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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Thoughts from Science Bowl 🥣 a story about now-nostalgic times

  

  together as we discussed the bonus question I had won for us. Toss up ... , physics. Four points for every toss up, ten for every bonus. The sound of ... ’s, like, a more powerful movement for me. So I do it with more force

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • March 30, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Making the Switch: Chapter 2 Making new friends at MIT

  

  clue card comes up for "King Kong" but my friend, Elyse, she's got the ... for me was something that I looked forward to and feared at the same ... not going to be driving distance from home. I remember packing up my

  • by Bryan
  • April 7, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Holiday Gifts, MIT Style Some unique products from MIT people.

  

  up for the big size, now there's a "little big book" weighing in at ... For many, holiday time is the season of giving. While on this blog I ... showcase some MIT-related products that are for sale. All of these are real

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 27, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  on wryping styles wryping = writing + typing

  

  sentences with commas, always thinking of replacements for semicolons, etc. I ... replacement for the period, who knows :p in actuality, however, one of my default typing styles for as long as i can remember has been more like 'slim

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • June 29, 2018
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to Survive a Nor’easter New England hath no flurries like a winter storm

  

  alone at all. Your first adjustment, then, will be to prepare for the ... . Locals may end up using the term even if the storm does not exhibit a ... canceled due to conditions that make a compelling case for not having classes

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 11, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  I waited waaaay too long to get a new computer Finally, a development environment I can work with!

  

  up a computer in the cloud using Amazon Web Services. For my daily life ... paid around $450 for it, which is like way less than what I would have paid for a new computer with comparable specs. Also it ran Windows 7

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 8, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Livescribe’s Pulse Pen: The Sequel! I've written about it before, and now I'm writing about it again!

  

  , thought it was important for prefrosh to know about it, and did a video ... twice, but Livescribe reared it's head again in my life, so up comes another blog entry. I saw an ad on Facebook for the "Livescribe Campus Rep

  • by Snively '11
  • July 28, 2009
• Blog / IAP

  some IAP adventures as told by my camera roll

  

  nothing at all, which wound up being quite a bit...but that's a story for ... whirlwind for me, and since we're now in the midst of the first week of the ... "]headaches,[/annotation] but overall, I enjoy the satisfaction of cooking for myself when I have

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 4, 2022
• Blog / Advice

  applying sideways, beyond admissions a rendition of Petey's hit blog

  

  ended up going here, things after that would simply fall in place. My ... collection of thoughts on the internet for a student figuring out how to make ... outlines for how to get into MIT are do well in school, be nice and pursue

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • April 22, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  🎶Jauntily Sauntering Ambling Shambler🎶 Yes, those are actual lyrics from the musical I was just in

  

  for three hours. Aimlessly skateboarding down my hall. Rolling ... the end of it. I’d spent the last two weeks either rehearsing for six ... back! I could heal, start some personal projects, catch up on my (late

  • by Powers '23
  • December 20, 2019
• Blog / Events

  This… is… Jeopardy! [UPDATE] Jean '09 knocks off a 6-time champion; watch her defend her winning streak tonight on…

  

  get their make-up retouched for game two.  Jeopardy! usually tapes five ... challenge for artificial intelligence. What is "Jeopardy"? That is correct ... about Jean from an email she sent me, explicitly for blogging purposes

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Pageant and pomp and parade The whippoorwill of freedom zapped me right between the eyes.

  

  to head down to the Hatch Shell and pick up tickets for the concert ... % off coupon in the Collegiate Coupon Book, which you can pick up for free ... Boston sky lights up for 23 minutes to a bizarre soundtrack which included

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MacCPW, et al. in case you couldn't make it

  

  could be up for debate. E Entry: Protobowl and Produce and SNL and ... thrive in a cook-for-yourself community. H offered up some kitchens and ... CPW is officially over! The CPW weather machine ended up pulling

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 9, 2017
• Blog / IAP

  I walked on water* IAP? no...you're AP.

  

  *in the solid phase This is a recipe for The Best Tasting BLT ... you appreciate it. True for food, true for MIT. Because as good as it was to be home in December for winter break (back home, “winter” is 70

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 17, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  The Grandest of Road Trips Reflections on a cross-country road trip, on an international plane flight, on a full bladder.

  

  for my flights, housing, and general life in Tokyo, as well as lined up ... much greater stamina for holding it than yours truly, so you'd think I'd have picked up a little more endurance. Instead of that, I've picked up a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 1, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  Mid-May Update Q&A: Athena tips and hints

  

  has. The process you follow is to sign up for a Moira ... ://wserv.mit.edu:444/fcgi-bin/lc for this, and don't sign up for a Mailman list -- that ... for a final this weekend, and thankfully the sun came out again after a

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • May 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Nance Nance Revolution! (+ My CPW Recap) New art and new memories.

  

  change gonna' come." For the greater part of my blog's existence, many of ... awesome for creating my new banner. Not to mention the fact that you are a perfect fit for MIT and I can't wait to see you as a freshman this fall

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • April 25, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Bubble Bath Disastrophe (and Other Adventures) Spring break: adventures and misadventures, coming home, and MIT on the Colbert Report—twice!

  

  into the van as they showed up. Eventually the van was full. A girl came up to the driver, asking to pay in cash for a seat. The driver reached ... around a few blocks of New York City for twenty minutes and then arrived at

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 3, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Summer to Remember – Interphase or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Institvte!

  

  particular order. While my last summer was spent cooped up in a cubicle for 40 ... grades where life is at its best. Where one stays up until 4am, not out of necessity but out of enjoyment, and wakes up when it can no longer be

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • October 5, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  Happier Than Ever on quitting and long-ish distance biking

  

  ride my bike for nearly an hour every day to speed up the part of my ... yearlong membership for $45! it's pretty worth it if you don't have your own ... annual bike auction where you can get decent bikes for prices comparable or

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • August 10, 2023