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  Building a Ballpit The trials and tribulations of an impromptu rush project

  

  ’d planned for 12 supports, we ended up with 6… close enough? When we ... , they trade 8 hour-days of working on rush projects in exchange for free rent for the few weeks we are here. Yes, I am one of them—I got to campus

  • by Kate R. '14
  • August 30, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snapshot of a Week Food, radio, James Bond, and soccer in an unusually eventful week.

  

  entice more callers, Ben kept upping the ante. First, for $50, Ben would ... it be? Yes, another ticket up for grabs! I claimed it 1 minute after it ... perfect time to catch up on schoolwork and then get ahead in classes, if you

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • November 17, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  walking mechanics how to walk faster using Facts and Science

  

  made up for by the energy conserved from reducing torque; some scientists ... recommend it i should also mention that there are other means for commuting ... ground when you take a step. not just for the purposes of walking faster

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • October 15, 2021
• Blog / Uncategorized

  “Hala’s Escape from Groundhog Day” season 18 episode 98

  

  enough - couldn’t wait for classes to start. Not for the homework or the lectures, but for the routine that came with them. I wanted my Google ... . Ironically, that craving for structure is exactly how every Groundhog Day

  • by Hala K. '29
  • October 13, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  what to expect when you’re expecting a bad grade, that is

  

  pumping up again. We had a crash out, we were melodramatic for a minimum of ... . 2. Recalculate Your Entire Grade For some reason, this is always urgent despite the grade not being finalized for months. Start making a Google

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 29, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  faith in the future

  

  that the chains are tangled too deeply and I ultimately give up until I ... from something I know is good for me, but I know it is not what I need ... was 14. I haven't been alone in life for longer than three months in

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 1, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Concert / The View

  

  LOT. Just as you would wait at Disneyland for two and a half hours to ride on Space Mountain, I wait for 8-12 hours to get front row at a ... nothing they could do, so I luckily found replacement pit tickets for $80

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 23, 2022
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  making things a blog about being a meche major

  

  , checking for sign errors or gaps in understanding. This is not my favorite ... other up. I'm sure most majors are like that. More of us trickle into the ... , because by then it’s late and we’re all a little hosed, longing for more

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 20, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  Tier Listing My Classes i may have got this idea from tiktok

  

  up a post every day from today until Friday, totaling 7 days in honor ... classes I took and reflect on how much I wound up liking them in the context ... -tier because I either didn't particularly care for the class format, or the

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 23, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  Marathon Monday on learning to balance growth and recovery

  

  Marathon, for the first time since 2013, when the Tsarnaev brothers killed ... handle than training. When training for something, I can set and focus on a goal, and break the pathway up into parts, and solve them in sequence

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 17, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Happy Belated Hearts Day copy/paste irl, afk and everything

  

  . Hopefully next up is a charcoal sketching kit and book my mom gave me for ... precious I’ve stripped away hobbies and for-fun activities and learned what I ... reestablish some continuity of self—to read, to go for walks, to look people in

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 16, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Leaving a Mark Painting a mural and turning my rat

  

  about it. In a single day, I had a base coat up, went shopping for paint ... this image for a while -- I'm a huge knitter, and this was my desktop background for most of my junior year. I'd had my eye on the closet door it

  • by Kate R. '14
  • August 12, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  Taking Care of Yourself Eating, Sleeping, Water and Vitamins pave the way to happiness

  

  . I always woke up groggy and felt nauseous on particularly stressful ... diversify your food groups, and for when this fails take your vitamins. Step 2 ... as your mother would like and for those of us who have an indifference

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 26, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Coming Soon! In which I briefly account for my I-haven't-been-blogging-so-much-recently shenanigans

  

  all of this will be going up on the blogs quite soon, but first, a brief ... campus. And then there are those who just wind up on campus through some ... FSILG&D Challenge: This one's likely to go up very soon, as the awards

  • by Emad T. '14
  • April 28, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  LET’S PLAY Dodgeball!

  

  's always refreshing to see people get up and leave during classes for ... college is for right? So three weeks into MIT, intramurals were set up ... not an athletic giant – for one, Briggs Field conspicuously lacks a

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 10, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Into the Sunset [by Cadet Paul Estrada, '09] My fascination with color guard, and participation in a colonel's…

  

  [by Cadet Paul Estrada, '09] As he walked up to us and stretched out ... has a lot to do with my appreciation for the tradition and dignity of the military, and for me, color guards symbolize each of those qualities

  • by ROTC
  • October 19, 2007
• Blog / Community Projects

  Dropout Design and the Disco Dance Floor ridiculous ideas can sometimes develop into pretty solid business plans. STORYTIME.

  

  (I am not that lame) because this is about the start-up company that ... johnston who took publicity pictures for the team) So every ridiculous thing ... . And for this project, they got it. (Google "Dance Floor") But they also

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • April 25, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Browser Wars Hee. The title makes me think of Super Mario Bros. Oh how I miss my…

  

  I really, really want to take each of the classes I'm signed up for ... student-run ambulance is back in service now, so I expect that to take up ... little sad. But there are still some cool things coming up that I'm looking

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 27, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Tales from the application process Results from the 'mini-contest.'

  

  breathe every once in a while. I've had nightmares about turning up late for ... up taking my laptop and driving all over Seattle looking for a wireless ... Earlier this month, I asked for your reflections on the application

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 22, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Be Our Guest, Take 2 Not to name drop, but... Steven Levitt, Paul Polak, Iqbal Quadir, and Brigitte Madrian all…

  

  campus on Monday and spent two hours at events for undergraduates 2. Iqbal ... on for more! 1. Professor James Poterba, the head of the Department of ... -selling author, though, he's a pretty busy guy. We were pretty lucky to get him for

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 6, 2007