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  sophomore accumulations because i miss show and tell

  

  This week, as classes began to die down, I told a friend: "the only ... be the year when things 'get real', at least as a Mech-e, and I found myself working harder than I ever have to keep up. But there's much more

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • May 6, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Presenting…the 2008 Brass Rat!!! As the only sophomore blogger, it is my duty, no, pleasure, to describe the unveiling…

  

  . Admittedly, this line partially formed because the first 300 in line got a free ... 'IHTFP.' In the background is a panorama of the Institute, complete with ... played a prank on us this year. Actually, the Brass Rat is one of the most

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 11, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s 2014! That...that's not a factorial

  

  August 23, it means: Um...yeah, year is almost over. Might as well start in ... ’t quite sure how to start up the New Year. Should I eat till I was blue in ... simplest solution: write. Writing is fun. That’s why I do it so much

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 1, 2014
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Visiting the Museum of Science science is cool

  

  since the last time I went to a science museum was in eighth grade, it was ... were being developed in the Boston/Cambridge area. There’s a cameo from ... showed these complex mathematical concepts in a way that kids could still

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 27, 2022
• Blog / IAP

  More at Home At thirty thousand feet, thousands of miles away.

  

  the Museum of Islamic Art, whose building is as much a work of art as ... doubt the IAP trip was a major draw for students, but I am also very much ... country is most famous for – and so registering for 4S.10 was a no

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • February 11, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  on body image me in my head, me in the mirror

  

  to grow fat is a privilege afforded to people who had food in the first ... manhood in my head that I've conformed to all my life, and I wonder how much ... pictures and going "That's me. That's me in the picture. This is a picture of

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 23, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.007: Where even your smallest part matters The 2.007 competition has come to close!

  

  Orian in a previous round: And here is a picture of the top 4 winners ... possible, especially because at MIT it is a required class for all mechanical ... final product. Alas, here is my robot: Its name is Melotaur (both a play

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 18, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

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

  

  classes. How to use a bandsaw A bandsaw is this machine with a thin metal ... Writing blog posts is hard, but writing lists is easy. So here’s a ... it into the saw in order to make a cut. To use a bandsaw, after

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

  my first spring break!!! 13 MIT students take San Diego

  

  , as some may say). in my freshman year, i was kicked off campus a few ... incredible. this year, there were a few locations in consideration for my ... were planning on going there. however, a lot of people in my group

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 10, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A Short Dining Guide to Cambridge Where to find food within walking distance of MIT, other than in my fridge.

  

  's debate at MIT is worth a blog post in itself. Or six. The best thing to do ... self-control. View Dining around MIT in a larger map Let's start with ... -flavors-of-Triscuits supermarket. The fruit is an order of magnitude cheaper than at LaVerde's in the

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 23, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Weekend of Hacking three events, one weekend

  

  much detail except that the Make Faire is an event organized by MAKE ... Arts Hacking Arts is a festival and hackathon that aims to create new ... between all the reality TV and cooking show. Then you come across a channel

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 24, 2014
• Blog / Blog Projects

  letter to my 2023 self from: 2024 janet

  

  also observe that this is supposed to be a letter from 2024 janet and it ... in 2024 and wrote most of it then; but then i had to work on a bunch of ... pretend i live in PST: Procrastination Standard Time (utc -69) and call it a

  • by Janet G. '27
  • January 2, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Jon and me how I came to see the world

  

  ) Jon Stewart introducing himself back in 1999. A moment for us is gone ... September 11th, 2001. I was a freshman at a new school in a new town in a new ... to call out BS, animated by an earnest belief that there is a truth out

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 11, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  This one goes out to the parents It's been a while since I've written specifically for you.

  

  , despite the small number of comments from parents, there is a large ... distressing if an application is denied. No matter how confident you are of ... accepted for admission, it is not a reflection on your skill as a parent, nor

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hilarity with Jeremy "Hi!" *awkward silence*

  

  appreciated until a few days ago - namely, how MIT ends up attracting some very ... Jeremy. Jeremy is my 18.03 TA, which in English means he's one of the ... I wait a million years I'm not going to have very much junk." "This

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 8, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Mine hands are broken reflections on many a year of carpal tunnel syndrome

  

  In cross country, you hear a lot about running through the pain, but ... in physics, but suddenly a simple equation takes twice as many motions ... about how much milk there was. I loved the goats. I liked milking

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 14, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Why So Serious? On Keeping Life in Perspective

  

  treadmill... You're only human after all. Eventually a routine sets in. You ... perhaps 5 classes and a UROP are too much... But heck, I've learned so much ... . Make a difference. Class of 2016, you're in for the journey of a

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 25, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  What’s cool about Nick’s room artsy people, walls, and East Side living

  

  , dorm residents would be fined if they so much as stuck a tack in the wall ... comment: “you can actually tell that people live here!” It’s funny how much we take for granted as residents of the East Side. In a similar

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • December 3, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Greetings from Cambodia: D-Lab students in the field Janet Li from D-Lab blogs from Cambodia

  

  composting bins and a low-cost biodigester under the guidance of an expert in ... teaching creativity-building educational modules at a youth shelter in Phnom ... in Cambodia. Greetings from Kampong Thom! It has been a jam

  • by OEL
  • January 25, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  synthesis on changing my mind

  

  is introduced at the beginning of a text (oftentimes in the form of a ... the antithesis in siddhartha, the protagonist siddhartha is raised in a ... interest in during college, it’s a bit laughable how many areas i explored

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • April 12, 2022