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• Blog / Hacks

  MIT hacks Caltech

  

  Building. There was a pretty plaque to go with the cannon. As you can see ... Some of you may remember last year, when Caltech students came to ... decided to have a little fun with Caltech. You see, Caltech has this famous

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • April 6, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  So what makes a successful MIT student, anyway?

  

  success profile can be a valuable framework when you start a job -- a ... deeper into the science of what you're working with in order to better ... you get bogged down in the details, you lose sight of what's actually

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 21, 2015
• Blog / Community Projects

  Crafts for Ukraine~ Among other fundraising projects

  

  ’t write about that here. You can read more perspectives on Ukrainian ... .  For context, I can comment on just how quickly one project in particular ... fundraisers being organized (you can find more information here)! If you’d like

  • by ana~
  • March 11, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  Up, Up, and Away how to get out of the 'tute (temporarily) and out into the world

  

  wanted to try living abroad, this is a good taste test because you can live ... -win-win to me. Shameless plug: You can read a story from my time here ... mailing lists results in adventures like this! You never know what

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • February 10, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Nance Nance Revolution! (+ My CPW Recap) New art and new memories.

  

  perfect fit for MIT and I can't wait to see you as a freshman this fall ... , "You chilled while your peeps was handlin' they biz in the cut." For ... stirring rendition of Joni Mitchell's Big Yellow Taxi. (Where else can you

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • April 25, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  snapshot of the last two weeks picture of my brain

  

  ALBUM: i like it when you sleep for you are so beautiful yet so ... who can't fix BART, or have never taken BART. And if Google offers to ... unicode block. the most common hindi word in the mediacloud india collection

  • by Allan K. '17
  • July 1, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Infinite Corridor, set alight or, why dozens of people were crammed into a tiny stairwell at 4:19:53 PM EST

  

  If you hang around MIT long enough you'll begin to notice some ... best not written about on the blogs. Some of these phenomena can be ... sun sets and aligns with the window in Lobby 7, sending light blazing

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 10, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Essay-M A representative collection of an MIT student's best writing samples.

  

  writing samples so you can gauge your own level of writing against mine. As ... fifth grade about my future aspirations. Now, you can't argue about the ... ." But what can you do? For those interested, Sam's Mom took me to New York

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 27, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  It’s bigger than you, and you are not me. Consider this entry the hint of the century.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Laverde's Market, nestled in the MIT student center ... when you get it." You could cut the anticipation in the room with a ... sullen students recognize each other in line at La Verde's. Tiredly, the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 22, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  The Stars Look Very Different Today Planet Earth is blue, and there's nothing we can do

  

  , "Yeah, I have a request?" "We can help you out!" I replied. "Just give us ... , "thanks for holding! What can we play for you?" The caller said, "After ... to believe: It is okay to be the weird kid in the room. You are

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 14, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Where are you going, where have you been? Prelude.

  

  Prelude. In light of the halfways, quarterways, three ... element of surprise, alas, but I'll try to make up for it in thoroughness ... I've broken many, many promises of various entries on this and that in

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • May 24, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  leaving home, coming home I jump from the train, I ride off alone // help me hold onto you

  

  live in singles. You can stay in the same single for as long as you want, but if you're in a frosh double, you have to vacate it for next year ... a word without using it in the definition, I can only gesture at it

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 25, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Born Under Punches The heat goes on, which is nice, but so does classwork.

  

  you know. But it's a busy week in my life, between classes, choir ... DID YOU KNOW? The German language has two different verbs for "to eat ... parties, a floor-sponsored trip to some island in the middle of Boston

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 19, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  scuba do or scuba don’t? under the sea

  

  , and disconnecting the air flow so that you can’t breathe for a few ... ’re basically told all of the horrible things that can happen if you dive ... [/annotation] in my Crocs, pool towel in hand, for my PE class. The locker rooms

  • by Taylor L. '29
  • November 17, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  East Campus Rush photos

  

  me in the photo. Here's another picture of it. As you can see, the ... I've been remiss in posting about Dorm Rush or Hall Rush, both of ... . In this case, a picture really is worth a thousand words, so I'll let

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 1, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  I jumped into the river ...black-haired Asians swam with me.

  

  line up to surf in it. Kind of like the swan boats in Boston Common, but more EXTREME! You even see a bunch of people swimming in it all the ... DID YOU KNOW? Oprah Winfrey once dated Roger Ebert. So the Isar

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 30, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt Day 1 Liveblogging the beginning of this year's campus-wide puzzling competition.

  

  some puzzles for yourself, you can check out the archives, or you can try ... hints and thoughts in the comments thread that might help. Don't stop, you ... about the Hunt, one of my favorite events of the year. In short, Mystery

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 12, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  Photophobic

  

  rich multitude of student groups and activities you can participate in ... underground. Instead, I was met with this as the entrance: As you can see ... room that you could stand upright in, appropriately called "The Big Room

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 28, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  In Stereo

  

  fairly regularly. In my years at MIT, I've seen sneaks of such films as 8 ... guilty. There are more than 15,000 high schools in the United States, and our office might visit 50 or so of them in a year. I know from talking

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 8, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Surviving CPW Tips and tricks on making the most of your CPW experience

  

  . Relish in it. Rule #5: Don't knock it 'til you try it. I can't say how many ... about MIT, Cambridge/Boston, etc... That way when you get here, you can ... . Now it's time to meet in real life :) And hopefully, you don't tell me

  • by Bryan
  • April 5, 2008