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  If the Obama were a unit of measure . . . . . . what would it measure?

  

  walks on stage. For some reason it becomes immediately obvious just how ... unit would measure. I didn't know how it was going to happen, but it was ... Wait, have you heard? I mean, it's only been published all over the

  • by Snively '11
  • October 25, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes, by the Calories free food is everywhere

  

  A few weeks ago, I attended a meeting for one of MIT’s many clubs. It ... .01 midterm. It did not make the test easier, sadly. d. 18.02 has been food-less so far. It’s okay, because after class, I can walk right across the

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • October 7, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Future Is Grim check it out

  

  email explaining how my body wasn't listening when I told it we had to ... what it's like to be a student here (he got his PhD in Mathematics here ... it is.) More than just being around here though, he has served on

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 28, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  actual conversations i have definitely had with freshmen during orientation

  

  * * * ME: hi i'm allan ME: how's it going FROSH: cool ME: cool ME: have i ... 're more of a sorority though * * * ME: how's it going FROSH: ME: FROSH ... FROSH: where do you live? ME: east campus! i love it a lot, actually

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 30, 2017
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  This Blog Post is a Bad Idea Not blogging for several months... that was also a Bad Idea.

  

  foolhardy enough to enter the Bad Ideas Wings Eating Contest... and was it ... for the celebration and creation of very bad ideas. But since it was the ... pretty cavalier attitude—it's just wings. I like wings. It can't be that

  • by Kate R. '14
  • January 27, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Making Connections we live in a society (affectionate)

  

  delivering dinner to a friend who wasn't feeling well. Because it's (very ... Software Construction. It's a lot harder than the name makes it sound"]6 ... such a small thing to notice, but it triggered a cascade of thoughts in

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 26, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Units of Measure A simple question with a lot of cool answers

  

  due to the double factorial) Eran Ergozy = "How fun it is to work at a ... I linked to above, seriously, it's short and important) prompted a ... name were a unit of measure, what would it measure?" Over my four years

  • by Snively '11
  • January 7, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Subtle Black MIT Traits A few things I have experienced as a black person at MIT

  

  people having strong feelings about how ‘easy’ it was for me to get into ... experienced as a black person at MIT, and I put it in the form of the popular 'Subtle Asian Traits' page that has been making its way around the Facebook

  • by Ben O. '19
  • January 3, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  An Astrological Guide to the College App Process We all know astrology isn't real...or is it?

  thought about how much fun it would be to go to college together. This is ... would cringe seeing this post), but I find it fun to read an analysis of ... often receive applications where its obvious a student has only applied to

  • by DJ Rock
  • December 20, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Thong I Should Be Wearing [UPDATE] Sexy sexy undies.

  

  'll see how it goes.   The effort split at this point. One group of ... 'd leave it up to a vote to decide where she went. He put up an online poll and, well -- I read this before I came to MIT and thought it was one

  • by Snively '11
  • November 1, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Choice and the MIT lifestyle ...because "MIT" and "student life" aren't mutually exclusive.

  

  workload, and how it's a little on the crazy side. Yes. I am a double ... First, questions answered: 1. Many people wondered aloud how I was ... amazing (and actually I'm not sure it would have been possible even if I did

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 30, 2005
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  An MIT wedding Paper airplanes instead of rice and a reception at a science museum... what's not to…

  

  favorite places -- I mean, one, it's a great science museum, and two ... excited when he saw the picture -- it's basically a picture of the things in life he loves the most. I have trouble conveying just how perfect the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 1, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  reject modern web design return to 2006

  

  does anyone else remember when the internet looked like this? sorry can’t come out tonight i gotta sit alone in front of a muted tv opening and closing the same 4 social media apps until 3am i’m that kid you

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 1, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  HNY from NYC for IAP, 2016 time passes so quickly, help

  

  factorization on a math competition but haven’t bothered to factor it yet, hehe ... safety, clean air, and good public schools. It felt unusual to have so ... Manhattan. Makes me feel classier and older than I am. Leaves me wondering how

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 3, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  VEDA In which I try to vlog every day in April

  

  hours and hours. That's how it goes, sometimes. I still have a couple ... Tube community, and it's basically a month when a bunch of (usually smaller/less well-known) vloggers all try to post a new video every day. It's less

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • April 24, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Back in Time I change my clock back three hours and read headlines on the magazine of the…

  

  everywhere, but for some reason, for me, it always seems to hold true). The ... airplane, it was almost exactly three months ago. I didn't know that 5 meant ... had to go through it to get to building 2 but in this case 2 didn't mean

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 22, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  an Easter vigil alive at east campus

  

  recently and ask how they are doing. It is cold outside, but the people are ... A cold and biting wind claws its way across campus, and a motley ... . It is the night before Easter. We are in the in-between, says another

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 5, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  16 for the 16’s 16 Guidelines to Making the Most of your CPW

  

  you. K: MEET PEOPLE. It's awesome when people tell introduce me to ... : Whenever I went to events it felt like EVERYONE already knew each other, but ... here. N: I can't tell you how many parents were on dorm tours and at

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 18, 2012
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  [Guest Post] We’re Not in ~Kansas~ Missouri Anymore Going From a Small Town to Boston, by Claire S. '25

  

  to go to college?” There it was again, the dreaded question high-school-senior-me didn’t know how to answer. So I gave the only response I knew for sure ... it. Comparing that to my experiences in places such as New York City

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 17, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  jack of all trades master of none...

  

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • August 24, 2019