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Blog / MISTI
Last train to Koblenz If I get back by 7:30, I don't need a reservation.
DID YOU KNOW? GERMANY EDITION According to one of my labmates, authorities have set up a row of big-screen projectors in Berlin spanning an ... , to my untrained chemical engineering eyes, simply miracles of urban -
Blog / IAP
What I Did on Registration Day I registered.
career at the uncareerlike hour of 9 AM, and (3) sit through six hours of ... 10:51 PM, on the farewell eve of Infinite Activities Period: School resumes in twelve hours, a carton of eggs waiting to crack and hatch their -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
Making Time For Art [by Ashley Nash '11] If you don't have much or any experience with art, MIT…
[by Ashley Nash '11] Before I got to MIT, in all of my classes, there ... matter? I don't know, but I didn't bother to try and find out, and at MIT ... . This concept of thinking is mind-boggling academically, but it is the -
Blog / MIT Life
The Sorting of the Frosh (MacGregor Style) We don't have a Sorting Hat, but this is how MacGregor does In-House Rush
there are tens of other resources out there for the general process ... , you receive another wave of information including the i3 videos made by ... , when the last of the freshmen are moving onto campus for orientation into -
Blog / Events
Neil Gaiman: The Liveblog "This is a land of fire and dreams."
contemplate yelling "LSC!" but realize that would be kind of rude at this ... . "Right. So this is the lecture. There about 1200 of us here. And at least one of us was still sitting in his hotel room at 4:45, still scribbling -
Blog / Academics & Research
back to high school except now I don't know what I'm doing
[/annotation] this semester, and part of the class involves observing at local middle or high schools. For me, this means appearing at Cambridge Community ... they're at in terms of the content. Sometimes it's still a little awkward -
Blog / How to Human
love languages in the little things
similar. At one point, I saw both of them listening to it. It's a good ... my life to keep the sadness at bay. I started keeping track of ... : I can't really cry anymore. At least not without some sort of -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
Redesigning a hall logo: 4.500 part 1 4.500 part 1
cons of the symbol, and improve on it throughout 3 iterations. I chose ... Rhinoceros, learning how to use AutoCAD took a bit of time. Eventually I ... 's too blocky and looks kind of outdated. The rigidity and homogeneity of -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
MIT salutes Harry Potter ...the best way we know how, with hacks!
many, this is the end of an era that started with the release of the ... celebrated the series a number of times in the way we celebrate: with hacks ... of Harry Potter-related hacks, courtesy of hacks.mit.edu. Harry -
Blog / Hacks
Practice Safe Hacking No, there are no LEDs
Hacking at MIT is steeped in tradition and still occurs to this day. Hackers deploying any hack always subscribe to a strict code of ethics. This code of ethics is: # Be subtle. Don't leave evidence that you were there -
Blog / MIT Life
Welcome to my home Feel free to chill in here
fulfilled. Basically, my room is one of my favorite places at MIT, welcome to ... subject at a time. After taking tests, I normally go back to my room to ... the last exam was (just kidding, it's not always bad...just...a lot of -
Blog / MIT Life
Spring Break! *frantically waves arms in the air*
middle of April, but here it's at the end of March. Most other colleges ... of our high school friends when we go home. :( But, this is because ... a UROP! I never thought I'd be joining the ~85% of the MIT population -
FAQ / First-year application
What if my application is disrupted by a major event beyond my control?
: Focus on taking care of yourself, your family, your community, and your safety. You will not be penalized in the application process because of delays caused by major disruptions outside of your control. We try to be -
Blog / MIT Life
Summer on the West Coast A visit to the west coast to see what life is like on the other…
work at JPL, although not all of them end up staying on Caltech campus ... one that Herbert is working on. Some of the major projects at JPL ... showed us pictures of space things, a look at the space museum, and an -
Blog / Admissions
A Snively CPW By: Snively' 11
night of sleep for a long time. The next morning I met Sara '11 at South ... is probably impossible any time of day during any time of the week at ... were no longer little pictures at the top of a web page. They're real -
Blog / Challenges
born again freshman too junior for this
i'm in the class of 2023. this means that i spent only six full ... campus better than them? when i've experienced zero semesters at MIT with ... the sophomores who spent their COVID spring semester at MIT. i'm really -
Blog / Academics & Research
MIT IS … reflections of a bright sunday afternoon
As I look outside the long windows of McCormick Hall’s penthouse, soaking in the last few glimpses of blue sky (oh no, winter is coming), it hits me: I’ve almost made it through two months of MIT! 60 long days -
Blog / Academics & Research
Swag … I mean, Career Fair What I did not acquire at the career fair:A job.
get, a job, I learned a lot at the career fair. Many of the companies ... Rubik’s cubes 4 decks of cards 1 poker set, with 4 colors of chips ... inventoried all of this swag, which had formerly been occupying nearly 70% of -
Blog / Events
I Feel Cool Welcome to MIT, Mr. Gates!
line at about 10:40 a.m., there were about 20 people ahead of me. Ten minutes later, there were hundreds of people behind me. Apparently, I got ... :) (Thank you, Dave!!) He was scheduled to speak at 11:30 a.m., but the doors