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  Life is Improv say yes

  

  . To negate in improv is to break the flow of absurdity and belief that ... 's standing only on thin air, he's negating. In improv, when you deny a ... you want to pull it in another direction. you're negating. This rule

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 3, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A (Belated) Letter to July In which I start blogging again with an angsty video

  

  video.  It's been a crazy 101 days since I last posted in this corner of ... through their lovely writing. Anastassia's post, in particular, helped give ... be many more somethings in the near future, now that there's a little

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 3, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Mischievous Anniversary Tonight Four score and ten years ago...

  

  about half a decade more, in which time two identical extensions would be ... built just to the west. In February of 1931, the buildings would be ... Bemis House of the East Campus Alumni Houses. But that was all in the

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • June 1, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If man is five Then most people are six, and if most people are six then pre-meds are seven.

  

  means "almond bread" in German. I got to see Mandelbrot speak on Thursday ... just to be in the same room for a minute and catch a glimpse of his well ... Engineering?" It's funny, because I remember going to a choice of major fair in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 10, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Gee, my life’s a funny thing Remembering the bills I have to pay, or even yesterday.

  

  orientation was from Alaska. While in Paris this weekend, Ling '07 and I went ... Morrison will probably also be forgotten in a hundred years, but it's kind of ... the Thalys in first class (yay for Thalys summer offer!) I picked up a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 21, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Figuring out what I want to do with my life personal essay time :)

  

  After I graduate in June, I’m planning to attend grad school and [annotation note="i mean...hopefully lol"]eventually emerge with a PhD in aerospace engineering sometime in the mid-2020s.[/annotation] I’m genuinely

  • by Alex M. '21
  • March 5, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Bad Ideas Weekend 2019 good times

  

  little happiness, and little to look forward to; no hope remains. In this ... , revolving around East Campus. Over one weekend during IAP, students compete in ... . By the end of the day, 2 East succeeded in making 2,925 cookies, a

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 3, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Meta Yultide Finale Yultide Day 6

  

  6. In this post, I reflect on previous Yultide posts, in a quasi ... the greatness of SHASS in other posts. Last semester, the awesome ... composed the draft right away in a stroke of inspiration—an occurrence so

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 31, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mostly Harmless Rifle. As in, the phys ed class. As in, I fired one.

  

  second or third or fourth petri plate with different antibiotics or food in ... very good at replica plating. The first time I replica plated, in 7 ... and way cooler, is this IAP in rifle. Rifle is one of three firearms

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 22, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  10 Things I Learned 1st Semester Yeap.

  

  Say hello to the holidays and winter break!!! Now, sitting at home in ... -yogurt-more-endearingly-“Froyo”. I can’t count how many “Ordering Indian in 10! Come to Room # if you want in!” emails I've gotten over these past few months. My family eats

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 24, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  e) Other Some pretty important stuff, and then just some pretty stuff.

  

  me if I haven't written back to you in the past few weeks. This ... -maaann-what-the-heck-am-I-doing.) MIT, as opposed to some universities both in the United States and ... decisions that can be instrumental in the steps to what you're doing with your

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 5, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  We Should Take This Final and Push It Somewhere Else you'll need a lot of mOXie

  

  semester, I have already taken a final exam. In the midst of sitting down for ... hadn’t seen in ages. It’s an interesting combination; the beginning and ... , being bedridden for a month and your mom having to fly in to take care of

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • February 14, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Colors In every sense of the word

  

  What if you lived in a world that was entirely grayscale? Without any ... . Printers would only print in black and white. Face paint and makeup would simply be made in only dark, or light. There would only be black and white

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 3, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ideate, Model, TEST! A long, behind-the-scenes look at 2.009 like, really long.

  

  ;this made me want to switch majors” aren’t phrases often heard in ... discussing it.  Some people are better at being louder in meetings, at ... in design schools are expensive and computers are cheaper.” He

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 10, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advice you’ve heard before and a story you haven’t you can just skip to the pictures if you want to, I wont be offended.

  

  mandatory-attendance HASS class. The advantages? I got to sleep in later. I got to "save time" that would otherwise have been spent in class. I got to stay warm and cozy in my (over)heated room while it whistled and

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • March 2, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I Miss the South Musings on a secret Instagram account

  

  account is themed around the proteins in gluten, which make me irreparably ... lie and say that was me. In real life, I am an opinionated, fast ... in my reservedness is a rare and mythical thing. Most of the time I

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 1, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Random Ceiling Tiles The ceilings of Random Hall and a friendly message.

  

  :59 tomorrow. If you're on the fence, I have one small bid to make you fall in ... with my professors and friends, but I found a home and a second family in ... least partly captured in our ceiling tiles. Below are the ceiling tiles in

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 30, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  IHTFParadise – A Journey of Depression at MIT Guest entry by Angelina G.

  

  beautiful Thursday in the New England fall. I walked out of the Convention ... . The room reeked of the moldy coffee that had been sitting in the coffee ... in the past 24 hours. Yet I didn’t feel hungry, nor did I have any

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  An Open Letter to MIT Applicants Don’t Panic (and know where your towel is)

  

  of a sudden you imagine competing with these people for a spot in a ... pursued summer internships in labs at universities, has been working on ... enough. Successful applicants really do come in all shapes and sizes and

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 2, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dragons A blog post for deferred students (and everybody else waiting on decisions).

  

  final projects. My only exam was in 6.034 (artificial intelligence ... seriously. In particular, I wish I’d had that attitude against the dragon that ... from high school. Trying to find a parking spot in Spain. Ice skating

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 14, 2014