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  To Those with Dreams Deferred in which Selam of Pi Day Past rants about how things are arbitrary

  

  participant at a hospital, which, to make a long story short, was like being on ... and ask you to spit into a tube and run some tests. Upon our first few minutes seeing a window to the outside world, one of the scientists wished

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 17, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  how to put together an ohms concert apparently we have a concert this weekend

  

  volumes of different microphones to create a well-mixed sound. this is where ... that you should come to if you happen to be a current mit student ... ohms. arranging here refers to the process of taking a song and turning

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • November 17, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Livescribe’s Pulse Pen: The Sequel! I've written about it before, and now I'm writing about it again!

  

  commercial, like Livescribe had slipped me a $20 under the table to write an ... , thought it was important for prefrosh to know about it, and did a video ... Program," a way for Livescribe to have people distribute pens, run demos

  • by Snively '11
  • July 28, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ben 2.0 In a world... spiraling on the brink of an admissions cycle... one man had the…

  

  memories spanning more than a year it's simply easier to introduce myself as ... all about it, work with a room full of creative geniuses to craft the ... amounts of sleep, trying to order a burrito at Anna's during the lunch rush

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 13, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  Taking a Step Back Using Avatar: the Last Airbender to talk about my feelings

  

  completely different person, working with his uncle to start a tea shop and ... way of showing the audience how painful it is to change on a deep ... it a few months ago, I find it’s not only a powerful piece of media

  • by Powers '23
  • September 23, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Few Words

  

  couldn't find her; she'd disappeared to go eat lunch at a nearby Mc ... access to a computer. A friend of mine had promised to let me use her ... a good ten minutes, I decided to call home and get my mom to check for

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 14, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  REXachusetts Institute of Technology your guide to the daily confusion

  

  . For the rest of you, REX is a great opportunity to find out about the ... . According to MIT's Dormitory Council: Residence Exploration, or REX, is a four day experience for first year students to explore MIT dorms and find

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 1, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Fail: Part 1 Dealing with failure and trying to move past it.

  

  at chemistry or biology, or a physics genius when compared to my ... knowing how not to have a breakdown. It means being able to look at failure ... school and work achievements. I talked to a lot of people whenever I was

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 21, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Don’t Worry, Be Happy A few words of advice.

  

  wanted to go to college, and I had a few ideas of where I wanted to apply ... of my shorts and trying desperately to find a date to prom. Then one ... class, you were guaranteed admission to a state school, so I figured

  • by Bryan
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  PSA: how to take the Bebras Computing Challenge this fall

  

  data to the schools where the challenge is proctored to help them ... 're a student or a parent, you could forward this to your math or science ... homepage) is an international challenge that introduces students to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 26, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Small talk How about that weather?

  

  planning to write a little feature about MIT mailing lists in the near future ... ? That's really short! I haven't had a chance to contact the coach yet." I ... convinced me to join. I had a great time (go team 30!) but a whole list of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  hey hey HAYMARKET slicing and dicing all over the place.

  

  , my friend Diana and I thought we'd take a little trip out to Haymarket to see what kind of deals we could find. Trekking down the Infinite ... advertising auditions for a show on WGBH, so we decided to follow the posters to

  • by Bryan
  • July 10, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogger Application 2012! how is blog formed

  

  warm! I spent last week on vacation on a lake with my family, where I ... . To be considered for a blogger position, you must email it to me (chris ... people who can communicate in a compelling fashion to our large and active

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 9, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  A slightly snarkier guide to visitors How to not be the kind of MIT visitor who drives me up the wall.

  

  like a tourist" guide is not to stand around like a moo cow in front of ... there. At MIT, we refer to rooms in a format like this: 10-100 (the ... building 8. At this point, you can take a jag left, then right, and find

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pi Day Eve A doodle and some old advice

  

  think of to do for this post is one of those drawings where you smush a ... To everyone who's waiting for a pi(e) day decision: It's all going ... a video game, or goofing off with friends to listen. If you want some

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 13, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Short Answers to Big Questions Stolen from the MIT Housing Panel.

  

  moved to England when I was nine and a half, where I picked up an American ... example. I'm glad that I didn't pick a living group by trying to find the ... Atlas and Pleione. To the best of my knowledge, no one really knows where

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 18, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A Some questions that I've received from prospectives.

  

  pursue in math/science. 4. I'm worried that I'm never going to find a ... 'm never going to be able to find a school as great as MIT. It's pretty safe ... school where you will succeed, not that you go to a school that's, say, in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 8, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  Navigating MIT is like flying a spacecraft* the most important things I've learned here so far

  

  , find themselves in a place they never expected to be: the back of the ... 've had to learn at MIT is: hitting a wall is okay!  Actually, it's great ... rewarded for a lack of preparation, so when you find yourself in a situation

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 16, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hail to the king, baby. The coolest thing that never happened to me... plus, the journey back Boston way.

  

  had dressed in full zombie regalia as a tribute to "Army of Darkness ... Campbell is? Like, 50? And then what subset of those 50 want to get a book ... . She makes a point of ordering an large pepperoni pizza to take home with

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 22, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Last Minute Rehearsal music in the time of corona

  

  activities very sadly could not come to full fruition. But as a last ditch ... .  We were really excited to be a part of this production, originally ... cast held a small final rehearsal open to the people involved and close

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 18, 2020