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  Freezing My @$$ off at CPW By: Andrea '11

  

  during CPW. This is just the first installment. There are many more coming ... there, so that’s a pretty good sign I’ll fit in. :) I also ... dorm, Simmons Hall. Well, how could you not love Simmons?! They have a

  • by Bryan
  • April 16, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ruminations and room-inations Written on the anniversary of one year ago.

  

  The past year in retrospect is a telescoping compression of proper ... couch as a bed and a chair as a desk in the past 2 days is a reliable sign ... , furthermore, I strongly believe that there is wasabi powder in my eye. The

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 30, 2009
• Blog / Announcements

  A reminder that there is no advantage to applying Early Action to MIT As always, you should apply when you feel ready

  

  Action. This is a longstanding policy. There is no reason to rush your ... I have stated this in this short blog post, but there is a lot going on in the world, it is a confusing time, and I want to make sure it is

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 21, 2020
• Blog / Events

  I’m only happy when it rains. You can't take pictures in Boston. Don't even try.

  

  where *SPOILER* everybody else dies. There was also a huge wading pool in ... . Anyway, we got a picture outside, and although we're smiling, you can see ... did a pretty good production of As You Like It, but I must confess that

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 23, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Three things I didn’t learn from class behold, the listicle

  

  , unlike Spyfall, so there’s never a second where you’re not doing anything ... make arcs. And the saw itself is about a centimeter thick, so you couldn’t cut from a corner; there had to be some space behind where the cut began

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 26, 2019
• Blog / Announcements

  To our prospective students and their families on taking care of ourselves and the people we love

  

  other places where you can learn more about MIT's institutional response ... in college, and my younger daughter is a high school senior who is ... yourself and those around you first and foremost, we mean it. This is not the

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • May 27, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s that time of the year again If you want to do a UROP this semester, now is the time to contact…

  

  will be more willing to hire you and there is not a lot of hassle with ... 're lucky, you can get supervisor funding. - UROP for Credit: Paperwork is due ... . You can register as a pass/fail UROP or as a graded UROP. But, note that

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 10, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  MIT vs. Chuck Norris Ever wonder how many math and science Chuck Norris jokes exist in cyberspace?

  

  every answer. You will score over 8000. - Newton's Third Law is wrong: Although it states that for each action, there is an equal and opposite reaction, there is no force equal in Chuck Norris can divide by zero. - When

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • February 5, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Power Tools at 2 AM A typical MIT experience.

  

  REX is over already. MIT is so hardcore that they give you less than 3 ... there. Like I said- MIT is hardcore. Convocation was Monday afternoon (I ... floor like a good frosh. Conner 2, where Sam and Mitra live, had written

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Spaghettuna and Lego aircraft If my first week of IAP is any indication of how 2011 will treat me,…

  

  can be a turn-off. I guess I’m just used to it by now; you see, I ... a “real-time” look at where a student is in his/her development as a ... leadership? • How would you define leadership? (hint: this is harder than you

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • January 10, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Dig if you will a picture. My name appeared in The Tech; now I am immortal.

  

  even cooler name. 4. You might think Xena is a funny name for a planet ... So there's this list of 101 things to do before you graduate from MIT ... , but hey, hey look at this: Booya. As most of you know, I'm a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 10, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  You Got The Gig So excited about ALL the Things!

  

  reaction on that day. Now, how about a proper introduction?  My name is ... , I got an ambulance call.  I went on the call, and there was a lady at ... & the Public.  A lady was on the phone and she said "you're a

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 29, 2012
• Blog / Class Projects

  Final Project Demo Roll if only they were more helpful to the world at large

  

  program that allows you to 'play' a guitar using a LeapMotion, which is a sensor that can detect the motion of your hand. There's a very ... , you might remember that this was supposed to be the semester where I

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 1, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  rethinking perfectionism god i just want to get things done

  

  hours in a day. There’s a necessary trade off between how much you can do and how well you can do it, and I think this is something I particularly ... , and not infrequently. And this contrast is key. Perfectionism isn’t a

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • November 8, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  The Tech profiled Lydia about resilience @ MIT "I’m building my vocabulary and I’m building my mind and I’m building myself as a…

  

  still have a cloud looming over you of some unfinished task. There’s a lot ... mind is like a forest floor: the more you walk paths, the deeper they get ... . The path is still there but it’s shallow and small and you don’t have to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 17, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  if only I cad more time… Diving into software, ft. a bad pun

  

  first things you gotta do is make a box where your CADed object will be ... ., and then you “initialize” your project. [annotation note="There is a ... A quick note before I start: VOTE (if you can)! Find your polling

  • by Waly N. '24
  • October 30, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  In which I “get a life” again reclaiming my childhood hobbies

  

  ’m finally back in a place where I need scarves and hats, and now I can make ... there was a problem with this question. I didn’t have any hobbies. That was kind of sad to think about for a while. Really, Allison? You have no

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 12, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I Never Thought I Would Join a Sorority ...but here I am?

  

  Barcelona! I think there are many places around MIT that allow you to find a ... undergraduates are in a greek organization. And no matter where you go to school, I ... college. If you are like me, then you thought “greek life” had a bad

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 6, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  CRACKED [by Sadie Scheffer '10] Part art-support group, part studio, part community, and part activist.

  

  ’d like to tell you a little more about Cracked. Cracked is a student ... thinkers alike. It is a conglomerate of undergraduates and graduate students ... giant paintings in giant frames, buying giant food, baking a giant cake

  • by ARTalk
  • May 29, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Summer Reading List The exciting hobby that I never have time for during the school year...

  

  . Also, since the Hayden library is for the MIT community, there’s a much ... are nerds, you’ll find that we can be nerdy in quite a few ways ... much more frequently before the chaotic workload that is college, and a

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 5, 2016