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  Results from the Photo Scavenger Hunt On the bright side, there's alt-text!

  

  to write an entry about my experience here at Los Alamos, but anything

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 27, 2009
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Things You Won’t Have to Buy (or spend *that* much on) This one's especially for the incoming freshmen.

  

  'd fill you in on some of MIT's not-so-well-known secrets. No, this isn ... price that you end up paying. In short, this is my brief, informal guide ... useful if you want to refresh a skill you haven't used in a while, or if

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 18, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Fall Semester Recap my classes so far

  

  class. I had done horribly in physics all my life and I knew it was ... content learned in lectures and provide recitation sheets where you apply ... stressful weeks. He often checks in on all of us and reminds us to stay

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 24, 2020
• Blog / Events

  To go home or to stay home Homesickness never hit...but I'm still thankful to be in L.A.

  

  same city in the same house in Los Angeles for all of my 18 years. Life ... end seriously sore from ~6 hours in one seat. I’m 24 minutes out from Los Angeles, and I can’t wait to spend Thanksgiving with my family. At

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 27, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Who needs Black Friday anyway? a slightly different take.

  

  stories we wear." - Worn Wear Buying new stuff is fun. It provides that ... puffy jacket will always remind me of certain backpacking trips in the Sierras, or favorite climbs in Yosemite. Gear becomes attached to specific

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 29, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Library Battle: Harvard vs. MIT Harvard and MIT Libraries are given a theme topic and each an afternoon to compile…

  

  's recent entry, Sam is in fact an engineer, and I am queen of the humanities ... , hence the title, and is in room 10-500. For those of you keeping track ... . Either way, there are inevitable going to be four sleeping people in the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 10, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Dudamel On music and becoming an old man

  

  Late in February, my friend Ashley '12 forwarded me a notice titled "Dudamel - Open Rehearsal" and asked if I would be interested in attending ... !") but we squeezed and "sorry! excuse me!"d our way in. Flipping through

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 15, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Toilet @ MIT The Ben Schreck Shits 2015 Calendar.

  

  . Also it's back in Los Angeles in a dumpster somewhere. The new toilet is ... the first year you're doing it on Kickstarter? Yeah. In the beginning it was basically my money—my mom actually chipped in a bit. The first year

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 16, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Paul Farmer at the Broad Lander update October 28

  

  impressive and inspiring and wonderful, etc. In the past few days, a few ... "shoot for the moon" in terms of faculty, and emailed Professor Eric Lander ... later in the semester, but the dinners need to be in by late October for

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Time-sensitive matters

  

  legal. The very first state-sanctioned same-sex marriage in the USA ... to answer in time, but i'm STILL struggling to decide between Yale and MIT. I love science but I'm also very interested in International

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Tragedy for MIT and Boston Devastating news for our community.

  

  , and another is reportedly on the run in Watertown, a city that borders ... local ABC affiliate, boston.com, and Reddit. In light of these events ... sophomore Emily TenCate almost immediately put together an initiative to buy

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 19, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Living in the Past The one where people drive up just to visit me.

  

  that moment, but in two hours I was able to finish up my research and ... the most famous bakery in Boston, if not the entire world, Mike's Pastry specializes in cannoli, which they'll supposedly ship fresh to anywhere in the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Cooking for Myself I haven't set off the fire alarms yet!

  

  ’t know about you, but I like to eat. I grew up in a family where food is ... been a mini-celebration of the good things in life. Good food brings a ... and running to your 8.01 lecture. The smell of something cooking in the

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 17, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  happy singles awareness day

  

  . In the last week of January, I visited my younger brother in Los ... ’t interested in getting involved in anything romantic with anybody at the moment ... up in person and talk about it,” I messaged him. The next day, we

  • by Rona W. '23
  • February 21, 2023
• Blog / Events

  I’m embarrassed to be writing this entry. The one where Matt regresses back to being a 12 year old boy.

  

  of Star Wars Episode 1 in Los Angeles on opening night, at the ... wrestling. Later, we both did varsity wrestling in high school, which is a ... class in the CMS department this term devoted to pro wrestling: CMS.602

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 23, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Stud/Fac Dinners Genius idea to get free dinner with MIT geniuses

  

  Properly Apply Cologne How to Save Your Date from Choking How to Buy Someone a Drink How to Get Someone to Buy You a Drink ... of, in my opinion, are these student faculty dinners. **2007 Student

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Art of Waiting how to burn some time

  

  There are many things in life that require you to have the ever ... . I remember when I was in your shoes. Back in the day, I had to do it not once but TWICE because I was deferred the first time around in

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • March 13, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Trashion 2014 are YOU trashionable?

  

  Craftsmanship: Mikael K. '18 Mikael was born and raised in Los Angeles, and has ... background or training in judging people, I have been judging people for some ... able to transfer my experience judging people in admissions to judging

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 8, 2014
• Blog / MISTI

  “Choose Your Own Adventure” MISTI edition

  

  make eye-contact, she starts advertising in Chinese, "Buy some lotus ... them. They're only "in season" during the summer. You can buy 4 of ...   Last week, MISTI-China interns in Beijing welcomed

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 20, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  first impressions of LA the struggles of moving cross-country for an internship

  

  flight to los angeles to [annotation note="dope, right??? i get so many ... was not made for walking >:( i'm used to walking almost everywhere in boston, but in the past few day i've missed an uber because i couldn't find

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • May 31, 2019