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• Blog / Community Projects

  Guest Post: Simmons Hall Finishes 18,239 Piece Puzzle in 40 days and 5 hours

  

  for. A group of six of us worked for most of the evening and didn’t call ... progress. After a while, I couldn’t have a conversation with anyone in the ... with a great 7K display to generate support. Joseff took a time lapse of

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 29, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  A Complicated Synthesis Question starting materials include hard decisions and uncertain paths

  

  you don't. Recently, I'm dealing with a new kind of synthesis problem ... . Because, this semester hasn't been a waste at all. Aside from being exposed ... meal to be able to write an essay. Success isn't sacrificing a part of

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 7, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  18.600 poetry compute the probability i overuse the ampersand

  

  dedicated to 18.600, a.k.a. Probability and Random Variables, which I took this past semester. special thanks to: Brice H. ‘19, for your endless patience and generosity, & Ivy L. ‘20, who said, I feel like

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 25, 2019
• Blog / Community Projects

  [Joint Post] Build a robot boat with MIT Arcturus! Q&A with Arcturus captain Audrey Chen

  

  backgrounds. I mean, before last year, I didn’t know a single thing about marine ... and 3rd in design, winning $1.5K in prizes. I’m so proud of the team for ... , and to spread the word (and learn more about Arcturus myself), I’m doing

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  when the world gets too heavy put it on my back

  

  living in my thoughts a lot and i'm not sure how to write about it in a ... future and my childhood and just a whole slew of things that i can't really ... LOT. like a LOT. i didn't speak to anyone for three days after i read

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 11, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Don’t stop me now! I am a satellite, I'm out of control.

  

  take a cab, and a jar of vaseline to prevent chafing. That seems like pretty much all I'm gonna need. I'd ask you to wish me luck, but I ... pretty much wishes me all the luck I'm going to need: Spammie, (and Mitra

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 17, 2006
• Blog / People & Identities

  an anime fan’s dilemma am I a weeb? please GOD say yes

  

  "]Haikyuu!!.[/annotation] Hell, I'm listening to anime openings as I write this... Anime is such a ... straight up didn't have time for anime at MIT!!! I didn't watch a single ... , yet so powerful, in a way live-action can't accomplish. The suspension

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 15, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  My 21st Birthday More details about the transition to Halloween than you ever wanted to know.

  

  onto a Scarlatti keyboard piece (K. 264 -- the K number is important ... old. (Sidenote: a fun consequence of having a Halloween birthday is ... , the nurse/doctor/receptionist says WOW!!! YOU'RE A HALLOWEEN BABY?? SO

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 30, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Gingerbread Gone Horribly Right "run, run, as fast as you can..."

  

  downfall. And as a bonus, I’m including some pictures from this year ... just a babby sophomore, my floor had a gingerbread decorating party. It was one of a series of events organized by The Committee, an elected

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 8, 2018
• Blog / Athletics

  My IAP All the snow has melted since I took these pictures.

  

  (knock on wood). (In other words, Lydia K. ‘14, MEng ‘16 is a lie: I’m ... and the final third is unoccupied). I don’t have a window, but the ... . You can’t see it in the photo, but there was a beautiful thick snowfall

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 19, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  This Day, the Year I Applied what I learned in college about application struggles

  

  transfer in the spring. I’d have a plethora of extracurriculars. I wouldn’t ... alternative vision, I'm happy too. Happier? Possibly. In this Universe, I can’t ... rules still haunt you in your writing. You can’t break them without a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 20, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thinking Positive Sophomore year was kind of awful. But there were happy things! I'll focus on the…

  

  campus.  But I still found myself overwhelmed a lot of times. If I didn't ... week, so it'll be a rush to pack up, but I can't wait! I think it'll also ... got a Pretty Camera I'M SO HAPPY! I finally saved up enough to buy the

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 17, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  “But I’m not cool…” Dr. Suess but shitty? Dr. Suess but angsty?

  

  think I’m crazy.   “I’ll get a UROP to have something to do.” But a UROP won’t fix me; I’m just not cool. ... people don’t like.”   “I’m queer and I cry and I hold on too tight

  • by Powers '23
  • August 18, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Lot Can Happen in 365 Days 8,760 hours of work, sleep, and play

  

  wasn't getting out of campus enough. I knew I wanted to start a company ... year, my family got a pug (my first dog!). He thinks I'm a stranger who ... When I was a kid, I always imagined my future as a certain genius

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 31, 2016
• Blog / Personal Projects

  loftblogging 2: acoustic boogaloo turns out that at mit, even the non-academics are incredibly hard and deeply rewarding

  

  whole time just f r e a k i n g  o u t about how cool it was and then ... dorm who doesn't have a lot of woodworking experience and owns almost ... of the house, and it feels like a soft, smooth wooden hug. I didn't

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 29, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fanboying at the Career Fair SpaceX, CubeSats, and free stuff, oh my!

  

  rockets.If you haven't noticed, I'm a gigantic SpaceX fanboy. And you should ... free stuff. I'm talking stickers, t-shirts, water bottles, posters ... ) at MIT. But hey, I'm just a freshman--what do I know? See you later

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 21, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Introducing the New 2017 Bloggers Let's get ready to ruuummmmble!

  

  A couple months ago, Petey posted the blogger application, and a few ... Reckoning. It wasn’t really like that. We spent FOUR HOURS in our committee ... soul I know)…It was just as deliberate and emotionally draining as a

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 7, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  How to Foil a UFO Abduction 1. Control your thoughts.

  

  place. It isn't for people who are afraid of hard work, and it can get a ... them are over 700 (there was a huge stress fiasco last year, and it wasn't pretty). It's not that I'm a horrible student, I still have a fairly high

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 26, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  assassins – a liveblog day 7: five remain

  

  tradition: i was a wingrep for 2E last fall, so i ran the game, but didn't ... a bug in my info, which was bound to happen, and now i'm at a point ... the storm || a triplet of kills. 1:20 pm i'm back from 6.031 lecture

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • October 16, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  winter things a sampling of IAP plans around campus

  

  not, I'm only at 4 classes right now and a friend says it's okay as long ... ) Chillin' TM. As mentioned, I'm kind of a senior and may leave MIT this year, which is wacky, so I'm trying to make sure I have a fun ending 😀. This

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • February 5, 2023