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

  

  , going for a Guinness world record for largest/most pies (way too big ... sugar and flour, and 7 large cans of shortening. On the way back, Kristen ... had cooked down and reduced in volume way more than we expected, so

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

  Library War there's nothing about war in here, that's just my fave imaginary band name

  

  on the way to the study space, and those shelves do look interesting ... the way to the east of campus (not as far as it would be if I lived on ... this lovely man all the way at the back, which of course made me very

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 15, 2018
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: A Smile Worth 1,550 Words guest post by Mariam D. '20

  

  me!” way. A little boy was chosen. He had flaxen hair but skin tanned ... was evident in the way they acted and dressed so differently from the ... ’ve been blessed in some way beforehand, whether its dealing with a crazy

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / MISTI

  Africans@MIT: The Accra Experiment This week in the series: a Ghanaian research initiative by a dedicated MIT senior

  

  ’s community in ways his father, who ended up staying in the U.S., never could ... find ways to take on younger students, like the Greenhouse that inspired ... from home who were so excited, and want to help in any way they can

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 8, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  love or lust

  

  recently, i have been having a lot of thoughts about the ways in ... uncertain while it’s happening, but then you figure out a new way of living ... achieving professional success was the only way i was ever going to be happy

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • October 18, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  On the Scattering of Senior House or: How I Learned to Start Worrying and Acknowledge the Bomb

  

  stairs. It was beautiful in a way that I can’t really explain. Anyway, I ... ” mindset will proliferate as a way of making decisions for the community in ... bloggers for not writing about this sooner.) Though this is an easy way to

  • by Abby H. '20
  • July 12, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Faking It self-consciousness and struggling and pretending to be cool, woo

  

  the same song and suddenly felt overwhelmed by awareness of all the ways ... the way burnout from fall semester seems to carry over, about how ... the way, I became a different person. IHTFP. Some things haven

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 24, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Memory down résumé lane Serif or sans-serif?

  

  my address as way to keep my résumé clean. Halfway through the ... , I revised said résumé so many times I lost track. It was a great way ... the fair or during an interview. The way I like to think of it is, if a

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • September 20, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s the FIRST DAY of CLASSES!!!!! A summary of the first half of the day/how I'm feeling, with many exclamation points!!!

  

  robotic arm, so you have to do way more math to figure out where the tip of ... , there can be multiple ways to get to the same point, and you have to be ... (through my resume or in interviews) in a way that is Employable(TM). I do

  • by Selam G. '18
  • September 7, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Dreams How MIT has helped me keep a life long promise

  

  suffer from cancer the way she did. That day, I began a binder full of ... would be a great place for college all the way back in eighth grade when I ... development. Half way through, I got to sit in a meeting with Sangeeta Bhatia

  • by Ben O. '19
  • August 22, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What’s happening with Senior House The thing that happened, why the thing is upsetting, and what can hopefully be done

  

  I phrased this in a way that is obviously sarcastic, since I feel like ... in a way that is tailored to what students feel will best help them ... decision was made in a way that they believe was flawed. It’s like, imagine

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • June 13, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  My “Normal” High School What it was like going to an ordinary high school

  

  Africa, changing the way people saw the world through photography and ... college’” “Lol no way, why work super hard to get in there when I could just ... way I am smart enough for that, but nice joke” I cannot count the

  • by Ben O. '19
  • January 16, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  January Blues living alone, daily grind, angsty music

  

  ?"--this is from a year ago, probably while contemplating the way that rationality is some people's holy grail. emotions get in the way of reason but ... shortage of work, but I dislike the way that information is often outdated

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 16, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Broken I'm broken I'm broken I'm broken I'm broken (but not actually)

  

  technical classes at MIT. I'm a crazy person. So I tried to find ways to relieve my stress. My main way was running. Every single day, sometimes ... other ways. But I've been helped so many times in these past few weeks

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 8, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Although of course you end up becoming yourself Perspective and focus, brought to you by M. C. Escher

  

  Alewife and just took an Uber to drive us the rest of the way (Uber is ... In and Fight Club references? I’ll put it this way: when I look back on ... experience, internships are a very inefficient way to actually gain skills. But

  • by Joel G. '18
  • August 2, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: The Power of Intuition when making important choices

  

  along the way. Both of them were excellent opportunities, and there was no way of weighing which one would be better for me. On one hand, I had the ... and linking my devices together in unique ways. I didn't learn coding or

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 21, 2015
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Thoughts from the Other Side MIT through a different lens

  

  ways at MIT where you can get help if you want to. Office hours (an hour ... worked on things together in the same way they did at MIT. People at MIT ... my notes during the term). I've never felt that way about MIT final

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • May 30, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Dudamel On music and becoming an old man

  

  !") but we squeezed and "sorry! excuse me!"d our way in. Flipping through ... his way from stage right to the podium, he shook hands with several of ... of my mind; instead, I thought that Dudamel could be a dancer, the way

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 15, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Events, Food, and Awesomeness: CPW A story about how CPW is more awesome than lobsters

  

  experiences that have somehow managed to weasel their way into my permanent ... decision yet, I’d encourage you to go out of your way to form a concrete ... over spring break. A new perspective has changed the way I view things

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • April 10, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  SCIENCE ALERT: “smoking gun” evidence for Alan Guth’s theory of inflation! Good thing I already have Alan Guth's signature on all of my class registration forms.

  

  the Virgo galaxy cluster, of which the Milky Way is a member. We, of course, live in the Milky Way, although it's hopeless to try and see that ... and writing lecture notes for Quantum II. On my way out the door, I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 17, 2014