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  DOMR My first crazy picture entry from Germany.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? GERMANY EDITION: In Germany, the energy content of ... , for the low, low price of 1,50 euro per hour. However, the upper room ... divulging trade secrets. Also, I can't really read most of the error messages

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 8, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  busy semesters and how to manage them it's organizational structures all the way down

  

  the oft-quoted line of Gatsby: "So we beat on, boats against the current ... my best to set up good practices at the beginning of the semester, but I am borne ceaselessly back into the mediocrity of the past. So far

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • March 10, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Just 41 Pictures I Took in 2017 Yultide Day 2

  

  This week, I am fulfilling my dream of taking over the Admissions page with a series of six consecutive posts. I am calling the takeover ... surprise goodie bag left at 3am on the the doors of East Campus residents

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 26, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How to make a glass pumpkin In celebration of the 2023 Great Glass Pumpkin Patch

  

  out the blob of glass with a tool called a “block” and blow a small bubble into it. While the glass is still hot, gather another layer of glass. And let’s make the pumpkin colourful! Roll the new layer of glass

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 29, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  The O.C. My first Central Meeting of the year.

  

  Thursday night was my first Central Meeting of the year. Not only did it conflict with the season premiere of Ben's favorite show, The O ... matter how innovative and well maintained, the systems of levees, seawalls

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 10, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  a peek in a week of my summer trying to enjoy it while it lasts

  

  a week to do them. I just hate the feeling of finishing a pset and the ... with). The three of us take turns running the meeting and share updates ... "]meal.[/annotation] The chances of me leaving this world because I choked on bread are

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • August 30, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Unknowns in illustrated list form

  

  this right. Specifically the snow piles in front of 77 Mass Ave. Once ... there a golden droplet at the end of the icicle? (Fun fact: Icicles form ... to be the Mexican version of Chuck Norris. This was admittedly a long

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 10, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  I don’t know where we’re going ...but we're following my map of MIT's campus.

  

  major and I have no idea how to navigate all the crazy twists and turns of those buildings on the north end of campus. Of course, I played it off ... thought hey, if I can get lost in the middle of campus after 3 years of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nobel Prize Week An exciting time for research, both noble and ignoble.

  

  (Also see Bryan's entry) The first full week of October is always an ... principle of metathesis. What is that? Organic substances contain the element ... with the assistance of special catalyst molecules. Metathesis can be

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / People & Identities

  requiem for the desert as temperatures rise higher

  

  but now I am aware of the sameness of everywhere, the unique beauty of a ... ’s my job to step in whenever someone complains of the heat and say, “You ... if the bedrock of our society came crumbling down. I was less shocked

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 30, 2023
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Curbing Hunger at MIT food for thought

  

  this show on the road.* A Couple of Doors Down (cooking is fun, too ... be easy to fall back on the sweet embrace of instant ramen, easy mac, and frozen dinners, cooking is the kind of skill you’ll be glad you

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 6, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Embracing Change How I came to be a cook in a professional kitchen this summer

  

  restaurants that I had never eaten at before. Beyond the statement of the ... was comfortable, easy, and safe. Safe was good. So what was the point of ... heading off to college, billed as perhaps one of the greatest changes my

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 20, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  blind spots on privilege

  

  entry to [annotation note="the Museum of Fine Arts"]the MFA,[/annotation] [annotation note="the Institute of Contemporary Arts"]the ICA ... aspects of the undergraduate life."]The UA[/annotation] helps fund

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • November 4, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  a house tour of mit sororities! meet aphi, axo, and theta

  

  Welcome to a tour of three MIT sorority houses! Believe it or not, sorority life is a thriving community here at MIT, with about ⅓ of undergraduate women being affiliated to one of the [annotation note="the six

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 21, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A HASS[le-free] Semester Stay for the videos!

  

  under the "Social Science" category of HASS). Ironically, at the end of ... sets, as I love the freedom of expression and the absence of a "right ... colleges, but I also love the rigors of science, which I grew up with, and

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 9, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Rudolph Family Weekend Better late than never, right?

  

  Rudolph, the set of parents of those students is a subset of the set of ... live in the suburbs of Boston, and they came into Cambridge last weekend ... : The Story of My Phone: At some point several weeks ago, the screen on

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 24, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  ISEF 2015 Recap researchers talking, and talking to researchers

  

  program of Society for Science & the Public (SSP), is the world ... their teams, a few of us met up at the Carnegie Science Center, saw ... experts in your field of research. As such, the best strategy is to provide

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 1, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  It isn’t what you know, it’s who you know The rules of the networking game

  

  Networking is important. Probably one of the most important skills ... collect information on is some kind of networking. The only rule of ... afraid to speak up and talk to people. Ever heard of the elevator pitch

  • by Becca H. '12
  • July 12, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bring Your Audience to Work Day In celebration of the annual Bring Your Audience to Work Day, the first Monday of…

  

  importantly, the least amount of employers willing to accommodate a paid ... of the group -- because after all, if I can open someone else's eyes to ... ? Today was "Bring Your Audience to Work Day," definitely one of the more

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 2, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Swag … I mean, Career Fair What I did not acquire at the career fair:A job.

  

  under the bed. I can see the floor of my room, for the first time in days ... the point of a career fair is to collect job prospects, not swag. In the ... list-y theme of this post, there are three reasons I used the career fair

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 30, 2010