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  love or lust

  

  work that i love, i also wish that i had realized that i was not going to ... commitment that happens to be not-fun and that finding my work temporarily ... which finding and committing yourself to work you love is like romantic

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • October 18, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Almost a Real Engineer my foray into the world of professional conferences

  

  I am currently in Washington, D.C., to attend my first Transportation ... due to the weather conditions in both Boston and DC; the first real ... ), that was supposed to bring a quarter inch of ice. But I made it here

  • by Becca H. '12
  • January 22, 2012
• Blog / Personal Projects

  in Black Valley Hostel journal of my third day in Ireland

  

  of touch. He started addressing the complaints to me. Not speaking ... universities, not hostels 20 km from the nearest grocery store ... , so I’m not complaining.   I’m in Black Valley Hostel, a

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 9, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  an unnecessarily detailed normal friday finding things to blog about when you're swept into normalcy

  

  again in order to not disappoint aikawa-sensei. the story goes like: i ... sentences into a story about how i was late to class and it's bad. well ... motivated by my desire to not subsist on dining food on a daily basis

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • April 27, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action this year I'm so impressed with our applicants

  

  *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... your applications for early action. Truly. I consider it a privilege to read your essays, to learn about your cultural heritage and family

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 19, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Summer Reading What’s in your beach bag?

  

  actually get to the beach or not, don’t miss out on the last few weeks of ... learned how to eat.” Hmm, it is a good book. But I’m still eating cupcakes ... is good news! It means you still have time to get some summer reading

  • by Kris Guay
  • August 4, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Where Have I Been? Oh, what a bad blogger I have been.

  

  Oh, what a bad blogger I have been. I was lamenting to Matt last week that I haven't had a chance to think up any good entries - sorry guys. Hope to fix that soon! So what have I been doing... First, a variety of

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vivek Venkatachalam- Constructing a Very Low Temperature Scanning Tunneling Microscope Vivek Venkatachalam worked with researchers in the Low Temperature Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Lab at MIT's…

  

  an ultrahigh vacuum. The microscope will now be used to image the surface of high-temperature superconductors in an attempt to understand how ... -powered sound system to test the acoustic properties of their vibration isolation

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Felicitation Answers... and hopefully minimal snark.

  

  CPW, or throughout the year...how do you get to do this? There will be a ... sound great, but it's hard to say whether or not they're actually true. I ... has to be good -- they're feeding it to real people, not just hungry

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 16, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  I Am Prettylatebuthere’sanIAPpost on MIT's independent activities period (ft. friends!!)

  

  i “no-heighted” (did not clear a single bar). it was still fun to ... game. I decided not to compete this year, but it was really interesting ... aims to cover material not taught in the fall and spring algo classes

  • by Angie F. '28
  • February 24, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  sk8 jebby on a skateboard

  

  . I ran through several options and settled on learning how to ... told the guy at the counter that I want to learn how to skateboard and if ... prefers not to be on a hazardous rolling strip of wood. That's what you

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 29, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Cake-offs, chariot races, and salsa dancing

  

  many people came to watch, how many played, and if your team won. Sunday ... or not, several of these cakes were made by guys! Way to go, guys ... up of 27 fraternities and 5 sororities (with one more coming to campus

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 12, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Soup Dumplings, Fever Pitch Yesterday after work I headed downtown for the evening. First stop was one of my…

  

  Tom Hanks and Audrey Tautou, not to mention Ian McKellen, Alfred Molina ... to eat. For more blog entries that begin with great food recommendations, browse on over to Mitra's blog (this week: Thai food at Chili Duck

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 27, 2005
• Blog / People & Identities

  Vicennial wikipedia says this means 20th

  

  sell not just the college, but who you would be if you went to the ... people did. In the wider world, I’m pushing myself more to not be nice, to not waste energy trying to be likeable. I spent a lot of time pre

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 9, 2021
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Time dilation to the Infinite, and beyond

  

  : I am invulnerable to alarms in the morning, no matter how loud or ... want to admit how many first period tardies I had in my senior year of ... "] Outfinite [/annotation] to enjoy the not-cold Boston weather while it lasts

  • by Taylor L. '29
  • September 23, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Folding with Flair Adding a third dimension to boring old paper

  

  ornaments. I was amazed by how the satisfyingly geometric creases gave rise to ... ’s super satisfying to fold once you figure out how it works. Five ... out of sticky notes. Although not as visually striking or fun to

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • August 4, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  baby steps something tender and new

  

  idea how to use any of the equipment or what to do and i also hated the ... , texting people if they want to get lunch or go grocery shopping once they ... enough. four years is a lot of time to change a person; reading my entries

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • August 25, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  Unni, how are you supposed to put the lock in the holder?" "You slide it ... locked it up for me, after which we took the bus to Harvard to see a comedy ... few people walk by and I wonder vaguely how much it looks like I am

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 4, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  G(e)e^ks

  

  not tasty. 2. people care to memorise more of pi than e. obviously it ... would both lose to zero. How can you stab a gaping hole? How can you bust ... : "Would you mind answering questions to a student in highly interested in

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 15, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  it’s been thirteen days since the Eras Tour began

  

  , to put on my literary critic monocle, starting with ivy!  How's one to ... , Untouchable Taylor Swift I have not listened to a lot of songs on Debut ... making up more categories as I go. I am excited to see what you think, so

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • March 30, 2023