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  Can you patch me through to the blimp? "Can you patch me through to the blimp?"

  

  So I can't take an ounce of credit for this artistic endeavor, but I ... ?" Unfortunately, I had no such luck and ended up leaving a message on an answering machine. Nevertheless, the Red Sox did end up winning 10 to 1 today against

  • by Bryan
  • October 2, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Road Trip—sort of.

  

  call it, Velocity We woke up insanely early to go on a fishing trip. I ... (fortunately, no picture of this), but Rose caught a fish. Somehow, we ended up coming home with 19 pounds of salmon. Now for all you physics people

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 19, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Psetting en route to North Carolina Sectionals vs. Midterms

  

  of itself, but preparing for that one exam--and finshing up my other ... first, it was time to fuel up for tomorrow. Back at Applebee's, since it ... look at it the minute I saw the email pop up and went for a nap instead

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 13, 2016
• Blog / Events

  101 Things to Do Before You Graduate from MIT What every MIT graduate should have experienced.

  

  have to step-up to the plate and complete it! For the skeptics (and photo ... while for this page to load.) So I've never actually ... , won tickets and took my camera along for the trip. On the night of

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 16, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  Guest Entry: MIT Cycling Team Training Camp Hundreds of miles of riding and thousands of kilojoules spent.

  

  for the day’s riding. For me, the first day consisted of a ride up ... joined the rest of the MIT cycling team for training camp in Borrego ... be clicked for larger versions. You can read more blog posts by and

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 18, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT campus lost power! Updates from a blacked-out physics colloquium.

  

  used up all the space on the bottom board, reached for the one above it ... . Another status just popped up, a bit more applicable to me in my haven't-slept-for ... halls) for the weekly Physics department colloquium. The speaker is a guy

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 29, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  For Applicants Admitsphere.org, four hens, two ducks, best wishes and high regard from Mac-town, Oregon

  

  near and the pressure is on--but for all of you who are still typing away ... offer advice/tutorials for younger students. Their ambition is "to become ... grows numb and your eyes go hazy from the computer screen, go for a walk

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 27, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 2 Neither zumba, nor yoga.

  

  that if we don't show up for the warm-up, we can't get credit for the ... My PE class for the quarter is "zumba", taught by a very cheerful ... room with mirrors for walls, from 9-10am on Mondays and Wednesdays. At 10

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 16, 2013
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Answer these 13 questions and we’ll reveal the perfect dorm for you! What does your favorite dorm animal say about where you should live?

  

  answers and their corresponding dorms to create the quiz for the blogs ... questions until the day before the dorm decision form was released for ... studying for finals, of course). Turns out I'm bad at spreadsheets, so I just

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • May 22, 2025
• Blog / Class Projects

  The Semester I Played With Chocolate and Ants for a Technical Class Inflatable Chocolate Balloons + Ants as Architects

  

  semester to create an object and then turn the object into a vessel. For a ... for context) For the first half of this class, we had to take a ... this tutorial for making stress balls using slime and fishnets. The

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • October 7, 2018
• Blog / Announcements

  We are reinstating our SAT/ACT requirement for future admissions cycles in order to help us continue to build a diverse and talented MIT

  

  diverse and talented group of students who are a good match for MIT's unique ... /ACT requirement for future admissions cycles. Our research shows standardized tests ... otherwise demonstrate their readiness for MIT. We believe a requirement is

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 28, 2022
• Blog / Events

  #WeAreMIT SMASH helped jumpstart an intense conversation between students and administration

  

  were great. The Chancellor and President of MIT showed up for the first ... officers, were there for a good part of the day, setting up and running ... SMASH stands for Students At MIT Allied for Student Health. I am on

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 30, 2014
• Blog / Hacks

  Vespertilio No spoilers here.

  

  other buildings were lit up. I stared at this spotlight for a while ... As I type this it is 3:28 AM. I have to be awake for work at 4:45 AM. At 4:45 AM I will have been awake for 24 hours. This means that I could

  • by Snively '11
  • July 18, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sunsets Academics at the other Cambridge.

  

  flags for Freshmen, Add date deadline, and the end of the first wave of ... April/May and none of what I’m doing right now counts? Well, for ... practicals where we have to 1) participate and 2) write up a lab report. Each

  • by Cambridge
  • November 13, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You stay classy, Sam… TA, go! At MIT, I live in a basement and I don't get to watch Desperate Housewives.

  

  = nRT" during warm-ups. ...but that's a story for another day. ... -mail--who knows, I might pull a Mitra and end up using it. Classes started on ... Thermodynamics -- Last year, my UROP advisor, Jefferson W. Tester, taught this for

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 8, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Bertie Bott’s Every Flavor Beans + Peanuts + Crackerjacks i practically pulled another all-nighter, and again, for a non-academic reason.

  

  for Mystery Hunt. Now let me tell you why. I woke up Friday morning getting ready for casual Friday at work where I get to wear flip-flops and a ... 17 trips to the coffee machine. After work finally ended, I met up

  • by Bryan
  • July 17, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A flash of brilliance and answers to some questions

  

  doea MIT provide programs for me to take up medicine and hopefully apply ... suggested!) courseload. Lots of people sign up for more classes than they plan ... , so I end up burning parts so I can cook the meat all the way through

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First Day of Class Sick.

  

  for me to get into the class if only I showed up for class on the first ... violently ill the night before. I don't know how or why it happened, but for ... 've been lying around either freezing or burning up in bed or on my couch or

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  you shoot for the moon, you miss, but that doesn't discount the bravery it took to try. The comments on this post are an open forum for those of you who want to talk with us, shake it off, and get back up again

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  many pink dresses come to 2.009 :D

  

  There are four pink dresses in my room. Presentations for MIT's most well-known MechE capstone, 2.009: Product Design, are coming up this ... -- and we've each come up with a unique product, and have spent the last

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 5, 2023