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  Units of Measure A simple question with a lot of cool answers

  

  units of my floormates but I remember a few. A Tang measured orthogonality to conversation. A Graybill is a unit of harem. The Itani is a unit of negative tact.  A Snively is equal to 1 byte wasted on the internet. Friends

  • by Snively '11
  • January 7, 2017
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  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
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  things that are golden a zine

  

  Nature’s first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf’s a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 25, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Fall Semester Recap my classes so far

  

  talk about my classes for a while but lacked the motivation for it! 8 ... myself. The class meets three times a week, twice a week for lecture on ... :00. Every Thursday, there is a pset due, except for review weeks. Every Friday

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 24, 2020
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: What do those ROTC kids do during summer…? guest post by Karen C. '20

  

  back to MIT to mentor for Week 1 of DynaMIT, a free STEM summer program ... glider on the South Island for a week through Youth Glide New Zealand. In ... a part of the 8,726,400 Seconds of Summer guest post series* Everyone

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 23, 2018
• Blog / Classes

  classes i’m taking! (fall 2025) highways, storks, and movies

  

  to register for this course as a way of returning to my roots. So far ... for burying a highway and putting a park on top of it (gross ... readings for various classes, clubs, a social life...) Here are the books we

  • by Victor D. '27
  • October 5, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hope for the Axolotl: On the Amphibian Extinction Crisis Happy Save the Frogs Day!

  

  exploitation for food and medicine, meanwhile, is no longer a concern, as axolotls are scarce enough to be a rare catch for fishermen. The Amphibian ... Colombia used a combination of genetics and almost a decade of field work to

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 27, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  spring break in San Juan journeying to none other than the most popular MIT spreak destination

  

  Dominican Republic, Colombia, and Miami, but I've also seen a handful of ... reserved tickets for rainforest entry a month in advance (they sell out fast). we also decided on having a rental car for four of the eight days we

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 11, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Merritt ‘13, Carlos ‘13, Edward ‘13, and John ‘13 The final edition of a nine-part series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  Hidalgo June 6, 2009 Just moving to a new apartment can be tough for some ... arrived in the United States as a 7-year-old from Colombia. At the time, the ... . The scholarship was just the second in a string of good news for Garay

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 31, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Laptop Stickers of MIT and their stories~

  

  Cubs if you are unfamiliar. The red/green Beast sticker is a symbol for ... and my friends (one of whom is in TechX) had a meeting in there for a ... Google when I interned there for a second summer. I liked how it didn

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 2, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  August Questions Omnibus 2 Many more of your questions and my answers.

  

  , activities, and essays section of the application, I needed more room for a few ... thinking of sending in a DVD of a video I created for my church's Vacation ... and try for a higher score or does having pretty good course wrk balance

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  2021 Applicants: Answers to Your Emails Inspiration, Process, Components, Stress Mgmt, and More

  

  recommend registering for a MyMIT account (super simple!) now, if you haven ... under the Freshman Applicants tag: “A Protocol for MIT ... ;Sleep Is for the Strong" by Erick P. '17 “Why I Took a Gap

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 9, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  For Applicants Admitsphere.org, four hens, two ducks, best wishes and high regard from Mac-town, Oregon

  

  grows numb and your eyes go hazy from the computer screen, go for a walk ... near and the pressure is on--but for all of you who are still typing away ... to say, take a look at admitsphere.org. Admitsphere was devised by a

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 27, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  A question for you… No seriously I have a question

  

  What is a scientific/engineering topic that you find most difficult ... 'll explain why later) in a blog post. Some categories to think about ... subject, but if someone comes up with a good chemistry question I'll take a

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 22, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  A letter for you (yes, you)

  

  how MIT can play a further role in your story. For others, it will be an ... amount of gratitude toward you - yes, you! - for applying. I love learning ... affirmative decision tomorrow. Please fight those thoughts. A decision is not a

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • March 13, 2018
• Blog / Blog Projects

  A recipe for disaster Behind the scenes of the "giant pie" video

  

  , going for a Guinness world record for largest/most pies (way too big ... . We sat for a good 15 minutes trying to figure out how to stabilize it ... ideas ball the next day (a party that 1E throws every IAP for Bad Ideas

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • March 11, 2019
• Blog / Residential Life

  memorial for a dorm goodbye east campus (for now)

  

  https://soundcloud.com/user-192959956/memorial-for-a-dorm i felt the ... 't be on campus for a while i'll be in et, and the next time i'll be back will be for a therapy appointment but, whatever i don't know why i felt

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 6, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  For Newtown

  

  bombing of a Birmingham, AL church in 1963. Newtown, for what it's worth, there is a community here mourning with you and for you. Now I say to you ... Newtown, CT. I got home that night, ready to study for the final that I just

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 18, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Procrastination For Finals 2 T minus 53 hours...

  

  takes me for a ride I smile at the TA, I pray I'll be alright The exam is on my side and takes me for a ride I smile at the TA, I pray I'll be ... I've got a pocket, got a pocketful of orgo I've got a pain and I know

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 17, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Trumpeting for Assassins I get to watch each presidential assassination. Live. Over and over again.

  

  and picked up a trumpet. And got a 10. I assume it was for managing to ... to play in the pit orchestra for Assassins, a show performed by ... , who also wrote the lyrics for West Side Story. It's been a year since I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 26, 2011