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

  

  naturally lined up with that. Summer is a time for MIT students to spend three ... relaxation and down activity, I'm not entirely sure I’m ready for that). And ... -style hall that the idea for 8,726,400 SOS first sparked. Since then, seeing it

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

  Know when to hold ‘em Know when to fold 'em

  

  to start the "build" classes for my major (MechE). I better understand the emotions that coincide with the MIT Gamut (a term I just made up ... . Time soon came for the 2nd 2.004 test. It was three weeks away, the two

  • by Snively '11
  • June 21, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Half Harvard, Half MIT My schedule this term is split down the middle. Like the movie Grindhouse. Or Korea.

  

  fellows); and of course there's the whole dressing up for class thing. (I ... glory of Tuesdays, in which I get up at 7 to bus over to Harvard for a ... Nick, who was recently sued by Apple for defending free speech on the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 29, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Home on the range Dorm choice timeline and advice.

  

  don't want to not get lotteried into dorm X and set yourself up for ... 's really important that you end up in the best dorm for you and don't succumb ... process a little mysterious at best, so I thought I'd clear up the timeline

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 15, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  sophomore accumulations because i miss show and tell

  

  myself working harder than I ever have to keep up. But there's much more ... ="114813" /] subscriptions blue bikes singlehandedly responsible for me meeting my "get off campus" goal uber one for the five month free trial and uber

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • May 6, 2025
• Blog / Summer

  turning back time now your clock can follow the right hand rule!

  

  direction. We hung it up in the main lounge for the world to see, and a few ... counterclockwise. Rejoice! The next day, I created a custom face for the clock, one ... years, money may also be exchanged for other goods and services, such as

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • September 27, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  Flipping Failure an IAP update

  

  recommend applying for next year if/when they run the program again) and about the story I told. But ultimately, I want to let this story speak for ... this: I got a lot out of writing about my experience at MIT-- the ups and

  • by Paige B. '24
  • April 28, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  love is stored in the yarn help i can't stop crocheting

  

  that rose up within me was enough to make me giddy for a whole day ... lingering on the crochet videos that popped up on my feed. At the same time, I'd gotten myself a shiny new UROP for IAP. It was my first time

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 14, 2023
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  summer in boston that summertime, summertime, uh, gladness

  

  , occasionally standing up to dance, jumping on couches and coffee tables for extra ... [annotation note="great for nighttime walks"]Paul Revere Landing Park ... , the wind picked up and it started raining, but we pushed forward all the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 15, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  November was … read until the end to find out

  

  signed up for two test dates and found 3 recommenders willing to write us ... in the semester, and covers all the material up to that point (which ... . It is basically another class. Nisha summed it up really well here so

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • November 29, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Labor Day, literally Moving back into my dorm room

  

  the boxes for them. MIT dorms also offer a storage plan that covers up ... forth along a one-mile stretch of road every summer for four years. But ... storage is by renting a storage space at U-Haul for the summer and then

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 3, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Felines of Fifth West meow meow

  

  extremely inbred. Awww. His name is derived from the Japanese sound for jelly ... a sack of jelly and push him around or pick him up or throw him or do ... noticed about Puru is that he is really fed up with being cooped up on 5W

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 18, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fall 2015 Wait List Decisions Will Be Sent Today

  

  students for the Class of 2019, not even Leeroy Jenkins. We have seen all ... wait list student, so I've been there too. I ended up deciding to ... have made surrounded by those who will soon become your pals for life.

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 14, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Career Fair Thoughts In which I didn't try to acquire 50 different company shirts

  

  , pens, cupcakes, etc.) you can acquire from hundreds of companies set up ... justify getting more, especially when there's no chance of me working for ... important takeaway for any prefrosh reading this is to please not worry about

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 21, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Photodiary now with 0% instagram, 22% my cat

  

  pictures: As I was leaving East Campus for class, a squirrel with a full, lustrous, white beard waddled across my path and stared me down for a full ... floors, containing a wooden dinosaur model and a TV made up of 16 other TVs

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 9, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Ode to the Institute Better late than never.

  

  than ourselves. *hackers--my apologies for the horrid made-up name ... heavenly voices of the Logs for the video.)   :)

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 16, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  9000 Words This post doesn't have 'em.

  

  Kennebunk, Maine. The sand was the perfect dampness for writing, so I ... crackers, sparkling cider, a couple of us dressing up in sweaters, and pretentious conversation (I couldn't take it for very long, though, and I soon

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 9, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Fall Hits MIT In other words: Kate dumps all the pictures she's been meaning to post.

  

  appetite: It was my turn to cook for the Tetazoo Food Coop, and my partner ... need help carrying something orange that weighted 165 lbs. up to the ... -hundred-sixty-five pound pumpkin! (the quarter is for comparison) Other people on hall had

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 27, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  MTV Wait, I think that name might already be taken

  

  I've been working with video since CPW wrapped up, generally lamenting our lack of access to Pixar's render farm and kicking myself for not ... planned for later in the year! Hmmm, I think I'm going to need a bigger

  • by Dave McOwen
  • April 30, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Notes From Atlanta I heart Exploding Bacon

  

  I said then, ...FIRST (which stands for For Inspiration and ... against a field of dozens for the chance to qualify for the Championship ... , swapping blue "Team 1073" shirts for gray and maroon MIT shirts depending on

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 26, 2010