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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Things That Aren’t Studying If you think about it, I get paid to procrastinate

  

  that night. Coincidence? Or was our room blessed by the patron saints of ... monopolization of RPS skills by robot overlords, but for right now, I still have a ... .) So last week, I decided to make up for it by...doing a 9.00 essay? How

  • by Emad T. '14
  • March 7, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Building 4 Odyssey Looks like my James Joyce karma isn't that horrible after all.

  

  left my copy of Ulysses by James Joyce in the bldg 4 Athena cluster, and ... the class 21L.702 Studies in Fiction: "James Joyce and the Legacy of Modernism." Joyce's Dubliners and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man were

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 7, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2007: I Got Served, and It Felt Grrreat!! By: Seleeke, '11

  

  experience was one of the most liberating, invigorating, and awe-inspiring times of my life. That's no exaggeration -- my four days at MIT changed my life more than I'd ever expect. From the myriad of future classmates I

  • by Bryan
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Special October Events

  

  plenty to keep me busy. Here are some of the many events from this time of ... ! Apples will be provided by your GRT on Friday, October 21. Entries are due ... reminder of the dorm-wide pumpkin carving study break this Wednesday at 8

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 24, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 4) notes from the last day

  

  , we may recover some of that time by Emeryville. The reasons for this ... hint of civilization, and everything seems quite unburdened by man ... orchestra and in terms of general musicianship, but I am flying by the seat of

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 14, 2023
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: And That’s A Wrap! tracing back three months

  

  It’s been four days since the beginning of sophomore year. That means ... about to get incredibly busy again (and after three months of relative ... ,726,400 Seconds of Summer guest series adieu (not going to lie, it’s a bittersweet

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • September 7, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Uncreative Post with an uncreative title

  

  thoroughly soaked and cold and happy. The river was concealed by a cover of ... East celebrated by watching a compilation of propaganda. But actually, it ... immediately… only to be interrupted by more excitement (which, naturally, I had

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 1, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m sitting on my bed right now so sleepy

  

  ballgown THE DAY OF THE BALL and getting away with it. Straight ahead, by ... Pain, only to find out that they were out of chocolate chip cookies ... characteristics of ourselves that we aren't proud of and are trying to fix. Now I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 23, 2012
• Blog / How to Food

  Talking About Dining There's been a lot of talk on campus about one thing – dining.

  

  There's been a lot of talk on campus about one thing – dining. You see, MIT currently has a rather unorthodox dining system, and by that I ... up for preferred dining at a cost of $300 per semester, which simply

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • November 21, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In which brains are awesome Neener neener neener.

  

  , having never taken advantage of the "hey kids, look at my schedule!" post ... hosed again, here's a picture of an otter for you." (Oh man I love otters so much) So, let's take a look at the schedule of a first

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Just a Yellow Lemon Tree… I wrote a rap song for you.

  

  a couple of times, but alas, I've broken that promise by two days. :( OK I know you guys are all sick of the whole "I'm hosed!" talk, so I'll skip that. (please refer to back entries of any of the bloggers if you

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 11, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Making Your Dorm Room a Piece of Art! [by Elise '14]...and how MIT'll help you!

  

  [by Elise Ruan '14] Going to college and moving into a dorm means taking on the job of making a home out of a small shared room with ... offered quite a bit of freedom with my room, even going as far as switching

  • by ARTalk
  • November 24, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Champagne, pistols, and my new UROP blogging in a power outage. that's hardcore. though anna beat me to it.

  

  There are many legendary stories of perseverance in history.  Custer's Last Stand.  The Battle of the Alamo.  That one time those buff Spartan dudes kicked lots of people into wells. And then there's this guy: As

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 29, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  American culture at its finest: Thanksgiving How my family celebrates the holiday. Plus a crash course in U.S. culture for internationals.

  

  The fourth Thursday of November and the few days before and after are ... size of our international audience, I thought I might take a few minutes ... just watched the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, another staple of the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 27, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  More entries about buildings and food Same as it ever was. I'm still single, but at least I'm in Belgium.

  

  sell souvenirs where the stream of water is replaced by a corkscrew for ... 't have any big news. But you know what I do have? Pictures of Brussels ... price of 50 € RT, with an included meal and up to three (3) beverages of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 3, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap Gap years are a good option for some students.

  

  picked up by news organizations across the country. I first saw it at cnn ... [of deferring admission for a year or two]. While cautioning that a "gap ... required. The University of Chicago says it will grant deferrals for almost

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  meandering my nonlinear academic path so far

  

  , two change of majors forms, and many advisor meetings initiated by ... research has to offer. By the April of my freshman year, I declared 6-9 as my ... make my visions a reality.  I actually wrote 6.3 instead of 6-3. Thank

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 5, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Religious Discussions Yes, there are non-atheists at MIT. But they still like science jokes.

  

  Chaplain. This inspired a letter to the editor of the Tech by someone who ... checking the IAP events schedule pretty regularly, but unfortunately, most of ... work hours. But today I was finally able to attend one of the seminars I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 24, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  How to CPW! Advice from all the bloggers, with love.

  

  HAS A HEALTHY AMOUNT OF CAPITALS AND EXCLAMATION POINTS!!!!!!   VERY IMPORTANT INFO: First, you should have already been contacted by ... students, so it's best for everyone if logistics are handled ahead of time

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 4, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Targets shooting things and hitting them

  

  from that group. Remember, Top Gun was judged by the farthest pair of ... announced. I didn't win. Not by far; I was third in our class of five. Our ... Sport air pistol, the PE class I took this quarter, was taught by

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 28, 2020