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  A lively Dead Week what i've been up to

  

  , but we still call it Dead Week, and I'd say we manage to cram about a full week's worth of life into it. This semester, I only had one final ... here in the airport on Tuesday morning, it's actually dead week that

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 18, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finding Time for you know, things that aren't psets.

  

  written in Python that rarely does what you want it to. For example, when ... 't very, very quick (because it is), but I've definitely found that it's way more difficult to actually find the time to learn how to integrate sec^3

  • by Joe B. '18
  • October 4, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  november again conversation with myself

  

  took me this long to figure it out. y'know? i'm in my senior fall and i ... see my breath misting in front of me. when i looked up at the sky, it ... to dye a blue streak in my hair but it came out grayish-green, so i

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 1, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW-related whatsits Just some things you might want to know before you arrive tomorrow!

  

  ! Anonymous asked, "Hi, Mollie! How did you and Adam get matched up with your "starter child" (pre-frosh) for CPW? Is it a personality match or just random? And how did you get to be hosts? Are all the bloggers automatically

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 5, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  “Take care of yourself.” "Can you post something positive please?" - my mom

  

  , they also knew just how stressful the MIT culture is. It's not that the ... 've never had the opportunity to take a class that teaches me how to do it ... 't quite know where to start with this post. In fact, I've rewritten it so

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 19, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  What have I been doing this break?

  

  transfers is very low, but it can be done. Aidan asked: "How much will we be ... concept of Hall Rush or not may depend on how long you've been reading this ... it pulled an all-nighter the night before, and considers 7 hours peachy

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 3, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  Kekka dake da! "Only the results remain!"

  

  Hello. It's everyone's favorite angery boi... KING CRIMSON!! I ... so I wanted to fill it in with a different class. "Ok", I thought, "I ... had enough of the structure of the class and ditched it. That's ok

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • March 7, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lecture Notes: Biology of Culture highlights from Brian Farrell's open lecture at the Harvard Museum of Natural History (spoiler: contains…

  

  it is," and I'll agree. Then he says "I as an artist can see how ... interesting; it means that insects can see the color. It adds a question: does ... don't understand how it subtracts." -Richard Feynman "Analyzing humor

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 3, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Small talk How about that weather?

  

  wondering eyes did appear but... snow?! I kid you not. It was snowing. And ... is. I've seen plenty of it before. I've seen it piled 3 feet high ... yesterday morning, it had all melted by last night. This isn't exactly weird

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Engineering Poetry we do that.

  

  , but we’re not obligated to make it fit the theme so long as we ... about August yet. If that doesn’t give you an indication of how fast time ... pondering about life, setting new goals, realizing even further what it means

  • by Ana V. '15
  • November 25, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A new semester but if I give you my daily schedule here, what will I fill my Facebook…

  

  guy to get to listen to my professors talk about how it all works and ... Since everyone's doing it, I don't want to miss out on telling you ... schedule this term so lets get to it. (classes are arranged chronologically

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 8, 2010
• Blog / Community Projects

  [guest post] Eating Your Way Through MIT The story behind Chop Stir Hack, an MIT student food magazine

  

  restaurants close to campus. So how does content make it from being an idea to ... new MIT ASA group that publishes a semesterly food magazine. It grew out ... project because the How To Food admissions blogs functioned as prior art and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 26, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Paper Planes You ask, I answer

  

  this blog, shoot me an e-mail and I will try to get it answered in a Q ... order’. How can I indicate that someone else is providing the fee? A: Just ... Claus, Miley Cirus......, it really doesn't matter who is writing out the

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 18, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Veni, Vidi, Jamba I came, I saw, I conquered a lot of smoothies

  

  MIT. What’s it like? Is it hard? How much sleep do I get? These tend to ... me a curveball: what do I do for fun. MIT may be known for its academic rigor, but it doesn’t have to be a grind all the time. So, even though I

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • August 15, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Be a Blogger 2016! how to be a blogger

  

  eating them like an actual horse 3) It's time for those of you who might want to be bloggers to SHARE YOUR SPECIAL TALENTS What does it ... It's summer in Cambridge, which means three things: 1

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 28, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Be A Blogger 2015! TAKE THE PLUNGE

  

  " 3) It's time for those of you who might want to be bloggers to TAKE THE PLUNGE What does it mean to be an admissions blogger ... It's summer in Cambridge, which means three things: 1) I'm

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 14, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Sleep is (not) for the weak Myth: All engineers are insomniacs

  

  neuroscientist (or your parents) will tell you, your brain does need sleep in order ... holding the PVC pipe like a gun/cannon is THAT creative, but I thought it was. Note my amused face in this picture.  Or it can be bad when

  • by Stanley G.
  • October 24, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Eric Lander, spring rolls, and the New York Times two of those three are related

  

  synced to the note.  I'll keep you updated on how it goes, unless I end up ... : What does a biochemist do? He stuffs the butterfly into a blender ... Phone camera: It's not as streamlined as I'd like it to be because I'm still

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 6, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Metropolis and the Alloy Orchestra "The Mediator Between Head and Hands Must be the Heart!"

  

  ’s Metropolis, then you’ll know that it was one of the first films ever made, which by virtue makes it a—gasp—silent film! You may wonder how the showing of a classic silent film could pack an

  • by ARTalk
  • March 13, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  What I Have Learned From The Early Decision Process At MIT Here are some of the things that impressed me.

  

  ! The amount of passion in your applications. WOW! It does the soul good ... process. I could go through it step by step with you, but Ben's already ... of you give back to the community. It is not hard to tell when someone

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 6, 2005