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• Blog / Events

  Incoming freshmen, come to the Activities Midway tomorrow! Find a group where you can continue your hobbies and try something new.

  

  student group on campus (246 of them!!!!) We'll all be vying for your attention, which means that you will get a lot of free goodies and food. There will also be performances by several dance groups. Added bonus…come to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 30, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Where is my mind? In Northern California, Munich, a tent in New Hampshire, and an oreo-flavored soft serve machine.

  

  Song" was originally derived from the song "A Son of a Gambolier" by my ... once in a while. I've been feeling kind of floaty these past few weeks, like there's a quote from The Unbearable Lightness of Being to describe

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 9, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Room with a Vieux A comparison of sorts

  

  shabby, huh? Check out our immediate view The sign in the bottom of the center of the photograph commands, "Honk if you love free movies." I think honking is a sacred activity and this sort of socially

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 29, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Circus School Mitra flies like a trapeze artist; fruit flies like a peach.

  

  Francisco School of Circus Arts. After some short training on the ground ... jump! Wheeeee The goal of our session was to get our legs over the bar and swing by our knees. Even if you (e.g. Mitra) have no upper body

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 24, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Back Bay 5K Cool running... so cool that my legs were numb. (11 pictures)

  

  the bridge in flip-flops. For those of you who were not at MIT last weekend and aren't aware, it was rather chilly. And by "rather," I mean ... had a very nice view of the Esplanade while running. Here, some of

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Small Get-together Friday An informal reception for HMMT participants and others visiting Boston on Friday.

  

  attend HMMT), I want to be able to take some time to see the MIT Class of ... Modern Pastry in Boston's North End. Some of the student bloggers may join me as well. For those of you in from out of town, I'll be happy to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 23, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  Just 5 Days Left! Mystery Hunt begins in 5 days.

  

  inspired courtesy of my friend Pete: 100 folks are caught on an island by cannibals and put to the following challenge: Each shall get one hat of either ... are promptly eaten with a side of salad. Otherwise, they are set free

  • by Bryan
  • January 8, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ancient Chinese secret, eh? MIT researchers discover an uncommon cure for the common cold.

  

  snort a salt solution up your nose, I guess, by osmosis, the cells of your ... found himself stricken with a case of influenza, exhibiting such symptoms ... !) of dissolving salt in hot water to make a solution strong enough to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 18, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  You can get anything you want… ...excepting Alice. Or a good blog entry.

  

  another week or two before I get back in the swing of things. Incidentally ... until the middle of the night--it makes me nostalgic for my own Freshman ... blog entry with twenty-seven eight-by-ten color glossy photographs with

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 17, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Go Kendra

  

  Reduction (TUR) in Academic Laboratories," led by Professor Jeffrey Steinfeld of the chemistry department and Jamie Lewis Keith of the Environmental Programs Office, received an EPA grant of $30,000. Read the whole article

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 11, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  21W.762 Poetry Workshop some poems from the class!

  

  below are in the format of Poem Title by Author (poetry form) Table of ... Spring by Alisa Hathaway (Blazon) my room contains a giant looking glass of ... Twilight. This was (obviously) inspired by The Song of Achilles. I think

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 22, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Finding Inspiration encouraging motivational inspiration

  

  just can’t do it… As I'm sure you know by now, “you miss 100% of the ... many of you, I’ve watched motivation jump off of a building, and with it ... ’ve been procrastinating). That is, until I found an exhaustive list of

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • November 7, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Paris Hilton comes to MIT Just kidding, but I bet that got your attention

  

  amazing three-day conference, which was attended by hundreds of people ... 90% reduction) by changing the economics of drug production and ... to throw at her. This past weekend was an extended holiday because of

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 24, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Because one story just isn’t enough My tale of being admitted. Laugh. Cry. Both. Neither. All of the above?

  

  here. (We were all accepted, by the way, and now the three of us are here ... . Yeah. I know. It was right by the front door, and of course I missed it ... of, that's the title of a really good album by The Cranberries. Just

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Really, I don’t feel like thinking of a title right now Now there's a title cop-out you can only use once. Good thing I saved it…

  

  As much as I hate Twitter, I think I'm going to follow the trend of ... (?#@^&*!!!), all kinds of awesome and interesting things are going on which will not be nearly as cool when blogged about after the fact. (By

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 11, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  The Decisions Are Not In The Mail Bad language on MyMIT.

  

  Hi folks, I see in the comments from my last entry that MyMIT is telling people that decisions have been mailed. I’ve asked the tech folks to look into this;…

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 20, 2006
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• Blog / Challenges

  Andi and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week :(

  

  this semester? Well, in a dramatic turn of events, I suddenly became ... whenever I moved around, almost like being stabbed by a butter knife. I had ... not magically disappear as I’d hoped. By Sunday morning, it had become

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 3, 2024
• Blog / People & Identities

  someday fate of friends

  

  some core part of myself they could still easily reach out and touch, unaltered by three years of transcontinental distance. It was my first time ... by how immediate it was—crossing the threshold, I mean, of the door to

  • by Kai V. '25
  • November 10, 2024