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• Blog / MIT Life

  A Typical Friday Night Done with 6.046 exam, time to chill

  

  As you might have read in my last entry, I had a 6.046 (Design and Analysis of Algorithms) exam this past Thursday. Once it was over, my brain ... , post-6.046 exam. I know that before I came to MIT, my impression of the

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / How to Food

  I came, I saw, I stirfried Foray into non-ramen cooking

  

  can imagine. We did not have the Student Center. And so begins my ... dinners". I eased my way into "actual cooking" by boiling corn. Baby ... time in my life. And cut it. And activated the once-dormant Asian stir

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 7, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  It’s like finding candy in your pocket… MIT in the media - Always a treat.

  

  in my opinion. I'm sure we all fall victim to surrendering minutes and ... upon neat stuff about my professors, I feel just a tad bit redeemed. Two examples from this past week. ONE. I was scrolling through my Tumblr

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 21, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  Cancer life-changing.

  

  with me throughout my blogging career have heard about CK before. Those ... session is done. I was a counselor for Camp Kesem MIT during my freshman ... them. It’s just so happened that my skyscrapers were built by something

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 18, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Different Kind of Learning

  

  Three days into my study abroad program and this is my classroom ... and I am excited to see how it intersects with my coursework at MIT, my internship experience this summer and my own interests. I am excited to

  • by Becca H. '12
  • August 25, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Metabo lite s Why the Broad Institute is inspiring my exercise goals

  

  my wedding dress. This might be because I spent the whole winter in ... committee. More likely though, it is due to my sluggish 40-something ... to use my personal trainer to help me start burning up some calories

  • by Kris Guay
  • May 27, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Cultured C-Show 2011

  

  that I was capable of turning off my alarm and going back to sleep, without any conscious knowledge of my actions. (2) I listened to my 18 ... my first blueberry bagel ever and decided immediately to eat many more

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 2, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  FINAL TERM ATTACK Like a black light attack, only it's not like that at all.

  

  ordered. Three hours later, I tripped over my own shoes and fell up a flight ... from the show on my way upstairs before I fell flat on my face. Let me remind you that I am getting a degree in June. It is my final term here, I

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 10, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sights and Sounds Only at MIT.

  

  time, the sole thought running through my head was, "Hey, this is free ... entertaining discussion, during which I often wish my capacity to remember clever ... memorable: The above sight met my eyes this past Tuesday night, as I walked

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 5, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  ADITL MIT's Technique spearheads one of the most interesting projects I've seen on campus recently.

  

  Yesterday I carried my camera around all day and took awkward pictures of my friends. (Hi, Sam.) What made this different from all the other days when I carry my camera around all day and take awkward pictures

  • by Keri G. '10
  • September 25, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  A Run through Boston Having an adventure was easy. Carrying the camera around was the hard part.

  

  . During my confrontation with Level 10 Opponent “Electricity and Magnetism Exam” on Friday morning, my challenger played the familiar “Long, Hideous ... calculate anything, oops” card from my emergency deck, slapped it all over

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 4, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What I just did You'll never believe it.

  

  the score from my last test. Can you say "fail?" I can! Oh, 2.005 is ... filtered my restaurants such that they had free delivery and chicken wings. Here were my options: From experience I know Wings Over Somerville to

  • by Snively '11
  • October 6, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Ops Air Force A summer spent with B-1Bs and C-130s.

  

  my summer PDT at Dyess AFB in Abilene, TX. Dyess is home to the 7th ... Air Force which keeps our planes airborne. During my three weeks I had some amazing experiences that few of my friends could ever dream of. I

  • by ROTC
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Culture Shock

  

  a whole segment of my vocabulary that had lain on a shelf this summer. Well, most of my vocabulary (the English vocabulary, that is) did that...so there have definitely been a few moments of searching my brain for English

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 21, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  When it Rains It Pours

  

  because it's ongoing, but I still haven't taken my pre-employment drug test ... last night the hard drive on my computer randomly died. That's right ... clean. Just one more thing to add to how busy I already am, rebuilding my

  • by Snively '11
  • May 6, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  NM – u? Sometimes there just isn't that much crazy in my life. Splish splash.

  

  Most of my weeks at MIT have been crazy and cool and full of ... , though, are less jam-packed. I just go about my routine - running, reading, meetings - and spend my nights awake with worry about how little I have to

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 23, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Time and change

  

  until all of my grades were in, and I'm still waiting for two of them (out of five). But I'm less nervous about my grades this term than I have ... , Kentucky, at my mom's house. I'll be staying here through the end of the APO

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Tale of Two Majors Trying an Evel Knievel approach with my studies.

  

  of classes and try to get as many degrees as humanly possible. My ... captures my story the best. When he was young, he would buy shoes that were ... rest of my life. So why not try to hedge my bets and try to do everything

  • by Bryan
  • November 16, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hi, I’m Lulu ...a different kind of blogger; I take pictures.

  

  my biography, but here's a little more! I was born in China, grew up ... Haven. My essay for MIT was about my life before age 8. My interview for ... essay. I was admitted Early Action and withdrew most of my pending

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Number Game A few words of advice before applying to college.

  

  baseball cards in my kindergarten days. I guess the whole point is MIT looks at more than just the numbers. Now I took N AP classes, got X on my SAT, and got H A's in my entire life. I applied and got into MIT. Someone

  • by Bryan
  • August 2, 2006