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  Ponderings of a lifeguard Why are white water rapids white?

  

  play on loop the entire @#^?*&! summer, watching the water cascade ... chemical change, so what gives? This has now been bothering me for over a ... able to update my blog this summer! I feel so guilty for my prolonged

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 7, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MY college essay 498 words of angst.

  

  requirements. Other dorms would be less understanding. As for your plasma screen ... your dorm room (in any residence hall), except for microwaves and hot ... : good blog,I am doing research for my Daughter,she wants to apply to MIT

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 12, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Computer Timesharing in the 1960’s an extremely influential solution to computer bottlenecks

  

  50 years ago.

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 6, 2015
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

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  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 20, 2014
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Comodidad y facultad ¿Te asusta postularte en facultades lejos de casa? Entonces, lee esto.

  

  de 50 millas (80 km) de su hogar. Y ahora que lo pienso, yo era uno de

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • May 1, 2012
• Blog / Advice

  it is okay to not know a note for hs seniors (and others, too <3)

  

  , there just aren’t best decisions (see here and here for my thoughts at ... future-you to figure those things out, because sometimes the best time for ... now, the best thing for you to be thinking about is not the minutiae of

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • December 30, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Don’t Eat the Hot Glass Five things you can’t eat in the MIT Glass Lab for “health and safety” reasons…

  

  – it’s 8 pm, and you’ve been blowing glass for four hours straight. You ... [/caption] Do you dare to reach forth and scoop a spoonful for yourself? If you ... )[/caption] Much to my dismay, the instructors conveniently had an explanation for

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • November 24, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  swatches of MIT collected like paint chips

  

  drabs.   This is for people on the fence, for those who aren’t sure ... sounds fun. Most people only get to take one.   I read the blogs my ... you skip reading an article you can nap in the Banana Lounge for an hour

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 27, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Creating the MIT-verse behind the scenes of this year’s pi day video!

  

  lots of fancy art supples. we brainbarfed at each other for a bit and ... : our boba bureaucrats liked it enough, so "Into the MITverse" it was. For ... for the fungal blob scene. Audrey: of course we also had to have a

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • March 10, 2022
• Blog / Events

  East Campus REX Events! welcome to the wild wild west

  

  excited for the REX events we’re hosting for y’all this year. This year, our ... by for a burger (vegetarian options available) and some good ... up the courage to do it, the EC courtyard is the place for you! We have

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 20, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Just 41 Pictures I Took in 2017 Yultide Day 2

  

  Yultide (credit to the bloggers for the awesome name). Today is Yultide Day ... in this case being the 1E cats" - credit for caption and images goes to ... Bunnies for my birthday (credit to the wonderful Kristen Y. '19 and Jamie C

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 26, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I Never Thought I Would Join a Sorority ...but here I am?

  

  reputation, especially for us nerds. In particular, as a multiracial woman, I ... cannot speak for other schools. It is entirely possible that many ... connections with others. Some people fill this need for a tight-knit community

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 6, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The most beautiful class schedule yes. good

  

  ? Last semester it was “no” for me, but this semester it’s “yes, I am totally positive.” When I registered for classes in the fall (last) semester, I was actually told that the subjects I was taking were known for

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • February 3, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Communication Intensive Jumping on the semester-in-review blog train

  

  of materials). Here are the five writing assignments I did for these ... ) my paper. As with many writing assignments, the biggest challenge for ... . Summarize one of the claims he made and the arguments for it. Evaluate how

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 4, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Most of You Will Be Deferred Option three

  

  . For the most part, I'd been straddling apathy and fatigue. But I ... 've believed you. Now, a year later, I'm looking at the statistics for the first ... options one and two. They accounted for 29.23% of the EA applicants. That

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • December 6, 2021
• Blog / Events

  The Great Debate Can MIT brainpower, with the help of the LHC, finally put the matter to rest?

  

  scientific community convened for the first time at the University of Chicago ... . Professor Wasserman went for a more mathematical approach to defend the merits ... ’m trying my best to explain this, but it’s quite clear there was some fuzzy

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • March 8, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Welcome Susan Hockfield A recap of Susan Hockfield's inauguration.

  

  event for you as best I can. The ceremony took place in Killian Court. It ... , Paul Gray, and Chuck Vest. Finally, the moment we'd all been waiting for ... day." It's a new era for MIT. And a very exciting one. Anyway, that

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 6, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Nibble of Music

  

  the Last Dance For Me. I must say that I do like the crooners. (Michael ... . Maybe the best "turn up the radio real loud while driving" song ever. But ... course, a big reason for the it being named that, aside from the popularity

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 22, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  PrimeShooter An addictive factoring game.

  

  PrimeShooter, have fun!

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 22, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  highlights: high points of a virtual fall Part 1 of a fall semester recap

  

  , but I'll hope for the best starting February 16th.  ... aspects of the fall semester for the most part.  Going into the fall ... were some milestones I was pretty proud of myself for. I didn't have high

  • by Waly N. '24
  • February 2, 2021