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• Blog / About Decisions

  Spoiled Milk I wrote an entry so long overdue my milk has spoiled in the process. So…

  

  might understand that what you do for fun actually reveals you're someone ... MIT might not be the best place for you. But you don't just send that ... . You can still drink it for two weeks after." I have a strong feeling

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 24, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Some virtuosos play $4 million violins, and some Trojan heros wear brass rats $4 million violins, not 4 million violins. Joshua Bell isn't *that* intense.

  

  , we'd like to play one more piece for you," and everyone applauded until ... concerts in the past week, for free. Concert #1: Verdi's Stabat Mater and Te ... a very inclined treadmill. I paid for my improper shoes / insufficient

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 22, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Value added You are not the same person you'll be at the end of undergrad, and your…

  

  People sometimes say that it doesn't matter where you go for undergrad, as long as you go somewhere spectacular for grad school. I have ... undergrad, and your undergrad school will change you, whether for better or

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 25, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT Athletics When I picked the topic for this entry, I was cheerleading at an MIT basketball…

  

  are also big at MIT, for anybody who likes playing football ... played D-league basketball my freshman year for my living group. It was ... write about while cheering for tonight's MIT mens' basketball game, and I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 13, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Rowing at MIT: a guest post by Connor M. ‘16

  

  for MIT. I had never rowed before college, but I fell in love with the ... was important to stay in shape and to keep my mind off school for some ... (there are varsity heavyweight/openweight and lightweight crew teams for

  • by Connie H. '15
  • August 26, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Sam Survey I'M HOSED.

  

  until about a few weeks after I graduate. Also, I made fun of Ben for not ... six chapters for my first exam on Tuesday. So, there'll be an entry ... easy, in that order Record for number of grapes held in mouth at one time

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Follow Your Intuition It will lead you in the direction of Central Square

  

  Some fun around Boston and Cambridge lately: 1. Free Jewel concert ... in Boston, conveniently 4 stops down on the red line from MIT, that ... can't believe I haven't been to before. Nicole, I owe you so much for

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 11, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  My Friend the Parasitic Scientist A Random Hall alumnus on reality television!

  

  built a lot of fun little things. I made a sound effects module for ... close and New Texas (Destiny) was mostly Texans. He studied Brain and ... imagine that they must have had my info from when I was a finalist for the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 26, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  One Art variation on a poem of Elizabeth Bishop

  

  . Waste hours for fun, while still knowing that after, one still has just as ... ="aligncenter" width="400"] every piece of red text is something I am doing later than I

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 22, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Knife fight with a biker gang Best blog entry EVER. If you think I'm kidding, let me just say: Gory photos…

  

  I had all these entries planned for the next few days, but all of that is going to have to take a back seat in order for me to document to ... school kid for his lunch money. Well, I couldn't stand for that, so I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 18, 2007
• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2024!

  

  silly little mental health walks, sometimes to dog-watch in local parks ... ) it's time for anyone who's interested in blogging to share your writing ... students are the Institute’s best ambassadors and community

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 1, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  existential cubes a daily encounter with Ernő Rubik

  

  . I choose to play with cubes because I want to. I find it fun. I like ... school don’t play with cubes. It’s just a fun thing some people do.  my ... curiosity got the best of us. On one sweltering day, my oldest brother and I

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • July 14, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  How to CPW! Advice from all the bloggers, with love.

  

  't halt for us either, and all the hosts are regular MIT undergraduate students, so it's best for everyone if logistics are handled ahead of time ... . Second, be on the lookout in your email for more specific information later

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 4, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  January Blues living alone, daily grind, angsty music

  

  was playing as it occurred to me that i have no friends in this city ... that most people don't know beforehand what they're optimizing for/how to quantify all their choices, and there is a post hoc rationalization for

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 16, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Jugal Shah- Improving the technique of High Resolution Quantitative Autoradiography Sophomore Jugal Shah is improving a boron imaging technique that may potentially enhance a promising…

  

  Students (SAAS) group, and playing the trumpet for MIT Symphony Orchestra ... trying to improve the technique for producing high-quality HRQAR images ... neutron irradiation room and seeing the neutron flux jump from 50 mrems

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Latke vs. Hamentashen Debate: LiveBlog FOOD FIGHT!

  

  for the latkes again. They're playing a video of a tour in the ... for the Latke. 8:16 pm This is turning into a roast! I'm not sure they ... introduced for Team Hamentashen. We're all receiving paper plates in the

  • by Snively '11
  • March 5, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

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

  

  most beverages will run you about $US 2.50, for one can with no refills ... . München! I went to München! Or Munich. But München is more fun to say, and ... is just an awesome gift for somebody, but I looked at the price tag of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 29, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  With Apologies to Dr. Seuss why MIT is amazing, a la buzzfeed

  

  you're in a Slump, you're not in for much fun. Un-slumping yourself is ... fly, you'll be the best of the best. Wherever you go, you will top all ... and sneak in from behind? Simple it's not, I'm afraid you will find, for

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 4, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  No time for your stupid question. A posthumous entry about the Ig Nobel awards.

  

  bestowed upon ten leading researchers from four different continents for ... cricket? 5. How can we best improve our nation's economy? 6. Why bother to ... 34 years? ...and the best part of this adventure was that it was

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 15, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Memoriam: Professor Silbey

  

  , but can't speak coherently for 50 minutes. Professor Silbey was not any ... .111 (Thermodynamics of Biomolecular Systems), so we weren't exactly best buddies. In ... bearable, but interesting, dare I say fun...   The man was such a

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 1, 2011