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• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  I went to a motorcycle festival don’t worry, parents, I didn't see other MIT kids there

  

  The other day, I skivved off studying for thermodynamics and instead ... advertising riding lessons. A few accident lawyers were distributing free t ... glass, and welded sculptures. One company was offering free test rides on

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 23, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ho-dee-hi, hi-dee-ho, ho ho. How many digits of pi do you know?

  

  for orientation: You're supposed to read it in four rhyming lines, like a poem. I was especially proud of us for the rhyme "three eight four ... fifth one was breaking out a laptop for verification as we spoke. Now

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 10, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Somewhere in between Trying to find out where I belong at MIT

  

  This semester has been weird for me. On one side I am for all intents ... , my degree will say 2020, and for the most parts my day to day ... graduating this year I am still on the email list for the year I entered MIT

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 13, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’ve got Mail! And a LAPTOP! Why I can breathe again, and the 10 most recent emails in my inbox.

  

  to the ground. Luckily for my head, he decided to let go at this point, gravity took over, I hit the ground on my back and the wind was knocked ... events, I was deprived of my laptop for over 3 weeks. How ridiculous were

  • by Kim D. '09
  • November 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Some Good Advice On Advisors

  

  -or-less agreeing to let you do whatever it is you want, there's a style for every ... to ask how you're doing. I certainly can't speak for all of them since ... and I wanted to hit the throttle. In the off-chance that Stephen finds

  • by Chris M. '12
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Outside the box In which I start a new life at pika, etc.

  

  -vacuum air. By then, I had hit the road in a rented SUV headed for the woodsy heart of residential Cambridgeport, my home for the rest of the summer. My ... abilities and started to complain vocally.) I realized pretty quickly that I

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • May 25, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back Home No Strings Attached

  

  an hour long car ride back home for dinner at McMenamins. If you ... work at home, working outside for my dad. No, I'm not working for Google ... " places, I've decided to take a hit to my resume and spend what is likely to

  • by Snively '11
  • May 24, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Integration Bee If this were televised, nobody would watch the Superbowl.

  

  towards sleep at -9.81 m/s^2. In 12 hours, I will be in class. For now, I ... , s, i, n, h, e, l). Here's the gig: The 12 top scorers on a quick ... . The maximum time allowed for each problem is 4 minutes, and the fastest

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 2, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  I like to break a mental sweat, too. Missed it by that much.

  

  , especially when it could be used to buy free food for the floor, so I was kind ... tickets for Bruce Campbell, and then nobody told me about super-hot Phil ... (tm Kevin Miu '06), but that's another story for another day. There are

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  2021 Reflections & 2022 Resolutions

  

  free tickets from MIT Course 6 department to go to the Grace Hopper Celebration, a three-day conference for women in computer science. It was so ... really getting a feel for what is out there for me in the computer science

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 2, 2022
• Blog / Events

  CPW 2008 @ MIT – Awesomeness Guaranteed (Guest Entry) On things that other colleges (namely their dean of admissions) will never letyou do.

  

  Schmill, Kim Vandiver (Dean for Undergrad Research), and me ???: <class="photo"> Um… Speaking of pictures, I apologize in advance for the poor quality ... to cut out any part of it. Feel free to just look at the pictures. So

  • by Snively '11
  • April 17, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  My Favorite Spots in Cambridge/Boston well-trodden and well-hidden alike

  

  A summer in Cambridge did wonders for my knowledge of the area. While I was at MIT, I barely explored the city, so my knowledge of my ... there for the dodecahedron jungle gym that's in front of the pond area. It

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 19, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The One Where I’m in Russia a brain/photo dump of me running away from school

  

  Moscow (for free!) for a 3-day hackathon, plus 7 days to adjust to the time zone/learn about Moscow culture and the university/explore the city and ... 're sitting on for this view. It was an exciting day for my Fitbit. My team and

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • September 28, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Lounges: An Interactive Experience It's almost like you were here!

  

  really in front of you. Munch on some (free) lukewarm fried plantains. For ... The 3D Lounge Experience For this part, I ask you to settle in a ... cities. Road signs from mysterious sources. An in-lounge made table. A web

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 22, 2015
• Blog / Summer

  The Courage to Change Even Through the [Tough] Mud[der]

  

  a lot! So much so that when my friend offered me her ticket for the ... get back into running. I’ve been on break for too long, and it’s time to ... execution is not there. I have SO MANY ideas for projects and blogs and things

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 11, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  ISEF, BAMF, and other west coast adventures planning my next two weeks

  

  to San Francisco. I'll be spending two weeks on the left coast for a ... kinds of trips retrospectively but figured I'd lead on the front end for ... blogs for the rest of the month, b) alert Californians to some interesting

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 13, 2017
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  dear kuya i promise this post is mostly in english

  

  the tagalog word for "older brother". tagalog does not have a lot of ... , for older sister. kuya can also refer to any older male person. back in high school, for example, i called people in higher years "kuya", like

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 8, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Photo Contest, Round 1 The first winning entry in the photo contest. What a view!

  

  Charles River, Massachusetts Avenue bridge, and city of Boston on the right half. What a view! (Click on the photo for a zoomed-in view)

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 25, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  If I Try Really Hard, I Can Resemble Ernest Borgnine First stop on the tour: London.

  

  city of London put it up for sale to make way for a new bridge. Oil and ... Lake Havasu City, Arizona, where it was reconstructed atop a man ... .V. Wood, Lake Havasu City is now home to nearly 50,000 people. Stranger

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Advice

  applying sideways, beyond admissions a rendition of Petey's hit blog

  

  collection of thoughts on the internet for a student figuring out how to make ... outlines for how to get into MIT are do well in school, be nice and pursue ... of high school that ensured there were designated times for meals, play

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • April 22, 2021