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  Review of “Shopgirl”

  

  to see "Shopgirl," a movie based on a novella by Steve Martin. Claire ... kiss or sitting in silence outside of a movie theater on a date just to ... , which he proceeds to mail to her after doing a little Facebookesque

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 5, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  some small distractions to help with many weighty things

  

  . like, actually, this man is losing his damn mind in a way you have to see ... together huh cat taking sled ride: also courtesy of my housemate! oh to be a ... there is a LOT going on in the world right now -- perhaps most

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 18, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Onion article about Robot Hazing at MIT Robot hazing at MIT *gasp!*

  

  13 inches in diameter, was reportedly forced to climb stairs built at a ... actuators to short out. A second robot, a biped from MIT's Leg Laboratory, was ... was locked in a room and forced to calculate pi to the 1083 decimal

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Class of 2012 Profiles of MIT's new freshmen.

  

  to out-of-state private universities. These stories, I think, give a ... a trail for other students and earned a scholarship to a prestigious ... awarded a full scholarship in an honors program to the Massachusetts

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 2, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Making friends by learning languages Welcome to the Language Conversation Exchange

  

  Africa. This semester, I'm making the journey to Harvard to take a class on ... channel. In order to help people find language partners, the LCE has a ... I logged in and made a profile with the intention of reaching out to

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 6, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Day at Stanford University wait, what?

  

  break, I decided to visit some of my Stanford friends and spend a day in ... talking to the students, however, a strange feeling of familiarity emerged ... fundraising for a project called Fuse!box, a "mobile hackerspace" designed to

  • by Allan K. '17
  • June 3, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  flowers of fire and light making art with printed circuit boards!

  

  organic, inspiring me to recreate this pattern as LEDs on a printed circuit ... allow me to make all the mistakes that a beginner PCB designer would and ... to lay out all of the components in a schematic. My main components

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • August 16, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’ve got questions; I’ve got (some) answers Answers to your questions.

  

  In response to this blog entry: (As a reminder) Don't hesitate to ask me questions any time; you don't just have to wait for a blog entry ... 'm Vietnamese, would you tell me about how to get a scholarship from MIT?" Hi Nam

  • by Bryan
  • October 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  What to expect when you’re expecting CPW Some thoughts and advice in advance of Campus Preview Weekend.

  

  Preview Weekend (CPW), I figured it would be worthwhile to spend a little time helping to set expectations for the weekend. Because CPW is such a ... it, and I hope I can give you a better sense of what to really expect

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 6, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  you’re on your own, kid

  

  considered me a friend taking time to check in on me. Another common thing I seem to hear alongside these check-ins are "I don't know a Cami without ... 'm plunging into the unknown and seeing what it's like to no longer have a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 5, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  speculation also a post about touching grass

  

  ask me questions i often pause for a while to think before giving a ... factor might be that the presence of other people forces me to think at a higher level of rigor than i’m used to the other day i called a stranger

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • March 19, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  Time Management Reading this article adds +15 to Time Skills

  

  would be a class about manipulating time to your whim through various ... something else (use it as leverage to get a smartphone from your parents: "mom ... inspired and motivated from a seminar or a new technology, but you've got to

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 1, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  What Did I Learn at MIT? a surprisingly hard question to answer

  

  A few weeks ago, in a true callback to our high school days, Paolo ... the Courseroad of all the classes I took at MIT, it's hard to pick out a ... of knowing things was fairly simple. I either knew how to solve a

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 28, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Essay-M A representative collection of an MIT student's best writing samples.

  

  You know, a while ago, Mitra did an entry on how to write a winning ... 's Degree, and become a teacher. I'll go to Penn State. I hope to have an "A ... [sic] red. My job will be a teacher. I will go to meetings to learn how

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 27, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  [Guest Post] Love Is Hard (A Sequel) wherein anon feels different from how he felt seven months ago

  

  many things. It's when seeing each other on campus brings a smile to ... certain smell suddenly starts to warm your heart in a way it never used to ... used to have. Or when a picture makes you want to climb into that moment

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 3, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Love Affair: 11.027 & New Orleans [by Janet Li '12] Spring break in NOLA.

  

  encompasses a variety of different specializations, ranging from urban design to ... everywhere in NOLA, from the decadent parade floats that seem to be a year ... [by Janet Li '12] A house decked out in Mardi Gras swag in the

  • by ARTalk
  • March 27, 2011
• Blog / How to MIT

  Laptops! It goes on the top of your lap.

  

  things I was looking forward to most about MIT was having a laptop and ... the Air. Issues with Macs If you are going to be a Mechanical Engineer you should avoid a Mac. That's not to say you can't have one, but your

  • by Snively '11
  • March 22, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  on regression the to your shitty high school self, and not linear, kind

  

  's gone, time has slowed to a crawl. my area issued a shelter-in-place until ... or with other people to "maximize productivity." i feel a compulsive ... [annotation note="i'm on a quest to plaster every inch of the walls of my

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 7, 2020
• Blog / Class Projects

  The Best and Worst Places to 💩 on Campus

  

  tool, or a visualization of some dataset.  We had the choice to make ... stalls (ranging from 'when i go there's always a stall available' to 'there ... they shit out a monster, if the stalls go all the way to the floor or if

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 9, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  A Fashion Free For All like the hunger games but we love each other

  

  really refreshing to be in a community so supportive and kind! My roommate, Mariia, and I decided to due a cute photoshoot of all the clothes we got ... come in and get clothes for absolutely free. From formal wear to scarves

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 26, 2019