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  An Entry About Snow ...Even though we don't have any

  

  used as a metaphor for life, and that it's highly unoriginal to come up ... feet. I had never snowboarded before and the last time I skiied was ... expectations about snowboarding, and I have the bruises to prove it. My left arm

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 11, 2008
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  Samuel Maurer’s Day Off MIT moves pretty fast.

  

  and 1990s, all scenes that showed Underdog taking his Underdog Super ... rid of it from all your displays, but I can't really find it and it's 2 ... just spent the day with Ruthie '07, Lauren '08 and Jeff 'G playing hookey

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 12, 2007
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  Iron Man, MIT ‘87 (?) After 21 last month, another MIT movie.

  

  On Friday, the movie Iron Man opened (and opened big: a $100 million ... superhero fan, and I hadn't even heard of Iron Man until only recently ... industrialist and head of Stark Industries, and Maria Stark. Tony is a boy genius

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 4, 2008
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  A person can develop a cough. Simultaneously the coldest and hottest entry I've ever written.

  

  running and seeing one of your professors in the locker room wearing only boxer shorts. And then he recognizes you. How's that for teacher-student interaction? While sitting in 10.37: Chemical Kinetics and Reactor Design this

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 6, 2006
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  10 reasons why MIT is beautiful if I do say so myself.

  

  disagree. Sure, we may not have brick buildings and ivy-covered walls.  But ... Cambridge, and a whole lot more. So without further ado, 10 reasons why MIT ... ) Because sometimes you look up and nothing makes sense: (7) Because

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 22, 2014
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  What’s on a desk? That which we call a workspace by any other name would look as depressing...

  

  ’ll be in Columbia, MO, hanging out with my little brother and his dog ... while you’re on a plane, yet so fast when you’re taking a final exam and ... – good work, the kind where I do it and then I’m like, “Whoa! I know stuff

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 21, 2011
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  Beyond the Stop Light it's been a ride, MIT

  

  posting art on our recently created artstagrams here and here! We are

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • May 26, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  The Pink Hair Problem What do you do for your college interview if you have dyed hair and a…

  

  ring and bright black and pink hair. i'm applying EA to MIT and i was ... process, and want to learn about the important things that make you you. As ... meeting and learning from all sorts of different people. And certainly, if

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 7, 2008
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  VEDA In which I try to vlog every day in April

  

  Tube community, and it's basically a month when a bunch of (usually smaller ... organized than something like NaNoWriMo, and more just an excuse to be disciplined and make consistent content. I'm going to use it to motivate myself

  • by Ceri Riley '16
  • April 24, 2015
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  A Comprehensive Guide to Crying on Campus It’s right about that time of year.

  

  , disheartened and hoping that the test will be ridiculously curved - it couldn ... AM, a pset due at noon, and a lab due at 5 PM. You haven’t started working on any of them, and it’s already around 9:45 PM. If you’re like me

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 16, 2017
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  señoritis navigating work/life balance - and spring break photos

  

  multiple times and i promised i would write up a longer answer. the question ... plenty of time for both... so being slammed with opportunities and open ... and family and drop everything if i need to make time for someone. "life

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 28, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Life as an Artist things I discovered about myself as it relates to the artsy stuff I have in…

  

  with this group/family/community and it has been a blast! To make matters ... friends are in a band at MIT that is affectionately known as Love and a ... Products, the Logarhythms, and (my favorites) the Chorallaries.  

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • November 2, 2010
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  ATHack A day well spent helping others

  

  teams are presented with an opportunity to come up with an idea and actually make it. Some are more free form and allow teams to create a solution to a problem they define. Others are more focused and have everyone

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 2, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  How Wrestling With Snapping Turtles Can Get You Into MIT A student profile of an aspiring limnologist.

  

  ) spending three hours with a bunch of other nerds and a stack of pizza boxes ... elbow grease, carcinogenic automotive lubricant, and a home-brewed mesh of gears, motors, and bike chain that could easily tear my scalp off as I

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 27, 2011
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  Subtle Black MIT Traits A few things I have experienced as a black person at MIT

  

  experienced as a black person at MIT, and I put it in the form of the popular ... come together and talk about their shared experiences, so I decided to do ... that got a lot of attention, and I thought it might be a good idea to go

  • by Ben O. '19
  • January 3, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why My 5.13 Problem Set Took All Day Moral of the story: Don't procrastinate, or I'll never talk to you again.

  

  from toddling around on the carpet and thinking "I suppose I'll try ... before it's due. I'm well aware that this is one of my greatest flaws, and ... myself that if I get it done now I won't have to worry about it later, and

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 13, 2007
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  College Shopping List Everybody do the shopping cart!

  

  need, and where you should buy it, and what you should bring from home or what you should wait to buy in Cambridge? Who comes from far away and knows what's absolutely necessary to be brought from home and what can be

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 26, 2007
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  On Escaping An introspective vlog about MIT and getting ready to leave

  

  being a senior at MIT, and I think that was enough for me to finally finish and post it. I also gave up scripting this one, so my initial monologue was incredibly long and circuitous. Cutting it down to 7 minutes was

  • by Ceri Riley '16
  • November 2, 2015
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  Adulthood Boom!

  

  Sorry if this is just a rehash of my Grown Up post from last year. January seems to be the month to be sentimental and reflect upon the impending doom delightful adventure of aging.

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 14, 2013
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  How to use these blogs Scattered thoughts on the information age, plus some bonus snark.

  

  this blog- topics to cover, questions to answer, stuff like that, and I ... them up a bit, and here they are: 1. Just read it. Every once inawhile I ... , and I personally try to link each entry to as many other entries as

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 22, 2008