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  Real Snow! Real pictures this time.

  

  . This was what I got on my first try. How awesome is that? From left to ... campus was just not snow. It was slushy gross wet stuff that pretended to ... only a few for the blog. We are warned not to continue forward, but

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 20, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Dating Research A news story today looks at Media Lab research on dating.

  

  talk. And I'm not the only one. This seems to be one of the key rules to ... factor" . The weight assigned to each feature depends on how much it ... the program are to introduce students to university research, both how

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 11, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  seven scenes from Paris a simple story

  

  rhythm of speaking to your best friend again, after forgetting—but not ... ” because I didn’t know how to say “oat” or “soy” or “whole”), pour ici, merci ... tone or idiom, because I wouldn’t know how to manage those things in

  • by Kai V. '25
  • March 31, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Music Scene by a non-musician

  

  different working schedules and all you can do is long to be not working, it ... along too much to figure out how to do calculus, which is a real problem ... electrifying enough to make me forget about how stressed out I was just hours

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • December 23, 2015
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Day 1: Quito Old Town The hostel, the basilica, and Embarrassing Spanish Attempt #2

  

  speaks Spanish. "How do you say, 'we would like to sit outside?'" The ... shouldn't have been a big surprise, but I'm having trouble reconciling how I ... outside. He flew in late last night (way after Raphael and I went to sleep

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Terrible Traffic Don't even THINK about bringing a car to MIT

  

  secretly longed for the day when he would not have to spend 3.5 hours of his ... man fresh out of college would drive 90 miles each way to his new job as ... Wilson rest stop around exit 7 to buy soft ice cream cones from Carvel (yum

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 13, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  ..and Here We Go Again! [by Ken Haggerty '11] ARTalk is back!

  

  for snacks. Art gives us MIT students a reason NOT to do schoolwork, and ... tiring place. There are lots of P-sets and lots of work to do. Which is why it's even more satisfying and exciting to see ARTalk get back up and

  • by ARTalk
  • February 5, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  In the News An NYT article on gifted education.

  

  " - to feel they aren't demonized and will find a niche, but not to expect ... Times has seen fit to devote more inches to the topic of gifted education ... Talented Youth (CTY). I'm glad to see one of my favorite teachers from my

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2005
• Blog / MISTI

  We open in Venice We next play Firenze, then on to Pisa (lots of laughs in Pisa), our next…

  

  not exactly foreign to me. And global warming and soil erosion were also probably not such great concerns to people who still thought the Earth was ... future not to take a Gondola ride. It's nice and everything, and certainly

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 18, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Big Dreams, Small Mind The troubles of being in school and doing research for too long.

  

  to take a toll on my ability to think outside the box. How I see it, is ... because I know how many problems an idea might face when it comes to ... are important, but I did not enter research to make a small change, I

  • by Ben O. '19
  • September 24, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Consilience From college essays to a Medieval Studies @ MIT Colloquium

  

  site (didn't catch where). The guy next to me jutted in to ask how many ... out how to pickle herring! "In fact," McCormick continued, "I looked in ... got to MIT, however, consilience took a spot on my mental shelf, where

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 7, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Year (In Numbers) This belated post was written in English and with numbers, the Institvte's nth language

  

  students to forums, where they could talk over pizza and snacks. They sought our impressions of the class and suggestions on how to make it better ... fire hose of learning was opened at full force. I'll try to sum the

  • by Emad T. '14
  • February 13, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Cake Concert, Wing Dinner, and Senior Ball An action packed 2 weekends: Cake, a wing dinner, and Senior Ball!

  

  my camera to the concert (which was held in our gym). It turns out that you're not allowed to bring cameras inside... so I had to scramble to ... decided to make her own candles during dinner. We also learned how to make

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 7, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Setting up a Global Warming Research Center…in Antarctica Meet Zahir Dossa ’08 (Courses 6 and 15; Nu Delta), who could sell you your…

  

  ;What do you want to do after school?” “I’m going to set ... there?” “Why not solve global warming on the continent that’s going to sink fastest because of it?” I couldn’t argue

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • October 25, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Random Hall REX! Residence Exploration events at Random Hall. Your orientation booklet is WRONG. :D

  

  TNT. But there won't be any explosions. This is to teach you how not to ... travel. Come talk about such paradoxes and how to resolve them. Safety not ... ! Learn how to crochet! Drink tea!  BMF Lounge 14:17-15:17 Liquid

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 26, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Birds Are Real, and So Is Quantum Physics Monkey see, monkey believe

  

  a video of a monkey reacting to a magic trick, that's exactly how I ... do with birds? Not much, to be honest, but I just wanted an excuse to ... remarkable skills is navigation. Despite not having access to GPS technology

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 6, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action versus Regular Action Use this link when you get to the end of the post, you'll understand.

  

  people, to decide whether you want to come or not. Again, there is no ... whether to attend or not by May 1st. Not admitted means that, unfortunately ... your application, not same old same old), write letters to the admissions

  • by Snively '11
  • June 15, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Guess who can legally drive alone in Maine now? Learning to drive on hard mode (i.e., in Boston)

  

  road test. No worries though – I knew how to drive and what all the ... than an issue of the roads being near impossible to navigate. Not only ... Airbnb months in advance, creating an itinerary of trails to hike, and even

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 19, 2025
• Blog / How to Food

  Cooking with Cami learning to adult part 1

  

  endeavors, I've decided to get my shit together and actually learn how to cook ... myself and I'm pleased with how far I've come and that I've been able to ... For those of you who know me well, you'll know that I did not cook at

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 10, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  New Year, New Semester Celebrating Lunar New Year and a new spring schedule

  

  . Classes are in full swing, though I’m just getting acclimated to how much ... photography. We’ll not only get to use DSLRs and Photoshop, but we’ll also be ... banquet. For $10 ($8 for members), attendees got to sit at round tables, eat

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 15, 2016