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• Blog / MIT Life

  Needles That was anticlimactic.

  

  up. “Is this going to hurt?” I said. “No,” he said, “it’s a marker.” He ... next two where the first two should have been. Greg picked up a needle ... horribly in a Mathcounts competition, so my mom and I decided that I should

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 24, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Alternative Transportation Fast ride in a short machine

  

  naked velocity. It's dark and the asphalt is a gooey chocolatey blur ... -crushing death is sitting somewhere with me in the toddler basket of a supermarket ... recoiled along a vector perpendicular to Massachusetts Avenue as I gripped

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 2, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Multi-Day Weekend at MIT

  

  Now that CPW is over, things are a little less hectic around the ... ) in Phoenix next month (more on that to come). This weekend is a four ... from admitted students (do you have any? Leave them in the comments

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 15, 2005
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  How do I apply to MIT if I am not selected as a QuestBridge Finalist?

  If you applied for the QuestBridge Match but were not selected as a Finalist, you are still welcome to apply to MIT through our Regular Action cycle using our application portal. If you are not a Finalist, you must
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Future of Work How can people and computers be connected so that—collectively—they act more intelligently than any individuals,…

  

  whose central goal is to address the question: "How can people and ... . "Working" had a profound affect on me as I thought about work, and the basic ... that stayed with me for many years was called Car Hiker, a profile of Al

  • by Laurie Everett
  • March 6, 2007
• Blog / Hacks

  The things I do with my Friday afternoon Really, though - how could I resist?

  

  ridiculously quickly, but this is now on the Dot outside the Green Building: It's a chair! But wait, there's a sign on the back! I ran home ... Building is 54, and the Dot is McDermott Court) to check on some cell

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 9, 2007
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What do you mean by “MIT Speak”?

  MIT uses numbers for everything. You could be in 10-250 taking 18.03, which is 5-0-7, for 6-2. At MIT, all of your friends would understand exactly what you're saying. (You have to enter "MIT Code" in the ask field
• Blog / About Decisions

  Complementary in Kinetic Typography Posted with permission from the author. Meet Rishi '14!

  

  it a few days ago! (Sorry Rishi!) Anyhow, this is certainly one of the ... me, was always a dream, a place where I could imagine myself at, but ... a ton of MIT internal email lists that I am on. I proceeded to get

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 23, 2010
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Biking the bridge I biked across the Golden Gate bridge to Sausalito

  

  you're at MIT, though! Join the MIT Cycling team. Don't have a bike ... On Sunday, a coworker and I decided to be tourists in our own city ... to walk our bikes down a steep set of stairs, across a path underneath

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 20, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Peanut Butter Delusion Arguments as old as man.

  

  front of the bike racks there were signs advertising a question and answer ... session that evening. There was a big picture of a pizza on it, so I ... end of the program, there was a drawing for three gift cards. The other

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • September 13, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  Cannon Hack The famous tale of the Caltech Cannon Hack.

  

  invites you to the official sendoff of the Caltech cannon. Our company has recently been informed that Fleming House (tm) is at MIT RIGHT NOW and is ... hacking history comes to a close. I, for one, was quite impressed with the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Missing Documents Due Monday important information to make your application complete

  

  and emails, and loaded everything into our system. If you are a prospective member of the Class of 2016, this would be a mighty good time to log ... received a direct message from him. If you have missing components - relax

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 26, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sights and Sounds Only at MIT.

  

  Boston Symphony Hall, where we hoped to pick up Boston Symphony Orchestra ... time, the sole thought running through my head was, "Hey, this is free ... would sacrifice an afternoon nap for a one-mile walk across the Harvard

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 5, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  FIRST POST! You guys are totally right.. that WAS really tempting.

  

  , Jenny A.), and it was really cool to finally get to meet you guys. Minus ... time, I've forgotten how to blog. So in true "first post" style.. there ... incredibly inspiring to read everything you have to say about Marilee Jones

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 7, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Party!

  

  a three-hour security shift - party security is student volunteers ... . Miller '07 in the mud pit at Senior Haus' Steer Roast. The match ended in a ... 's me, in case you somehow didn't figure it out. I still have mud residue

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • May 8, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Meditation Mondays Achieving inner peace, just in time for my 14.05 pset

  

  long enough to achieve a little harmony and inner peace. If you're on ... meditation and an experience of guided visualization, a simple, nonsectarian form of meditation. Everyone is welcome: no experience, wisdom, or

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 16, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Weather Sensitive I know you think that I don't care, but I really do.

  

  So you all know that I come from South Florida. (And if you didn't, then look! You do now!) In Fort Lauderdale, we don't have seasons. Sure, it gets cold in that wet, drippy way that makes you feel like you

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 27, 2006
• Blog / How to MIT

  how (not?) to concentrate a quick guide

  

  assignment is worth 20% of your grade Panic You are a freshman this is ... concentrate on assignment. Fail It is 2:34 am Eat breadsticks Try to ... Yahoo Answers how to concentrate Bing how to concentrate You are the

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • May 9, 2017
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Standing Out [by C/3C Christopher Benson, '10] Before AFROTC, this abstract concept of "leadership" seemed very generic...

  

  cadets a few weeks ago. It is statements like these that make me very ... . I want to be a fighter pilot - that is why I joined AFROTC, for the ... simply as an avenue to become a pilot and to pay for school. I wasn

  • by ROTC
  • January 3, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  a shocking look inside a macgregor single where my loners at

  

  and a summer. It stings a little, but I figured I'd introduce you to my setup. (You might want to max out the quality if you really need to see ... (askabby at mit dot edu) or comment below if you have any questions.

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 23, 2018