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• Blog / Athletics

  Kick to the limit! The Korean Flying Tigers! What could possibly sound more exciting than that?

  

  decided to head down to the athletic center to check it out. I happened to ... University in South Korea, where it's possible to major in taekwondo like an ... die instantly. So, it's better to err on the side of caution here. And

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 19, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I want you to burn Unfortunately, usually somebody just blew up their spaghetti-o's.

  

  , which is much closer to an actual fire than most of our alarms are. It ... body to Mars" is "periareion." My dorm, Burton-Conner, is the best. Even ... 's it. It's rare for any freshman to live in Burton-Conner for more than

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Venturing to far living groups

  

  to be working)." One thing to remember is that just because a hall is ... on the roofdeck. Boffing is very popular at Random - well, it's popular ... , with airholes poked in the end to keep it soft. These guys were moving

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 3, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To a mouse (or nineteen) A eulogy for my UROP mice... in the form of me explaining my UROP.

  

  whose major function is to serve as a structural base which recruits and ... . Pretend you couldn't tell.) Shank1 is such a scaffold protein. It was ... which had no copies of Shank1. What's known about Shank1 is that it's a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 16, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  How to Make a Flashlight MIT-style that is.

  

  ? Well, it's this wonderful machine shop that MIT students can use to make ... wonderful and free as the Edgerton Shop, the only catch is that you have to ... -find, or determine where the tip of the tool is relative to the edges of your

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • August 2, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  I went to the Arnold Arboretum!!! i become one with nature

  

  North America, and is home to over 1.3 million trees, shrubs, and woody ... in me was hyped to hear that. The arboretum is a good ~5 miles away ... spent a couple of blissful hours there. The area is HUGE—281 acres, to be

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 25, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Accepting criticism please criticize this blog post

  

  move it to a different file. No one says, this is a very personal blog ... need still feels present. Is it really a need to be seen and appreciated ... even worse about it, I guess, is because to other people it seems to come

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 31, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Fail: Part 2 Tempering Iron

  

  the problem is not how much we have to do, but how we think about it ... waiting. It is okay to feel upset; I certainly don’t think it’s healthy to ... the culture--when there’s something wrong, people are invited to fix it

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 28, 2015
• Blog / Advice

  Thinking Outside of Absolutes A short thought piece on thinking about thinking

  

  beautiful than it already is.    So, taking all this, I’ve started to ... to remember that life is not absolute. It’s dynamic. It’s beautiful. It’s ... lot. And I think this is something a lot of people can relate to. There

  • by Richard O. '28
  • April 30, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Reason to Celebrate My advisor is a genius.

  

  . It's pretty awesome, not gonna lie. It's also kind of crazy to be able ... everyone else I know does keep up. Friend: Your UROP advisor is a genius. Me ... people refer to the recipients as a Genius because they are awarded a

  • by Bryan
  • September 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Talk to Strangers you might want to keep what they have to say forever

  

  it wasn't worth it to listen to them when you could just listen to ... . The location of the trip is always somehow related to the problem that ... important it was to talk to strangers, not just about what they do to conserve

  • by Ana V. '15
  • July 22, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Talking to Strangers

  

  . It probably is dangerous, the way I talk to people. I have the ... is often misconstrued as a desire to seduce them, or as an invitation ... bought so he could send it to his girl back home. I agreed. We were in a

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 14, 2014
• Blog / How to MIT

  how (not?) to concentrate a quick guide

  

  concentrate on assignment. Fail It is 2:34 am Eat breadsticks Try to ... Try to concentrate on assignment Fail Browse memes Try to ... food; order more Wait for more food to come; browse memes They forgot

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • May 9, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I went to TwitchCon and met so many people!!

  

  concurrent viewership started to blow up to the 400,000+ range."]it blew up ... some of these panels. Coming in to the weekend I knew it was going to be ... I told her how much it meant to me to see women in the gaming space. I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 3, 2023
• Blog / Community Projects

  Blown Back to Oz the close of the 2014 Design/Build/Fly competition: day 4.

  

  problems at all. As it came around the final turn to approach the finish line ... :30 AM, roughed up and ready to fly on the last day of the competition. We had one more mission to fly and we wanted to re-fly a mission as well in

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 15, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Introduction To MIT World ...and my blog's first feature: Akamai, Clever and Cool!

  

  . With a collection of almost 400 videos, it's a little daunting to pick ... it best to start with a modern day adventure story about a company that ... My first blog entry! Let me begin by introducing you to MIT World, a

  • by Laurie Everett
  • January 11, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Mini-Guide to CPW KAPOW! GET EXCITED!!!

  

  visitors to hosts definitely works. Now, for us, CPW is a familiar event ... more anxious pre-frosh two years ago, so I figured it might be helpful to ... jacket. Looks like CPW is going to be chilly and occasionally rainy (see

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Missing Document Deadline Extended to Wednesday

  

  .687.9184 Fax is the most reliable way to get us a document. It is automagically ... documents to this Wednesday, February 1st, at 5 PM ET. This is a mighty good time to login to MyMIT and make sure everything is in! To recap, you may

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 30, 2012
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

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

  

  just do not like (hint: deflategate) it is just much safer to lie. My ... It was so exciting to be able to welcome the 1000+ adMITed students ... this is the best time to tell you about some of  the things I first

  • by Julia Potts
  • April 11, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  We’re Only Getting Older

  

  acknowledging that it is possible for anything to hurt you enough to make you cry ... always have. It’s strange to feel as though some version of yourself is ... satisfaction of acquiring knowledge, and the opportunity to use it. It is

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • February 5, 2024