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  Alcohol in College: Scotland and the US An MIT student from Scotland compares alcohol culture in the US and the UK in…

  

  from buying alcohol in off-licences and set a minimum price at which a ... discount vodka shots in the union bars of Britain, I was 2,000 miles away, building a robot. I was in the middle of “freshman orientation week” at

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 22, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Weathering the weather So much snow!

  

  that is since I can't think of any single majors in math that I know. A ... leave at all. It's snowing so hard right now that I can't see across the ... and turkey -- and if we had any vegetarians, I'm sure they'd buy tofu

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 12, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  how to put together an ohms concert apparently we have a concert this weekend

  

  fun, and whenever someone in the group likes a song a lot they can just ... for those of you who don’t know, i’m part of the mit ohms, a south ... !)   i. music we mostly sing songs arranged by current members of the

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • November 17, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hosed Hosed- adj. Bogged down with work (From the glossary of the 2007-2008 How to Get…

  

  totally and completed hosed. I can't even believe I'm taking 15 minutes to ... a taste of things to come. Item 1: How hosed am I? According to the ... the degree I will be awarded: A Bachelor's of Science in Engineering as

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 7, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.

  

  Materials My first official Mechanical Engineering class. How can I hate and ... How else would I know about all the awesome hacking that happens at MIT ... present. I hate physics, so of course my family buys me a book about physics

  • by Snively '11
  • March 14, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  readmission what'd i miss?

  

  working in industry, I jumped at the chance to take a break from school ... one that left MIT. I'd like to think I'm more comfortable in public (and ... what I don't. I know how to treasure (and defend) my silence, my solitude

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 19, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  Money! Money! Money! Life is like monopoly, except you're not a pewter Tophat and it costs WAY more…

  

  tables and charts in excel etc. In fact, to avoid being overwhelmed I ... . Tally up how much you make in a month, subtract out anything you HAVE to ... kitchen that you can use to cook food in, and if you get a few friends

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 22, 2009
• Blog / Events

  How about an eπ Reunion?

  

  seen -- if you're in Las Vegas, don't miss it. I was lucky enough to get ... In my email this morning: Hello fellow Young Alums! As you may or ... commemorate the 7.4-year mark of our graduation, and we're doing it in grand

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 27, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More on DesigNerds DesigNerds: Product Design TV

  

  ." cool, eh? There's no website yet for the project, but you can check out ... the pilot in 6-120, so I decided I could afford an hour long study break ... So after getting a few questions and comments about DesigNerds, I

  • by Bryan
  • January 22, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Political Process For the civic-minded

  

  ?" etc etc) I've gotten more exposure to politics than I ever had in my ... reasons that are probably irrelevant to this blog. I. Change We Can Believe ... I will say that I believe politics are relevant, and in my mission to

  • by Karen F. '11
  • February 14, 2008
• Blog / How to Food

  [Guest Post] On Food and Cooking at MIT, Paradiso A selection of dishes that define my MIT dining experience, part 4

  

  surprised by how far a little extra effort can go in elevating the mundane ... scallion aspic. The full recipe can be found on the MINCE website. I cook ... . As I grappled with changes in my career and my personal life, I used

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 28, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Why We Blacked Out The Blogs and joined the SOPA strike

  

  comparable in its effect to the Great Firewall of China Kill websites that ... noticed that the first link I posted in this blog entry was a link to a ... do not intend to infringe. I intend to educate. With good intent, I can

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 18, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Rewind the Tape b.good so you can find the golden ticket.

  

  somewhat reminded of the day I turned 18 and tried to buy a lottery ticket ... 'll be participating in Orientation. Sunday, I had the opportunity to dim ... coin from 283 AD. I was still in diapers then. Oh and Sam, if you

  • by Bryan
  • July 26, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  I waited waaaay too long to get a new computer Finally, a development environment I can work with!

  

  -booting shortly after buying the computer, so that just in case I messed up again I ... . I bought my computer off eBay in 2015, right before going off to ... RAM (those are solid specs, in case you're not a computer person) and I

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 8, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  perception but who *are* you?

  

  confident enough in them to defend them to the world. I can’t go on forever ... from time to time.) I’m hoping that this blog and website can serve as a ... Over the summer, I’ve centered on a fear that I have in graduate

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • September 18, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  back to high school except now I don't know what I'm doing

  

  setting. I wonder if I can buy a "Confident Teacher" costume off of Amazon ... for help much faster than I did in high school, but I wonder how much of ... to learn how to teach in a way that works for them, and that I don

  • by Alice L. '24
  • November 5, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  I Can Talk to Anyone perseverating with caution

  

  education. But in truth, I can talk to anyone. Well, mostly. Some people want ... second spiel about how I’m majoring in math and really interested in ... conversation. In this way, I can talk to anyone even if it may be difficult. I

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 13, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  love is stored in the yarn help i can't stop crocheting

  

  settled: I needed to learn how to crochet so that I could make stuffed ... working in a wet lab after two attempts at computational UROPs that I ... how to crochet to one of my direct supervisors, which was how I found

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 14, 2023
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  MIT-Now in Español!

  

  Hola! I’m delighted to introduce the newest page to the MIT Admissions website- MIT Admissions en Español! After brainstorming content ... have translated the history and mission of MIT so students can help their

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • July 16, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  can’t stop smiling a time capsule for freshman fall

  

  how lonely college can be. I’ve also always struggled with change, so I ... higher. I can feel it in those unexpected can’t-stop-smiling experiences ... I started writing a blog about freshman fall four months ago, in

  • by Allison E. '27
  • February 12, 2024