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• Blog / Challenges

  How I got mugged in the frozen foods section. So, MIT is kind of like a turkey and provolone Subway sandwich.

  

  Potter, and I had to get Dumbledore’s help because I was hiding in a broom ... organization, and we needed his help to keep Voldemort from getting in because the blue paint on our walls wasn’t magic enough. And then I had to blog

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • January 5, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Boston Marathon ‘08 I'm back!

  

  way the trees look from my dorm room and exactly how long it takes me to ... material, either (it takes me 6.2 seconds to tie my shoes). I've got the ... while listening to Kelis under a sign labeled "THE YARD". I have all of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 14, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Steer Roast 2008 We Sport Death like it's never been done before

  

  . If your initial reaction to that was "...um, what?", then I'll fill you in: Steer Roast is Senior House's claim to fame - it's our annual ... ; instead of getting a band or two to perform, we hire a dozen bands to play

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 5, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  A Parent’s Perspective (Guest Entry) A Parent's Perspective of MIT

  

  Barton Rogers’ alma mater (10 points to anyone who knows without ... supportive of my children’s right to choose, so I bought him a “Nerd Pride” shirt at the Coop, went to the MIT Admissions Road Show

  • by Bryan
  • April 21, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sore Subjects state of affairs isn't so good. But here are some telescope pictures!

  

  ) symmetries of the hydrogen atom, using just symmetry and algebra of groups to ... Schiff's solemn-as-hell-looking Quantum Mechanics book to the Virgin ... close to the waves that time) and sand all between its pages. Aside from

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • April 14, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Scratches On My Mind A brief introduction, so you'll know why I see MIT the way I do.

  

  just like yours is. However, we come to different conclusions because we ... me a bottle. Fast forward to 1991, and I'm a little boy playing outside ... spring of my senior year. I'm accepted to MIT and decide to go. My parents

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • September 20, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Bryan Nance Name: Bryan Nance; Job title: Director of Minority Recruitment; Hometown: Queens, NY

  

  : Bostonians only have a 25 Letter alphabet. No one knows what happened to the ... : Too many to name... Here are a few: Seventh Samurai, Dr. Strangelove ... Married An Ax Murder, Love Jones, Dolomite. If you ever need to settle a bet

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Visualize whirled peas

  

  I don't want to alarm those of you in California, Texas, Florida ... much at peace. Last night I went to see the opening night premiere of ... juiced was for The Matrix: Revolutions, and don't expect to be in one again

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 12, 2004
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Fonts of MIT a typographical tour

  

  sometimes do refer to specific fonts, not just typefaces. Second, the ... to its lower left, the one that starts "THIS ACCESS POINT", is in ... the poster to its left. I thought, at first, that the font was FF DIN

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 2, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  contradictions too much, not enough

  

  to? good question. right now, i'm sitting on my chair in a weird ... midwestern genes. and it's really cool to look at a basket of fruit and be like ... describe my courseload to people their eyes kind of widen and they're like

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • October 8, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  the umpteenth post about balancing art and tech version: slightly jaded

  

  today, while my friends and I were walking down the river to Trader Joe’s. [I’ve been planning for a while to have a midlife crisis and switch to ... sufficient 2A credits,” to which I respond, “You’re right,” and submit my 21E

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 30, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I will, I will set this schedule on fire This has been a long time coming. Text- and picture-heavy! Link- and acronym-happy! Take it…

  

  upcoming term. It hurt me to do it; 9.15, only offered in alternate fall terms, was the class I was looking forward to the most. The problem ... is exactly what I'll have to do very soon. It'll be a huge comedown

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 10, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Humans 101 @ MIT introductory SHASS classes this fall and recapping the lightning talks

  

  purpose of the list is to provide admitted students with a basic roadmap to the SHASSy side of MIT as they try to navigate the Institute and figure ... : Anthropology 21A.00 Introduction to Anthropology: Comparing Human Cultures; HASS

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 26, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sights, Sounds, Smells, Tastes, and Feels of IAP photo dump

  

  Crunch afterparty. But my main reason for being there was to get more into virtual ... afterparty. There, I got to meet with virtual reality experts and learn more ... Thomas Jefferson Memorial. Notice any similarities to other famous domes

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 9, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Trumpeting for Assassins I get to watch each presidential assassination. Live. Over and over again.

  

  In fifth grade, everyone at my school had to pick an instrument to ... playing every instrument in turn, and the teachers would rate us from 1 to ... and picked up a trumpet. And got a 10. I assume it was for managing to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 26, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Jonte ‘13 The fourth in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  university located in Cambridge, Mass. Craighead said he is looking forward to going to Cambridge, where there is a friendly rivalry between MIT and ... scheduled to graduate in the top one or two percent of their class," said

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 30, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So, uh… help me pick classes I have no classes.

  

  Prereq: None Units: 3-0-9 You must enter the HASS-D lottery to take this ... interest in learning how to make forceful arguments in written form. Studies ... means for autobiographer and biographer to develop a personal voice; and

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 2, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Latke vs. Hamentashen Debate: LiveBlog FOOD FIGHT!

  

  8:02 pm I'm here in 26-100 getting ready to watch the 2008 Latke Vs ... . I'm going to try to semi-flow this debate, keeping you updated on all ... scarce because of how hard it is to take, compress, crop, upload, and

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

  Rats ! Foiled Again !

  

  to expecting a lot of myself, and I was a bit baffled when I just ... ’t suppress the desire to go back just 48 hours, so I could’ve slept just a bit ... could’ve transported myself back to pre registration, to change my course

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • April 3, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  (Not) Home for the Holidays a very late Thanksgiving post…

  

  ="108229" /] In honor of holiday meals at home, I want to share a holiday meal away from home. Aka, it’s finally time to post my (extremely belated ... ’ve decided to remedy that in as overzealous a fashion as possible. I

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 3, 2025