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• Blog / Hacks

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

  

   watermelon and lots more food from Shaws to [seemingly] the ends of the earth in a ... ’s definitely not because I’ve decided to relax too much and lead a quiet ... -ly duties: 10. I was doing physics:  During IAP you’re only allowed to take

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

  Less Than Perfect Bottle Rockets, Crossword Puzzles, and Half-Marathons

  

  down in bed than it was to get my butt to the gym. Even when I got back ... was the one pulling the launch string) so I didn’t get to see it happen in real time, but if my team mates are to be believed, the rocket went

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 10, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Eleven "And the award for 'least creative entry title ever' goes to..."

  

  , so I had to go to regular check-in and there was a really long line ... really fast. Then I got the people standing in line for security to let me ... decide to major in Architecture or Management, or if you just want to leave

  • by Karen F. '11
  • May 20, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

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

  

  much time; at midnight, a blogger moratorium kicks in. To respect the ... way too much studying to do. And regretted it, as I sat in my room for ... . Eyes were wide. Slowly, residents gathered in the hallways to listen. And

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

  Nance Nance Revolution! (+ My CPW Recap) New art and new memories.

  

  left the students to their own devices. As we say in the urban vernacular ... ,000 worth of tuition ought to get the parents something too!) The student ... schedules to assist the admissions office in recruiting our fair share of

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • April 25, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  food diaries pt. 3 amazing restaurants around MIT

  

  restaurants. When I tried to go in person last year, I gave up after waiting for ... Somehow, I've explored more of Boston and Cambridge while living in ... restaurants I'd go to were [annotation note="small local chain with pizza that

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 8, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  The mail, and more

  

  like to get their boss' boss (or boss' boss' boss) to write the letter ... asking the aide in that politician's office that they worked for to write ... Chemistry major who had a UROP in the History department. Off to look at the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 4, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Mathisms and other linguistic quirks of the nerd incubator

  

  almost completely unrelated to the previous discussion” Explanation: In ... ‘insignificant.’ In math contexts, though, ‘trivial’ generally refers to something ... escape the trivial. 8/10 epsilon Example: “It’s getting warm, I’m going to

  • by Allison E. '27
  • November 15, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Incentive to Drop Out Two MIT students get $100,000 and lots of opportunities in a two-year fellowship.

  

  to MIT in two years, I wish you all the best for the future ... are indeed under 20 years of age. According to the press release, more ... were selected to "become the next generation of tech visionaries

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 26, 2011
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  All the Blogs I Didn’t Blog A memorial

  

  min bus rides to class sound incredibly unappealing. As does getting ... that leads to three nights in a row of cereal for dinner. Don’t do it ... self-reflection in a way. There’s obviously classes you have to take to

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • August 14, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Supposedly Fun Thing That I’ll Probably Do Again On July 4th, I reenacted The Old Man and the Sea, minus the old man…

  

  succumbed to a four-hour soak in liquid described by writer Bernard DeVoto as ... legs to be amputated by radioactive flesh-eating eels in the Charles ... My first Fourth of July in Boston was spent on an inflatable 61-inch

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 7, 2009
• Blog / Events

  MIT PUMPKIN DROP 2012! chucking pumpkins off the highest building in cambridge. that's an exclamation mark, not a factorial.

  

  enough chocolate in general to sink a small ship, midnight did indeed roll ... guilt, over to the east side of campus, and stood in a semicircle under ... Saturday before Halloween - they watch hundreds of pumpkins get tossed off

  • by Michael C. '16
  • October 28, 2012
• Blog / Classes

  Academic Things I’ve Learned no life lessons, promise

  

  In high school I always wanted to know what you learned in college ... of discoveries were made in 1930s Germany, and I wanted to keep ... survive on ramen and coffee before getting scurvy, but the mundane details

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 26, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  train of thought on feeling deeply

  

  large swathes of time to feel and think deeply at MIT. When you’re in a ... time to cry. This fucking pset is due in an hour. Maybe you’ll crystalize ... and getting to witness the vibrant art, poetry, and theater scenes of

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 26, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  rating classes from this semester the good, the bad & the underrated

  

  have so much to do. In the last few months, my writing career got pushed to the back burner so I could survive my classes (four technicals, all ... studying the subject, since I found it was easy to "get by" by just doing the

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 26, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back Home No Strings Attached

  

  've flown in the summer since I came to college in 2007. My only experiences ... semester at MIT, something I didn't get to do last summer. I went to bed early and woke up early, to weather like this People in Boston will

  • by Snively '11
  • May 24, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  We met an alumnus from the Class of 1952 and fixed a window, and went bouldering.

  

  hands. From outside, I could see how the latch had to be adjusted in order ... until I found a way to get back into the hallway. After receiving ... came hurtling in our direction and, huffing and puffing, managed to spit

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 16, 2014
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  hello seattle i'm on the west coast!!

  

  plane to get from one point in the country to another."][/annotation] the ... different mindset compared to three weeks ago. then, i was still in MIT mode ... nothing due. i wanted to spend a day in nyc from sheer boredom, but it

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • June 3, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Gravity Rides Everything We are gathered here today to allude to rapidly accelerating bouncy balls and The Moon…

  

  you guys actually read it. What's up with that?! -fed you. Even in the ... chair for Senior Haus eliminated any chance of getting some of that. $10 ... your parents what to expect over the next year. (She's visiting for a

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 17, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My Disappointment Is Immeasurable And My Day Is Ruined A story about cream soda

  

  Office gave a presentation about adjusting to life in the alien environment ... to learn that it also existed in the US. None of the MIT dining halls ... to how prevalent creme soda is as a flavour in South Africa. I grew up

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 15, 2022