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• Blog / Challenges

  Making an Entrance On being helped to my feet.

  

  - with a pounding heart and a throbbing, fractured and/or badly-sprained foot. It was pouring, and I 1) didn't own a raincoat, and 2) was too ... Student Center, I was soaked through. I nudged the door open, and dripped my

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 17, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Coffee Talk Random things I love about MIT #1

  

  you'll learn, stumble-upon and/or be run over by something new. While ... modular design, scalability and the potential and weaknesses of ... -imagining, too. Professors Ulm and Vandamme have shown how to slow concrete creep

  • by Dave McOwen
  • September 13, 2010
• Blog / IAP

  Belated Guest Entry by Carin '13 - a little late perhaps but incredible nonetheless

  

  packed my suitcase yet again (I'm really good at it now, haha) and hopped ... , and attempting to imitate British accents as best I can. All the ... :) ~*~ This IAP I went to the Philippines with Yuri ’10 and Anita ’11 to work on

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 2, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  So How Does It Feel? Now all you have to do is wait.

  

  my essays obsessively, fine-tuning my sentences, changing words, and ... memorized, and I grew tired of seeing the same little letters in the same ... found a spelling mistake. And nearly died of panic. After receiving

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 2, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Syzygy, basically. uh, what?

  

  back after Thanksgiving break. And somehow with three problem sets and a ... other words, all my relatives that are currently in this country). And ... , the commotion was a welcome change and a nice bend toward normalcy for a

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 9, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  Hack or Treat A time for tricks.

  

  this morning on my way to class and it absolutely made my day - although, sadly, it had made like a ghost and vanished by early afternoon. Elsewhere on campus, the Halloween fervor was in full swing as students (and

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 31, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Imagination Box [by Danbee Kim '09] We can draw on the walls again!

  

  dorms on campus where you can paint your own walls and string up your own ... to generate the ideas that will bring technology and society into the ... the murals, graffiti, and what some would call "vandalism" of

  • by ARTalk
  • October 19, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Late Night Dial-Up Users Beware!

  

  It's time for one of those "It's late and I'm up, I should throw crap ... . That being said, enjoy! First, and most importantly, Dan Sauza's Gamer ... and rocked the house. Enjoy, and then go over to YouTube and rate it 5

  • by Snively '11
  • May 11, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Finding My Way Around MIT (Guest Entry) CPW was so hugely difficult to take in all at once that it's hard to…

  

  . I arrived at CPW on Friday morning and went to the opening lecture ... living in developing countries and how people could help. She talked about tools and devices that were redesigned to be inexpensive enough for people

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 20, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  An Enigma Wrapped In A Riddle A prize will go to the first person to unwrap this mystery.

  

  Meet John (pictured) - master carpenter, master craftsman, and part-time mathematician. John is my neighbor, and for the last few weeks he has been ... stressed-out over the SATs, ACTs, SAT IIs and EIEIO (a test only given by

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • November 27, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Final Countdown Duh nuh nuh, nuh... duh nuh nuhnuhnuh..

  

  days to pack, and one night when Javi and I will order Thai food from Pepper Sky to commemorate our last 5.12 exam. (It's tradition.) And if ... on the ambulance this semester, one of which I'm currently on, and will

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 16, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Day in the Life A play-by-play of my day, along with some pictures.

  

  Given that it’s the day before Campus Preview Weekend and I have two papers to write and a problem set to start, it’s clearly the perfect ... while and today I finally remembered to pack my camera. I’ll preface this

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 11, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Tell Me Baby ..what's your story?

  

  's favorite people ever, and I called Jess the minute I found out I got into MIT and went crazy over the phone. And Jess went crazy back, because she loves me and is really excited that I got in and is also really excited to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 21, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  This one goes out to the parents It's been a while since I've written specifically for you.

  

  remember waiting for decisions, being both excited and very scared. Of course, all of my friends and relatives would constantly ask, "Where are you ... decision?" and so on. With so much uncertainty, and their hopes so high, it

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  nth Annual Concert in Bad Taste We are the mooninites..

  

  airplanes and toilet paper into a lecture hall? ... Well, it starts with one ... paper airplanes and just start throwing paper into the air and catapulting ... under the sun from the past year, and I bet if you Google hard enough, you

  • by Bryan
  • March 10, 2007
• Blog / Events

  1 Month, 0 Classes IAP tomorrow and an opportunity to mystery hunt!

  

  France, some stay at home ... and some go to lab. After a brief search on ... and historian for Opera Boston Tue Jan 16, Thu Jan 18, Tue Jan 23, Thu ... the marriage of theater and music. In 4 sessions we explore the

  • by Bryan
  • January 7, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Take Your Blog to School Day Vol. 1 Standing waves and FIRE!

  

  Measurement and Instrumentation. Basically, this is a lab class where we learn about some of the measurement and instrumentation tools that mechanical ... simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) autonomous mobile robots. He's also

  • by Bryan
  • November 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  My First Full Reading Day So far you're all awesome, of course.

  

  Here's what I will see every Monday, Friday, Saturday, and many ... camera phone here at the library.) I sit in the same chair every day and ... 'm special. Perhaps this year I'll get crazy and occasionally sit at that

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 8, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Freshman Advisors Can Be Awesome A night on the town with Daniel Barkowitz and his freshman advisees.

  

  year, and in exchange, I get to tag along on group outings. On Friday, ten of us went for dinner, dessert, and an off-Broadway show in downtown ... how everyone's doing with class, friends, and their new lives away from

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 5, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Bicycle Diaries Like the motorcycle ones, except far less artsy and with a serious lack of Gael…

  

  red and shiny, and it works, and I need one because I live as far away from campus as you can possibly get. She rode it over last night and ... sister, and I find my bike. I take the key out, stick it in the lock, and

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 4, 2006