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  Why Do We Fall? so that we can learn to pick ourselves up

  

  Reflecting on the lessons of last semester, I knew I was going to have to kick it into high gear for my 6.042 exam on Wednesday. I spent all of…

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 26, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Jon and me how I came to see the world

  

    Last night, Jon Stewart announced his plans to leave The Daily Show, which he has hosted since 1999. The news shocked his studio audience and his far-flung fans. Maybe that…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 11, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Unknowns in illustrated list form

  

  1. When will the snow piles melt? Bragging rights to whoever gets this right. Specifically the snow piles in front of 77 Mass Ave. Once upon a time a few…

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 10, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  But What Are They Really Looking For? My thoughts (advice) on navigating (surviving) the college application process.

  

  things are becoming clear to me. This time of year my life has long been ... life and in this process there isn’t much they can do to help beyond

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • November 11, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Happy Birthday, ‘Murica! (Even though Boston celebrated Independence Day Eve)

  

  On this day celebrating eagles, barbeque, and the adoption of the Declaration of Independence (not the signing; get your facts straight, kids), the City of Boston is shrouded in fog…

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 4, 2014
• Blog / Community Projects

  Blown Back to Oz the close of the 2014 Design/Build/Fly competition: day 4.

  

  On Sunday morning the Design/Build/Fly team rolled out of bed at 6:30 AM, roughed up and ready to fly on the last day of the competition. We had one more…

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 15, 2014
• Blog / Community Projects

  We Are All Slaves to the Wind it gets pretty windy here in Kansas. Day 3 at the 2014 Design/Build/Fly competition.

  

  Today was the major flight day for most of the teams at the Design/Build/Fly competition, and as hats flew and hair rippled in 30+ mph wind, it became clear that…

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 12, 2014
• Blog / Community Projects

  Not in Kansas Anymore oh, wait...we actually are. Day 1 with the MIT Design/Build/Fly team.

  

  We’re in a hotel room and we’re watching Men In Black (preceded by Aviator and Family Guy) while assembling our airplane to drown out the raucous men out in the parking…

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 10, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Astronomy in Paradise Lost I can't resist.

  

  While I read Paradise Lost, I think about astronomy. I know what you’re thinking: “what else is new?” You yawn and ask whether I salivate and breathe while reading Paradise Lost. …

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 27, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Punt Puzzle A collaborative affair

  

  There are two things MIT students love—punts and puzzles. What a puzzle is—that’s pretty straightforward. A punt is more intricate, and is typically often used as a verb. It refers…

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  I walked on water* IAP? no...you're AP.

  

  *in the solid phase This is a recipe for The Best Tasting BLT Sandwich In The World™: (1) Slap together week-old bacon, lettuce, tomatoes, bread. (2) Forget to add mayo.…

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 17, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m laughing out loud cheek. muscles. cramping.

  

  all the vicissitudes of life, the ebbs and flows, the comings and goings

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 11, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  year 2 of the course 2 how do you become a mechanical engineer, anyway?

  

  advisor)'s office on Tuesday in search for the answers to life, the universe ... untangled the unruly tangle of shoelaces that is my life schedule and turned

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 5, 2013
• Blog / How to MIT

  HT@MIT: Academic Resources How I Learned To Stop Slacking and Love the Office Hours

  

  've been using since Interphase to make my life a little bit easier ... students in course 18! Life becomes a lot easier when you learn to ask for

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 19, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  9 things I wish I had known before freshman year lessons from an almost-sophomore (see: law of conservation of freshmen)

  

  biology as the love of my life, and (3) soon I won't be one of the "new kids ... Oxford comma advocate.  Gotta stick to some principles in life.) And so I

  • by Michael C. '16
  • August 15, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Jellyfishing and other ways to recruit people to your organizations

  

  Jellyfishing…GEL-ly fishing? Get it? Fishing for new GELs? Maybe it's too late for clever puns, but I'm posting anyway!  Presently, I’m sitting here on Saturday night (well I guess it’s…

  • by Stanley G.
  • March 10, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Stressful Times in my opinion, the best advice, ever.

  

  school life you're in). "Just do your best," (lol just) is quite an open ... , and enjoy the simple things in life! There are always tradeoffs involved

  • by Ana V. '15
  • December 11, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Roombaaaa The longest trip I've ever taken in my life

  

  My story begins a couple weeks ago at Career Fair…. As I attempted to make my way through the hustle and bustle of suited up MIT students in the Z-Center……

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 21, 2012
• Blog / Events

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

  

  delicious!  Bonfire Kitchen 19:47-21:47 (Almost) Life-Sized Settlers of Catan Come play (almost) life-sized Settlers of Catan! Hoard sheep, wheat ... have one life to give for this pillowfight.  Black Hole Lounge 9

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

  Summer Magic Of fluorescent cells and robots

  

  Hey y’all, My god I can’t believe it! It has been almost 2 months since I arrived in Boston. I have been up to my ears in work, dance practices…

  • by Linh V. '13
  • August 20, 2012