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• Blog / Hacks

  A Brief History of Hacks Unfortunately I couldn't get Stephen Hawking to narrate.

  

  easier? Not to mention your most special friend, or "friend^0" is "the one ... adopt exponential notation to denote level of friendship. I.e. A "friend", or "root-level" friend is one that you personally know and like. A

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 22, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Behold, a day job! Still with ultra-short travel time!

  

  the time. As it turns out, the name is simply part of this 50s-British-girl-group kitschy image they're trying to pull off, which has nothing to do with ... nerdiness is futile, so I might as well be unabashedly proud of it. The second

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 22, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Lot Can Happen in 365 Days 8,760 hours of work, sleep, and play

  

  doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man ... person we're going to be for the next stage of our lives. I felt like I wasn't getting out of campus enough. I knew I wanted to start a company

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 31, 2016
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Public Art And one fantastic sandwich

  

  BLT on whole wheat, I passed by numerous workmen unloading flatbeds of ... woman on a crane directed workmen on the ground while pointing out how to ... event of the FAST Festival. On the evening of May 7th, the Charles River

  • by Kris Guay
  • April 26, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Jhumpa Lahiri visited MIT today! ...and all of Cambridge (it seemed) wanted to see her!

  

  along, or even get to sit inside of the lecture hall. There was also an ... alone love, and Jhumpa Lahiri is one of them. The Pulitzer Prize winning ... forty minutes. I videotaped a small, random portion of it. To watch it

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 5, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Virginia Tech’s Commencement

  

  Oklahoma City, the events of September 11th or Virginia Tech, the closure ... really have is to "get used to it". Perhaps this is why time is a major ... Predicament of Aftermath: Reflections on 9-11 and Oklahoma City that I

  • by Laurie Everett
  • May 31, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  how i got my book deal *flailing intensifies*

  

  together enough to actually write a book. [annotation note="this is, of ... any meaning and also if today is a Tuesday or a Sunday signing a book ... shape and we could probably go out on submission (send it to publishers

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 1, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Winter/Summer/Where I’m From

  

  grandmother on my dad’s side, which I only get to do when I visit my parents. We ... I grew up, from 13 to 18, and where I spend most of my IAPs and long weekends when I can. PA is colder than Boston, or it feels that way. In the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • May 6, 2016
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  There were many incredible applicants to the MIT Class of 2028, which unfortunately means that we had to turn down some great students. The comments on this post are an open forum for those of you who want to talk with us

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  End-of-Summer Camping Temporary escape from my “cruel, insufficiently damp world"

  

  (This post’s tagline is ironic because I’m actually kind of hosed.) I ... another hour instead of buying food or watering my plants. Three weeks into ... already boarded. I rolled up to the driver. “Can I get on this bus?” He

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 28, 2011
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Waterfall Camping in Shenandoah National Park Snakes and fireflies.

  

  when it's to protect their young. Right on cue, shortly after we hopped ... was standing on the side of the road, and ambled into the forest as we ... Skyline Drive, and looped around the park on the highway, which (en route

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

  Super Top Secret Spy Action Real Life Experience: Building a car in 2.007

  

  .007, Design and Manufacturing I. The basic goal of the class is to design and build a car to complete a specific task or set of tasks and score as many ... . The idea is to get as many of these balls into the highest scoring bins

  • by Bryan
  • February 26, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The second-best picture we took in Paris This entry is dedicated to Regis Philbin.

  

  to step on your camera if you leave it there." "Okay, I'll put it on two-second timer instead of ten-second." "You better run." "Don't worry!" ... DID YOU KNOW? I. M. Pei, who graduated from the MIT school of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 22, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  News for Admitted Students Some next steps for those who received the good news.

  

  like to see us do blog entries on over the coming month or so? How can we ... MIT Portal: Over at MyMIT, you'll find a bunch of stuff only available to ... that are within walking distance (or easy public transportation) of MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Top Blog Posts of 2015 widely viewed and capturing the essence of 2015

  

  campus and college. The following is an unordered list of some of our top ... 2015 has had its ups and downs for pretty much everyone on planet earth. From little victories to large setbacks, everybody's gone through

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 31, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  Kindred Spirits or, "Making Friends"

  

  waiting for class to begin. The magic of making friends, of course, is that ... between classes or in the dining halls. Throw on the pressure of classes ... people In Real Life has always kind of freaked me out to some (albeit small

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 19, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  bump MIT students design products

  

  students will have taken an idea from nothing more than a sketch on paper to a real life product. This course is a FANTASTIC opportunity to get to ... specifications for fruit... or break things apart to learn. Despite the fact

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 19, 2014
• Blog / MISTI

  I jumped into the river ...black-haired Asians swam with me.

  

  for a variety of reasons, the majority of which are related to Sam's Mom ... line up to surf in it. Kind of like the swan boats in Boston Common ... ! Undaunted by my cries of agony, Ling clotheslines into the water. She is

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 30, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Take Deep Breaths :) Deep breaths.

  

  . --- All I can really add to that blog entry is that this year, I'm reliving ... be the end of my formal education, but here I am applying to graduate schools. It's not an easy task either. Waiting on pins and needles to hear

  • by Bryan
  • March 16, 2007
• Blog / Personal Travel

  More from Ahia I even manage to do MIT-related stuff when I'm 750 miles away.

  

  for a few days), since my fam is hopping on a plane to LA early tomorrow ... -cheerleader-dense part of the country (except maybe Miami, FL?). So to all the people I ... suppose it's usually more expedient to leave a comment on my blog -- I can

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 28, 2005