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• Blog / About Decisions

  Reference Frames Vision - of the present and for the future - is powerful

  

  're stationary with respect to the plane. But it goes without saying that, relative to some fixed point on Earth, you're all moving - and fast. It's all ... to do is shift your point of view, and things will feel much better

  • by Emad T. '14
  • March 19, 2011
• Blog / IAP

  Yestermonth’s IAP Everyone else is doing it.

  

  to span precisely one academic year, rendering this system completely ... academic slacking. During sophomore year, I buckled down to work and finished ... has led to some vaguely unfortunate situations, such as taking the

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 14, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Spaghettuna and Lego aircraft If my first week of IAP is any indication of how 2011 will treat me,…

  

  than usual. I’m reigniting my IAP resolution to cook dinner for myself ... at a dining hall, but now that I have the time to let out my inner Iron ... quite pleased with my culinary accomplishments last IAP, so I’m excited to

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • January 10, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Do You Like “Like”? What to do about social sharing.

  

  " button to blogs so that they could be easily shared via Facebook. As I said ... bottom of every blog entry. By clicking this link, you may choose to publish the article to the News Feed of your five thousand closest Friends

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 9, 2010
• Blog / How to MIT

  BLARGL! Where have all the orange lockers gone?

  

  are you prefrosh? Long time no talk, although some of you got to enjoy ... visit from the MIT police before our party's ultimate demise). I write to ... ways I am able to support my spending habit. I have a theory that

  • by Snively '11
  • February 23, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Going Social Thinking about MIT Admissions and social media.

  

  cap and gown and preparing to walk at my high school graduation. Pomp ... weren't on Facebook. In retrospect, it was a primitive and dim space to ... Ruckus has given way to Billabong. Like a scruffy college graduate who has

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 14, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Characterization This might or might not enrage you.

  

  being convinced that it was the most boring thing I've ever had to read ... family. "80s are good enough," my grandma once said to me in high school ... stopped going to school after 8th grade, though she was an awesome speller

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • August 28, 2009
• Blog / Personal Travel

  The Grandest of Road Trips Reflections on a cross-country road trip, on an international plane flight, on a full bladder.

  

  I'm on a 13-hour flight from San Francisco to Tokyo, connecting ... 'm sitting in the emergency exit row directly behind a bathroom - but rather to ... me, who have not gone to the restroom once yet in the first three hours

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 1, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A word about the humanities It's sort of a long, multi-section word.

  

  a way as to cause e.e. cummings to weep in his grave. As an MIT student, I devote at minimum ten hours a week to thinking about the humanities, listening to lectures about the humanities, going to recitations

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 25, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Warning: Contains Biology This entry may be unsuitable for children, liberal arts majors, and mathematicians.

  

  've planned on being Course 20* since before coming to MIT**, MIT students tend to all take the same core curriculum as freshmen. This not only ... too early too. But now that I'm a sophomore, I get to start taking

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 14, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Sick of Being Sick On being sick at MIT.

  

  's in part due to my winning combination of Pepto Bismol chased down by ... was so weak and feverish that I dragged myself over to MIT Medical to ... knowing MIT Medical is there. My friends were sweet enough to bring me extra

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 22, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mad scientist? “Everybody's a mad scientist, and life is their lab. We're all trying to experiment to…

  

  According to Wikipedia, mad scientists are "typically characterized ... unorthodox methods. They are often motivated by revenge, seeking to settle real or imagined slights, typically related to their unorthodox studies." Ok

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 15, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Conditioner For My Face "The dot product is the solution to all the problems of the universe. Even the…

  

  you leave for college, you kind of forget that life continues to happen ... blue - I had no idea that my dad went to Korea (and from there, to Singapore and Cambodia). I like to think that my parents were actually secret

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 18, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Pimp my sukkah. I really can't think of a better blog entry title than that.

  

  due to excess carotene. So, I'm not Jewish. Not that there's anything ... . From: Jordyn To: [email protected] Date: 10/5/2006 1:24 PM Subject ... that to MIT Hillel! I think that one time there was some form or

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 5, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  College must-haves My advice on what to get for college!

  

  , thanks to free nights and weekends, I actually get to keep in close contact ... friends and neighbors if they're looking to sell. 3. Floor lamp and desk ... ... 4. Computer! Bryan discussed laptop vs. desktop, I'll contribute to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Freedom costs a buck-oh-five Question: What are two broke twenty-somethings to do on a pristine summer day in Boston?Answer:…

  

  too cool for this sort of thing. When you get to MIT for orientation ... to act like a tourist, but after that you have to pretend to be a jaded ... surviving building. Right next to the statehouse is a marker commemorating the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 8, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The MySpace Survey Mid-summer frivolity, part two.

  

  . How old are you? 32 003. What is the link to your website, blog, or ... mutt 015. Your fears? death, it sucks 016. Goal you would like to achieve this year? teach nance how to publish his blog entries so that i don

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 8, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Song Remains The Same But sometimes my blog entry is a little different.

  

  Nazi prison camp, and was premiered to 5,000 fellow prisoners of war and their guards. This entry is a response to two excellent comments from ... performance in audio and retrieve to us what you learn about Germany? It's just

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 30, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Uh-oh Spaghetti-O

  

  than he deserves, so let's try to reorganize here before anything gets ... , saying "According to Mr. Nance, everyone who is accepted is qualified, and ... it hard to believe that girls are that much more qualified than guys

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 21, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pre-med, Everybody’s Best Friend If you are considering a career in medicine -- and not as a pharmacist.

  

  week, and back at home, I kept referring to Shirali '05 and Farhan '05 as ... it's bad to eat within 2 hours of going to bed, so late at night when ... eats to go to bed. Farhan: Hmm? Sam: Yeah, isn't that total crap? I eat

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 13, 2005