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• 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
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Unfolding of Language Your high school English teacher may hate it, but "gonna" really is a word.

  

  awesome. In content, anyway. The author tends to ramble on a bit, and seems to spend a lot of time with wordy disclaimers and pretentious claims ... 'm going to buy that book" is a perfect candidate for the use of the word

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 9, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Boston Calling Everything I know about having a phone at MIT.

  

  much better place to buy cell phones or get service, just let me know and ... that when you come to MIT you'll be moving to a different area code and ... their own literature seems to admit that their coverage area is much

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 3, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT Medical: A Freshman’s Story Worth sharing.Worth reading.

  

  insurance plan. So once more they sent me over to the Mass Eye and Ear (by cab ... nation, and I believe incoming (and prospective) students deserve to know ... opted to bet against long-tail probabilities and took the so-called High

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 14, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Truth is Rarely Pure and Never Simple A behind-the-scenes special on directing a play

  

  rehearsal and class. The energy and eloquence that I bring to the stage as an ... needed. In rehearsals, I create the skeleton of a set and movement to ... the audience.      To do this, I must facilitate and create an

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • November 6, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Liveblog] MARC 2025 A sciencey science conference, feature Anika '26 and me

  

  their research to MTL's industry sponsors like Lam Research and Global ... . Anyway, after all that excitement, we got to the hotel and checked in. I ... ceremony (and dinner!) to begin. Be back in ~1 hour. Day 1, 9 PM Ok, so

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 14, 2025
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Poemtober! the only thing harder than writing is not writing

  

  her energy expended and nothing left but to give up and die, were we ... , one of my friends from hall, Lisa T. '20, and I decided to do "poemtober ... artists (or not as much as I'd like to be, anyway), but we wanted to

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 17, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  [guest post] time passes from spirit island a board game that i picked up 3 years ago is now my life

  

  explained the rules to me very well, despite having played the game only once ... using powers to stop the invaders from colonizing and destroying the ... trying to play 2 low complexity spirits at once, which was definitely too

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Mondays and Tuesdays and the Spaces Between A few days in my words and a break in someone else’s.

  

  created in phase I) of the project to set up today’s feedback meetings and ... . At some point I take a break to go to Shaw’s with Cory and we buy ... to take notes on and Café 4 for coffee. I find a seat in the back row

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 27, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  will.i.am: An entry by Prof. Patrick Henry Winston The Black Eyed Peas' frontman hangs out at MIT.

  

  hours after he learned about energy-storing inverse lakes, he and his ... and his entourage were about to leave, and all the obligatory pictures ... cool enough to go,” she said, “and I have some friends.” Maybe I should

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 2, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Valentine’s Day Special Featuring calculus, people who hate me, and a picture puzzle

  

  Hawking. I'm a huge fan of conservation laws (you know, like mass and energy ... and curmudgeonry in our observable universe, I've decided to list off ... would sprint to wherever they were and snap a candid picture of whatever

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 14, 2009
• Blog / Advice

  On Trauma, and MIT I’m imagining my high school self, and what I would tell her before coming to…

  

  , asked if I wanted to buy anything from the table. I smiled back, and told ... , locked my door, and remembered to buy eggs. My mother is proud of me. It is ... : Much of my recovery involved being physically close to my family, and far

  • by ana~
  • May 4, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Expedition New England Travel That is Good for the Soul.

  

  token of the ride that just added to the journey. Arrival and Walking ... . I now walked back through streets that were once unknown to me, and I ... weekends and actually experience all the great places New England has to

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • October 26, 2017
• Blog / Advice

  tidbits i answer a bunch of random blogger prompts

  

  IAP yet, and I couldn't think of a single unified topic to write about ... and find people to hang out with, or watch something on Netflix with my ... saving money; I realized between buying my own brass rat and taking a

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 18, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers to some questions

  

  Matt does! And I'm starting to get more comments in general - I guess my ... /call my EC? Just "Hi, my name is Kathleen and I'm applying to MIT... I would ... you stop reading one of the lines in the middle and neglect to add the

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 19, 2005