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  Cool running Well, it's warm running now, but just wait about two weeks.

  

  Laura and I have the same birthday. What's the probability of that, given that there are 12 MITbloggers and assuming no leap years? Sorry for ... busy... and classes haven't even started yet. In the past three days, I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Power Tools at 2 AM A typical MIT experience.

  

  'm being dragged around and coerced into moderately horrible icebreaker ... :30 Wednesday night, and we were all required to meet at our dorm at 7 ... to actually read the name of the dorm they've been assigned to AND get

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  optical illusions don't try this at home kids. use the crosswalk whenever possible.

  

  , Evelyn, and I went to check out some of the exhibits. Now probably one of ... : This exhibit is not for the weak-hearted. The constant crashes and flashes of thunder and lightning had me jumping out of my seat. The museum

  • by Bryan
  • August 4, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  “That is NOT an ice cream flavor.” wasabi + ginger + ice cream = disaster

  

  Thursday night, my friend Diana and I went to a free showing of Forrest Gump ... . FRIDAY Friday night, a group of friends and I went out to dinner at Hsin Hsin, a restaurant on Mass. Ave which has some cheap eats and really good

  • by Bryan
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Cómo Elegir Una Computadora Portátil Para la Universidad

  

  en inglés SSD (Solid-State Drive).  Estos discos duros no tienen partes

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 29, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  21M.712: Choreography — Making Dances theater arts classes >>>

  

  schedule around; it's 1-3 every Tuesday/Thursday and spring-only. I'm glad I committed to taking it since it's just as great as I expected, and I'm super ... -taught dancers, and people with no dance experience whatsoever. some people dance

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 22, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Next House (on Wheels) *vroom vroom*

  

  remember walking up to the front desk, stomach full of butterflies and a little dread, and awkwardly asking to check-in. After [annotation note ... of the gigantic moving carts and, somewhat clumsily, maneuvered it to

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • September 24, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Atomic Friends a comic

  

  illustrator will take our script and transform it into the comics you know and ... in-between of novels and movies. Novels allow for endless words -- descriptions and dialogue that can enhance our understanding of the world and the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 17, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  glassblowing & me a series of memories

  

  thought that was funny, and kind of cool, and I wanted to share it with you ... -250 for an hour with 250 other very hopeful people, and feel like the luckiest sophomore in the world when my piece of paper is pulled and I get

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 18, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  residential exploration, but without a residence on burton conner culture continuing to thrive

  

  of Burton Conner, a dorm that is currently under renovation and will be ... Bombers. it was a tumultuous and fulfilling experience in spite of numerous roadblocks, last-minute location changes, and freshmen who had never even heard

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 8, 2021
• Blog / Advice

  You only got in because you’re a… how to cope when good news unexpectedly gives you the blues

  

  should be elated -- but it's also complicated, and really difficult, when ... -rival doesn't, and then they start talking shit about you; or, especially, when ... good at dealing with it, and so my typical strategy was to pretend that

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 16, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  Navigating MIT is like flying a spacecraft* the most important things I've learned here so far

  

  your vehicle is pointing relative to the Sun, Earth, and other reference ... start to tumble and spin, disorienting everyone on board, and (2) you ... they’re equipped with suites of sensors and actuators dedicated to

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 16, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW at Random Hall! While the science gets done, you can build a neat fort with the Settlers drinking…

  

  less soggy shoes, battling a CPW-long downpour over and under rooftops ... . Visit every dorm. Talk to fellow incoming freshmen and talk to ... come to Meet the Bloggers so that you can meet us, the bloggers, and you

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 11, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Giant Cows Eat Venus; Earth Next Breaking apart and growing, fireworks, and a story

  

  stared at the screen for another minute. “Good grief,” said the first, “and ... calculations were wrong, and there isn’t a transit today at all?” The second ... of extreme ultraviolet light and a portion of the visible spectrum. It

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 25, 2012
• Blog / MISTI

  Wiimote Fun in Spain What I'm actually doing with my time over here, when I'm not learning Spanish insults…

  

  Director, and she basically said, "Wow, that's awesome, but do you think you ... myself, and the people who admitted me to this place. So, the background ... Science and Technology Initiatives) is the umbrella organization for a lot

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 25, 2008
• Blog / How to MIT

  Laptops! It goes on the top of your lap.

  

  things I was looking forward to most about MIT was having a laptop and ... about what computers to bring to campus, and some articles around the internet, most of the links were broken and the info outdated. This is my

  • by Snively '11
  • March 22, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes! Classes! Classes! Classes!

  

  start spending less time on p-sets and more time blogging... But not ... , and that's why I'd like to devote the few following sentences to help ... classes you're taking - don't surrender to senioritis and stop doing

  • by Karen F. '11
  • November 1, 2007
• Blog / Advice

  new york without i*stagram who are you performing for?

  

  , people watch, and reflect on how you should compensate for your ... days (mainly for christmas), and due to a mixture of factors both within and outside my control, i had an overall pretty mid time. it wasn

  • by Janet G. '27
  • December 29, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  chances the point is to let yourself be helped

  

  MIT I consider “successful” and the semesters during which I accepted the most help from and collaboration with others. Freshman spring: I ... and recitations consistently. Junior spring: I took the experimental

  • by Kai V. '25
  • November 26, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  Senior Fall Classes Better late than never

  

  place was just to work our way up to this class. And after taking it, we ... , physically based simulation, ray tracing, and real-time rendering. There is a two-week pset associated with each of these topics, and an open

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • January 25, 2020