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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I don’t like SPAM! Technology to the rescue!

  

  much to bear. You can relax, because today I’m taking the high road. That’s in no small part because I really dislike computer SPAM. We ... I know you’re already thinking to yourself, “Where is Dave going to

  • by Dave McOwen
  • October 6, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Preparing for Pi Day MIT decisions come out this Friday: what to do between now and then...

  

  't have a smartphone. I sure wasn't going to spend all day in agonized ... . I'm talking about you, /massachusetts-institute-technology. In my ... ...don't freak out. 1. Prepare Your Wifi I applied early to MIT

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 10, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ushering in a New Era An open letter to Pass/No Record (with footnotes!)

  

  fun in the fall and I’m grateful for the stress relief you provided. The ... numbers in the superscript like they do in those fancy publications, but I can't seem to do that here. I had to settle for these floating stars

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 9, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  Places I Became Human Hey guys, I think I'm back :)

  

  I kept my composure until I didn’t. Nothing in particular triggered ... ’t the same person I was at the end of September. In September, I wouldn ... in the sand. I walked to the Harvard Bridge with a friend to sink the

  • by Powers '23
  • November 21, 2019
• Blog / Blog Projects

  How I Write My Data Analysis Blogs just in case you were wondering

  

  inside an app like Facebook, I look for ways through which I can request a ... it. If the data doesn't exist yet, I can start creating it. If the question I'm trying to answer is more personal, I can begin tracking

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 28, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Days in lives that aren’t mine in a parallel universe

  

  I wake up at 9 AM, and it's the first time in a while that I've been ... placing it in the drying rack, I head back upstairs and grab my laptop ... house, looking for people to bother. I spot Noah in the basement. "What

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 22, 2020
• Blog / MISTI

  We open in Venice We next play Firenze, then on to Pisa (lots of laughs in Pisa), our next…

  

  check, I glanced in a vending machine and saw a mysterious brown ... combination of yuck yuck and gross," and I don't know that I can really improve ... campsite (with outdoor showers!), I spent as much in one day in Venice as I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 18, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Since I Been Gone Running and nice weather -- and no school

  

  thing that the last time they visited was in August.) Anyway, I was in ... from Phi Sigma Kappa's house in Kenmore Square, where I drank free ... the marathon in 2006. I have since learned that Phi Sig is about a mile

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 3, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  Lost, Hosed & Confused I got hacked today.

  

  a brief nap in the student lounge off of the Infinite Corridor. When I ... Basically, I got hacked. Can I just say I love this school? :) ... You know how in Saturday morning cartoons, there's usually some guy

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 25, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  So the rest of your decisions are coming in and let's take a second to talk about it

  

  week and next. I remember this week in late March as a very scary time ... , you’ll do amazing things anyway.” I can show you all the world ... satisfied enough to embark on the eight-hour grind. I realized the error in my

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • March 27, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  though I will likely have very little to do with structural engineering in ... In order to graduate from Course 1, you have to take a class called 1 ... in MIT speak). There are a LOT of components to this class, but one of

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

  The second-best picture we took in Paris This entry is dedicated to Regis Philbin.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? I. M. Pei, who graduated from the MIT school of architecture in 1940, designed the glass pyramids in front of the Louvre. "Agh, I'm so tired." "Guys! We can get a great picture with the pyramid. Get in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 22, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Top Ten Reasons I’m Thankful for Thanksgiving Breaaaaaaaaakkkkkkk!!!!!!

  

  all to me - so now, I understand it in a kind-of-not-really sort of way. How I wish I were like my friend in high school, who would fall asleep ... me. 7. I can make fun of Aditya '13, Swetha '13, and Pooja '13. Why

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 24, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s in a name? Is “geek” now chic? Are we happy with the word “nerd”?

  

  questions remind me of a time when I was coming out as gay in my 30s, when I ... hand, and their scooters tossed on their sides in the driveway, and I ... until recently. And I suspected, not in a very clear light when it did. It

  • by Kris Guay
  • July 4, 2011
• Blog / How to Food

  what i ate in a month* *basically true to my word this time but at what cost

  

  trader joes for the second time in two days (obsessed what can i say) and ... note="i live in Burton-Conner and thus am free from the shackles of a ... [annotation note="in Toronto specifically… I didn’t research or travel far

  • by Janet G. '27
  • January 19, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day in the Life (3)… [Biochemistry] Another biochemist sharing his experience as an exchange student.

  

  equiped to look pretty in the lab. For example, I can pour a gel, then set ... doesn't cure cancer. But it's a fascinating subject, which I doubt I can ... remember most about Cambridge. As for Biochemistry, I hope students in either

  • by Cambridge
  • May 13, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP 2006

  

  living. Mmm, I can go running in the park if it's not too snowy. Someone in ... can apply to up to 3 positions in the San Francisco, New York, Los ... advice you can get from alums in your major who have gone into different

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 3, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Keep in mind I try to be helpful sometimes.

  

  I've been involved, in some form or fashion, with MIT Admissions for ... , back when I was in the thick of it. Now, my role as a blogger, is to ... until you live here you just can't know. Be completely honest in your

  • by Snively '11
  • July 16, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  in an effort to be whole again recovery

  

  and b) 18.02 is asynchronous, meaning I can watch lectures ... (Tuesdays and Thursdays 1-2PM), when I am in 8.021 giving my full effort and ... campus living at MIT, I would try to never study in Random. I found it was

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 23, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  My freshman year is almost over honest thoughts on it

  

  build myself in ways that I can't predict now. I still have imposter ... that I should've worked harder in my classes, even though I also know ... try my best to be forgiving towards myself, but I still slip once in a

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • May 16, 2022