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  In Prison Literally

  

  . It took a few extra minutes of talking to Madison on the phone, and ... a strength to go on every day. From one of them: “I was a mess when I ... ? I wondered to myself. I don’t know. Doesn’t seem like it. Of course

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 5, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Anyone else OCD about saving space?? This blog is about things on my computer.

  

  . AND ONE THING I REALLY HATE IS USING SPACE ON MY COMPUTER - via you know ... install a billion types of software. Over the last few weeks, I've had to ... make 3D models. Basically, we modeled a cafe on AutoCAD and sent it to a

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • November 4, 2010
• Blog / Events

  #NoBanNoWall

  

  the United States is already having an impact on members of our ... Students Office or Penny Rosser, director of the International Scholars ... * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * got this updated letter this morning: To the members of the MIT

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 29, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Introducing the New 2017 Bloggers Let's get ready to ruuummmmble!

  

  bullets it is. Own a necklace replica of Cloud Strife’s sword, which I ... on to yer butts, because this is going to be one entertaining ride ... and permutations of our cohort, duking it out (I mean, as close to

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 7, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  busy, busy, busy screaming into the void

  

  am i supposed to say to him? that i'm on top of things, i'm on ... level. my secret writing tip is to just write enough bullet points and ... to study somewhere else, but this isn't it. in a stroke of

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 12, 2021
• Blog / Hacks

  Athena, Deliver Us From Finals And lead us not into temptation of crying ourselves to sleep at night.

  

  Late on Sunday evening, just before the first day of MIT's finals ... the middle of Killian Court. Alerted to the hack by email and word of ... of higher learning and crawled out of their rooms to stand in awe of

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 20, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So I said to Einstein… ...think of a name for my new theory while I go talk to my relatives.

  

  way to see what physics is really like, learn a heck of a lot of problem ... .. "I think of MIT as a samurai school," said Jones. "It is preparing you for the highest work of advancing civilization. You have to find a way

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  We Started the Fire It wasn't always burning since the world's been turning.

  

  school (which is a phrase that makes me sound like I'm 64 and recounting my ... , though, the real reward is supposed to be incurring a love for the subject ... system. Nodes? Just a funny word to me.)(Haha. Nodes.) Enough of the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  In Defense of Peer Pressure or, why my hair is now purple

  

  , come to think of it, I can swim across the Charles... My point is: peer ... these activities, inviting us to climb at MIT's bouldering wall or go on trips to caves on the weekends. As another example, there are loads of

  • by Kate R. '14
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Show your creativity: the Year of the Pig While we continue reading applications full time, another mini-contest.

  

  's blog, my colleague Joanne's dog Evie is somewhat of an office mascot ... coming year is the Year of the Pig. So, as has become the tradition, we ... exhausted with the "glam" life and retired to the mountains of South Carolina

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 13, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I’ve Done (this summer) or Why I Haven't Blogged in a Month

  

  stages of this review is my primary task. I read lots of articles on ... , the thought of graduating is not as terrifying anymore. To be ... Working for Veterans Affairs It’s 7am on a Tuesday, and I need to get

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 4, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Match Game

  

  questions, too. I hope to answer many of those questions soon, but today I ... 's mission. The founding mission of MIT was to improve the world through ... the "Task Force," which was formed during my time as an undergraduate to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 27, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  I Picked My First Apple apples, part 1

  

  experience is mostly with pumpkin patches, but I have also spent many hours of ... . Here is the moment that I achieved my dream of IRL own-picking: [caption ... to pick half a peck of apples, a hayride, a bottle of cold apple cider

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 16, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I Could Write a Song a Hundred Miles Long I only sing Coldplay because it will help me get girls.

  

  the time of that statement, this would correspond to Wilt having slept ... the greatest Michigan accent of all time, chose to teach the class such that every Wednesday, we'd bring in our compositions and get to work on

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 26, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  “How to CPW 2012”…a Guide for Parents CPW can be overwheming...a parents' guide to making the most of it.

  

  the campus itself and the best way to do that is on foot. Even just a ... and the MIT Club of Boston, this reception is your chance to meet and ... to participate, what type of research is appropriate, what to expect

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 15, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Things that make you go hmmmm……. Obama’s transformative presidency………for geeks????

  

  lot depends on definition of geek, which to Wired is more a compliment ... ? Is our President-Elect Obama a geek, nerd, or none of the above?   ... concerned about the financial state of Iceland and wanted to lend his

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • December 30, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  a fun bet spicing up the admissions process

  

  the absolute freedom of just being able to paint an institute wall, or ... I wanted to go, I convinced myself I would miss most of my shots so ... her to know how much I had earned from art commissions. “Is it more

  • by Anika H. '26
  • December 3, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The School of Architecture + Planning What happened to "science"? "Engineering"? "Technology"?!

  

  the entire School of Architecture+Planning is pretty small. The school ... leading to the Bachelor of Science in Art and Design degree ... everyone thinks of when they hear "architecture major." We learn how to

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • December 28, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Disco balls in space From an antique bookstore to Drive-By Truckers, and back

  

  One of my NRAO friends is a big fan of the band "Drive-By Truckers." I had previously listened to a grand total of Zero alternative country ... happy to tag along. (It is very telling that when the crowd started

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 5, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Bertie Bott’s Every Flavor Beans + Peanuts + Crackerjacks i practically pulled another all-nighter, and again, for a non-academic reason.

  

  : "Today is the last day the world will only have 5 Harry Potter books to ... able to get a copy of the book. For entertainment, the party had a "Make ... . Even the dome was in the mood to celebrate the release of book 6. I

  • by Bryan
  • July 17, 2005