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• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Weekend of Hacking three events, one weekend

  

  to compete in these three hackathons: HackMIT, Hacking Arts, and MIT ... Arts Hacking Arts is a festival and hackathon that aims to create new ... between all the reality TV and cooking show. Then you come across a channel

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 24, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  FWACC! and some small thoughts about kindness

  

  [/annotation] in the only way they know how: a group song. The last time FWACC happened, I was still a freshman, desperately trying to get on my feet. In ... over a crowded audience. Then, moments later, for the first time in three

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 25, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  play dough

  

  I'm a very Type A person, I'd say. I tend to need to be in control of ... Wellness Coordinator in New Vassar offered us a variety of stress toys to get ... a pset and spontaneously go to IHOP at 3 in the morning. The kind of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 28, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  when the world gets too heavy put it on my back

  

  living in my thoughts a lot and i'm not sure how to write about it in a ... 't include me in their follow forever. in a way, it was comforting to just read ... ever read in my life. so it holds a lot of importance. i could go into

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 11, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  DarkMatters, Green and Wild, Chocolate Cake and Raspberries around here lately (with pictures)

  

  A few weeks ago, I started seeing Staceyann Chin's face in the ... months. It heartened me to be in that room, with the coolest collection of ... * reading of a work in progress. *I choose the word 'devastating' because

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • March 6, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Combining the Arts and the Sciences Some of the best science writing is happening at MIT. Find out how to get…

  

  , as a rule, be expressed in a language comprehensible to everyone ... science journalist. I went there just to get a feel for what a career in ... (many) graduation requirements is to get a “concentration” in the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 21, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions Omnibus 2 I should probably stop stealing entry titles from Matt McGann.

  

  convince your GRT to get you a cat or dog and keep it in their apartment ... I wrote this in pieces - from Cambridge to San Diego, the train from ... me a bit of time to finish answering all your questions (one all the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 3, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Be Social awkward and anxious

  

  breaths in a cramped bathroom stall, hands shaking as I forced myself to ... in a...less toxic way. I'll go out to more study breaks. I'll try and ... existed in my high school is defeated here, that I have no reason to avoid

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 26, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Only Answer I Have "Just a couple of sentences."

  

  I think you guys set a record for ben.mitblogs.com - 353 comments in ... that it was a personal entry in my personal blog about my personal ... admitted. I've responded to each email with a slightly different version of

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21M.285: The Beatles the most enjoyable class i've taken at MIT

  

  't interested in them enough to take an entire class on them. In May, I watched ... -finals, when I had absolutely nothing to do, I started reading a lot about this ... week consists of listening to an album, writing a brief (<200 word

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 3, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  on regression the to your shitty high school self, and not linear, kind

  

  's gone, time has slowed to a crawl. my area issued a shelter-in-place until ... needed to take part in a challenge to motivate myself to explore new ... high-school-esque. in my junior and senior years, i took only a few

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 7, 2020
• Blog / Hacks

  CPW 2008: The Hack Edition What!? Already!?

  

  am happy to announce that, in case of zombie invasion, we will have a ... , doesn't see the zombies as a threat, forcing hackers to help protect the ... threat and are confused by the need for a chainsaw in a box. They will be

  • by Snively '11
  • April 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  three things i made recently lasers, radio, and a chocolate chip cookie loaf

  

  in session yet. the snow's only just turned to rain and we've had two ... degrees F. Mix the sugars, vanilla, eggs, and applesauce in a big bowl ... dish. Use a knife to draw a pattern on top if you're feeling fancy. Bake

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 15, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  Don’t Forget These I forgot to bring them when I first came to MIT.

  

  account or in cash. Ideally you want to always have a comfortable amount of ... new room at my fraternity giving you a list of things you need to make sure to bring to MIT or to buy as soon as you get here. I conducted a

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 19, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Being an Intern (And being an adult)

  

  personal lives. It’s hard to express in words, but there is also a certain ... as a person. It’s odd to feel suddenly placed in the world of adults ... areas of life. To be positive, everything has to be kept in a certain

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 22, 2015
• Blog / Events

  science bowl we ran! a competition! virtually!

  

  some way to recreate the joy of in-person science bowl in a pandemic ... create a way to run head-to-head matches. There’s a lot of work involved in ... can, [annotation note='speaking of buzzing in, RIP to Alex Trebek, who

  • by Phi A. '21
  • November 16, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Room 251 a room tour!

  

  it in another post, but for now, I wanted to give a small room tour! I ... specifically, I live in 2 East, or 2E for short. 2E is like a family to me, and I ... , all our beds are lofted. This allowed us to use a ton of more space in

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • February 1, 2018
• Blog / Events

  TELETHONNNNN brought to you by Domino's

  

  finished a three hour shift of the Admissions Telethon, calling to ... process started going a lot smoother. We got a chance to chat with students ... follow up with the students I got a chance to chat with and hear from the

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 1, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  summer tidbits a picture and annotations

  

  the first time ever a few weeks ago in seattle, and i went to another ... the rest comes out of my paycheck. TT i'm going to anime expo in LA this weekend, then visiting MIT friends in SF next weekend. i'm also taking a

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • July 4, 2019
• FAQ / First-year application

  What if I’m having a hard time completing the recommendation requirement?

  of recommendation. In some cases, you may ask a teacher who you thought should be able to provide a letter, however they are not able to do ... unable to write you a letter. We encourage you to try to get letters of