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• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Culture Clash Spain doesn't do sarcasm, and my soul is slowly dying. But then I took some…

  

  is a much more mild word in English. Also, the most offensive English ... ," which I think is a much better expression. Now I can just switch to ... " in Spanish is "joder." But, it's not nearly as strong of a word in

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 9, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  electronic music is played, dancing occurs in a very free-form fashion. The ... together and maybe write some new carols. mitBEEF is a club dedicated to educating the MIT community about beef. (Note: this is a club event, not a

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 11, 2013
• Blog / How to Food

  Internet is Gonna Get Me In lieu of studying, I finally get around to answering your questions.

  

  while in Athena clusters..how long is a long time? A long time is maybe ... pretty good mall in Cambridge, and there's even a free shuttle from Kendall ... .e. what pogonotrophy is). Isshak wonders: How big are the tables in the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 29, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  Feedback Works Warning: analogy ahead

  

  track one's progress in a leadership program, when you can't really assign ... getting maybe one card a month? How does that change anything? Yes, this ... Championships next weekend. The thing is, no matter how many times I told myself

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • November 14, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Meteor Shower For once, the title is relevant.

  

  -and-white-and-symbolically-important-colors-only. The sad truth is that my periods of REM sleep, no matter how R my EM may ... What Was in the Briefcase. No luck. My best guess is still that it had ... climactic scene of Helvetica, in which some typographer guy opens a 1950s

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 17, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  Guest Entry: MIT Cycling Team Training Camp Hundreds of miles of riding and thousands of kilojoules spent.

  

  corner). Video: The ride terminated (as most rides ought to) in a hot tub ... in a 40 mph headwind. As a sprinter, I thought there was nothing worse ... . '14 joined me in my quest for a downhill KoM, but we got stuck behind a

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 18, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  On a week of ups and downs a life update for those who care

  

  realizing how much of a shitshow the movie was, we switched to Pitch Perfect ... MIT so far. I know the future only has a lot more of these in store, but ... had a relatively rough high school career and I really wasn't sure how I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 9, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Random Hall REX! Residence Exploration events at Random Hall. Your orientation booklet is WRONG. :D

  

  if you fit in. Below is a list of events happening at Random this ... Singalong It's hard to overstate my satisfaction with how much this event is ... -An underground party in which electronic music is played; dancing occurs in a very

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 26, 2012
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to Survive a Nor’easter New England hath no flurries like a winter storm

  

  conditions here in Cambridge. The good news is there's not much that you can ... ; I know a few friends who have never seen snow in such amounts, let ... 'easter is a big snowstorm and a virtually seasonal aspect of New England life

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 11, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summertime and the living is slightly less difficult than usual MIT = Masochists in Training

  

  -- but I don't think I've ever spent so much time studying for a test in my ... 's addictive, I swear), I haven't done much else in the way of vegetating. First, I took the GRE in July, and the majority of my free time prior to the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 10, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  how can i keep from singing? a midpoint check-in

  

  in a choir. The Boston Conservatory is running a program for high ... that I’ve been able to sing with a large ensemble in person, and it is ... is also a curse. In these moments, I need someone to catch me as I fall

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • July 22, 2021
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  On Tortillas and Community An update from a year and a half ago.

  

  bit of butter. With this in mind, I set out to find a tortilleria or in the very least, good quality tortillas in a super market. Not only did I not find a tortilleria, but I didn’t even find good quality tortillas in

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • December 12, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  It rocks to be me. I put on my Sunday clothes and see the whale!

  

  ordered a $288 Chinese New Year party platter in the Singapore Cafe and ... actually a vampire and doesn't show up on film, so I had to stand in for her ... was stupendous in every conceivable way, it was actually a little weird

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to miss deadlines at MIT Policies for late assignments, and ways to keep your grades afloat when life inevitably happens

  

  evolve into a running commentary on how terrible everything is, and then ... : Drop the lowest score *out of psets that were handed in*. This is much ... days without having to get S^3 in the loop."This is a little bit like the

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • October 12, 2016
• Blog / How to Food

  Adventures with Miracle Fruit The lemons had a meaty flavor that should not have been there.

  

  approved by the FDA as a sweetener or food additive, but is mass-produced in ... sweetness of acidic foods after miraculin is equal to that of a 17% sucrose ... . Interest in miraculin spiked after a May 2008 New York Times article on

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 12, 2011
• Blog / How to MIT

  How to Choose a Laptop for College your companion for all four years

  

  Intel Core M in some of the new surface pro tablets. This is a less ... exchange for a slimmer, quieter tablet/laptop. The difference in speeds is ... than regular hard drives. But they are a technology that is much better

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 10, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two Days in the Life In which I overuse Instagram.

  

  afternoon spent in lab. Lab 1 is to build a fluorescent microscope. Our team ... in college. I mean, this is a normal experience, right? People building ... example... Figure 1. Thursday 1a) First stop in the morning. 3

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 15, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  [Guest Post] Dating Is Hard anon has some feelings to share

  

  now, I am a free agent. However, what people don’t tell you, is that ... little crazy is a good sign? Or maybe writing it out is therapeutic in a ... A friend of mine (whose honesty, even under cover of anonymity, is

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 7, 2017
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why I do too much stuff at MIT 1)My mom doesn't have a problem with it.

  

  pleather chair in my dentist's office waiting for a cleaning while reading ... struggle is worth it. This is how I felt during the entirety of November and ... too much stuff at a time. Some people are able to do all of this and

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 13, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A major problem is not a major problem Why the text next to my picture is lying to you.

  

  (Course 3) major with a minor in Physics (Course 8), which is working out ... free food than other majors. I just had a great sandwich. In full ... in the process*. *Not sure how this will help me pick a major, but the

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 17, 2008