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  In Which I Sound Like an Old Man I'm really not that old...according to CVS cashiers, I apparently look 17 =p

  

  semester - and also, I've mastered the art of changing out of a suit in a ... much to say in this entry other than to give a brief update of how my ... successes. Just last semester, I got my first ever A+ in MIT - A PLUS

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 21, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On Being an Upperclassman Less than two years left

  

  teaching me things that I will be using in my future career. It is a great ... generally covered in 2-3 semesters at many other schools. It is a follow ... class is a lab component. Some of the things we have done in lab include

  • by Becca H. '12
  • October 21, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Bicycle Diaries Like the motorcycle ones, except far less artsy and with a serious lack of Gael…

  

  upwards, almost pulling the plastic part off the metal (it is a U-Lock, even though it's chaining up a bike that was only $20). It is after midnight. A ... in." "I am sliding it in." "Hold it so it looks like a U, not a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 4, 2006
• Blog / Community Projects

  Another Type of Mens et MANUS There are 20 students in iHouse. We were in 17 countries this summer. Beat that.

  

  QUOTE: "My advice to a high school student interested in science as a ... considering a career in science would be to close the science textbook for a ... them. What you should steep yourself in is the ignorance, in what we don

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 15, 2009
• 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 ... you have a smartphone? Understand that I didn't have a smartphone in ... . I love the feel of ink on paper, and there's a sort of thrill in

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 1, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Greetings from India: D-Lab Students in the Field D-Lab students Luke, Sydney, Jessica, Madhavan

  

  plugged in a hand dynamometer (which basically measures the force of a ... disks is a two-man job Photo: Jessica Ong From Sydney's Entry: "Indian ... warnings from a local resident they might just end up in the hospital) In

  • by OEL
  • January 28, 2012
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: Self-Discovery Within An Internship guest post by Grace C. '21

  

  packet to a TA and I waltz out of the Z-Center, the sun bathing me in its warmth. "I finished the GIRS, am in a super romantic relationship with ... on track. I finished the GIRs, am in a super romantic relationship with

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 27, 2018
• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2026!

  

  a cool new thing in class, and so forth. The mission of the blogs is ... It is summer in Cambridge, which means three things: I am stuck in ... you to help advise small creative projects in the office and serve as a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2026
• Blog / Events

  Building a Ballpit The trials and tribulations of an impromptu rush project

  

  sorted on the tools table, but here and there is a drill, a crescent wrench, a measuring tape that someone is going to come back to. Every color of paint imaginable is represented in the cluster of cans in the corner, and

  • by Kate R. '14
  • August 30, 2011
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What is Battlecode?

  The 6.9610 Battlecode programming competition is a unique challenge ... Battlecode real-time strategy game. This is a one-month hardcore coding skills contest for both beginner and advanced coders. It's a programming project
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Appreciating America in Tokyo (or Things I Never Finished, Part Two) On Japan and America. And being an American in Japan. Happy Memorial Day!

  

  this is something you don't truly realize until you live in a foreign ... realize that our country of racial diversity is a minority in a world full ... 't remember me, I'm a '10 graduate who once spent three months working in Tokyo

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 30, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Spring break Q&A! ask me questions :-D

  

  of the dorms) built a roller coaster in their courtyard that prefrosh ... Act, which is a club that puts on a full-production play for CPW. I ... Cambridge) is such a walkable city, and I hate driving, so a good chunk of my

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • March 23, 2026
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Becoming a Princess the making of a Halloween costume [+many pictures of ponies]

  

  You see, the thing about Halloween is that it gives you a reason to ... . The brony fanbase is arguably one of the most accepting social groups in ... goodness' sake) but does so in a witty, artful, and interesting way with well

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 3, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  summer scraps life updates

  

  career advice I've collected in my work notebook--a lot of it is less ... 've been around the world, on the phone, at the beach, with a boy. in my ... ." "Mentorship is always the responsibility of the mentee." "Find a job where you

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • July 30, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Happy V-Day

  

  sitting in class my freshman year, listening to a (differential equations ... Line Is It Anyway?) did a hilarious one; I think that was my senior year ... moved to a nearby Boston suburb several years back (its site is now home

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 14, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Show your creativity: the Year of the Pig While we continue reading applications full time, another mini-contest.

  

  a technology strategist in his days and is an active Educational ... . What you may not know is that Joanne is, like me, a die-hard Lost fan ... biography is true] Peggy ("Pigasus") Peggy grew up in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 13, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Who’s that new kid? ANOTHER one?? Are you KIDDING me?! She doesn't even fit on the page!

  

  x 22 is, I'll tell you it's the dimensions of a half-sheet cake; I'm just a girl working in a bakery.) I've lived in California all my life ... life story, so here I am in a nutshell: I'm eighteen, am a destroyer of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 10, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Beauty, xkcd, and my classes The problem with me.

  

  This post is about the classes I'm taking - and is a case in xkcd ... is a seminar-style course on ethics in literature. It’s co-taught by my ... shattered with a bang. *In contrast to "ood", an alien species from Doctor

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 9, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Poetics of Place Snippets from my "Critical Writing for Designers" course at school down the street

  

  on smooth water or a breath in the air. There is ink on the walls ... any other Harvard building I’ve never been in. I sat with a dear friend ... of tea, all that, as it is both a writing class and (kind of) an

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • February 29, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  i’d like to write a happy post a sestina

  

  'd paint you a walk along the river, in this nimbly crafted post; I'd tell ... 's just a place. Not all adventures are good. No place is a paradise. The ... I've been gone from the blogs for a little while, since this semester

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 6, 2022