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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  browser archaeology a non-comprehensive analysis of the 95 tabs I have open on my phone

  

  vocalists to get private lessons for free! I've never even auditioned because ... to students. You buy one (1) card for $10, and you get to go to most ... a few tabs I keep around permanently because I am likely to refer back

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 27, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Orgo and physics and math, oh my 57 units of academic fun fun fun. Now with humanities!

  

  to say students don't get individual attention from professors at MIT ... general excitement to begin my second semester at MIT (keep in mind this was back during IAP, before I'd started having to actually do any work for

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 26, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  In many ways on average-posting

  

  mostly miserable. I had already decided to apply to the Admissions Blogs at ... so I would often talk to her about her blogs, and see her post them. It was always an event. Our other roommate, Nora and I would race to

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • October 7, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  prophecies reversing causality

  

  children, causing his son zeus to hate him and eventually overthrow him ... a scenario, all the dogs quickly learned to jump over the hoop ... the control group, at which point they did not attempt to jump over the

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 2, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  When Things Go Wrong: A Survival Guide? Come, obtain guidance from someone who's just as clueless as you are...

  

  thing is that I was so careful this ENTIRE summer to not get injured, but ... known before. I move to attack a Simmons resident. As he swings his pool noodle I shift my weight to dodge the blow... but then I’m on the ground. I

  • by Powers '23
  • September 13, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Life of a Black Person A followup to the amazing Black Lives Matter Post

  

  and families in order to get a better education, so that my siblings and ... I would like to preface this by saying if you haven't read Vincent ... . From the murder of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, to the tragic

  • by Ben O. '19
  • July 11, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Take Only Memories Leave Only Footprints

  

  I just came back to my dorm room from all the graduation hooplah. I ... strange feeling (being graduated, not being sunburned. I'm plenty used to that by now.) On MIT’s list of 101 things to do before graduation for

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 8, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blinky Lights (Part I) An example of how I go about building things.

  

  becomes cheaper to get it for the whole day, so we threw in a trip to IKEA ... And I'm back! I'm determined to make up for not posting at all in the last month by being incredibly prolific in the next. I expect this to

  • by Evan B. '10
  • September 21, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More on the Paris Metro Our final review was Monday - officials from the Paris public transport authority flew in…

  

  RATP (which I'll get to shortly). A photo of Madeleine station ... . For the past four months, I've been working with the MIT Design Lab to propose improvements to and new ideas for the metropolitan Paris subway

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • May 16, 2007
• Blog / Classes

  the classes among us reflections and too many flashbacks on classes ft. ESG

  

  need some time to get accustomed to a new atmosphere, but over time, I ... , taking a class surrounded by countless other students. Similar to the ... , I start the year planning to participate, but those plans go haywire

  • by Waly N. '24
  • October 12, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  You’re stressed. So are we; here's how we deal with it.

  

  was soothing to get outside - to talk with an old friend, to do things ... decision applications to college, and, for many of my senior friends, applications to graduate schools and fellowships. My stress falls mainly under

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 17, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Religious Discussions Yes, there are non-atheists at MIT. But they still like science jokes.

  

  's just so hard to get through a whole book in a non-native language. It ... IAP, as you might have heard, is a fun and exciting time to be at MIT ... work hours. But today I was finally able to attend one of the seminars I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 24, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Academic Marathon If Mollie's boyfriend can complain, so can I.

  

  really need to go get caught up on work so I can have fun this weekend ... . After that, I dedicated all of my time to studying for the 8.02 exam that was held 7:30 that night. I finished around 9:15, got back to my room

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 15, 2006
• 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 ... , in MIT lingo, is “accelerated” Calculus I, meaning we get a whirlwind

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I Could Write a Song a Hundred Miles Long I only sing Coldplay because it will help me get girls.

  

  that every Wednesday, we'd bring in our compositions and get to work on ... Chamberlain claimed to have slept with almost 20,000 women. Since he was 56 at the time of that statement, this would correspond to Wilt having slept

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 26, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll) Things just about get crazy-go-nuts.

  

  . Okay, so let's get right to the... MORAL OF THE ENTRY: Cook with your ... students. While I could survive on Anna's Taqueria and get all the major food groups, it's a lot more interesting to cook for myself. By the way, I hate

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 3, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT References

  

  Okay, I'll admit that it's been a slow week for me, so I'm going to ... Economics Department to receive the Clark Medal." According to Soundings ... Jane (Angelina Jolie) are revealing to each other the lies they have told

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 25, 2005
• Blog / Class Projects

  weld your own bike and other IAP activities

  

  had to get it done during IAP. Maybe in just one night. I went in to ... for hours. The heat gets to you slowly. Blisters blossom all over your ... is less caught under the firehose, so there tends to be more

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 1, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  MY college essay 498 words of angst.

  

  going in as a girl,that know has changed, it if I can get her to read your ... get off campus for awhile. I'm even more confident to not continue on ... or three miles away. I was going to get there first, or die trying. I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 12, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So apparently the Media Lab figured out how to 3D print glass and it's pretty glorious

  

  a way to 3D print glass. I'd actually seen some objects on display at ... tied to techniques used for its formation. From the discovery of core ... blow pipe during Roman times, to the modern industrial Pilkington process

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 24, 2015