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• Blog / Community Projects

  Coming up with entry titles is harder than it seems Reasons 9001 and 9002 to get "absolutely pumped about CPW," as Cam would say.

  

  few things. But I'll have to save those for another post because we have ... Wednesday, but for now let's just pretend so we can annoy Mikey. P.P.S. Sorry

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • April 6, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Yay for cheap stuff Inexpensive books make me happy.

  

  for.. I don't even know what. I make this up as I go along. Last time I ... they're sold for drastically reduced prices. And the "damaged" books are ... notable thing that happened to me this weekend was standing outside for 2

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 17, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What do you want to be when you grow up? Worst. Question. Ever.

  

  slipped my mind that I was supposed to dress up for these kinds of things. I ... entail flipping burgers. The only practical result of this for me, since I ... wanted to be an engineer and just accidentally ended up on this path which

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 2, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  i will miss learning and dressing up everyday happy last first week of classes to me and seniors of the world

  

  helped fixed my sleep schedule, at least for now, before classes ramp up ... tanked my mood for the day. These classes were exactly aligned with my ... rendered most of them inaccessible for almost two years anyways. But alas

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • February 12, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s for dinner? The joy of cooking

  

  I no longer have to cook for myself. I haven’t yet decided whether or ... kitchen facilities that were available in New House to come up with my own ... to my point. I no longer have to cook for myself. This semester marks

  • by Becca H. '12
  • September 21, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  Ready for some tennis? Three days left until the official start of the US Open tennis tournament! What's your…

  

  - 1,100,000 = prize money for the Men's/Women's tournament winner - 4 ... luckily Paradorn learned to read Andy's serve and the game heated up. In the end, Andy won 7-6, 6-2 (and he later beat James Blake for the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 26, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Junior Fall Line-Up, Part 2: Extracurriculars My academic plans? I've got bigger plans. Better plans.

  

  house in time for the cooking day. 3. Show up on the day, and ensure that ... 't have a dining plan, so it's up to the residents to feed ourselves ... has a very organized cooking system. The 25-or-so members are split up

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Preparing for Pi Day MIT decisions come out this Friday: what to do between now and then...

  

  waiting for wifi access (especially on a retreat day where I was supposed to ... MIT password and asked him to check for me. I got to experience the torturous thrill of waiting for the admissions results page to load by proxy, via my

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 10, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Cooking for Myself I haven't set off the fire alarms yet!

  

  ’t know about you, but I like to eat. I grew up in a family where food is ... are practically sporting events, with grown men jockeying for position ... I did most of the baking for my family, my mom actually did most of

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 17, 2015
• Blog / Residential Life

  memorial for a dorm goodbye east campus (for now)

  

  https://soundcloud.com/user-192959956/memorial-for-a-dorm i felt the ... considering my parents' place) i stayed here for, in total, two years, which ... 't be on campus for a while i'll be in et, and the next time i'll be back

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 6, 2023
• Blog / Blog Projects

  A recipe for disaster Behind the scenes of the "giant pie" video

  

  yeah, after staying up for 30 hours and working for 22 of those hours ... , going for a Guinness world record for largest/most pies (way too big ... used volumes to scale up normal pie recipes. After we had our ingredients

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • March 11, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Trumpeting for Assassins I get to watch each presidential assassination. Live. Over and over again.

  

  and picked up a trumpet. And got a 10. I assume it was for managing to ... trumpet (take a look in the mirror while blowing up a balloon, and you'll see what I mean). Nine years later (NINE YEARS? I'M SO OLD) I signed up

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 26, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  i wish we’d grown up on the same advice alternate paths

  

  : yeah, i think it’s common for these kinds of narratives to become very totalizing and for people to decide to only focus on one component. clearly ... : wow, i actually like this framework a lot p: for what it’s worth, i

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 18, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  We’re Ready for CPW Are you?

  

  Costco is officially out of hamburgers, UPS is making 5 trips a day ... growing, and the sun is shining. MIT is getting ready for CPW as fast as it ... with sleep deprivingly awesome events for an entire weekend. Good luck

  • by Snively '11
  • April 4, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Get excited for CPW! CPW= Campus Prefrosh? WHOA!

  

  , and most importantly....food. (seriously, there's so much food for you ... for students who accept admission called REX that's dedicated to ... , and convince you to join up should you join us here at the 'tvte. There

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 6, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  packing for the road looking back on nights that last forever

  

  to Skullhouse, for a hospital-themed birthday party complete with bags ... , someone else called me to help wrestle for fake money. I came to help and ... caught up with a few people, and climbed to a couch suspended from the

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 27, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  Caring for the body health, am i right?

  

  campus, I take the elevator up for anything more than two floors, and I ... community, for members of the MIT community. This was my first year watching ... everything I ate for a week. That also made me self-conscious, this time of

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 19, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finally Finished (for now) Saying goodbye and good riddance to a few things

  

  came to a close, I packed up all of my belongings in under 3 hrs, and flew across the country for California where I am currently lying on a ... and by the home cooking that I’ve come to miss exponentially so, but for

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • June 2, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Setting up a Global Warming Research Center…in Antarctica Meet Zahir Dossa ’08 (Courses 6 and 15; Nu Delta), who could sell you your…

  

  up a global warming research center in Antarctica.” “Why ... established himself as a techie par excellence. His 6.170 team won the award for ... profits from his NGO to fuel this expansion and establish a fund for

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • October 25, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vote for Ksplice! MIT's spirit of entrepreneurship and collaboration in action.

  

  cast your vote for Ksplice in the Forbes "Boost Your Business ... favor and consider voting for Ksplice, an MIT-founded tech startup, in ... incredibly valuable for companies, but restarting servers to apply these

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 25, 2009