when I ... the end in itself. Take advantage of what MIT has to offer you, because ... many opportunities in life to not get in to someplace where you wanted to

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • March 29, 2007
• Blog / Hacks

  Where’s Waldo? Hack Attack!

  

  to in my email inbox I receive this email. From: Friend with the Inside Scoop To: Me You should check out the Vassar side of Stata ("Razor ... motto is: "Have camera, will travel." Off to Killian Court I depart

  • by Bryan
  • December 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Return of QBert Whack-a-mole, a piano player, and a whole lot of fun. All in 24 hours or…

  

  describing to you the journey would be a faux-pas on my part, so here it begins. So Saturday afternooon, I was en-route to a surprise dinner with my ... unmarked Toyota Matrix to New Hampshire. All I remember of the drive was

  • by Bryan
  • November 6, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m a believer Bikes! They're totally worth it.

  

  OMG. Bikes are amazing. So, I'll admit it: I'm stubborn. I like to ... was totally wrong about bikes on campus. I've always walked to class ... , and who am I to refuse free stuff? First, it took me under 10 minutes

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Did the quadratic formula explode?

  

  In one of the 28 (and counting!) responses to my last post, Kelly ... of applications I still have to read. The other work (yes, other work) I have to do for the office. My silly notion that when I blog, it

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 16, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  REX Now An Option for RBA Freshmen Next House's freshmen, starting with the class of 2012, can now participate in REX. !!!!!!!!

  

  getting to the drive-in window where the lady says, "Here's your Big Mac ... .. can I have a look at those?" She says, "No." "Oh, and also, you have to ... means that you have to live in that dormitory for the year (unlike

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 30, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The After

  

  , working in the machine that is Big Tech. My day to day involves a lot less ... product design, so thank you DPD for exposing me to my future career⚙️! I have been able to ship a few products that are out there in the real

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / MISTI

  Summer at last and my last days as a teenager...D:

  

  Jersey, which is very close to home. Planning for summer 2011, I knew I ... , I have friends going to India, Japan, China, France, and Spain. As for me, I’ll be going to Beijing, China. I’ve been looking at MISTI

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Look Ahead The fight's begun but not yet won.

  

  knowing how to apply it to an exam question. (Prefrosh, take note of this.) We'll see how it all goes, but all in all I am very happy to be done ... to head back home for a week ago and see my family (Boston is amazing

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 19, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Double legacy ...what my kids will be, since I'm marrying somebody from MIT!

  

  I are engaged, and we're planning to be married in September or October of next year. (We're hoping to have our reception at the Museum of Science -- because what better place is there for two MIT grads to have

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 1, 2006