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  firsts of first year 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1…

  

  with fire spinning Painted for a final project with a friend Ice skated outdoors Went to [annotation note='during IAP with Concourse, a first-year learning community, to study Greek philosophy. growing up, I

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • December 31, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Play it again, Sam You wouldn't be saying that if you were in lab with me.

  

  get to pass 6.002 for one. But you also get music. Sweet music. I was ... -sounding piano ballad, but the distortion was too great for me to figure out which ... get at MIT, with all the work they have to do? Well, yesterday I broke

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 11, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Biochemistry at its finest!

  

  wanted to donate blood for a demonstration. I thought he was joking and ... for the first month of the semester. Indeed, it was a sad day. For 1 ... giant lecture halls) to watch Yaffe cover crazy amounts of information in

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Not About the Name First impressions

  

  of the extent to which people here are open to learning for the sake of ... About a week and a half ago, I arrived at Logan airport to start this ... commented, “Oh, MIT. My siblings went there,” and proceeded to talk to us

  • by Ana V. '15
  • September 3, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Come Together What do you believe in?

  

  physically significant counter-example to this premise. Let's start from the ... Munroe. Generally the comic is true to its tagline. It's nerdy, it's cute ... entirely relatable. Due to the overwhelming popularity of the webcomic here

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 9, 2007
• Blog / Events

  RecomMITted On Ring Delivery and the halfway mark

  

  I — all of Class of 2019 — had been looking forward to this day all ... 's motivated me to get through some hard weeks — "It's almost time," they said ... headed over to the State Room. Luckily, groups of people were still

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • May 2, 2017
• Blog / MISTI

  The Last Day at Gymnasium Untergriesbach as part of the MIT-Germany Global Teaching Labs Program

  

  's lounge trying to hold onto the comfort that I have grasped to ... teachers, excellent students, and a beautiful school, I have been smiling for ... day here, I was more nervous than a CEO about to tell his staff that he

  • by MISTI Program
  • March 12, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Class of 2016 Ring Delivery! MY RING IS SO PRETTY!

  

  picture with Harry! Thanks to Will R. '16 for taking this picture! Here is ... Last night, MIT sophomores dressed in black-tie attire flocked to the beautiful State Room in Boston to receive their glorious Brass Rats! Michael

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 25, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  All these days I spend away What does "home" mean to you?

  

  , ranging from ever-welcome three-day weekends to (most beloved of all) the ... any class. But on the other hand, most professors still expect us to put ... the MIT populace as a whole, but I have some amount of work to do - or

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 25, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  IAP=Watermelon in January I honestly can't think of a better analogy.

  

  ’s definitely not because I’ve decided to relax too much and lead a quiet ... . already. So without further ado, my top 10 excuses for neglecting my blog-ly duties: 10. I was doing physics:  During IAP you’re only allowed to take

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 9, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Sunday in the Park With chemistry

  

  If you walk down Massachusetts Avenue to the Charles River esplanade ... thy salad (/exaggeration). Every morning for the past two weeks, I ... decency to ring their bells at least 3 meters before nicking off your left

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 26, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Ben Jones Name: Ben Jones; Job title: Communications Dude, MIT Office of Admissions; Hometown: Baltimore, MD

  

  for a reason to admit you. In other words, we don't connect with pieces ... collectively create - impossible to describe, must be experienced. Another of my ... 've seen a truly mind-blowing hack. Someone needs to do something about that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 1, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Work and Energy Can't do the former if you don't have the latter.

  

  , gathered my books, went to a study room, and didn't move for about four hours, during which time I read avidly for 18.02 (Multivariable Calculus) and STS ... new meaning. So this week, I decided to shape up a little. By this, I

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 7, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  LIFE! is my favorite entry title.

  

  good idea of who I am – random, likes artsy stuff, etc, etc. But to round ... processed more than enough thoughts to fill five entries. But let’s start in ... telling me to schedule a makeup exam. But it’s more like this is not exactly

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  “The Flying Luxury Hotel of Tomorrow” The luxury cruise of tomorrow is sweet!

  

  precise adjustments in flight dynamics to compensate for outside conditions ... additional lift to keep the behemoth and its 400-ton payload aloft while ... prototype and expects to have one completed by 2010. Pasternak says several

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 19, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  Nerd movie update

  

  my old Baker House housemate, who was a Sequence Supervisor for special ... special effects blockbuster, you may want to check out this department. I also caught The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy recently. Though I was a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  New York, New York

  

  assessments for entering M.I.T. freshmen. He fears that the new 25-minute SAT essay test that started in March - and will be given for the second time ... writing habits. "It appeared to me that regardless of what a student wrote

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 4, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  MITiplication This entry contains one multiplication problem.

  

  . We're now ready to play a short psychological game. A private ... imaginary answer. Ex: “7 times 7 is 49, drop the 9, carry the 4 to the next ... instinct was Method 2, you'd also show a natural talent for parallel parking

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • June 20, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Orgo Birthday Happy birthday, Ting Ting!

  

  semester I applied for and joined ESG (Experimental Study Group), a freshman ... 450), but it's definitely an awesome community to be a part of and a different approach to the GIRs. Typically, freshman classes have huge

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 14, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Paint Work I Ruth and I paint our rooms. First in a seven-part miniseries directed by Ken Burns.

  

  trying to study for the 5.43: Advanced Organic Chemistry final. Just come ... This was supposed to be a deeply philosophical entry on the wonders ... better just not even bother clicking the link below; trying to download all

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 8, 2005