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  168 Hours and how to spend them

  

  , a timer until the next deadline. You can never truly let go during the ... in 3, but rehearsals hadn’t yet started during this week, so you won ... like, you know, processing things for at least a few of the 167 hours in

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • March 21, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Who you gonna call? The Mythbusters @ MIT!

  

  Not these guys, I hope. Hopefully, instead you'll call these two ... concert. Mythbusters on stage. Now, what you might not know is that the ... myth. The early test at MIT resulted in the large flash ignition; however

  • by Bryan
  • November 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A brief history of 2.007, the MIT class that inspired FIRST Robotics Complete with 1970s-era footage of Woodie Flowers

  

  ; And for those of you in FRC -- have fun with Stronghold! It's the first ... build season for. See some of you in St Louis! ... If you're like me (and I'm willing to bet a lot of our readers), then

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 12, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  EA Decisions Some facts and figures to put it into perspective

  

  In a year of record early action applications, 590 students have been ... this year, representing a 13% increase over last year’s record. The ... depth of the applicant pool – both in what students are doing inside

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2009
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  A New Time, A New Place 2011 and India!

  

  , I’ll just have to see how it goes ☺ In any case – I wish you all a ... Happy New Year to all of you! I spent a good 30 minutes this morning ... home a happy 2011; I would’ve wished them in person – except I’m in India

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 1, 2011
• Blog / Advice

  You’re doing it wrong Some constructive advice from the Director for filling out the application

  

  You may have noticed that the application for the class entering in ... . There are some things about how you complete the application that can ... process can be stressful, but if you really need to vent about the process

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  WMBR: College Radio at MIT will anyone watch the entire 36 minute video? probably not

  

  closed down with most of the rest of campus in March, you can now stream ... something that you can't really flake on. Thus, the people who end up sticking ... , if you're in the Boston/Cambridge area. Several days of hard work went

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 15, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  It’s Not Always Rainbows and Butterflies Inspired by Paul and Snively.

  

  to hold on. You can jog on the side of the train and still be quite ... So, I'm in the Stratton Reading Room right now and the number of ... class!) decided to blog about schoolwork, I decided to pitch in my own

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 26, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finals away from finals Recharging on the other coast

  

  — literally just — in time for my flight to Denver and 2 hour-long midnight uber ride through 33-degree sleet and rain en route to Colorado Springs for ... the airport and time to head back home. I haven't been back in a year

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • June 7, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  AARRRGHHHHH!!!!🏴‍☠️ (Pirate Post) A Review of 21M.299 - Pirate Songs and Whaling Chanteys

  

  be in the social sciences (or something like that). This class counted ... Shanty and pirate culture was created in the last 20-30 years. If you look ... in the world, and I was beyond privileged to learn from him. I can

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • June 2, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2008 – Another Highly Satisfied Customer! (Guest Entry) CPW! Meet the Bloggers! Free t-shirts! Tim the Beaver! Exclamation points!

  

  , hard-to-reach views (can you guess where in Simmons this was?) If I ... , for a one time only fee of five dollars (just kidding) you can join this ... spells “Massachusetts Institute of Technology” in Arabic. Yeah, you wish

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 19, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hey Erick, You Awake? Not gonna call it a night just yet

  

  During the summer, you get to do fun things you can't pull off during ... ; After a long Saturday, my friends and I found ourselves chilling in the ... fifth floor windows you could see the entire Cambridge skyline. The night

  • by Erick P. '17
  • July 31, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  2006 Already?!? Back to work tomorrow... wow do vacations go fast!

  

  Hi everyone, Just wanted to say hello. Having been out for a week I ... real holiday falls on a Sunday. So you should be able to submit stuff today as if it were still 1/1 - and no, you won't be penalized for being a

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorm Rush and Hall Rush

  

  then there was Hall Rush (or In-House Rush...I guess if you're in, say ... cool out there in the courtyard: This interesting spinning ride, a version of which happens every year, has a freshman in it: "Do you think

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / People & Identities

  Campus and Memories low-quality pictures and some memories

  

  In the spring, I bought a polaroid, walked around campus, and took pictures of the places that were memorable to me in some way. Eighteen months ... posters for events from more than a year ago hanging in the infinite. Worse

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • July 24, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Uncreative Post with an uncreative title

  

  in an actual YouTube educational video, as a host. Here a preview of ... a nice stack of canned tuna and powdered mashed potatoes in my room ... past. But for now, in dreadfully uncreative bullet form, I’ll highlight

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 1, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT Gala a premiere event celebrating fashion, arts, and culture

  

  and showcased Issue 11's ten spreads. The spreads, which you can check out here, range from explorations of South Asian identity to studies in ... creation, discussion, and appreciation of fashion. Since its launch in 2018

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 1, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Craziest of Weeks I had one.

  

  you'll see that my 2013 Pi Day was equally exciting, though in a totally ... formally welcome you admitted and delightful goobers to the Institute. Four ... expletives (that I can't post on the blogs) with my dad. I earnestly hope that

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • March 21, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  bday burnout no more spiders please

  

  my first actual dome picture, if you don't count the one from 2018 ... six hours left and a lot can happen in six hours, but I'm in a better ... graph of 1/x in quadrant 1. For no good reason, either--I was doing fine

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • March 18, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT writing faculty comment on GPT and other AI assisted writing in education

  

  topics of writing in your subject. If you do not wish your students to use AI assisted writing technologies, you should state so explicitly in ... should be stated as well. In the case of prohibition, you could simply

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 24, 2023