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• Blog / MIT Life

  I won the game! Not (quite) another picture entry... with Tastykakes!

  

  multipurpose 9x13 pan is a Pyrex pan which costs only $8.00? It's my last night ... think I took this picture to illustrate how busy South Station is the day ... , it's back to MIT tomorrow for a safe and productive IAP. Oh yeah.

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 6, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Our mother shoulda just named you Laika! Come on Alex, you can do it.

  

  , or otherwise - and the best thing you can do is to let it. (Do you ... like to talk about it. (I am, of course, kidding. My sister and I love ... to buy embarassingly large-sized teddy bears for your parents that make

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 25, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Student holiday! lots going on!

  

  (except when Labor Day is September 6th or 7th) to be determined annually by ... heart, that I have to come back later to see more. (It's also pushing me ... . This one is "Openness and Respect". Speaking for myself, I find it ironic

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 23, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A bevy of beautiful Brass Rat bezels More on the evolution of the MIT class ring.

  

  . Why? Because it is made of gold and features a beaver on the front. Why ... To go along with Chris' entry about excitement for the unveiling of ... each year of prime MIT ring-buying. Using imagery representing events

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 9, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m sitting on my bed right now so sleepy

  

  undervalued - people seem to think it's too basic and simple and unexciting, but ... unfortunately I won't be able to say "it's gorgeous outside; my windows are open ... I'm glad I'm five stories above it. To my left, a full-length red

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 23, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Music Scene by a non-musician

  

  different working schedules and all you can do is long to be not working, it ... When it comes to Boston’s music scene, it certainly isn’t lacking ... exist, I can confirm). It is the one form of art where I am perfectly

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • December 23, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A word about the humanities It's sort of a long, multi-section word.

  

  requirements will erode your massive brainpower, which is why I don't do it and ... but using it anyway One of the reasons why 24.900 is an amazing course ... fruitless cycle of (1) going to Borders, (2) intending to buy the novel, and

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 25, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Chasing Success idk what that means anymore.

  

  to lead up to this four-hour exam. It blew my mind that it could all be ... seemed to be simple. It was easy to identify what was at the top of the ... there isn't anything else left to accomplish. But in reality, success is

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 5, 2019
• Blog / How to Food

  42 Recipes for Surviving Freshman Year (Part 1) Feeding yourself without a meal plan and avoiding the (negative) freshman fifteen.

  

  is whatever consistency you want it to be. Chop up a banana, mix it ... you want to eat, which is probably less than you think it is. Pour a ... is, you will when you get to campus. It is sweetened milk tea with

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 3, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  Cancer life-changing.

  

  didn’t have to do it, but the reality is hard to ignore. After my mother ... tumultuous as this entire experience has been, it is liberating to know that I ... with that time-- it really is a gift. If I didn’t have a good reason to

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 18, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  creative lockdown: low points of a virtual fall Part 2 of a fall semester recap

  

  energy it took to do all these things was always quite a bit. It didn ... time to finally do it, which is unfortunate. The struggles with lack of ... wanted to write it anyway, so here I am. I considered just not writing

  • by Waly N. '24
  • February 27, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Like a Polaroid Picture My alleged lack of football fandom triggers an epiphany.

  

  football (soccer) fan eh? Your comments sounds like a girl's who is trying to ... √ґln, and I have to say that just watching the game is way more exciting than ... trying to evaluate the profitability of its process under a variety of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friday Night at Random Beautiful people at a beautiful hour.

  

  things about living in Random Hall is that when I want to be alone, which ... ’t want to be alone, which is also often, I can always find somebody else awake to hang out with. The only time when everyone seems to be asleep is

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 31, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  SIMMONS GOT A TRAMPOLINE!!! it's awesome, possum!

  

  refuse to think that MIT is a real college, and it’s just a big science ... propose a way to spend Simmons funds. Sometimes it’s for things like ... ="94970" /] I made a proposal at the last house meeting to buy a drum set for the

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • December 6, 2023
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Why is it called the Brass Rat?

  It's the goal of every incoming student at MIT to get their own Brass Rat—MIT's version of a class ring. The phrase "Brass Rat" is derived from the alleged resemblance of the brass beaver featured on the ring to
• Blog / Challenges

  It’s not all happy I know, shocker!

  

  . Sounds simple on paper but in real life it is enough to actually make you ... really want you guys to like MIT and appreciate all the things it can do ... about is the part where I will sit in a library for 8 hours trying to do a

  • by Snively '11
  • February 26, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Happy Valentine’s Day from MIT Because theobromine is delicious.

  

  In case you haven't realized it yet, I'm going to let you guys all in ... what used to be (and in some ways, still is) a very powerful word. But I ... dedicate the full measure of their time, passion, and energies to admitting

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 14, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  More on balance Some parameters for self-improvement

  

  present in the world. That's really all there is to it. romance ... email. It's Wednesday now. On my floor is a suitcase containing a suit ... ; I'm there less than half the day, and even then, it's mostly to work

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • October 7, 2015
• Blog / Uncategorized

  here’s everything i thought about in 25 minutes an uncurated and somewhat meta discussion on anything and everything

  

  without looking at the keyboard than it is to find people who can type on ... and my friends is a lot smaller when it comes to mobile typing speed ... -read list. hyperfixations is a fun word to type – it has a nice flow to it

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • July 16, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Out There kicking off spring break with some Chinese food, some anime, and some media studies

  

  Maker culture is thriving, and it doesn't just refer to making robots and ... One of my favorite classes this year is CMS.100 -- Introduction to ... worldwide fan communities. The idea is, people tend to think of media as

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 22, 2014