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• Blog / Life after MIT

  Unpacking Surprises to sum up 4 years at MIT

  

  Architecture seniors at graduation and awesome USB wristbands from the department  It’s been exactly one month since commencement, and I ... September and I’m not at MIT registering for classes and trying to squeeze in

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 7, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tasty water, the Charles River, and other things that are not synonymous First post!

  

  , unspringy mattress involved creaking wood and 45-degree wobbling. I had about ... hundreds of wonderful and intelligent female students but also the best ... from sheer exhaustion, found out that minesweeper and tetris can be

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 11, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lecture Notes: Biology of Culture highlights from Brian Farrell's open lecture at the Harvard Museum of Natural History (spoiler: contains…

  

  have Star Wars technology, medeival institutions, and paleolithic ... Biology of Culture: Bridging Art and Science Straight from the scribbles in my notebook, a smattering of quotes, points and diagrams: "I

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 3, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  No time for your stupid question. A posthumous entry about the Ig Nobel awards.

  

  and three degrees of firmness. Though, in his own words, it took him "a ... Nobel Peace Prize went to Claire Rind and Peter Newcastle University for ... English language... and I'm so dedicated to you, gentle reader, that I would

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 15, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Goodnight Moon Or: The Senior Who Desperately Tries to Put Off Bedtime By Saying Goodnight to Every…

  

  universe, and everything. If it were up to me, I’d sleep at least 9 hours ... universe, and everything. My roommate and I finished preliminary work on our ... It is currently 5:26am and even though I really truly definitely

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 7, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Maybe I’m Amazed ...but not until Season 13, at least.

  

  and a crest proudly stating, "WINNERS OF THE AMAZING RACE 2007". So, you ... people behind us were from State College, and they were trying to get here ... season of the Japanese show and have to switch to a new season of the show

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 19, 2007
• Blog / Classes

  a semester i’m excited for to the tune of "a girl worth fighting for"

  

  fraction of classes per semester that I actually wanted to take and the ... waiting to take this class since freshman fall, and it's honestly one of the ... in CMS. There are four projects of increasing sizes, and all of them

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 7, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  How many MIT students does it take to figure out how to rotate a cube? (More than I’m proud to admit)

  

  orientation in 3D using up, right, down, and left rotations by 45 degrees! But ... degree increments?” [annotation note="The question was originally proposed ... . At a high level, it allows him to lift, rotate, and fuse objects

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 29, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  Itinerary: IAP 2017 4 weeks in a suitcase and carry on

  

  John and Nellie Wooden Institute at Miami University. For four days, two ... my first trip of 2017, bringing along one suitcase and carry on. It was all that I could -- and wanted -- to manage on an eventful month

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • January 20, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Some recommendations about recommendations Some things to think about as you look for letters from teachers.

  

  teacher and by no one else. If you attend school outside the United States ... recommendation -- one from a math or science teacher ("Evaluation A") and one from ... -- teachers in this country are seriously overworked and underpaid; I hope you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 24, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  ZigZag Episode 7 A new episode features Commencement highlights and an interview with the party button guys.

  

  Commencement and MIDAS (a.k.a. the party button). Check it out. Marsha Bolton hosts this episode, and it features some interviews I conducted with ... episode happen and turn out great. Beginning this month, Jeff will be

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 18, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Sue me, I’m a multicellular organism snob

  

  spot for primates), and lingered in the butterfly garden's 100-degree ... So, I'm from Columbus, Ohio, home of Jungle Jack Hanna and the ... withheld dinner from me until I agreed to go to the movies. Being wily and

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Maine, Episode II: Amazing Rain The one where you rapidly cool hot metal.

  

  's all a state of mind. Read on and find out how I spent the second day of ... most interesting events and you can fill in the rest with your overactive ... for an inch of rain and a thunderstorm in the White Mountains, Joe '08

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Events

  This… is… Jeopardy! [UPDATE] Jean '09 knocks off a 6-time champion; watch her defend her winning streak tonight on…

  

  prize of a computer and a trip to Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida ... : About me: I am a senior who is majoring in 21E: Humanities and Engineering (History and Computer Science).  For this major, I have to take 7 classes in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Turkey vs. Spam’s Hair Two parables of personal hygiene.

  

  things to look out for in a university, and they're all great. But there ... card... because it was 95 degrees today and the only clean pants I had ... Burton-Conner, laundry machines accept both quarters and MIT TechCash, so

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Junior Fall Line-Up, Part 1: Classes My academic plans.

  

  field, and not just lots of breadth.) 3) It's time to explore my major in ... " compared to what you might find at a big liberal arts institution, but that ... me. My freshman spring, I was in a seminar with TWO OTHER STUDENTS, and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 12, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  in a funk and salvaging hope

  

  't felt like myself normally, I'm pretty jolly and steady but, there have ... I am, nor who I want to be I've made decisions and said things that ... its ways of wading in and out of life it never goes away it will

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • March 31, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Mens et Manus – mainly Manus! Hmm my hands feel itchy...

  

  Life has been sprinting by these days, and I go through periodic ... impossible!” and back again. But true to my procrastinatorial roots, I can ... Obama. And then BJ Novak – Heck, I don’t even watch The Office and I felt

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 29, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  As Winter Melts things are gonna change so fast

  

  Today, winter left Boston. I woke up and found that the snow had melted, the ice had mostly thawed away. The streets were clear and the air was warm. I walked around without a hat or gloves and didn't feel the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 3, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hello, I’m Anthony.

  

  state and remarrying. My father was awarded primary custody, and because ... who went to the state level with my science fair projects, and who took ... to move away to a university so young, and I decided to stay home for a

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • June 8, 2005