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  a spectacle-r weekend exploring the Boston Harbor Islands

  

  " Anyways, as we approached the island, I started to notice how tiny it is. It ... , and it's pretty much impossible to be in close quarters with people ... islands located off the harbor. You can kayak between them, as students in

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 5, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Uncanny Valley im gonna make you shit your pants

  

  /repulsion, uncanny valley refers to the sharp dip. There are several theories about why ... that mimicked humans to get closer to us. Whatever the case, this topic ... heebie jeebies with your art? Starting off faithful to the human likeness

  • by Anika H. '26
  • January 14, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Day in the Life see what we're up to

  

  's yearbook (and, relatedly, the photography/design club) is hosting A Day in the Life.  This is one day where students all over campus - grad ... normal day, and post them on the website. To be honest, I'm not sure how

  • by Piper '13
  • September 22, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Big Questions and Small Scientists The kids I volunteer with are magical.

  

  step in the lesson plan - it said to drop the tablets in the water, and watch them fizz, which I thought would go down in history as The Most ... the pencil over to the sharpener, which I held high up in orbit. This

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 27, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  My Day Cats cats cats cats cats cats cats....

  

  would have the most common allergy, an allergy to Nickel, which is a ... what has happened or is on the schedule to happen today. My day started ... and talk about things, and how to cope with the pressure that is MIT

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 19, 2014
• Blog / Events

  The Class of 2010 Ring Delivery I think Abba said it best when they sang, "Ring, ring, why don't you give…

  

  Rat is one of MIT's most famous tradition, I figure better late than ... Delivery, check out: The 2010 Ring Delivery Website Article in The Tech about ... [I know this is WAY overdue, since Ring Delivery was a while ago, but

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 18, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Where Have I Been? Oh, what a bad blogger I have been.

  

  directly to our site; and Mirat Shah, a junior who is studying abroad via the ... ! Fourth, Campus Preview Weekend (CPW) is right around the corner. It's our biggest weekend of the year, so we begin working on it months in advance

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  soulsearching / coding in which i ramble about careers

  

  … Xian: I used to worry about being the oldest intern in our cohort, since ... too. Why did you decide to do a master's? Xian: The main reason is that ... ? Lillian: Well, why did you choose to work here in the first place? CJ: That

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 26, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  He’s Making A List and Checking It Twice The things that I found important when looking at colleges

  

  I graduate. This is my promise. So similar to the list of parameters ... important. 1. Scholastic This was the most important option in my case. I ... . I lived in the Midwest, but I was definitely not applying to any

  • by Bryan
  • July 24, 2006
• Blog / Class Projects

  MIT Brings You Unwanted Attention You want to be popular? Really?

  

  't. Ok, maybe not "held to a standard," but people do look at you in a different light and expect you to be the expert in everything. Trust me, this ... news. It was as an editor that he received a letter in the mail. The

  • by Snively '11
  • May 17, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  Sailing! !!!!!!!

  

  . aaaah - i just went and slapped samvaran some more me: is he going to be alive in ten minutes? Mathura: probs not, hes in the line of happiness ... to go sailing for the first time ever :) MIT Sailing has various days

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 26, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  relearning what i know now or: hi, i learned wrong my entire life.

  

  , almost like my innate daftness is an excuse for not being able to learn. In ... this also, in part, has to do with the fact that I'm in California now. I ... in high school again. I've been talking to the 2024s a lot lately and

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 22, 2020
• Blog / Hacks

  Laser Graffiti I found something cool on the way home.

  

  laser pointer to draw graffiti on the tallest building in Cambridge. He ... building in Cambridge, and/or the live Tetris game, and/or the building that ... leapt onto a bench for a better view, trying to figure out which room in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 28, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  1 day in the life of an MIT student

  

  .621) to then complete the following semester (16.622). In a nutshell, my ... , differences in pressure need to physically make sense. Magical. My notes for the ... good food, and ask questions about how to become a real person in the

  • by Ana V. '15
  • November 12, 2014
• Blog / Community Projects

  Blown Back to Oz the close of the 2014 Design/Build/Fly competition: day 4.

  

  :30 AM, roughed up and ready to fly on the last day of the competition. We had one more mission to fly and we wanted to re-fly a mission as well in order to score a little higher. We were on the clock--the weather

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 15, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Shot in the Life I now realize that this is probably a misleading title.

  

  randomness of the email sent out to my sorority's spam list is just absurd ... here I started taking them all the time, just to remember that day the ... is cross section of my semester in screen shots. 1) I hit exactly $0

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • April 16, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Finding Inspiration encouraging motivational inspiration

  

  sailor” (Franklin Roosevelt), and “the most effective way to do it, is to ... over you, and all you can do is pass the ball. It’s hard to see past the ... “opportunity is missed by most because it is dressed in overalls and looks like

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • November 7, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Mikey’s Meta TV Post ...In which you find out about the good, bad, and really bad shows I love…

  

  forced to watch this in the summers because THERE IS NOTHING ELSE TO WATCH ... lot of TV. So, in the spirit of Advent calendars*, I'm going to ... applications. 3. The end of the year is near, which always calls for lists and

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • December 24, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Fun things I’ve done lately! life isn't all being hosed

  

  (Indigenous People's Day) to go camping - it's late enough in the season that ... the summer as something to do when I was alone in my little New York ... time to have fun. I promised to write more about the fun stuff I've been

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 8, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Mari McQuaid Name: Mari McQuaid; Job title: Assistant Director of Admissions; Hometown: Verona, NJ

  

  Traveler Convention. Got to love the wonderfully hideous modern architecture on campus too! Just the general gestalt of the place is very cool--down-to ... applying to college/MIT: Don't lose yourself in the craziness of trying to do

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 8, 2005