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

  

  the Tandoori Chicken sandwich. NOM NOM NOM. 1:30pm. I walk down the ... 's a beautiful historic theater, fully equipped with a great crew and A ... get ready for the next day. My head hits the pillow around 1am. Houston

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

  Campus Preview Weekend

  

  CPW IS ABOUT TO BEGIN and it's going to be AWESOME. It snowed today...but the snow is now safely out of the way and hopefully the MIT weather machine will kick in soon. Have any questions or concerns? Post them and I

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 6, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Curbing Hunger at MIT food for thought

  

  when you’re walking from Building 16 to Building 1, or before class when ... Campus, occasionally friendly floormates or hausmates will triumphantly ... confusing mess of “Where do I start? How do I start? When will I have time to

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 6, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What can you do with a bad grade in quantum? What is my life going to be? (Avenue Q, anyone?)

  

  stubborn (or too persistent*?) *I once asked a friend what distinguishes persistence from stubbornness. He said: "whether you succeed or fail." Umm ... 8.06 out of the park." I will never, in my entire life - IN MY ENTIRE

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 4, 2013
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  the summer before senior year you've changed...

  

  essentially No"]enough data[/annotation] to make a poster. My mentor gave me ... obvious or made careless mistakes in lab, because I was supposed to be the ... moisture was coming from either the processed lunch meat or condensation from

  • by Abby H. '20
  • July 9, 2019
• Blog / IAP

  small changes feeling big my winter in Armenia

  

  gremlin in me that's always eager to experience new places. Access to global ... [carousel image1="111321" image2="111334" image3="111323" image4 ... ="111370" image10="111338" /] night [carousel image1="111342" image2="111335" image3

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • February 17, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Lego Heroines interview with the amazing Maia Weinstock!

  

  had and making it their own. They will announce what the final look will be––I don’t even know when. But they will be on sale but it won’t be until the end of this year or early 2018.” What’s in the set she

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • April 4, 2017
• Blog / Events

  How many engineers does it take to change a light bulb? If you asked somebody what 'for' was for, what would it be?

  

  into it. Did you see that coming? Well, too bad. That will only make the ... color? Grumble, grumble, grumble...* and other historical goodness (I dig the pictures) And something shiny tonight that will likely end up

  • by Cam T. '13
  • May 7, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You should consider studying economics if… for those who aren't totally set on what to major in

  

  will end up allowing more people to major or double major in economics ... the discipline. Anyway - maybe these reasons will apply to you more or ... relevant and cool, diverse job prospects after graduation, and some #1 world

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 8, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How to get around MIT hunger pangs [by Sadie Scheffer '10] Culinary art = delicious art.

  

  slices, get a drying rack (although a baking pan or even just foil will ... school students will be leaving home to go to a university knowing little ... yourself to learn how to cook. This blog will give you a few tips on eating

  • by ARTalk
  • April 1, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Someone saved my life tonight Survived my squalor, like a butterfly.

  

  week after week, the cleaning staff will eventually get tired and stop ... seven favorite words in the English language. In order, they are: 1 ... out of hand. Signs that you have reached second degree would include

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why the title of this post is really important I got to present my UROP work looking at the titles of graphs at the…

  

  interpret a chart or graph. The visualization symposium got a big crowd ... been working on (which could potentially be exploratory or in ... feedback or suggestions on their projects. I actually ended up liking the

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • May 28, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Be Our Guest Not to name drop, but... Steven Levitt, Paul Polak, Iqbal Quadir, and Brigitte Madrian all…

  

  recently. 1. Steven Levitt (author of Freakonomics and MIT PhD) came to ... on for more! 1. Professor James Poterba, the head of the Department of ... thesis advisor? Professor James Poterba. Now that he's a best-selling

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 6, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Joint Post] DesignPlus A super cool and awesome first-year learning community ft. Gloria and Teresa (we're not biased)

  

  about DesignPlus, or D+ for short! As the name suggests, it’s oriented ... in personal projects. We (Ellie, Teresa, and Gloria) are or were all ... anyway, and, despite lingering fears of not having enough skills or

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • May 26, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Blog: Kevin’s reflections after an IAP externship at a start-up company Kevin '08 takes a step back and re-evaluates his goals after an IAP externship at…

  

  he or she can in the positive direction, the value your program will ... tools that will be essential in building a successful startup, and I have ... thinking about opportunities where technology could address an issue present

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 7, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fun Times @ MIT (Pt. 1) Life's gotta be fun.

  

  following: (1) Work never ends - no matter what, there's always something ... work, psets, and consistently staying up till 4 am or 5 am. (4) It ... class. Most people have told me that if I have a good TA, this class will

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 4, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  A Post For Parents, Part 1 The next entry is for the kids...

  

  they are not looking, but that's another entry). So call mom and/or dad ... to sift endlessly through web sites or spend our summers studying for exams and/or stuffed on a bus or the back seat of the car on the never

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  will.i.am: An entry by Prof. Patrick Henry Winston The Black Eyed Peas' frontman hangs out at MIT.

  

  Slice of MIT). You may recall his previous guest entry. will.i.am by Professor Patrick Henry Winston ’65, SM ’67, PhD ’70 Will likes to see stuff ... always like amazing people, like Will, who is highly creative, does

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 2, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Pottermania hits MIT Excitement for the release of Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows.

  

  , Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows. I don't know what will happen this ... the street for some late lunch and played out more or less the same ... street and attend a session or two, who wondered aloud who I thought might

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 19, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  quick thoughts to keep up my new years resolution

  

  's started. 1. I dropped 6.009. So, after much deliberation and consideration ... it or b) absolutely have to. But even with (b), I don't recommend it ... class: [embed]https://youtu.be/s1CDgNTB5tc[/embed] Please don't roast me

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 2, 2020