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  Senior Ball 2008 MIT will even help you find a date

  

  ’t have prom or if you decided not to go, then you probably aren’t missing ... mail a month or so ago, and I was surprised to see that it was exactly ... was May 3rd. In addition to the stress of graduation, we also needed to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ode to a Package of Dial Soap Substantial entries will come soon!

  

  to see how much I've grown In brainpower and stamina for sleepless ... shopping there And when I was about to buy soap, I Reached for the three ... introduction to the city that I lived in for 15 years - Kaohsiung, Taiwan

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 6, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  Rowing at MIT: a guest post by Connor M. ‘16

  

  pool, but I wanted to continue my involvement in sports at MIT. I felt it was important to stay in shape and to keep my mind off school for some ... will to work as a unit. To not buy into that is to diminish the

  • by Connie H. '15
  • August 26, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What did YOU do this weekend? Laura's jam-packed-action-filled adventurous fin de semana.

  

  most of it for her. We hurried back from dinner in order to make it to ... to par. Will I still be considered or must i be dissillusioned?" To be ... question to Ben or Matt. Edward wrote: "But I do think I kinda agree with

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 14, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Chocolate!!! The MIT student group The Laboratory for Chocolate Science is featured in today's Boston Globe.

  

  , appreciation of, and indulgence in our favorite substance to the community.   ... . Or: When chocolate absorbs moisture, fats and sugar crystals rise to the surface or "bloom," causing it to take on a whitish sheen or oily

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 8, 2009
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Why Is There No Water? One of the most important things in your life is invisible to you until it…

  

  ’s still “no water” for people to drink, cook, or wash with in many places ... sides of hills, difficult to even walk up or down to. Many places in the ... hydraulic or electric system in place to pump it up four floors to where I

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 9, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Why did the engineer cross the road? Maybe there was a cape for sale on the other side

  

  applicants must be able to demonstrate proficiency in at least one programming ... , “helps keep us humble and not take ourselves too seriously, or to feel too ... silicon slides in a round-bottom flask. If we just let them sink to the

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • December 14, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  Before You Arrive On Campus: Packing Edition for the pre-frosh we're excited to meet

  

  winter gear, unless you don’t plan to visit home in the winter. These take ... ’re happy to help. Cheers, and see you in a month! Important P.S.: Let me ... from culture to logistics are welcomed here, via comments below or email

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 5, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Self Help I

  

  trying and failing to make change in their own lives, and I doubted an ... disdain for books that seemed--like diet pills or clickbait listicles--to be offering quick or permanent solutions to problems I thought were probably

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 6, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Answering my own questions My perspective on the MIT student mentality about working hard.

  

  pressure to work hard, or do students in the program encourage each other to ... pressure to work hard, or do students in the program encourage each other to ... lab or get a paper published in a top journal. I have to admit this

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 10, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Crab Cave or: i moved to dc with friends

  

  Property Brothers and Love It or List It). Realized we needed to buy an HDMI ... everyone, I just wanted to come in with some quick updates about what's been ... that Sunday before we arrived. As a result, we arranged to stay in two

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 20, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  I get a temporary cat and it comes with occupational hazards

  

  may be entitled to financial compensation in the form of “me buying a ... living with me on 5w in EC, and got to freely wander around the Wood ... ? mrreeoooooooowwwwwowwowwwwww! without pause because they want to be fed at 3 am. Or maybe because

  • by Alice L. '24
  • September 7, 2022
• Blog / IAP

  IAP and Igloos This is an entry about IAP. IAP is the month of January. It's...February. I know.

  

  people who may also like to point out that I haven't blogged in like two ... thing to buy was the mystery bag. The mystery bag was a veritable wealth ... the fall term through January - or you can take crash courses in pottery

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 25, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  An Origin Story Or how I learned to stop worrying and love the Jinchūriki

  

  about eight months, give or take. But, in the middle of it, it seemed to ... it would be, or what exactly to say, but I guess it’s always good to ... students who are about to start a new chapter in their lives. So, where’s my

  • by kellen manning
  • January 28, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Building 4 Odyssey Looks like my James Joyce karma isn't that horrible after all.

  

  ), I went to the undergraduate math office in the same hallway and asked ... logged in on the same computer. I emailed the following message to the 3 ... it. Good luck and Hi Mitra, Sorry, I was actually in a rush to print

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 7, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Life Tokens the currency of joy

  

  ), buying a house, and eventually retiring. The goal is to collect as much ... ,000, even $50,000, equivalent to the payday salary of a “computer designer” in ... value of their memories later in life. It’s led me to incredible

  • by Allison E. '27
  • July 6, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Our mother shoulda just named you Laika! Come on Alex, you can do it.

  

  to buy embarassingly large-sized teddy bears for your parents that make ... before finals I went to see The Arcade Fire perform at the Orpheum in ... quite recognized when to stop), or maybe it was because they played one of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 25, 2007
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  Am I rural or small-town? Read on to learn about what a taco bell index is

  

  it is like to live in a rural area or a small town (even though I do ... your town, and its relation to resources often found in larger cities ... for in a small-town or rural area? When we talk about rural and small

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • May 19, 2025
• Blog / How to MIT

  “Learning To Learn At MIT” guest post by the plaz

  

  old methods of learning, or appearing to learn, did not really work. In ... to Learn at MIT. It's about - surprise! - learning to learn in the MIT ... - are general to all those interested in enhancing their education

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 24, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  every book I read in 2022 all nine-plus of them

  

  science, or something adjacent. This classic book by Kuhn was the first in ... commentary; I look forward to reading more Vonnegut in the future.   ... , and about Bell's relationship to it. She starts with her house in Berlin

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • January 8, 2023