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• Blog / MIT Life

  Summertime Happenings A summer of research and relaxation in Boston

  

  my disappearance from the blogosphere. I’ve been meaning to post a ... back to California for a highly anticipated return home. I hadn’t had the ... like to do sometimes when no one is watching) since winter break so to

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • July 4, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A bear encounter and a wild cow-milking contest Summer adventures

  

  coaxing, I managed to wobble (screeching) down the sidewalk to a gyro cafe and back. Two days later, I managed to transport myself down a riverside ... up to Franklin Bridge, and the plan was to camp overnight before riding

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 24, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Day 2: Hiking up a volcano at 15,000 ft (~4.5 km) Altitude sickness and Embarrassing Spanish Attempt #3

  

  recommend attempting to summit a volcano at 15,700 ft with only one day of ... bar from a grocery store, then rode a taxi to the TelefériQo. The ... TelefériQo takes passengers on a 2.5 km (~8000 ft) journey to the Cruz Loma

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  The Swim Test Saga Four laps (and zero displacement) closer to graduation

  

  drowning. If drowning seems plausible, an individual can opt to take an ... plausible, not because you didn't know how to swim but because your ankle was ... hobbling around on crutches, and didn't get to take the swim test with your

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 22, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Becoming a Princess the making of a Halloween costume [+many pictures of ponies]

  

  You see, the thing about Halloween is that it gives you a reason to ... ? Go ahead. You wanna go to class as a princess? No problem. Go trick ... going to class as a princess. Let me explain. I'm a fan of the TV show

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 3, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Disco balls in space From an antique bookstore to Drive-By Truckers, and back

  

  ." I had previously listened to a grand total of Zero alternative country music, so when they came to perform in Charlottesville last Sunday, I was happy to tag along. (It is very telling that when the crowd started

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 5, 2013
• Blog / Personal Travel

  retreating and proceeding favorite thing about mit's campus? leaving it

  

  'estaloam', which can be stretched to mean 'this soil' in Spanish. As in 'Mira ... don't think I have to detail the personal benefit of travelling, but I ... 've been a firm practitioner of estaloam and have had the opportunity to

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • April 13, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  My brother is cooler than me The plight of the less-cool older sibling.

  

  things that you need to know about Ryan, and those things are: He loves ... personally can't stand Guy Fieri), so they (read: Dad) begged to have lunch at ... . Also, now I am really hungry.) I call this photo, Little boy retires to

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 23, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two Days in the Life In which I overuse Instagram.

  

  -setting even through they're on Pass/No-Record, and I think to myself, "hahahaha ... anymore," which leads to internal sobbing and then I'm jolted back to ... who remember back in the day when I used to doodle in my notes. The

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 15, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Last All-Nighter on mortarboards, machine shops, and graduating from MIT

  

  The night before graduation, I was about to turn in for a good night's sleep so that I could wake up early the next day to figure out how to pack ... and used to let my cat in and out when I was away, tumbled all these

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • June 13, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet The (New) Bloggers! I promised myself I wouldn't cry...

  

  - reviewed all of these applications, and tried to sort them out among us. The ... me introduce to you our new bloggers! Class of 2015:  ... station that allows you to select "play", "pause", or

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 17, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s in a name? Is “geek” now chic? Are we happy with the word “nerd”?

  

  to pop culture references, pop music and the like. If it wasn’t for ... . Franco? The technical awards go to engineers and scientists that make most ... visual feats. Not to mention their inventions can be applied to medicine

  • by Kris Guay
  • July 4, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Reference Frames Vision - of the present and for the future - is powerful

  

  're stationary with respect to the plane. But it goes without saying that, relative to some fixed point on Earth, you're all moving - and fast. It's all ... to do is shift your point of view, and things will feel much better

  • by Emad T. '14
  • March 19, 2011
• Blog / IAP

  Yestermonth’s IAP Everyone else is doing it.

  

  to span precisely one academic year, rendering this system completely ... academic slacking. During sophomore year, I buckled down to work and finished ... has led to some vaguely unfortunate situations, such as taking the

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 14, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Spaghettuna and Lego aircraft If my first week of IAP is any indication of how 2011 will treat me,…

  

  than usual. I’m reigniting my IAP resolution to cook dinner for myself ... at a dining hall, but now that I have the time to let out my inner Iron ... quite pleased with my culinary accomplishments last IAP, so I’m excited to

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • January 10, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Do You Like “Like”? What to do about social sharing.

  

  " button to blogs so that they could be easily shared via Facebook. As I said ... bottom of every blog entry. By clicking this link, you may choose to publish the article to the News Feed of your five thousand closest Friends

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 9, 2010
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Last night in Haiti I have about three hours to sleep until we have to catch our flight out…

  

  It's hard to know exactly how I'm feeling on our last night here in Haiti, but I'll do my best to try to summarize. We just got back from a ... over the last week. I have so much to say and so much to remember, but I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 1, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Going Social Thinking about MIT Admissions and social media.

  

  cap and gown and preparing to walk at my high school graduation. Pomp ... weren't on Facebook. In retrospect, it was a primitive and dim space to ... Ruckus has given way to Billabong. Like a scruffy college graduate who has

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 14, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Characterization This might or might not enrage you.

  

  being convinced that it was the most boring thing I've ever had to read ... family. "80s are good enough," my grandma once said to me in high school ... stopped going to school after 8th grade, though she was an awesome speller

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • August 28, 2009
• Blog / Personal Travel

  The Grandest of Road Trips Reflections on a cross-country road trip, on an international plane flight, on a full bladder.

  

  I'm on a 13-hour flight from San Francisco to Tokyo, connecting ... 'm sitting in the emergency exit row directly behind a bathroom - but rather to ... me, who have not gone to the restroom once yet in the first three hours

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 1, 2009