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  (K)onstantly not good enough baby's first sabremetrics

  

  - and in between flashbacks to the Superbowl-That-Didn't-Happen - I ... shine of an oncoming linebacker's helmet and gets so distracted by how ... period of time, is almost certainly insufficient to beat a good team in the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 7, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  Unveiling the New Varsity Weight Room let's get buff !!!

  

  vwr[/caption] It was super cool to get to lift in the new VWR. In the ... now open! Accessible to all those who participate in a varsity sport at ... putting in the work[/caption] [caption id="attachment_106057" align

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • November 23, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  fragments instead of blogging (for a whole damn month), I...

  

  . this means nothing. i did, however, get to both play in the snow with my ... grateful i am to have found a family in them [caption id="attachment_49048 ... books in my bedroom prompted me to pick one up again; i started rereading

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 16, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s 2017! highlight reels from the new year

  

  anchored to the sky. In West Africa, it shoots volcanoes down on us. I get ... of them before I get to the apartment. I wash my hands in the bathroom ... something new, how about you stick to a new buffet restaurant in Chelsea? Or a

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 1, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A reading list for a week at MIT All my classes have required reading this semester!?

  

  the best differentiation between different body parts. In order to get ... -and-coding heaving schedules I’m used to. In a way, it’s really nice—I’m being ... mainly about two things: how to make interfaces that are intuitive and easy

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • February 27, 2018
• Blog / Blog Projects

  A Person Studying Persons… ...and why the Myers Briggs test is invalid

  

  ...later in life, ESFJs continue to enjoy supporting their friends and loved ... in high school. I was mostly busy studying; I would make excuses to not ... where the Myers-Briggs test gets dangerous in its influence, and why I

  • by Selam G. '18
  • August 23, 2017
• Blog / How to Food

  Cooking with Cami learning to adult part 1

  

  with friends in Washington, D.C. and wanting to save money for future endeavors, I've decided to get my shit together and actually learn how to cook ... dump it in while the egg part is cooking/nearly done. This allows me to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 10, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  MY college essay 498 words of angst.

  

  .math.& tech. academy in the midwest ranked 8 of 667,she didn't get much respect going in as a girl,that know has changed, it if I can get her to read your ... plates, which are usually allowed to be stored in some common area

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 12, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Happy Birthday, ‘Murica! (Even though Boston celebrated Independence Day Eve)

  

  measure. In response to this announcement, MIT officially closed at 3pm ... Hurricane Arthur was predicted to arrive in 45 minutes. And the show was ... how it came to be that we launch exploding pyrotechnics into the sky to

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 4, 2014
• Blog / Events

  To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before: P.S. I Love You THANK YOU LSC

  

  to the ShowPlace ICON Theatre in Seaport, a super nice venue that made ... around, we all rushed to theatre 6 to claim our seats. We were seated in ... want to be in love. It made me feel so floaty. To give you a picture of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 5, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  I’m still here (and MIT’s still hard) The little comment that wasn't. (This isn't edited. It sounds awkward at times. Deal.)

  

  , whatever. Anyway, I want to know - how hard is MIT? Because I keep hearing it ... think it's kind of hard. OH, CHRIST. I HAVE NO CHANCE OF GETTING IN." (I ... .) In response to all of these comments, I'd like to deliver a poorly

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 12, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Journal of Negative Results, among other things Absurdities I encounter while livin' my life.

  

  , and how it is representative of everything in my life. Due to a ... in chromosome 5, leading to an extension of the circadian period from ... scientific studies. About 95% of the work people do in research never gets

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 27, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21M.285: The Beatles the most enjoyable class i've taken at MIT

  

  't interested in them enough to take an entire class on them. In May, I watched ... their music in the Beatles' earlier albums. With this, I was able to gain ... thrilled to learn what had shaped this new sound and how the group's creation

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 3, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Wangoballwime?” C'mon. You know what this entry is about. Check out the title!

  

  gesturing towards in this picture, hang on. We'll get to that. As I hope you ... it. Akash continued that he was thinking about trying to get us into a ... book to a screenplay- obviously they needed to cut some things out in

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 18, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  ice skating don't fall

  

  center of gravity closer to the ground cj: ah, just like in every other ... this so hard wayne: it took me weeks to learn how to skate, you're doing ... supposed to balance when you have a foot up wayne: well how do you balance

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 16, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 1 And maybe a problem set

  

  get used to. Eventually, I made the decision to attend MIT—how could I ... and took a gap year. The story of how I decided to take a gap year is ... alone in my room, listening to the air-conditioner buzz, my body

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 8, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Dorm Companion #1: Art MIT loans out 400 pieces of famous art each year from its collections to its…

  

  distributed on a first-come, first-served basis to any student who lost out in ... doors for a second chance to participate in this extraordinarily popular ... tank. It got infested with fruit flies, and we had to get it fumigated

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 9, 2008
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Walking the Kerry Way journal of my fourth day in Ireland

  

  when others are in the room. She has finally gone to sleep, and I ... made oats in the same pan, and was about to do the chicken, too, when I decided that I wanted to get on the road. I’d forgotten the joy of pan

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 10, 2023
• Blog / Prepare for MIT

  Leavetaking and homecoming

  

  through a thick nostalgia to get myself in my car, start the ignition, ease ... printed on semi-trucks, Fry’s and Coke and Target, coming in to the city ... ’ll have to edit out the bulk of them for brevity. In the summer monsoons

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 28, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  confronting the self i am the captain of my soul

  

  , like you do in your normal posts? alan: if this is how cj wants to ... within me. okay, dan, i get it! i get it. you don't have to rub it in. dan ... , okay? alan: … dan: ah. dan: you're trying to pretend you're in control

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 30, 2021