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  print “Hello, World!\n”; Everything you ever needed to know about me

  

  time of day. My name is Lydia. We have a lot to catch up on. I was born in Moscow on March 12, 1992, into a demographic hole created by World War II and deepened by the collapse of the Soviet Union. Russia

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 8, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Decide my major! Because putting your future up for a democratic vote is clearly the way to go.

  

  (COUGHMITCOUGH), which, I mean, is a kind of a big deal and will in fact influence the rest of your life. No pressure or anything. I will weigh in with how ... suddenly felt very old. To add to this, I have to declare a major by April

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • April 2, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  What Is This, a Crossover Episode? Jacob Collier and Yo-Yo Ma come to MIT

  

  special event sponsored by Professor Anantha Chandrakasan (dean of the ... beautiful song by itself, so this was my highlight of the evening. (Kind of ... , Fred Harris (the director of MITWE) was going through the semester

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 23, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  things i miss and don’t miss who is this guy? 🤔

  

  In 1984, a book lots of people have read, the people in control made ... went to this Well Known School of Three Letters. That's like another life ... each part of my life since I left this school. Too bad for you if you are

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 31, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Be A Blogger 2017!

  

  . MIT operates by setting a very high standard of admission to the ... old girl at nerd camp yelled at me for being part of the globalist ... dragon staff 3) It's time for those of you who might want to be bloggers

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Don’t worry, the king lives…

  

  responsibilities in the Admissions office and my assumption of said responsibilities for this period of 12 months.) By the way, my name is Chris too ... might see me in person) is the clever hallway trick of, "I don't remember

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • August 7, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Heck yeah, democracy. PSET Extension!!

  

  statement. I've spent an average of 6 hours each day (read: ~ 8 pm - 2 am) for ... 's been an outpouring of overwhelmed-ness amongst the 6.005 student body. This feeling of utter panic manifested itself on the 6.005 Piazza site

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 29, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  Starting 2012 on a volcanic island bonfire! but no eruptions yet [photo-heavy]

  

  experienced by twenty MIT students. After the endless flights, we finally settled in the dorms of Jeju National University. Then we went outside ... ! Since then, our Jeju experience has been a mix of Korean kids, Korean food

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 11, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  A CPW Challenge I hope Chris Peterson doesn't fire me for too many prefrosh stealing his nametag...

  

  of my favorite place on earth, and there are so many things to find ... Beaver Spell out "MIT" with your new CPW-friends in front of your ... with providing photographic evidence of having done all these things

  • by Kate R. '14
  • April 7, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Are YOU Up To This Summer?! (2010 Edition) Happy summer!

  

  AUGUST 10 Update! I'm bumping this to the top of the page (shameless ... have received a lot of entries from y'all (during the time when I visited ... out there! Don't let go of your chance to fame and glory on the MIT

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 10, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Refreshment We need your help!

  

  Last week, I spoke a little about Camp Kesem, one of the many student organizations at MIT and one that dedicates a lot of time and effort into putting ... send a larger group of kids to camp. There are a thousand project entries

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • May 6, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  iDoor Opening your boyfriend's dorm room door? There's an app for that.

  

  fogey of an iPhone that still runs on Edge is faster than Chris's 3G i ... door button was right next to a lot of other important buttons on my i ... the door, especially while I was napping. 4) An earlier version of the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 8, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  We Want You! Write for us!

  

  As per usual, CPW has again come and again, all of the prefrosh will be going insane trying to eat 500 lbs of food, watch people juggle with fire, run around campus at odd hours of the night, watch NextACT, and

  • by Snively '11
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freebie Part II My schedule

  

  . Oh, and for those of you who don't speak numbers . . . 2 ... Manufacturing I. In this class everybody is issued a box of materials, taught some ... competitive robot for an end-of-the-semester competition. 2.00b = Toy Design

  • by Snively '11
  • February 12, 2009
• Blog / IAP

  IAP: A Quick Roundup Snively and his homepage dominance must be stopped!

  

  do I mean by that exactly? Well since you asked, here is a list of ... a bunch of reasons like cutting edge research blah blah blah you all ... . Seen lots of movies (prior to this, the last time I went to a theater was

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 27, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What I just did You'll never believe it.

  

  you are presented with a list of restaurants. The menu bar serves as a ... ." I "Viewed Menu & Ordered" The rest of it, well, if you care about it, is easily accessible by you. Feel free to explore and check out the

  • by Snively '11
  • October 6, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Culture Shock

  

  athlete knows, Day 3 of getting back into shape is by far the most painful ... stepped out of Logan International Airport Saturday night was, "whoa, air ... a whole segment of my vocabulary that had lain on a shelf this summer

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 21, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Updates And Shannon’s Formula Random mid-week fun, and a few small updates for admitted and waitlisted students.

  

  of you haven't received your packages yet. Please don't worry - they ... for Campus Preview Weekend via your MyMIT account by March 31st. If ... care of this for you. Random fun: In this post I mentioned that Shannon

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 26, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Oh Sam Guess what? Ben's mom. Ha!

  

  , judging by how many times I heard that "good neighbor policy" story ... also celebrating his birthday today (along with myself and Ben's Mom, of ... little detail of my life, just because it's amusing to me. So Sam works the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Time and change

  

  until all of my grades were in, and I'm still waiting for two of them (out of five). But I'm less nervous about my grades this term than I have ... , Kentucky, at my mom's house. I'll be staying here through the end of the APO

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 23, 2006