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  It’s Almost Here! The sun? Orientation? Only time will tell.

  

  …or is it Seattle? Anyway, grab your umbrella just in case. While the ... pretty much the pivotal element to many Orientation events. Believe it or not, Orientation is also a great opportunity to learn about internships

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • August 26, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Right NOW Making Things

  

  this much. This week, to my academic detriment, I'm proof that energy ... 't do that. It's like planning to bake a crisp and hoarding fruit months ... make something, do it--or decide to do it--right then. That's my advice

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • May 2, 2013
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Everything in moderation…even moderation. How many places can you go on a four-day weekend?

  

  from Charlestown, which is home to the Bunker Hill Memorial and USS ... : Breakfast with a friend from high school. So, clearly, there is no excuse to get bored in Boston! It's such an amazing city, with so many things to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 11, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Day in the Life of an Over-Scheduled Frosh Another hosed blogger? ShOcKiNg

  

  , and a few places to buy food."]Stud[/annotation] because it’s too busy ... hour? A friend asks me if I’m going to [annotation note="8.01 is ... lives halfway across the country. Every moment we get to talk is a treat

  • by Powers '23
  • October 21, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Setting up a Global Warming Research Center…in Antarctica Meet Zahir Dossa ’08 (Courses 6 and 15; Nu Delta), who could sell you your…

  

  ’s going to sink fastest because of it?” I couldn’t argue ... has more energy when he claims to be tired than most people have when ... it) to make his ideas happen. Zahir’s currently implementing

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • October 25, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Blogger Wrapped 2024 Episode 7: The Apple Music Awakens

  

  , I managed to pull slightly ahead of Gloria. It's probably because I ... ="This song only has like 13k streams to begin with, so it's very possible that ... to Spotify. Hang in there – the semester is almost over. [caption id

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 14, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  I had a terrible week Also, I think that making puns about the President is Obaminable.

  

  thing about MIT, #262, is that you quickly learn to not take surveys ... to my misery. It was rhythmic. I woke up every morning at 7 am dressed ... -acclaimed street photographer in the meantime. The first step to a Pulitzer is to set

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 26, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Who we are All the stuff I've been trying to write since last July. It isn't much, but…

  

  , 12 to go. That sounds a lot better. Exam week is a busy time at MIT; a ... last-minute answers. It's fashionable here to loudly announce your impending doom -- you know, it's bad luck to say good luck on opening night

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 23, 2006
• Blog / People & Identities

  a jaunt to Philadelphia We went to the AWP writing conference!

  

  , because I got too hosed to finish it in March."]room.[/annotation] It’s late ... from a corner where the wall is painted black to a corner underneath my ... of American ensemble, and the light is softer now. I like it. I

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 26, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Reactors are my friends. Four things you would never expect to find in a real MIT laboratory.

  

  a pot, grind it up, heat it up to 250 C and 40 atmospheres, dehydrate it, then heat it up to about 500 C, and BAM! distill off some usable ... it to other animals), but you get a clean biologically-derived fuel out

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 26, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  it’s been thirteen days since the Eras Tour began

  

  album that I started really listening to and liking last summer. It is ... thought about it like that before.  New Year’s Day is such a mellow end to ... am right where you left me to it’s time to go is so witty.  Favorite

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • March 30, 2023
• Blog / Life after MIT

  14 years later what I've been up to in the past one-seventh of a century

  

  to prove myself to them; it just wasn’t going to be straightforward ... understanding the cryptography behind Bitcoin but not buying it. Slowly but surely ... -long learning. Buy Bitcoin in 2011.   Anyways, no blog post is complete

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 22, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  [joint post] unsubscribe a post about fortune cookies

  

  to buy 700 and 1000: around $500. Alan: This is bad pricing design ... post.)"]here we go again.[/annotation] CJ: Why does it have to be "oh ... ."]Regardless,[/annotation] an event like this had just happened. The truth is, however, that it

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • July 7, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  updates i'm still here.

  

  semester I realized how precarious it is to strike a balance between being a ... myself for it. This isn’t going to go away soon, and all I can do is keep ... It’s been a hot second since I last blogged- about ten weeks, to be

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • January 20, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Rambax MIT On Rambax, MIT's one and only Senegalese drumming ensemble. Also known as MIT's best Senegalese…

  

  the greatest benefits of coming to a university like MIT is that it ... it turns out, it is rather difficult to take photos and videos while ... , for a Christmas special on how much it'd actually cost to buy all the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 6, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Avoiding moonlight on an empty stomach Late-night snack cravings lead me underground on meandering routes to Massachusetts Avenue.

  

  . Once said novelty is firmly affixed to said vacuum attachment, the lid ... accessible and become quite useful when you want to avoid various above ... amazing snack. You next realize that it's well into the small hours, and

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 11, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s 2015! Happy New Year

  

  was finally able to read over the past week, and propped on my legs is ... potential new friend. It helps that practically everyone here is awesome. Eat ... organized. Heh. One week, my room is the victim of a tornado. The next, it’s

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 1, 2015
• Blog / MISTI

  Lost and Found I've been here for almost two weeks, and been lost at least half of that…

  

  , I think, and I start to get defensive. What's in it for her? Why is ... to the landlord's office, and it happened even worse when I got off the ... next to me and was like, "Got a drink?" At that time I knew it was time

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 12, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  It’s here! The post you've all been waiting for, or at least until you saw Snively with…

  

  . Well, we finished the something awesome months ago, but we wanted to keep it under wraps until its official release. Today, I'm finally able to show it to you, since the Next Big Mailing has officially been shipped

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 25, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waiting always waiting

  

  -bottle rocket. You can even launch it, provided you have enough empty space to ... , sell it to other MIT students, and donate the proceeds. I usually come ... guessed it) Head of the Charles. The best part of racing is winning, which

  • by Alex M. '21
  • November 12, 2019