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  SpaceVision 2010 Space is cool.

  

  banquet, and a man named Will Pomerantz gave a speech with the following ... be on time for my 8:10am flight. I asked the hotel to give me a wake-up call at 5:30. I ordered a taxi for 6:30. I set an alarm for 5:30, just in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 13, 2010
• Blog / IAP

  Where is Andorra? and other FAQs about my IAP Teaching abroad in a quadrilingual country

  

  for communicating with Spanish tourists. And finally, the school system ... area and about a tenth of the size by population. So by U.S. standards ... member of the United Nations, and although it's not a member of the EU, the

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 5, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW at Random Hall! While the science gets done, you can build a neat fort with the Settlers drinking…

  

  recognized me and asked for a sticker because of something I said a year ago ... . Hylomorphism: both an anamorphism and a catamorphism. This event? A hylomorphism ... them with your neighbors, or foil their plans and keep everything for

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 11, 2013
• Blog / Hacks

  Hacks and meta-hacks

  

  A few nights ago, I was walking down the Infinite Corridor with two ... Guide to Facilities for Individuals with Disabilities campus map psoted on ... a while since the Hack Gallery was updated, and only a couple of these

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 14, 2005
• Blog / Residential Life

  what’s on my wall too many postcards, that's what

  

  a trip last February. I went for a weekend to visit a friend, and ... getting to relax for the first time in a long while, with college ... cool from both an art and a physics perspective. This is yet another

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • March 1, 2021
• Blog / Events

  An Evening With BJ Novak, opened by Barack Obama You may have heard of BJ Novak from his role as Ryan Howard on NBC'S…

  

  the ground itself, and for that reason they needed ropes, gates, and a ... me a paper bag to breathe in, I take a look around and realize 1) that ... chemistry professor and minor MIT celebrity for bringing in a glass of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 23, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  ISEF 2015 Recap researchers talking, and talking to researchers

  

  ISEF, here is a description from the Society for Science and the Public ... ;   The next morning I gave a talk, with my friend and colleague ... ISEF, then you can learn more about it and look for an affiliated fair in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 1, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tales From Turning Twenty They range from "a little peculiar" to "utterly bizarre."

  

  , took off my backpack, and worked on a Junior Lab paper for three hours ... . ^ 1, 3, 8 for the J-Lab miracle. Monday Nov 5: I got a letter from my ... ) and a trip to BU to watch Monty Python and the Holy Grail with their

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 7, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  You know, I have about a million awesome entries planned, and NO TIME ... presentations are tomorrow night! I just bought a yellow accent piece for my business outfit (go Yellow Team!) for the final presentation and am about to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 7, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  West Coast Trip Report some work, some play, lots of nerd stuff

  

  students (you can read my trip reports for ISEF in 2015 and 2016). ISEF is a ... , before heading over to a celebration dinner for Jess K. '10 graduating from ... Shit No One Needs And Terrible Ideas Hackathon to hang out with Rachel F

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 30, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Week of Music Eight bands in nine days, and I still missed five performances.

  

  hotel blocks away from Sixth. I had dinner with a group of friends and ... , Ananth and I would turn our heads and look at each other with the same ... this for a very layered and dense funk groove. Before I knew it

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 28, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  tim’s wardrobe legend has it, TIM changes clothes annually

  

  , Twenty Fourmal. It seemed like a fun side thing for me to do and also a way ... another blog, so for now, let us get on with the content. Each class year ... merch, and does general stuff for the class. I, for some reason, ran my

  • by Waly N. '24
  • November 1, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  必须好 – pt. 1 just keep swimming

  

  year later—and post a part 2 later reflecting on how MIT has both changed ... drove home at 3:03pm and made a mental plan of everything I wanted to do ... years at MIT are going to be filled with a much larger and diverse

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • September 23, 2024
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Historic Boston This entry may be a little long . . .

  

  , guess what country I'm in: Looks like Europe, doesn't it! For a second ... towards the bridge and connected with the Freedom Trail, a brick trail that ... saw a fountain and a donkey What's that donkey looking at? Feet

  • by Snively '11
  • July 21, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Fortune Favors the merits of not working too hard

  

  I had worked hard, very hard, for a long time. Both of these things ... for it to grow and flourish. This kind of luck doesn't strike like a ... small fortune and a new life narrative. All of a sudden people were

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 5, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Our loving, our friends, and our labor This entry is based on Aaron Copland's opera "The Tender Land."

  

  and I'm definitely about ready for a little time off. Yes, I'm going to ... -day week and here's what I've done tonight: 1. gone to a two-hour group ... sports 4. watched Jon Stewart give a kind of bizarre and unrehearsed

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 22, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Guest Blog: Operation Overgourd A different kind of pumpkin drop (by Lauren H. '16!)

  

  dogfighters and barnstormers…and for two weekends in October, they host a Fall ... with barnstorming stunts: first, we watched a Fleet Finch 16-B and a De ... out a 1917 Sopwith Camel and a 1917 Albatros D.Va for a mock dogfight

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • November 16, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  Sick of Being Sick On being sick at MIT.

  

  to do in my busy schedule of having a fever and sleeping it off. S^3 ... , and I fully intend for my next blog entry begins with "So I'm awesome ... 27 Dresses and Empire Strikes Back; the night before that, A New Hope

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 22, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Yes, eat all our shirts! See MIT through the eyes of my prefrosh.

  

  people who have had enough chemistry." Students looking for a more rigorous ... it with models.") and 16 ("actually, I am a rocket scientist.") But ... sights as my bunny hat, my $3 airplane jacket, and Mitra's 14.41 midterm

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 22, 2005
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  [Guest Post] Small-Town and Rural Students take on MIT and Boston By Vaneeza R. 25'

  

  was a fun way for us to break the ice and learn a little about each ... students impressed me; this was such a new environment, and for many this was ... strong connections with the students and help make our campus feel like a

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • March 20, 2025