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  MIT IS … reflections of a bright sunday afternoon

  

  ’ve failed a midterm. I’ve aced a midterm. I’ve laser cut and assembled a ... ’s making mistakes and learning from them (aka don’t put lecture notes in your ... news. And bad news. But most importantly, it’s being there for one

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • October 22, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  From Charlottesville to Cambridge photos from a gathering for solidarity

  

  We're at a strange point in the political climate where white supremacists, klansmen, and outright Nazis have become comfortable enough to ... Thornhill of First Holiness Church and the Cambridge YWCA    

  • by Abby H. '20
  • August 15, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  PSA: the app is live for freshman

  

  between things you can control and things you can't, and that where you

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 10, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Room Tour 2017 edition

  

  2021s, can't wait to meet y'all this week! To give you guys a sneak peek of what is to come, I (finally!) got around to learning how to film and edit videos. Here's my first shot at it, and a room tour to show for

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • April 6, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Food No Context blogging no context

  

  professor gave had free coffee and biscuits for us in class. Love Course 15 ... potatoes, and plantains.   6:29PM braided danish for dessert

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 27, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Failing” at MIT for the record, this isn't

  

  ’s, and a whole slew of other acronyms leave you with a warm, tingly feeling ... -eyed, confident, and on top of the world. So, now, this may be the moment where you ... , there’s a little nerve in the very back of her head and at the tips of her

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 2, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Adventure Coming full circle at MIT

  

  Now that it's break, I finally have time to sit down and actually ... past semester- and it was quite the adventure! I probably spent more time ... 22 other amazing people over the course of the semester, and we pulled

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • December 21, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Thoughts on Snow quick notes from the journal.

  

  The first substantial snowfall was yesterday, December 9. Things about snow: Don't welcome it with a fire alarm and evacuation at 9 ... it, and it becomes slush. More stupid: rain's bastard little half

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 10, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Movie Marathon, Pt. I Watch ALL the things!

  

  ... time... haha, see what I did there? I should stop.), Bill and Ted ... that means I have both the TIME to watch movies AND constant access to ... : Another Earth Of Gods and Men A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • May 30, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  Turning on the Light A note to the MIT community.

  

  head. MIT, the place that I call home, the place where I learn and live, the place where I felt safe, threatened by armed people? And all this ... happen? I sought solace from some other friends and watched the events

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • April 19, 2013
• Blog / Events

  How do you convince MIT students to dress nicely? as with most things in life, the secret involves free food

  

  the MIT community practice better etiquette.  And one of the most ... popular, in fact, that I'm told there was a 50-person waitlist, and my ... minute, though, I whipped out my blogger "media" credentials and managed to

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 30, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Sleep is (not) for the weak Myth: All engineers are insomniacs

  

  ’t sleep, but I am not one of those. None of my close friends are, and I ... information as well when you’re awake, and you might say or do some things ... , and they also need weekends, if not only to catch up on sleep. No matter

  • by Stanley G.
  • October 24, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  (beginnings in which I say hello, and explain that unclosed parenthesis.

  

  slamming my laptop lid shut, running around the house screaming, and ... lame Facebook status about it and got a bunch of likes. Since then, I ... all the previously mentioned Awesome Stuff that it offered. And I loved

  • by Michael C. '16
  • August 28, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  How to Make a Flashlight MIT-style that is.

  

  presses, and even a 3-D printer! Now that I think about it, I wish I had ... wonderful and free as the Edgerton Shop, the only catch is that you have to ... thinking that training is probably awful and really boring. BUT this is MIT

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • August 2, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Too Good to Just Tweet About Hello blogosphere! Yes, I'm still alive and tweeting (@MikeyMIT)...

  

  Hello blogosphere! Yes, I'm still alive and tweeting (@MikeyMIT). The reading and selection period has been intense as ever this year, but I promise as we approach mid-March, I hope to have some more blog updates

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • February 14, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bringing Down the (Lottery) House Like the movie '21,' but with scratch tickets.

  

  " and/or the book on which it was based, Ben Mezrich's "Bringing Down the ... a gift, and started thinking about how the algorithm behind the ... studying his tickets and some statistical sleuthing, but he discovered a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 10, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Oodles Of Doodles Chris Peterson once impersonated me as such: "Blah blah blah Irish people, cartoons blah blah…

  

  morning, meaning I woke up at 7:15 (the horror!). The house is empty and I ... lectures focused more on conceptual things and “thinking like a programmer ... time I checked in... We learned about hashing, and how it's a trade

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 3, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  MIT = The American Dream As usual...we procrastinate like mad before finals.

  

  by the amount of spam and youtube videos that are coming into my inbox ... : Watch her discuss MIT at Fire and Ice! haha "You can become anything

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 12, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Swag … I mean, Career Fair What I did not acquire at the career fair:A job.

  

  (7 mini and colorful, 4 retractable) Hand sanitizer Laundry ... balls, yoyos, bottle openers, sunglasses, cozies And my personal favorite, a wind-up boogie robot I just recently sorted, organized, and

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 30, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Before MIT goes APE, I learn how to eat dumplings FAST. ...or at least learn how to morph into a dumpling eating machine.

  

  I should be studying for my 1.00 and 3.091 exams right now...but I'm not. It has been a while since I uploaded a video, I have a lot of ... the end of the show...and here is how we kicked off the beginning of the

  • by Celena C. '12
  • March 4, 2010