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  wayfaring a pile of stuff that's happening

  

   prior classes I've taught in CMS/W. Here's the course description: This course ... achievement-focused. As Alyssa Keiko wrote for the Toast, in an essay I've seen ... much of what I learn in training is applicable to real life. The only

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 28, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Remnants of Four Years What happens when you have to start packing

  

  was like looking back through history, in t-shirts.  I've decided to ... choosing: a selection of t-shirts, shot in the ever wonderful medium of the i ... have to pack up your life from the past four years.  No more of this, "I

  • by Becca H. '12
  • June 6, 2012
• Blog / Events

  About Some Activities (ASA) More tangents than a trig test (~11 pictures)

  

  On Tuesday, a group of which I am a member had a large meeting in room 26-100 This is the same room in which I attended 8.01: Classical Mechanics (Physics) lecture with Sam '07 freshman year, and in which I heard

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Eric Lander, spring rolls, and the New York Times two of those three are related

  

  introduction--unless of course you've never heard of him, in which case I'll just ... which case I'll probably be too embarrassed to blog about it. In other not-lecture-related news, I moved into Senior Haus (much more on this in

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 6, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Things to Do While Waiting for Decisions Like elevator music, except without the awkwardness of standing next to a stranger whose priorities…

  

  , Sunmi, if you're American in - Me: I'M IN THE SHOWER! GET OUT! ... A couple weeks ago someone asked what I did to pass the time while I was waiting for early action decisions. I know there's no real way you

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Well I Know That It’s a Wonderful World from the sky down to the sea, but I can only see it when you're…

  

  means in english." i closed my eyes, unable to continue. ... I slept. I slept voraciously. I slept with a vigor to make up for all the lost sleep in the last 3 months. After obsessively refreshing

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 21, 2008
• Blog / Events

  How to MC Hammer AKA embarrassing yourself for charity

  

  challenges of varying degrees--I can proudly say I've already seen a concert in Boston (#37), but I have yet to earn my pirate's license (#64). I recently ... --participating in a charity event. I got to display the full range of my talents (or

  • by Connie H. '15
  • October 20, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  ..and Here We Go Again! [by Ken Haggerty '11] ARTalk is back!

  

  Association, and I do my research in Camera Culture, a group at the Media Lab ... experiences with you all! Ken Haggerty '11: I'm a junior majoring in brain + cognitive sciences with a minor in architecture. I was incredibly lucky to be

  • by ARTalk
  • February 5, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  A CPW Challenge I hope Chris Peterson doesn't fire me for too many prefrosh stealing his nametag...

  

  printed and are sitting in boxes waiting to be distributed to YOU when you come to the Student Center to check in tomorrow*? Oh no! How will I ever ... Wait wait! Stop! Hold the presses! I have one more thing to add to

  • by Kate R. '14
  • April 7, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Just A Small Town Girl Blogging in an awesome world.

  

  bizarre thing to get used to. But in addition to the people I met from ... wanted to do... with a little more science thrown in. I now get to study ... Duke Ellington and Miles Davis in the lovely Killian Court last year (I

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 17, 2010
• Blog / Class Projects

  Mind and Hand My first CNC project

  

  " in diameter (TINY!). I popped the part into the vice, set my zero at ... I've already mentioned how busy I am this semester and have gone over my schedule, but now it's time to show just what I've been busy with

  • by Snively '11
  • October 10, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Spirit of Competition [by MIDN Brendan McCord, '08] Every year, the Army, Navy, and Air Force duke it…

  

  of being in the Navy, when push comes to shove I knew that the guys on ... [by MIDN Brendan McCord, '08] The night still hung in the air at 0630 as the sun struggled to illuminate the lifeless region. In the center

  • by ROTC
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Sign of Things to Come If Paul Revere went to MIT, he'd say, "The psets are coming. The psets are…

  

  I guess summer is coming to a close. My schedule was posted on WebSIS. :-( [In all honesty, I'm actually really looking forward to this semester. The classes I'll be taking are really good, and I've wanted to take them

  • by Bryan
  • August 22, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Puzzled need a quick fix for your boredom? try this puzzle on for size.

  

  course of one weekend. Freshman year, some friends and I decided to ... prepare one another. This is the one I came up with. I'll be posting puzzles ... couple days later, I'll post the solution. Maybe you can join our team

  • by Bryan
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Skies over MacGregor Views of campus, Boston, and the Charles River from ten stories up.

  

  This summer Random Hall was under construction. When I was in town I ... tried to take photos when I was in town, starting with some evenings ... th I took photos on the way back from tooling on campus in our favorite

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 21, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  ISEF, BAMF, and other west coast adventures planning my next two weeks

  

  'm there often enough that I keep spare Cardinal gym passes in my wallet (as ... . ISEF will take up lots of my time, so I won't get to do much else in LA ... assured I will post it if that happens. May 22-26: Civics in the Sun Next

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 13, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Avoid spelling errors! The most commonly misspelled words I see on MIT applications.

  

  errors I see are not in the essay portion. People are pretty good about using spell check for that. More often, I see spelling errors in the ... As you begin your MIT application and other college applications, I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 25, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Fig. 3: La dolce vita snaps from an extended spring break

  

  , however, my exchange friends and I did a pre-Spring Break weekend trip in ... in Prague. I've traveled solo before, but this was the first time I'd done it for an extended, multi-city trip. In the following week, I went

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • April 23, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Punting

  

  studying civil engineering. I’m participating in the Cambridge ... in a big hall with 4 long tables where I am served a three course meal ... (where I’m staying) and dines here regularly. He’s in this

  • by Cambridge
  • October 3, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Helicopter Flight Training [by CDT Greg Wellman '09] 500 feet above Boston with two MIT Deans.

  

  [by CDT Greg Wellman '09] For the second time in my life, I had the chance to ride in a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter. My first experience was ... hard to get caught up in this experience and miss the whole takeoff. I

  • by ROTC
  • October 3, 2007