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  Ben’s Fifth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to blog comments from the last month.

  

  and underpriviliged children and mentally impaired people) for a very ... some really tough courses (3 science subjects and 2 Maths in A Level) for ... . ------------------------------------- Merudh wrote: "I was wondering if the fact that we never came for a visit

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 19, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  It’s Your Future, Charlie Brown! Charlie Brown, Friendsgiving, and the Erosion of Deep Literacy

  

  began to appreciate Charlie Brown for the masterpiece that it was. A ... my Gears A few months ago, when I was looking for something to read on our family bookshelf, I found a piece of Peanuts history. For whatever

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • November 20, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  day one, six out of eight am i doing too much?

  

  ." "got a long day ahead. mondays are stacked for me." after 99 seconds, i ... eng, who led the lecture, put emphasis on having a hook, a reason for ... .036 introduction to machine learning. after being a lab assistant, or la, for four

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 2, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Stories from High School you wouldn't want to be caught with MMS

  

  reluctantly washed off the vestiges of sleep at 5 A.M., and prepared for the day ... him if needed (for a fairly cheap haircut), or face the consequences on ... seizing on a canvas. The end result was comical for everyone but you; you

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • February 5, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  sk8 jebby on a skateboard

  

  getting on a skateboard again for the next six years. It wasn’t until a ... he could help me get a board for cruising around Cambridge and Boston ... got a safety-certified helmet approved for skateboarding, wrist guards

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 29, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  The American Astronomical Society’s Winter Conference: 2013 Edition THIS IS SO EXCITING I THINK I'M GOING TO CRY

  

  came up and slipped a card into my hand. Bewildered, I looked around for ... I figured I ought to make a friend. Me: Hello! I guess you're here for ... hanging onto it for her. Me: Oh, a student? Are you a professor? Guy: I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 15, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Everything You Ever Wanted to Know All your wishes have been magically granted.

  

  , but that would be a terrible idea for a couple of reasons. First, it ... got a request for my interview story. There was actually a problem with ... in for your interview. Maybe the night before come up with a list of

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 13, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Walk down CourseRoad Lane A boulevard of broken dreams and dropped classes

  

  This morning, desperately procrastinating studying for a 6.042 midterm ... with a propellor hat fashion resurgence and an infamous tenure as East ... ’s courses and majors and lays it out in a beautiful pastel graph that

  • by Joel G. '18
  • November 24, 2015
• Blog / Personal Travel

  CMU / Parallel Universe i am not a clown

  

  and ginataan for my ILG, ET, and that it wasn't a total disaster. We ... was like, woah, that's commitment. Kare-kare is known for taking a long ... minute early. We waited a bit for the exams to come in. We were first

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 31, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Friendly Neighborhood Dream-Destroyer "How Could You Work There?"

  helping coordinate the opening show for our Campus Preview Weekend - a super ... for a living. And yes, turning down applications is a huge part of the ... became a second home for me on-campus. My supervisors, amazing women of

  • by DJ Rock
  • May 30, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Obama to speak on clean energy, visit MIT energy labs today You can watch the speech live... or wait for the bloggers' account of it!

  

  Offshore Renewable Energy Systems (ORES) for which excess power from a wind ... blowing and power is needed; and can also be used for mooring a floating wind turbine. Storage is a key enabling technology for intermittent

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 23, 2009
• Blog / MISTI

  10:31 I wrote this entry on my iPhone about two minutes after boarding the 11:10 train…

  

  everything happens for a reason. And so I'm trying to convince myself I am out 57 bucks on a bus 40 minutes after the one I had bought a ticket for in ... convince myself of, not for any good reason. I spent a little too much time

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 29, 2009
• Blog / How to Food

  [guest post] crumbly fruit and the importance of keeping at it by Caleb M. '27

  

  it’s a nice treat for the summer. The thing is, when you put everything ... for a while. You keep turning the food processor on, and then the fruit ... Caleb is a rising sophomore at MIT. He is currently studying Computer

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 13, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I Wanted to Say to Prefrosh before CPW 2015 a resurrected freshman draft

  

  from my college experience? For example, I had zero doubts about being a ... be a great resource for quelling such fears!]  Now, Biology isn ... major for almost a semester, and still plan to take more physics courses

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 19, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  October potpourri rambling about college admissions, stress, fun, etc.

  

  and on. Poi has become a sort of meditation for me, where I can just let ... not too much: I bought a pair of LED poi off Amazon for around $20, but ... . If you feel the same way, don't hesistate for a second to shoot me an

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • October 16, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friday Night at Random Beautiful people at a beautiful hour.

  

  For the past almost four and a half years, which is just under a ... (a giant meringue) for Loop’s floor dinner the next day. Bianca was ... machine for 6.01 next to a disassembled puzzle.      One floor down is

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 31, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Antietam? I hardly knew him. A Fourth of July fable, while I'm stuck in Germany.

  

  required me to take a CI-M class, I opted to keep afternoons free for a 20 ... have stuff to do at work. Unless you're working 16 hours a day plus weekends for some crazy consulting company, you're probably going to end up

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 4, 2006
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  making things a blog about being a meche major

  

  , because by then it’s late and we’re all a little hosed, longing for more ... pay the bills. It is a side pursuit for when I am not writing. I used to ... gentle. I’m learning a lot through projects. I tried welding for the first

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 20, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Interview with Hanhan Wang: EECS, robots, and more! What it’s like to study electrical engineering and computer science at MIT

  

  video game and joystick, a detector for interplanetary communication, HDTV ... Corporation. Currently, she is a lab assistant, or L.A., for a new class called ... if you’re looking for a detailed curriculum, go to http

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 13, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Work Hard, Play Hard MIT students actually have lives, occasionally.

  

  pretty notorious for having a pretty intense workload - there was an 18 ... for having several public access AEDs available, as well as having a ... risk of sounding like a complete idiot, I have to ask: do people always

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 8, 2007