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I Survived Week 1 and All I Got Was 10 Lousy T-Shirts a pack rat’s post-orientation reflections on miscellany
completely new place full of strangers and challenges and legends and horror ... little New England town that you probably haven’t heard of. Enter freshman ... ’s worth of orientation events that you really should go to. Why? To enhance -
Blog / Events
The REX That Was a review of the most recent confusion
first day of classes, and the first meeting of CMS.614/21W.791 Network ... with the (soon-to-be-introduced) new bloggers for the Class of 2020 to ... so saw the Class of 2020 arrive on campus for their orientation, of -
Blog / Events
MIT wins the Putnam ...for the third year in a row!
The results of the 2015 Putnam Competition were recently released ... of Mark Sellke '18, Bobby Shen '17, and David Yang '17. The Putnam ... of the Putnam--but for those who haven't, it is a six-hour proof -
Blog / Academics & Research
2.009 Final Presentations Live Webcast Project Engineering Processes aka The Most Fun A Course 2 Major Can Have Without Their…
It's that time of year again! Final Projects Time! Finals Time ... will say, the best part of final projects is when you are done with them ... 've created something really cool, and gradually, those moments of I -
Blog / MIT Life
Cooking for Myself I haven't set off the fire alarms yet!
**Edit: tagline no longer accurate as of 11/16/2015. Whoops! I don ... on making yummy food, and making a lot of it. Cooking is a social event ... been a mini-celebration of the good things in life. Good food brings a -
Blog / Academics & Research
When September Ends on career fair, life, and other occurrences
folder of resumes in the hopes of getting a dream job. There are always plenty of dreams in attendance. Check your “most visited” website stats ... clipboards that are definitely over capacity. Some of those resumes will yield -
Blog / Academics & Research
Test Taking at MIT The beauty of The Cheat Sheet
while I was cleaning things out for the new semester, a gentle reminder of ... .310, we were allowed to fill one 8.5” X 11 sheet of paper, front and back ... between the size of my handwriting and my grade point average, a fact that -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
Reuse Poetry Giving things away
, I'm reminded of the times I said 'UROP' and my grandparents thought I was mispronouncing the name of a continent, or the way I refused to call ... away. There's a whole region of the pika basement called Reuse, where -
Blog / Events
#WeAreMIT SMASH helped jumpstart an intense conversation between students and administration
take away was what everyone on every side of student health on campus is ... communication gaps are largest. I spoke with Dean Randall, Director of Student Support Services at MIT, and Dr. Alan Siegel, Chief of Mental Health -
Blog / MIT Life
Pilot The first video in a vlogging experiment
seriously. In an ideal world, I'll post one of these videos every Sunday night and then continue blogging regularly once every couple of weeks. Hopefully I'll be able to keep up this schedule (hooray for end-of -
Blog / MIT Life
Closer Calls and rising unease
Emab Plaza is a busy shopping mall located in the heart of Nigeria ... its own life. There’s always a crawl of congested traffic at its ... made up of shops that look onto the streets, small shops always abuzz -
Blog / Life after MIT
Attended the 148th Commencement From two thousand eight hundred eighty miles away
't know any seniors. This year, however, I knew tons of seniors, so there were plenty of people I could root for as they walked down the aisle proudly holding their diplomas for the rest of the undergrads to envy -
Blog / MIT Life
What’s Making Me Happy: Week 2 TableTop, Net Neutrality, Complexity Theory And More
- Subreddit The concept is simple, users ask the question "What if x piece of ... a few of my favorite questions. "How would modern American football ... by the United Front and the Taliban regime continued to conquer all of -
Blog / Community Projects
Blown Back to Oz the close of the 2014 Design/Build/Fly competition: day 4.
On Sunday morning the Design/Build/Fly team rolled out of bed at 6:30 AM, roughed up and ready to fly on the last day of the competition. We ... heavy winds of Saturday showed no signs of dying down, and Corn Dog was a -
Blog / IAP
The Abstract The adventure density has been high
representatives (some of whom tried to disguise the fact that they were representing graduate schools, some of whom said "you applied to our graduate program ... of Ecuador. Theories about why I was in Ecuador? Study -
Blog / Academics & Research
2.009 Final Presentation Recap Flashing lights, a live horse, social robots, great music, clouds of steam and lots of…
could aid the transport of vaccines in remote areas. KoolPool, an ... children. Elika, an artistic, aesthetic, foldable coffee table made of ... but with… …a rendition of What Does the Fox Say by a live band -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
Becoming a Princess the making of a Halloween costume [+many pictures of ponies]
going to class as a princess. Let me explain. I'm a fan of the TV show My Little Pony. That makes me solidly a member of that group of fans called ... , etc.) of the My Little Pony show or franchise. They typically do not -
Blog / How to Human
Life, the Universe, and Everything I’m significant! …screamed the dust speck.
achievements of your friends, current/future classmates, professors, or even ... the slight urge to huddle under a blanket with a warm cup of tea and ... moment occurs as soon as you arrive on campus. Or in the middle of your -
Blog / Challenges
Turning on the Light A note to the MIT community.
It's hard to wrap my head around the chain of events that unfolded within the last couple of hours. As emails flooded my inbox around 10 ... going on. The idea of a shooting occurring on campus was impossible in my