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  The Great Debate: Latke vs. Hamentashen The post-coverage.

  

  Hamentashen. One is a sweet and versatile triangular dessert, the other is a ... Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (sitting on the right) The three ... Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science (middle left) - Stephen Van Evera

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 6, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Moving Out oooh, I am, moving out, mmhmm..

  

  At the end of last year, I transferred from Burton 2 to Burton 1, and ... -by-floor system based upon class rank and whether you've lived in a double or single the previous term, I moved in last and thereby got put into a pretty

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 15, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogging About Blogging CAPTAIN FAFSA!

  

  took place in the Boston Sheraton hotel and MIT's admission's office (more specifically, Matt McGann and Ben Jones) were two of the speakers. Their presentation was titled "Students, Parents, Admissions, and the

  • by Snively '11
  • February 6, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If man is five Then most people are six, and if most people are six then pre-meds are seven.

  

  just to be in the same room for a minute and catch a glimpse of his well ... no! He's not dead! He's still alive and quipping things like, "So I ... 's about all I remember. Battle on, Mandelbrot. My friend and labmate Steph

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 10, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  FREE FOOD! FREE FOOD! EVERYWHERE!! AM I YELLING??

  

  they took anyone's picture and name and stuck it in seamlessly. (The ... is not true, I will say the picture very much is, and I did enjoy all ... Lecture Series Committee. I'm working off of a breakfast of granola bars and

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s going on inside my head It might not have been so very important.

  

  -cheddar biscuits, and "suite potatoe" pie. We had lots of fun and cultured ... Ryan Ist Ein Schrecklich Kellner," based quite loosely on the life and ... and kind of learned how to skate from Moria '06 and Joe '08. I was also

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 7, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Venturing to far living groups

  

  cats and which floors are smoking floors in EC (EC's webpage doesn't seem ... th West 2nd East 4th East And on to the point of the entry... One ... group and not experience diversity!" I have to say, if you only have

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 3, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Day Before Selection Begins "Tell us about something you do for the pleasure of it."

  

  subjects like UROP and Arts. I am SO excited to roll out the new layout and ... identity (including mailing address and activities) just to match the profile that "colleges are looking for." Absurd. And supposedly the girl is a

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 15, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  In which I “get a life” again reclaiming my childhood hobbies

  

  “get to know you” forms for roommates and advisors and whatever other MIT ... question, as if I’d never snapped out of the trance of college apps, and one ... plenty of things I did in high school that brought me joy, fulfillment, and

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 12, 2024
• Blog / Advice

  Waiting… and a more serious note about pre-decisions at the end

  

  finals and retake these quizzes..."]most recent two quizzes I took:[/annotation] 16 Personalities: A classic quiz! It's slightly longer than most, and ... 're answering the same questions over and over again, BUT, I feel like it's a

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • December 15, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  november again conversation with myself

  

  walked to campus today and let the mid-fall breeze bite at my face. i could ... and white and blue era, but i’m shuttled back to red every time. i tried ... dyed over it with red and of course, that’s refused to wash out for the

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 1, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  how to move carts not an athletics post

  

  to stand behind the cart and push it in the direction you want to go: the second is to stand in front of the cart and pull it such that it ... ones involved in pulling, it’s easier to maintain good posture, and

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • October 23, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  carly SLAY jepsen concerts > psets

  

  , and being the number one Carly Rae Jepsen fan in most of my social ... start blaring from the speakers and suddenly there was a dance number ... song that the sixth graders decided to do a flash mob to. And then

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 28, 2022
• Blog / How to Food

  everything i cooked this summer it wasn't gourmet but it (mostly) tasted good

  

  fire while trying to [annotation note="it was in the pot with water and ... and would instead on myself and learning how to be a functional human being. A big part of this was learning how to cook and bake. I tried a

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • August 14, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  bumpers a revelation i had while bowling

  

  is for sleeping and one is for jumping.) Being an intern and feeling ... the D.C. area. In retrospect, I should have just flown in last night and ... two beds and spend one night sleeping on each of them, so neither of

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 2, 2022
• Blog / How to MIT

  Super Sketchy Background Activity the experiment, part 3

  

  Alison ’23, Emily ’22, and Felix ’23. It was cool. We drew some things, wrote some things, designed some things, and gave away a bunch of playlists. You know, vibes and all that. A year ago we expanded on the idea

  • by kellen manning
  • June 5, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Confusion, by the Numbers my high school experience, via a google doc and some python

  

  , Ward Melville. In my three years there, I changed intellectually and ... reflecting on these changes. How did I change, and what changed me? How and why ... setbacks and mistakes, I gained resilience and principle. My freshman year at

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • November 24, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On Being an Upperclassman Less than two years left

  

  throughout elementary, middle and even high school. I am now one of them. The past two years have been great, and I anticipate that the next two will ... needing to eventually find a real job and about knowing what I want to do. I

  • by Becca H. '12
  • October 21, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another take on pass/no-record and some other stuff. Hey look, I haven't pontificated about anything in a while.

  

  off, sprouted leaves and thorns and eventually grew legs and started ... that statement, it made me cringe, and I decided I don't want that ... . More than not there's some aspect of selfishness and self-validation to

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Days My traditional end-of-summer recap post, in technicolor.

  

  citizen, but something definitely happened. Friends, I grew this summer, and ... , began exercising on a daily basis, and even quit pulling the pigtails of that girl who sits in front of me in class. I also took out the trash and

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 29, 2008