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  eclipse chasing, undergrad edition compilation post by Kano '25, Allison '27, Amber '24, Ali '26, & Audrey '24

  

  that state for 30s in totality, when then I’d snap back to take a photo ... pass just north of the city. Four hours north, in fact. +1 pt. for MIT ... ="Educational Studies Program, a club I’m in that runs educational programs for middle and

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • April 22, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  Alone some thoughts on spending winter break in mit

  

  Philippine Mathematical Olympiad, I wrote problems for our National Olympiad in ... , and then turned around. And for a couple minutes, we just walked in ... . He took several. Or how, after eating dinner for the third time in

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 3, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Some comforting blogs to read while you await decisions

  

  the way in advance. I googled for various rejection letters so that I ...  breathe and ground yourself, even if just for a second. and we, the bloggers, will be here with you, talking with you, and existing in the same virtual space

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 13, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Take Off Gate '21 Calling for Departure

  

  behind my home in Texas to make a new one here. In these past fourteen days ... around in the boarding area. The anxious march through the plane door. And ... and for all during the safety demonstration. So here it goes: Hi there

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • September 6, 2017
• Blog / Hacks

  A couple of hacks from a couple of hacks CPW tends to bring out the best work from the esoteric pranksters

  

  ready to live in paradise for a while. As important CPW is for prefrosh ... for me, seeing all you guys excited to be here and the prospect of ... down in your work day in and day out. Of course, CPW brings out the best

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 30, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Daniel Guillen Our football coach gets a surprise in Daniel Guillen '10.

  

  lies ahead for St. Joseph Academy senior Daniel Guillen is one of the ... -year starter on the Bloodhound football team, has consistently ranked No. 3 in ... to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), which is located in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 29, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tech Nomads Four MIT students are spending the summer racing 8000 miles across Europe. Find out why.

  

  of Germany to get to Prague hopefully at around 4pm, just in time for ... across пњљпњљ of the earth's surface in cars that most people consider underpowered for doing the shopping. We have no entourage of support vehicles

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The land of the free and the home of the internet Back to life, back to the internet

  

  to stay in Morgan's lab for both summers. I certainly know people who ... (seriously, 41 kbps? WTF.) for five and a half days. This is probably the longest I've gone without real internet in a very long time -- when I went

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  institutional memory cruft are cool!

  

  , our oldest members have only been around for three years. this stands in ... unknowns. for example, it was only through a graduate sitting in on one of ... in one of the organizations i'm in, esp, we toss the phrase

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 19, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Julia’s Day Out Almost 10 things I've learned since living in Boston

  

  . The “T” is the shorthand for the MBTA subway system in Boston. Since the ... bikes. As someone who lived in Washington, D.C. for a few years, trust me ... before, but for some of you, this was your first time. I also know that

  • by Julia Potts
  • April 11, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  EAPS Field Trip In which I pretend to be Course 12 for a weekend

  

  . This trip is intended for all members of the MIT community and will ... spectacular places in the central part of the state. We will see dinosaur ... (including varves), and metamorphic rocks that formed at ca. 10 km depth in the

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Fancy Feast & Happy People an accumulation of details

  

  Chapter 1: A Formal Account of a Fancy Feast in February. Location ... Wellesley. Friday nights, anybody's welcome, and for the food and the company ... each dish, I had enough on my plate to feed all the chickens for a month

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • March 19, 2013
• Blog / Events

  2015 Brass Rat finally unveiled!!!

  

  pendulum for brave prefrosh to take a ride in. You can see the double ... ) lined up outside in the chilly weather right outside of Kresge auditorium for a good half hour. For what purpose was this? ^We lined up with

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 24, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s a freshman like me doing at Career Fair? hint: I'm not wearing a suit

  

  If you're looking for an in-depth view of Career Fair and all the vast opportunities that it offers MIT students, then you're in the wrong ... psets sound fun", and "won bronze medal in third grade spelling bee

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 22, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Idol A selection committee fantasy.

  

  In a few minutes I'll head over to the committee room to begin Day 7 of selection. Things are going well; for some reason I'm enjoying committee this year even more than I have in past years. Maybe that's just

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 22, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Thanksgiving on First East – Team Bemis makes hand turkeys!! (For justice and the greater common good.)

  

  for our tests in EVERY CLASS! Yay! The end! Hope ya had a nice ... implementing capable lovable hand turkeys. For those unfamiliar with the concept, the steps involved in making a hand turkey are as follows: 1.) Stock up

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  There’s antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium… ...and hydrogen and oxygen and nitrogen and rhenium...

  

  !) just in time to help the 213 suite put together a study break. Every ... for everyone to enjoy while, as the name implies, breaking from their ... Verde's (the convenience store in the student center) and bought brownie mix and

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 15, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  “Who Needs Harvard?” Generating your college list based on which schools fit your personality, not your ideas of…

  

  applying to. They didn't really have anything in common except for being ... Posted on August 13 on TIME.com: Who Needs Harvard? "Competition for ... Admissions: In a kind of virtuous circle, the "second tier" schools got better

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 15, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Toga, Toga, Toga On being in a fraternity (info for parents too)

  

  in high school, I was a pretty shy person. I was very quiet, went to ... other person from my high school, and he was going off to live in New House, and I was on my way to Baker. (pause for information) Just a few

  • by Bryan
  • June 14, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Senior Week: Jonathan Lii A look at a senior from the Class of 2006.

  

  15 with a minor in 14 [in layman's terms: a double major in Mathematics and Management, and a minor in Economics] What's next: Working as a ... Random Variables with Prof. Richard Dudley. It was a class in probability

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 5, 2006