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  Mormons and video gamers Bonding with strangers

  

  station (along with half of London, it seemed) I heard at least five or six ... On New Year's Eve, my family went out to see Book of Mormon. When ... integrity, I was glancing over at the guy sitting next to my sister, who

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 3, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Just My Luck The somewhat eventful story of my first EMT shift ever.

  

  spent at least an hour going through a massive checklist of everything in ... When asked how their first shift went, most of my fellow EMT students ... uneventful." My 4 pm-11 pm shift this past Sunday agrees with about 2/3 of

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 12, 2010
• Blog / Events

  The Great Debate: Latke vs. Hamentashen The post-coverage.

  

  , Jewish food is not. However, tonight, one of the largest lecture halls at ... year, his defense of latkes resorted to significant mudslinging. At one ... unique is that the professors use their own field of expertise to support

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 6, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Congratulations! You have been named… Time Magazine's Person of the Year!

  

  . Hacking and open-source both have deep roots at MIT. (I always get kind of annoyed when people outside of MIT laugh at us for calling pranks "hacks ... Time Magazine's Person of the Year. It's you. The person reading

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 18, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I “less than 3” the Chorallaries My relaxing and enjoyable vaction draws to a close. *sigh*

  

  Well, it's been quite a week of spring break adventures! I basically ... important on Monday, spent some time at the public library on Tuesday (I'm not ashamed to say that I adore that place), and picked April up at the bus stop

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 2, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  Seen and Not Seen I wonder, twice, if I might have made a similar mistake.

  

  -perfect meatballs to show for my work. I ended up with half of one at the end of the ... DID YOU KNOW? The melody of Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber's "I Don't Know How To Love Him" is remarkably similar to that of the second movement of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 24, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT is a jock school the secret is out

  

  not this much success at a national level, too?  WRONG!  The limits of ... famously nerdy culture. But also: the MIT where 25% of the undergraduates participate in one of the 33 varsity sports. The MIT where, underneath all the

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • May 11, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  hihi i’m back featuring all my favorite excuses

  

  seemed a weird and out of character, or at least been uninteresting. Out of ... of the way by taking two CI-Ms (communication intensive class in the ... [/caption] technological issues For most of the past few months, my 10-year old ipad that I

  • by Anika H. '26
  • December 30, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  last concert

  

  a speaker pointed at the performers instead of the audience, so that ... the day of the concert - they bring in their own equipment, set it up ... sets of mics, mixers, and speakers so the safe bet was to acquire as much

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 26, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  I Feel *a* Last or at least, I'm trying to

  

  halfway mark of my time at MIT. I felt like there were too many stories left ... bedroom, but a classroom. The camera pans over tens of student's heads bent over blue examination booklets, and stops at me scribbling away at my

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 22, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  aquaporin adventures a livestream of my brain while working on my urop

  

  cells exchange their water in the matter of milliseconds. Proof?" The Science Problem: How fast does water get in/out of cells? 1:31 am: I’m going to work on this for half an hour Thought 1: Rate of water swooshing

  • by Alice L. '24
  • February 25, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Preparing for Pi Day MIT decisions come out this Friday: what to do between now and then...

  

  last year, so decisions came out at something like 9:30 AM on a Saturday morning (Pacific time). During that time, I was scheduled to be at a day ... thrill of waiting for the admissions results page to load by proxy, via my

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 10, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Mustaches in the airport, Daleks in the library, and Food in many stomachs French House winter traditions

  

  lounge at the bottom of the New House 6 staircase: And, as is our nature ... lasagna, tiramisu, and some kind of pumpkin roll cake thing. At this point ... traditions that outlast any particular generation of residents. I live in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 27, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  We Treat You Nicely VOTE VOTE VOTE!

  

  of those ways is to attend MIT. Another one of those ways is to visit ... MIT into that day as possible, but that's kind of what MIT is like, right? Cramming a ton of stuff into a really short time period? I have

  • by Snively '11
  • November 13, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Sam Survey I'M HOSED.

  

  easy, in that order Record for number of grapes held in mouth at one time ... feel like I'm at Disneyland Song used as the opening credits of your ... ..), but I haven't posted at all in March, and if I stopped posted entirely

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All About the MCATs All about the MCATs and what you need to take to prepare for it!

  

  joy of working at the NIH National Human Genome Research Institute ... amassed a boatload of excuses so feel free to complain and I'll send you one back. I assume that most of you have taken the SATs and that you studied

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 25, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Visualize whirled peas

  

  much at peace. Last night I went to see the opening night premiere of ... tables) my office (weekends only) You'll find me at one of these five ... I don't want to alarm those of you in California, Texas, Florida

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 12, 2004
• Blog / Personal Projects

  reflecting on 2020 goals and planning for 2021

  

  if I managed to find balance at MIT, then the rest of my life should be ... that balance. And doing so has come at the cost of my grades which has ... In high school, I neglected many of my personal interests to make

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • March 30, 2021
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  All the Blogs I Didn’t Blog A memorial

  

  granted the convenience of having my friends in the same dorm, or at least ... Hello, my name is Taylor. I’m still alive, although my lack of communication may have indicated otherwise. It’s been a couple of months now since

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

  a shocking look inside a macgregor single where my loners at

  

  I have to move out of my room that I've lived in for four semesters and a summer. It stings a little, but I figured I'd introduce you to my ... (askabby at mit dot edu) or comment below if you have any questions.

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 23, 2018