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  aeroastro privilege all-expenses-paid tour to seattle and los angeles

  

  Being a major in Course 16 (Aeronautics and Astronautics, or AeroAstro for short) has its benefits. For instance, we all got priority tickets to the AeroAstro Centennial (which closed with…

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 10, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  self-assessment, re: playwriting notes on taking playwrights' workshop this semester

  

  Though I’ve thought of myself as a writer for most of my life, I always struggled with fiction writing and long-form storytelling. Writing a news article for the school paper…

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 9, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Awesome Biology UROP: florescent plants, genomes, metabolomes, big data, puzzles + more! Bonus: A VIDEO!

  

  simplified overview-- being aimed at the K-12 level-- so I wanted to include

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • October 25, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Halls are Alive with the sounds of students...

  

  K and were looking for other options. I couldn't readily think of

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • September 25, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Deadline where I attempt to reason through an approaching all-nighter

  

  I have discarded jeans for yoga pants. My laundry load does not fit in the large washer. Chocolate and peanuts and granola make me groan, for too often they have…

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 17, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Happenings What's been going on? Recent events at le MIT.

  

  . '17, Evan D. '17, Nick M. '17, Nadia M. '17, Alex D. '17, Sean K. '14

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • May 4, 2014
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Uba Quubick Hubellubo Ubit's bubeen uba whubile, hubasubn't ubit?

  

  spubend uba lubot ubof tubime ubonlubine, uband hubave rubacked ubup 21k

  • by Snively '11
  • January 19, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  An Experiment in Independence: PART TWO.

  

  Happy Friday! It’s now about halfway through IAP, Independent Activities Period, Period of Independence and Activity-Doing! I’ve lived here in Maryland for about two weeks now, all by myself, working…

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

  Christmas: The Playlist and much music was had.

  

  But first I’m going to talk about the Toons. Some of you might recall that I’m in an a cappella group with a lot of really great people. Well, that…

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 7, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Fashion Design at MIT calling all fashionistos and fashionistas [pictures inside!]

  

  Fashion is, evidently, alive and thriving at MIT (we’re not just a bunch of nerds who always wear hoodies and jeans!). Tonight, Kappa Alpha Theta hosted their annual fashion show,…

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 16, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Art and Craft of Taking Notes ...take note.

  

  One of the habits I developed in high school is carrying a notebook and pen wherever I go. It’s kind of like a journal, but I don’t exactly like the…

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 1, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Four Weeks of Freedom What I'm doing for my last 4 weeks in the US!

  

  The arrival of September 1st signifies exactly 4 weeks until I board a flight to the U.K and embark on the second half of my college journey. And over the last 3 weeks most of the conversations I've had

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • September 2, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  Hidden Treasures @ MIT: Pistol Think Pistols Are Cool? Wait Till You Meet Mike Conti

  

  very Christian Bale manner.   Trying to Relive My Old Pistol Days (a.k

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 4, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A Seemingly Stressful Survey The Tech publishes about stress at the institute

  

  also includes an interview with fellow admissions blogger Lydia K! http

  • by Stanley G.
  • December 7, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Kick . . . start

  

  YOUR help. Our shows take about $200k to build through to completion and

  • by Snively '11
  • June 8, 2012
• Blog / How to Food

  Adventures with Miracle Fruit The lemons had a meaty flavor that should not have been there.

  

  The berry of the West African Synsepalum dulcificum (miracle fruit) bush has been popular in the United States since the 70s for its temporary effect on taste. The berry’s miraculin…

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 12, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  Free Flu Shots Better than free pizza.

  

  Influenza A, subtype H1N1 is the most famous swine flu virus. It is endemic to birds, humans, and pigs. The 2009 strain was officially a pandemic from June 2009 to…

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 24, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  2 AM Destiny An early evening snapshot of an MIT kitchen

  

  2:47 am, better known 26:47. Three hours and 13 minutes before the day rolls over, by Random Hall Standard Time. Destiny, the southern half of the first floor of Random…

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 12, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  A Maple Peach in Cambridge They have some weird fruit here

  

  used to do with Tinker Toys and K’nex. Perhaps it was DESTINY. Whatever

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 5, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cool People. And Lunch! visiting committees = awesome.

  

  A few weeks ago, Susan Lanza (the undergraduate administrator for MIT's Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences a.k.a. Course 9) sent out the following email: "I , and the department are looking for 4-6 volunteers from

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 26, 2011