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  Nicht Bach, Sondern Maurer The proudest moment of my life since figuring out that "Wok & Roll" was a…

  

  asylum in Iceland. I was just about to get some sleep last night--I had to ... meaningless sacrifice. Anyway, Sam's Mom just figured out how her brand-new DVR ... MIT students here in rainy Harrisburg, PA), so I'm going to hold off on

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 24, 2006
• Blog / Events

  What’s on your mind? As for me, my hair feels normal again.

  

  questions about MIT, about life here, about how to survive day-to-day, about how to make the most of your college experience?  What are your burning ... you'd like to see us bloggers clarify or explore in future posts

  • by Piper '13
  • August 26, 2011
• Blog / MISTI

  MIT-Italy: Working With Ferrari The MISTI experience of Patrik Kunzler.

  

  very easy to talk to people, make connections, and work together to get new data and apply novel ways of thinking to improving the driving ... practical knowledge, experience, and vision. How would they react to our

  • by MISTI Program
  • March 27, 2007
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Leaving home…

  

  kitchen table on a daily basis is really starting to sink in. It's not that ... years to prepare for that. But I suppose you could say that in all of the eagerness to get the hell out of the desert, I lost sight of the foundation

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 28, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  What Do You DO All Day? A guest-author entry by Joan Horvath '81.

  ways in the snow to get to the Institute back then. After a stint in ... me, I'm trying to get everyone so familiar with what scientists and engineers do that they won't have to ask! I graduated from MIT in aeronautics

  • by mitblogs
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  hot chocolate as a panacea navigating through a chaotic first week

  

  schedule around, and get ready for the semester to actually start, all in the ... 5 on AP Calculus BC in high school, so I was expecting to get credit ... decent background in calculus, I would be able to get through it quickly

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 7, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Happy Holidays, and some advice

  

  pens for bright kids to go four years reveling in how bright they are ... 's house in Kentucky as I write this. Thanks to the people who wished me good ... process. I've made some effort to keep up with current events in Admissions

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 23, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I want you to burn Unfortunately, usually somebody just blew up their spaghetti-o's.

  

  modest reduction in room size, every 6 people in the dorm get a full ... 's it. It's rare for any freshman to live in Burton-Conner for more than two weeks without hearing exactly how to prevent a catastrophe: "Close

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Senior Spring! What I did (and didn't) do over IAP...and plans for my last semester!

  

  Day eve and all of a sudden I have to go to school again! Weird (in an ... can’t do MISTI I’m looking forward to this class. 21L.702 Studies in ... day relaxing and then have to recover from the effort of recuperation

  • by Alina G. '11
  • January 30, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Why I Love Taylor Swift I finally explain the reason...or at least try to...

  

  handed out copies of her demos to record labels in Nashville, only to get ... mind trying to get it back Wasn’t it easier in your lunchbox days Always ... pressure building in my head that goes something like this: You’ll have to

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 6, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  More About Reading ...based on your questions!

  

  at least 4 full days each week (including weekends), in addition to the ... applications for most of the rest of the day, listening to my new music. Tomorrow ... many pertinent questions were asked in the last entry, I figured I'd base

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  difficult difficult lemon difficult the end of senior fall

  

  Chairman, Ben S. Bernanke—I ended up beginning to write in earnest just three ... -seven consecutive hours of consciousness in my scramble to actually finish it. By the ... to prevent them from jumping the proverbial shark. in my year, it was

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 29, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lit Analytics How humanities classes can be analytically rigorous, courtesy of a Shakespeare scholar

  

  place in 2005), a parent asked me if/how MIT humanities classes were ... , associate professor of literature, shows in her new book, "Collaborations With ... rigorous," but it hints at how even a music class can embrace technology in

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ratification: The Story of the US Constitution History @ MIT

  

  ." So how does this document, well over 200 years old, continue to shape ... . Maier's book, I knew I had to get it. Having spent a whole semester poring ... Constitution, I wanted to see how Prof. Maier crafted her argument (she was

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 4, 2011
• Blog / Blog Projects

  blogs that are marinating IS THIS POPULISM?

  

  general. Biology at MIT (what? why? how?) + cool stuff going on in biology rn (get excited) The grad school post. How applying to grad ... retrospective of all the times I've failed since getting to MIT. This one would be

  • by Abby H. '20
  • December 31, 2019
• Blog / Class Projects

  We made a website this is a filler post

  

  were lucky enough to win fourth prize, which means that we get some nice ... realized how important having readable code was when I needed to build upon ... that I need to buy a new laptop. I do hope that my laptop can last me at

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 31, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  At What Cost A summary of my fall semester

  

  second degree in physics because I want to get a PhD in physics after I ... advice on how to succeed here.” I still feel that way. But I didn’t blog ... apply to grad school, there’ll be a glaring “D” in my Fall 2007 semester

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • December 21, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Celebrate the Good Times just another good reason to eat more cake

  

  full day on Saturday while surveying the yard in anticipation, I said to my partner, Janyce, “Come on, we’re driving in to Cambridge tonight to ... cupcake in my hand (I was lucky to know where to stand to grab an early part

  • by Kris Guay
  • June 6, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Warmth, Happiness, and Baked Goods (guest post) The best way to spend your time off.

  

  join a special program to study in France and get a side of buttery ... the secret recipe to get into MIT. Here it goes. Check off 4 out of 5 ... ’s easy to zoom in so closely on what you do that you never stop and wonder

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • July 25, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Marching Band Refused to Yield Band in the name of love.

  

  ." Today, 3/4, is unofficially national marching band day. Get it? Anyway, to ... or other, so I probably won't get a chance to do it tonight. Anyway ... until I get a chance to get all the pictures together, here's a poem I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 4, 2007