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  Stop and Smell the Seasons Before it's winter and your nose is so numb you can't smell anything.

  

  effervescence of autumn in just one day. Photo credits to Elisa '17. Thanks for ... waiting for summer to turn into winter. I want to invite fall into my humble ... California for ten years now, but unlike other sun-loving transplants, I

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • November 3, 2013
• Blog / Hacks

  some things my eyes saw recently (this is exactly what it says on the tin)

  

  to start working there all the time, just for the view!) but here's the ... (including an 11.30 trip to Verde's for more packing tape) and was absolutely ... some rays together. I am extremely happy to be home for the summer. ^-^

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 24, 2019
• Blog / Events

  2015 Brass Rat finally unveiled!!!

  

  to design the class' ring. For such a small piece of jewelry, it has so ... pendulum for brave prefrosh to take a ride in. You can see the double ... graduate, a symbol of our experiences, a reason for alumni to stop and chat

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 24, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  i don’t know where you’re going but do you got room for one more troubled soul?

  

  whatever my whims ask for next, and it seems to have worked out. I have a ... just a semester of my undergraduate career left, it's hard not to. Every ... 've found it hard to stay present. I've been enjoying my time in Madrid

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 20, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Syzygy, basically. uh, what?

  

  advice for the wandering undergrads including, "apply to grad school, even ... presentation in the same week, I'd never been so behind on work. For Thanksgiving I had traveled to Maryland (where my mom now lives due to work) to

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

  dance dance revolution lessons from ddr

  

  than i’d expected to, largely because the learning curve for beginners is ... for each beat, the decrease in screen clutter allowed me to read off the ... walker memorial. i have known this fact for at least a year, but didn

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 30, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Touring an IS&T Datacenter, and How My Dad Crashed the Internet I promise they're related.

  

  out, he used it as an example to advocate for network security upgrades ... few days. That's over now, so breathe and allow me to distract you with ... managed to crash the Internet. I don't want to lead with that story though

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • November 2, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  my freshman year playlist 2/3 of a year in 25 songs

  

  May. the rules for adding to this playlist were very limited—i mainly ... school year. later, though, i choreographed to it for my dance show, so i ... met in Taiwan is in. i listened to it nonstop for three days in November

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 21, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Zone Cell Challenge Why work when you can hack other people's servers?

  

  , for example, the sipb.mit.edu cell, run by the SIPB. This allows SIPB to ... to program a Turing machine - it's due Thursday. Or the revision of my ... design I'm going to write up). Or either of the psets in my other two

  • by Evan B. '10
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Happy New Year! A look back at 2006 and ahead to 2007

  

  libraries to understand cancer and disease, studied addiction, made plans for ... Happy New Year! It’s hard to believe that it’s already 2007. 2006 was the year of YouTube, iPods, gas for $3.50 a gallon, record

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 2, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Rain is evil There's only one kind of good snow, and rain isn't it.

  

  misfortune to be around me the last few weeks. All I do is complain about the ... crazy lately. Plus, at home, I never have to walk 15 minutes to work ... electricity. It has no right being this cold out if it's not going to snow." And

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 14, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ask me (an mit alum, maybe) anything! aka, am(amam)a

  

  filled with road trips, starting to rock climb climbing, hanging with ... figured I'd say hello to all of you lovely folks in the style of Qiaochu Y ... 've never seen an AMA before: in the comments below, feel free to ask any

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • August 12, 2021
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  This year well over 18,000 students applied to MIT, the most in our ... applicant pool we were unable to offer admission to many, many incredible students whom we would love to have on campus. However, we did place some

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  It’s FPOPpin’ Whatchu know 'bout me?

  

  FPOPs, chances for freshmen to dabble in a huge variety of subject and ... obligated to wax rhapsodic about things that didn't happen very long ago.  I ... year ago. It was a beauteous midsummer morn, and I was filled to the brim

  • by Tom R. '14
  • September 6, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Apple Juice Liberation! Something very important happened to me when I came to MIT a few weeks ago.…

  

  juice. I’ve been waiting most of my teenage years for the freedom to drink ... project. Almost immediately, I was admonished for not wearing close-toed ... footwear, and went back downstairs to see if I could help. I hauled wood for

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 17, 2010
• Blog / Events

  The end, my friend Pictures from my graduation :(

  

  't have to leave this place for long... Friday June 6, 2008 began in the indoor track. All graduates (undergrads, Masters, and PhDs) were told to ... sappy reflective entry (that will come later!) Instead, I wanted to share

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 7, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  It All Started with a Sound Board… [By Harrison Bralower '11] I was pleased to find that MIT had a very strong…

  

  to taking for-credit classes, you can do for-credit practicum work with ... workshops for anyone looking to do a little work on the side or just learn ... in eighth grade my class went to the local high school to see a

  • by ARTalk
  • January 31, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Christina Royce: Analyzing Re-entry Systems Christina Royce, a senior double majoring in Mechanical Engineering, with a concentration in Manufacturing through…

  

  infeasible for Intel to scrap all of their existing machinery, which is ... To manufacture the silicon chips that run your computer, silicon ... Lab for Manufacturing and Productivity (LMP). Her thesis advisor is Dr

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 21, 2006
• Blog / Events

  TBP Dinner Sex@MIT is the most-watched video on CNN.com! (but it's not pornography!)

  

  Stay tuned for an entry on the phenomenal Handel scholar Professor ... of Sam '07, a nationally honored engineer) to hear a musicologist ... introduced me to Chris '09, who apparently had been "really looking forward" to

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 10, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  DOFMH A sick day from work, where "sick" means "I wanted a day off"

  

  grade teacher) used to encourage me to occasionally take a DOFMH -- day off for mental health -- from school. (To be honest, Mom likes to play ... for snickerdoodles at LaVerde's, and they needed to get baked -- I find

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 25, 2005