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  Musings of My High School Senior Self bring your best cringe face

  

  't feel much like an MIT student and I have a feeling that is only going to ... .  And it feels just as surreal as it felt when I got to campus for the ... secret numerical language everyone seemed to speak and I barely knew a

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • February 16, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A bevy of beautiful Brass Rat bezels A tour of the past 8 MIT class rings.

  

  graduation; and once, halfway through, for the unveiling of the class ring. The ... the ring bezel. After much debate, the committee decided to adorn the ... Brass Rat Each class year at MIT officially gathers three times -- once

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 13, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  MIT vs. Chuck Norris Ever wonder how many math and science Chuck Norris jokes exist in cyberspace?

  

  , a number I like much better. Feel free to add any Chuck Norris facts ... to cut him in half and count the rings. - That's not Chuck Norris ... Law of Thermodynamics states that energy can neither be created nor

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • February 5, 2008
• Blog / Blog Projects

  letter to my 2023 self from: 2024 janet

  

  similar to last summer, but the density was much more manageable, and you ... also observe that this is supposed to be a letter from 2024 janet and it ... in 2024 and wrote most of it then; but then i had to work on a bunch of

  • by Janet G. '27
  • January 2, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Two hundred puzzles, fifty weeks later a post of galactic proportions

  

  's answers, and not solvable with much less than that. To simulate how solving ... Cube commercials over and over to verify that the quotes were only said once, and ... what others contributed to the Hunt, and I will strive to assign credit

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 6, 2021
• Blog / Events

  An Evening With Pizza, Constipation and Hell-Sucked Villains Written in the style of TWoP’s recappers, to mourn the website’s closing. Weird things may…

  

  initial concern about how much to get, but my advisor does his marvelous job ... eating to the previous evening mostly sleeping, and had pretty much eaten ... all, it was a pretty nice day, and I’m willing to concede that MIT does

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • April 24, 2014
• Blog / How to Food

  Guest Post: Where to Buy Food: MIT Groceries Guide Because eating textbooks gets expensive.

  

  , you will get a sense of how much things cost. If you’re new to buying ... time in between classes to buy groceries and go back to the dorm. If you ... to buy and how to make them delicious.

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 3, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Silent Dance Party If we had the chance, we'd ask the world to dance.

  

  to blog. I moved to Burton-Conner this year, which, much like East ... Timbaland, and Dima and Rich's classy tea parties (an invite was once extended ... number, size, and volume, to the point that people in China can almost no

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 17, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  You construct intricate rituals function loses form and form loses function

  

  One It's weird how we do so much that we don't stop and think about ... ", leading with a question like "what does it mean to be you?" or "what ... essays, splaying my life story to strangers in interviews, and thinking

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 3, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  Things I enjoyed reading in 2021 another year another book post

  

  Writing and Reading the Short Story, and 24.903 Introduction to Semantics ... new world and returning to the world of old." "New world?" "This world ... a titular, secret, worldwide organization aims to hide and contain

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 20, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  Advocating for Science on Capitol Hill, Part 1 My name is Anna Ho, and I'm here representing the American Astronomical Society.

  

  so much for taking the time to meet with us. My name is Anna Ho, and I ... From Afar, and somehow I find myself here in DC to meet with my ... ’re going to change the world, and soon become disenchanted and frustrated

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 24, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Bicycle Race More things happen, and I pretend that I've read your comments.

  

  Green stopped in the middle of lecture at 11:22 to administer it, and it ... combustible form of water, which is created by an electrode and is perfectly ... to incompetent peer reviewers. And that is how science works. To take a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 4, 2006
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Why Is There No Water? One of the most important things in your life is invisible to you until it…

  

  complicated water is. I created this post as a sort of quick-guide to water, and ... to understand rain and its effects on drinking water. I later realized ... matter of days breeds bacteria and mosquitos and can actually become much

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 9, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  tim’s wardrobe legend has it, TIM changes clothes annually

  

  merch, and does general stuff for the class. I, for some reason, ran my ... . Some weeks, there is a lot of work to do and at times, people (students and real adults) can be hard to deal with, especially since it is tricky

  • by Waly N. '24
  • November 1, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Common Misconceptions and Un-Expectations a list of things i've noticed

  

  the transition from high school to college much smoother and allows ... ~ maybe once or twice. It's a really convenient way to navigate campus and ... had SO much fun. The energy is insane and the crowd always gets really

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 5, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What MIT students do on Friday nights Who needs clothing, when you have duct tape?

  

  out what, and how much, to buy. I don't know about you, but I never did ... things for granted. It's easy to buy pancake mix and then realize, "Oh wait ... need to remember. (I solve this problem by buying anything and everything

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 23, 2005
• Blog / Summer

  turning back time now your clock can follow the right hand rule!

  

  (and broke and superglued one shoe) to buy the clock from [annotation ... to actually do and create the things I dream about. My Counterclock now ... wrong. But everyone can choose exactly how much and what type of math they

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • September 27, 2024
• Blog / Events

  What If… I Met Randall Munroe? ... Something would have to blow up

  

  which he uses legitimate, scientific tools and data to guess at impossible ... the website, some original answers to brand-new scenarios, and a list ... inch thick, is absolutely hilarious, and, according to the back cover

  • by Joel G. '18
  • September 22, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What’s new and exciting? You get to pick a blog topic! Yes, you! Definitely not me!

  

  someone in our wide, mysterious world was once compelled to design a pair of ... how much energy I wasted today by walking on non-carpeted surfaces. Next ... and create a singularity. Since I'm an extra-helpful person today, here

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 16, 2008
• Blog / How to Food

  everything i cooked this summer it wasn't gourmet but it (mostly) tasted good

  

  would once again cook regularly, and managed to stick to that with ... green onion and cucumber, so I add them as garnish to pretty much ... I'm not a particularly good cook. I once managed to set spaghetti on

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • August 14, 2022