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  happy palindrome week! conventions, patterns, palindromes

  

  , including how we write our dates. The [annotation note="and, of course, dropping the leading 0, so it's currently 9/ and not 09/"]convention of MM-DD-YY[/annotation] means that in America today is 9/10/19, which reversed reads the same, and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 10, 2019
• Blog / Announcements

  Class of 2023 Wait List Decisions Released

  

  , then those people decide whether to accept our offer of admission, and then we decide whom, if anyone, we want to take off the wait list, and ... accept the offer, and thus how many beds you have available in residence

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 10, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Blogger Fam Takes the MFA Photodump of semi-artsy pictures ahead

  

  Occasionally, we bloggers get together and do cool things that are off the internet. Today was one of those instances. And by today I mean ... somewhat early) and a large proportion of the bloggers were probably still

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 13, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Dream Machine Wooden slabs and oil paintings

  

  job, exercise, drink 8 cups of water, consult your doctor, and resurrect ... place, featuring life updates and interior decorating tips. It’s a new ... process, with all the tranquility and order of the Republican National

  • by Joel G. '18
  • September 21, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Memory down résumé lane Serif or sans-serif?

  

  It totally hit me today when I stumbled upon a copy of the Tech and ... jobs and summer and what I want to do with my life was the last thing on ... summer internship, and have only been concerned about settling down and

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • September 20, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Three Weeks a short summary of this crazy place

  

  fire. East Campus is building a carousel and a gigantic wooden fort ... Campus time and time again, and since I was temped here in the first place ... constant whirring of screwdrivers and construction and fire. But looking a

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 12, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What’s happening with Senior House The thing that happened, why the thing is upsetting, and what can hopefully be done

  

  followed with immediate mention of “troubling data” and “important decisions ... House community,” and I felt that discrepancy did well to set the tone for ... announcement in general, and then another in which Dr. Cynthia Barnhart discusses

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • June 13, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Broken I'm broken I'm broken I'm broken I'm broken (but not actually)

  

  back to freshman year. I'm all on my own, at college, and I am stressed ... Kayla E. '15 and I decided that it was a great idea to go out for a run ... to MIT medical very soon. And I went to MIT Medical the next day. I

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 8, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  ISEF 2015 Recap researchers talking, and talking to researchers

  

  International Science and Engineering Fair, or ISEF. If you're unfamiliar with ISEF, here is a description from the Society for Science and the Public: The Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF), a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 1, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  Guest Post: Being Trans at MIT

  

  (Danny here—a friend of mine reached out yesterday and asked if I ... peers. We wanted to share a snippet of our experiences and reach out to ... be really awful and lonely, and maybe you spent lots of time just

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 16, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  aeroastro privilege all-expenses-paid tour to seattle and los angeles

  

  Being a major in Course 16 (Aeronautics and Astronautics, or Aero ... get access to our own machine shop, laboratory, and lounge in the basement of building 33. And this year, for the first year ever, the Aero

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 10, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Deadline where I attempt to reason through an approaching all-nighter

  

  in the large washer. Chocolate and peanuts and granola make me groan ... .112. Principles of Chemical Science, 18.022. Calculus, and 18.100B Real Analysis ... . Weekdays are a blur of work and socialization, with lines between the two

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 17, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  Going Home ... but where exactly is that?

  

  friends again and thoroughly enjoy IAP. But another part of me is mourning ... friends remain here for another couple of weeks. That, and my family will be ... , where my family is and I return for the holidays, where I can get behind

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 6, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Day in My Summer Life Starts at 5 AM, ends at 10:30 PM, and go-go-go in between.

  

  -beep-beep-beep - my alarm goes off, I look out my window, and I realize that once again ... , and since all of us are used to showering in the morning instead of at night, my mornings tend to (1) start early, and (2) be a little hectic

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • July 15, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Almost a Real Engineer my foray into the world of professional conferences

  

  Research Board meeting, and then a conference on sustainable transportation ... due to the weather conditions in both Boston and DC; the first real snowstorm of the season in Boston, and an expected ice storm in DC (who ever

  • by Becca H. '12
  • January 22, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  3 Lessons Learned While Hiking and what they'll teach me here

  

  and hiked to central Maine, traversing over 2,181 miles in four months ... celebrations and fireworks. I kept a blog (which you can read at gabehikestheat.tumblr.com if you’re interested), and raised over $11,100 for Juvenile Diabetes

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • July 26, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Camp Kesem! It's magical.

  

  , finals...), and several doses of caffeine lie between me and that fateful day, when I shelve my textbooks and notes and give it up for three wonderful summer-y months. I have a few things lined up for the summer, and

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 28, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Snow On working in a winter wonderland.

  

  Vermont and New Hampshire. In Vermont, for instance, I lived in the ... , the difference between Burlington and Boston is that in Boston the snow ... at the College of William and Mary before swiftly transferring) so when

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 21, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things that Scare Me 1) Mornings.2) Psets.3) Exams.4) All of the above.

  

  . And now I somehow have to get up at 7:30 AM five days a week. (If you ... and I'm tempted to cross the room and hit snooze, it's like a little ... , shower, and dress. It's been working out nicely. As I'm sure you can all

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 19, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Grocery Store Run Run, Geza, run!

  

  escaped relatively unscathed, just a few scattered tree limbs here and there. The house was without electricity and running water for quite a while ... September weather? Well, with schools and businesses closed, and the house in

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • September 28, 2008