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  Boston Marathon ‘08 I'm back!

  

  way the trees look from my dorm room and exactly how long it takes me to tie my shoes in the morning. There is no EXCUSE!" I have no excuse. It ... material, either (it takes me 6.2 seconds to tie my shoes). I've got the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 14, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  3D Ping Pong Quantum Mechanics (Or why the sciences here are even better than you may think)

  

  screen, you can tell that it'll be memorable. Now if you were to take a ... from the light source. It's a phenomenon that is so epic, particularly ... screaming or shaky cinematography can quite do justice to it. (Nor can any

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 20, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  World Cup Finals

  

  , Roberto Baggio. (It was in no small part due to his braids, I'll admit.) My family went to watch them run drills at a nearby soccer field one afternoon ... Somerset County, New Jersey, where the Italian soccer team happened to be

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 10, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bringing Down the (Lottery) House Like the movie '21,' but with scratch tickets.

  

  ." Maybe there's something to be said for the old saying, "The Lottery is a ... " and/or the book on which it was based, Ben Mezrich's "Bringing Down the ... tickets worked. "I remember telling myself that the Ontario Lottery is a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 10, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2600 Years of the University college life since 600 BCE, as told by Prof. Shailendra Mehta

  

  ’ university leaders had to tackle. This is especially shocking considering that none of the Indian tradition made it to 11th century Europe to influence ... Subjects Studied: for a university to gain its status, it must be a place

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 21, 2016
• Blog / Residential Life

  1.1 miles as the crow flies and it takes me forever to run there

  

  , alerts me that my microphone is off. This is the MIT I’ve come to. When I ... semester. In some ways, MIT is close. In other ways it feels distant, like a ... start five minutes past the hour."]late[/annotation]anymore, and I know it’s

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 17, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  The CrimZone. there are 2 impostors at harvard

  

  cross-reg, but I didn't want to overload myself this semester. It's about ... Orientation, when I decided on a whim to get a Harvard library card, which is ... Cabot Science Library to make sure our cards worked. They did! It was

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • September 16, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Halloween, Part 2 Sometimes it's fun to be somebody you're not.

  

  's Sandman) in the background, which is one of my favorites, out of all the many murals on campus. :) I'd also like to give a quick shout out to ... Costume Design for Theater class she took last semester, and I have to say

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 8, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Harvard Square Photoblog Complete with funny captions. At least, I think they're funny. You be the judge.

  

  Dr. Who to Magic: The Gathering, it's all here. We also stopped ... mile from my fraternity house (according to GoogleMaps), I got here by a ... around downtown Boston to do a little shopping (which had the added benefit

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 26, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  another day of summer ♬ ba-ba-da-ba da-ba-da-ba ♬

  

  quality content as I go. It's really nice to see the videos; I miss my ... apartment. It's a perfect day out, and even though the book is depressing as hell, I feel like everything is alright. 7:30 PM I make quinoa to eat

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 18, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW at Random Hall! While the science gets done, you can build a neat fort with the Settlers drinking…

  

  exciting. My advice to you— If you brought homework, don’t do it. Meet people ... have what it takes to win? 15:17 - 16:47 mitBEEF and Meatballs Roll ... together and maybe write some new carols. mitBEEF is a club dedicated to

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 11, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If you could track minute-by-minute data on yourself, would you? 4 Weeks of sleep, activity, heartrate, and computer usage data reveals something

  

  , I want to see who is interested in demo-ing a Fitbit for the remaining ... weeks to see if you like it.” ... Oh my gosh.  ... free...Free personal ... existence. I need to interject here that this post is not about the issues of

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • April 6, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  8 / Fresh start A month of eating and sleeping and other fun things

  

  all, my meals. Below is a collection of my attempts to put together ... admission to the MFA and ICA, among other museums in the Boston area, and it ... is so full it can't lay flat anymore. I still have some pages left for

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • March 3, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Spontaneous 5-Minute Classes on Whatever You Want These are too good not to share

  

  What is the particle in a box model? How to make ice cream at home ... before. A few weeks ago, I agreed to teach a class with my friend Davie '12: it's called "Spontaneous 5-Minute Classes on Whatever You Want," and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 14, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Application: August 19 In a few short weeks, the MIT 2012 Freshman Application will be posted.

  

  would like to write on your behalf, it is a good idea to have a ... short answer essay questions. Remember that there is no rush to get ... that there is no reason to apply five months in advance, let alone two

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 1, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Halloween Tag In which I do a YouTube thing for a (bonus) Halloween vlog

  

  struggles) and it's almost entirely unrelated to MIT, but you might learn some ... wayyyy too early (anything pre-December is too early in my book, in case ... mid-semester work than coming up with an awesome costume, but such is

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 1, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Hack Punt Tool: The Musical Now, the music can be yours.

  

  they wanted to write a musical, so they did. It was named for three words ... "punt" is to put work aside in favor of doing something fun - or more ... because one is "hosed" (way, way too freaking busy). To "tool" is to slave

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 30, 2012
• Blog / Hacks

  Hack Study Break MIT is home to some very dedicated gamers.

  

  that happen? Most of campus is already cracking down in preparation for ... friends seem to be coping pretty well. In fact, a few students apparently had so much spare time on their hands, they actually decided to provide

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 11, 2007
• Blog / Events

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

  

  invited to our party. And even dessert! All in all, it was a happy day ... couple of weeks ago putting their creative minds to use designing and ... use to trace with) on construction paper. 4.) Cut along the lines. 5

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 24, 2006
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What programs fall under the School of Architecture & Planning?

  Architecture was one of the four original departments at MIT, and it ... discipline, the department has long contributed to learning in the arts and humanities at MIT. The Department of Architecture is one of five divisions