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• Blog / MIT Life

  They Call Me Yankee The stars at night are big and bright - deep in the heart of Texas!

  

  here in Texas - people up north are yankees, and people who live on the ... 'm meeting.  I'm from MIT, and I'm expected to perform and function like an MIT ... poker?" and "did MIT students really create a working hoverboard?" Other

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • July 6, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  Finals Week at MIT Free food, procrastination, cats, free food...

  

  their rooms and in the libraries and delve into deep bouts of sadness ... using them for therapy and squishing them or putting them in funny places ... finals week.  My hall has a lot of really awesome traditions, and the

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 19, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Thanks, man I'm feeling human again.

  

  . When there are clouds, the sun fills the space around them and splotches ... the man across from me. He has a beard like Edward Abbey's and a red-and-blue forearm tattoo; he's wearing a straw hat and drinking Coke from a glass

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • August 27, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bridge Building: In Progress The culmination of what I've learned in civil engineering

  

  .013 (Senior Civil and Environmental Engineering Design, for those not yet versed ... sounds like. We are given a general prompt and sent on our way: Savannah climates have streams that are dry or have low flow most of the year and can

  • by Becca H. '12
  • May 4, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pass No Record, Oh How I Loved Thee. A quick look at first semester!

  

  each other and first semester was all about finding the right balance ... more bearable by finding people to work with and understanding what organizational method works for you. Oh, and did I mention it's also about having

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • February 27, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  It’s FPOPpin’ Whatchu know 'bout me?

  

  year ago. It was a beauteous midsummer morn, and I was filled to the brim with excitement and wonder. Of course, the honeymoon didn't last forever ... FPOPs, chances for freshmen to dabble in a huge variety of subject and

  • by Tom R. '14
  • September 6, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Gustavo Dudamel Conducts MITSO! [by Shelby Heinecke '13] Because we are THAT good.

  

  , vivacious, and inspiring Venezuelan conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic ... Arts (i.e. $75,000 cash prize and on-campus residency). In addition, he conducted the MIT Symphony Orchestra in an open rehearsal and the following

  • by ARTalk
  • April 26, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MITSO Gone Wild! [by Shelby Heinecke '13] MITSO performs with Aardvark Jazz Orchestra!

  

  Orchestra (MITSO) played an exceptionally original and edgy concert. As a ... modern piece, and boy, was it fascinating (and at times, difficult to learn ... stunning! 3. We premiered, in Massachusetts, the "Adam and Eve Ballet" from

  • by ARTalk
  • March 15, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ring Committee Wrap Up For those interested . . .

  

  , filled with its ups and downs, and we hope that all of you are enjoying ... selected through an application and interview process, and many of you ... debate and class-wide discussion about why this happened and how it could

  • by Snively '11
  • June 24, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Making Time For Art [by Ashley Nash '11] If you don't have much or any experience with art, MIT…

  

  has been one and only one answer to every question. The reason to do a ... matter? I don't know, but I didn't bother to try and find out, and at MIT ... test here because I was taught, one question, one answer, and MIT doesn

  • by ARTalk
  • March 18, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A Day In The Life [By MIDN 3/c Robert Block '10] It is 1200 on a Tuesday during IAP, and…

  

  , and I have accomplished more than the average MIT student does in an ... I'm sure they all fell back to sleep. After a quick shave and a few ... and on my bike, riding through the cold and wet January air. I rode

  • by ROTC
  • February 12, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  IHTFP Warning: Bitterness Ahead! (And why IHTFP can mean so many different things.)

  

  . It is now covered in graffiti such as witty poetry and linear algebra homework, and it changes regularly throughout the year. Currently written on said whiteboard: "I hate everyone and everything, including you." -Keri

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 20, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes—Fall 05

  

  at my blog. If that applies to you, um, Hi. 14.41 Public Finance and ... , one 1 hour recitation current material: We've discussed and graphed ... , drinking, and obesity. eventual material: Social insurance and redistribution

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 15, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  self-destruction my entirely self-inflicted problems

  

  and try to fall asleep. unfortunately my neighbors are having a lengthy conversation in our suite lounge, and it’s just loud enough that it’s preventing ... interview (that’s what happens when you go to college during covid) and i was

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 27, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what i learned from classes spoiler: not what i expected

  

  A few days ago, I was talking with Nisha and other friends, and the ... whole point of college to take classes and learn things? At MIT, I ... ) clubs I’ve been a part of (both by being in leadership positions, and in

  • by Phi A. '21
  • May 27, 2021
• Blog / Class Projects

  We made a website this is a filler post

  

  I’m still working on my post about Mystery Hunt, and I realized it ... website! I teamed up with Dylan L. ’23 and Emma Q. ’23 to make em7.io. You input the melody to a song, and then it automatically generates a harmony

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 31, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Some Useful Things Things that greatly enhanced my chance of survival quality of life at MIT, and lots…

  

  recommend you loft your bed, and loft it high. My fear of heights—at least ... room to my right swayed with me, and so did the world four stories down ... passed and I didn’t die and I wasn’t scared anymore. Sleeping in a loft has

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 23, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  school projects aka why i havent been writing in the last few weeks

  

  's one i had the misfortune and privilege of taking three classes with ... the same 36-hour period during dec 8th and 9th, making the preceding days and weeks extremely busy, and privilege because i thought all three

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • December 12, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Felines of Fifth West meow meow

  

  extremely docile and friendly (or according to Wikipedia, “dog-like”) and is ... jiggling when you poke it (puru puru) and pretty much you can treat him like a sack of jelly and push him around or pick him up or throw him or do

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 18, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  1 day in the life of an MIT student

  

  'm supposed to meet up and get some coffee with my mentee before her first class. I think about what I'm supposed to do today and open up my laptop to check my emails and start rolling out of bed. I hadn't ever had a long

  • by Ana V. '15
  • November 12, 2014