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  A Typical Friday Afternoon on a Thursday Honoring the decades old (?) tradition of the East Campus Friday Afternoon Club (FAC)

  

  semester, a different hall bands together to provide some sort of creative ... and drinks that you could smell from a mile away. Beast tried to make ... . He will be remembered always, and we wanted to dedicate a part of our

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • September 29, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How phonology explains wordplay in Tagalog songs armchair linguistics

  

  . Compared to Tagalog, where reduplication is productive: if frob was a verb ... 've learned in linguistics applied to Tagalog. Phonology is the study of a ... in a language's words. This semester, I'm taking 24.901 Introduction to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 9, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Google

  

  side, no matter where we were, we wouldn't have to walk for long to find ... MIT. Impostor syndrome started to take a backseat, and taking CS classes ... so on. I met with a nice lady who encouraged me to include my Olympiad

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 5, 2017
• Blog / MISTI

  Bavarian Rhapsody I'm just a poor boy, I go to MIT.

  

  almost had to change into liederhosen in 45 seconds, but somebody with a ... through the alps, he would probably opt to wear something that chafes a ... in a blog? Anyway, it's good to see fans getting along. The motto of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 29, 2006
• Blog / How to MIT

  HT@MIT: Academic Resources How I Learned To Stop Slacking and Love the Office Hours

  

  gives you a few silent hours to have personal help and you find a group of ... 've been using since Interphase to make my life a little bit easier ... your psets and tests and it's much easier to fail a faceless name. Office

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 19, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  I’m leavin’ on a jet plane… and another plane...and another plane...

  

  :30am. I begin my drive to Ann Arbor to meet up with a friend for lunch ... while I'm traveling!) If you ever get a chance to go, I'd highly recommend ... block to the Michigan Theater, where our central meeting is to be held. It

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • September 22, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  A point to clarify

  

  for a flimsy reason of short-term convenience like it being easier to move your stuff within a dorm than between dorms. Thanks to a lot of ... In response to my last entry, Drew asked: "So, how important is it

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 4, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  We Treat You Nicely VOTE VOTE VOTE!

  

  you live, a visit to MIT can be expensive and a little time consuming ... . Normally visits only last for about a day so you will have to cram as much ... than Gimp?) so you'll have to settle for a slightly larger picture than

  • by Snively '11
  • November 13, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  Less Than Perfect Bottle Rockets, Crossword Puzzles, and Half-Marathons

  

  a series of classes that a student can choose to take that helps build ... (myself included), speed walked from Stata to Burton-Conner where we spent ... activity, no one on my team knew how to build a bottle rocket. We relied

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 10, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  B1ner Cribs come see 10+ rooms on Burton 1

  

  seriously, while I couldn’t find the energy to clean my room and take pictures, these are all pictures just from my life :) I’m so happy to have a room ... , which was a group room purchase to create more soft light. Also: the lamp

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 24, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  No Good Deed Goes Unpunished ...in which I introduce myself and set the tone for this "theater of the absurd."

  

  populations. I've come to see the Internet (and now blogs) with a strong ... you a backstage pass to the theater of the absurd, better known as ... be a minority to glean wisdom from, or participate in, this blog? Au

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 11, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Reason to Celebrate My advisor is a genius.

  

  people refer to the recipients as a Genius because they are awarded a ... everyone else I know does keep up. Friend: Your UROP advisor is a genius. Me: Yea, I know that. She's an MIT professor. Friend: No, she's a GENIUS. Me

  • by Bryan
  • September 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tales of my first Career Fair Among other things, shirts for the next 33 days

  

  ! Lots of 'em. I talk to a few of the representatives, and I find out that ... . I haven't even eaten lunch, but I find some chips and a banana to ... the same day as the dreaded first 8.01 exam in addition to a 3.091 quiz

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 2, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Turning the Tide My thoughts on an important report

  

  worrying about where they went to college, saying a student should not “think ... students to take advanced classes out of a sense of competition, rather than ... school or working 20-30 hours a week to support their family – or who come

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • June 20, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.670 Wrapup I'm done!

  

  to using heavy machinery, there was a lot of "station work" where ... used lathes to turn and tap a plug for the end of our bottle. A tool ... ) I ended up with . . . I like to call it a spastic spider bot, even

  • by Snively '11
  • January 29, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Jupiter’s Moons, Doge, and a Tub of Icing how to CPW from Yuliya the Undecided HS Senior

  

  Last April, as part of a high school assignment, I was required to ... Weekend) schedule, determined to favorite a decent number of events and plan ... between “Sushi and Barbeque,” “A Wok to Remember” (a reference to a popular

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  A Word of Warning (Pay Attention) A guest entry by Kelsey Kennedy '12

  

  life in general to be happy with your work, and MIT is a place where this ... . Small things add up here. Where you study can make a huge difference, for ... many p-sets to finish! After a while, I realized that my dad was on to

  • by Snively '11
  • January 4, 2009
• Blog / Summer

  i visit Cape Cod and discover the most beautiful beach on Earth

  

  a rose-colored strip left to indicate where the water ended and the ... boyfriend, my boyfriend, and I all rented a Zipcar and drove down to Cape Cod to spend the day at the beach. it was a goddamn ride start to finish

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 24, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT: Round 2

  

  transportation and city planning in a few weeks. I am rushing to finish up my ... heading back to Cambridge for a quick apartment move before the start of ... always on the move, always trying to figure out where the next place I can

  • by Becca H. '12
  • August 9, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  The CPW Weather Machine Strikes Again a frivolous day in the sun and grass

  

  -making process (the part where he explains his thoughts leading up to using vinegar ... sunny warmth with a spring picnic. It was a day made for frivolity. I procrastinated long enough to contribute mint-lime-honey-rolled strawberries and

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 18, 2012