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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT and the SAA HOORAY FOR ACRONYMS

  

  I woke up at 8 this morning after passing out on my computer around 4 ... hard kicks in the face. (Remind me to tell you about how I failed my swim ... my KeyboardFace™ wasn't caused by one big epic scientific fail for once

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 28, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Where You’re Going, Where I’ve Been CPW! YEEAAAH!

  

  Hey everyone! Some people have asked if I'm still blogging (mostly my ... major news on my end since the last time we caught up is that I got my EMT ... prefrosh, I couldn't make it to CPW, but I visited on my own about a month

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The sun is out but why is it so cold outside?

  

  My cat is a little ball of static lately. It can't be too much fun to ... of my toothpaste and finally confronted the task of getting a new tube ... asleep on my advisor's couch. For 2 hours. Coming back from his meeting, he

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 20, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Scientist Questions of science, science and progress.

  

  . Today was my first day and I decided to come in at 8:00 - which, in turn ... compared to my usual wake up time of 9:00 last semester, in order to make it to my first class at 10:00, that's a pretty big switch. Just pointing

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 2, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes.

  

  You can steer yourself, any direction you choose. Today was my first ... figure bits. Using my trusty Dremel, super glue, X-Acto, pliers, and ... . The trip back was a little iffy. My main leg was fine, I made it to

  • by Snively '11
  • May 27, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Eleven "And the award for 'least creative entry title ever' goes to..."

  

  the best way to talk about my life since I last wrote without publishing ... this summer until late August. Judging by my previous experiences with ... I visited MIT my junior year, I missed my plane and was really worried

  • by Karen F. '11
  • May 20, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  A Hack and Advice Two entries smashed into one.

  

  My dorm, Burton-Conner, has a great view of the both domes from just ... when I walked out of my dorm to head to Physics I noticed something strange. What are those pokey things on the small dome? I hastened my way

  • by Snively '11
  • February 29, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Snow(y) Day The kind of day when tea or cocoa helps in reading applications.

  

  Right now, I'm sitting at home at my dining room table, with a big stack of applications before me. To my right, out the window, I see big ... was my first time on the Slugfest wiki. I enjoyed reading about the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 3, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bring Your Audience to Work Day In celebration of the annual Bring Your Audience to Work Day, the first Monday of…

  

  something new or surprising, and it doesn't break my bank, why shouldn't I ... holiday festivities, I would bring you a window into my daily commute (sadly, by automobile - but at least it's not too long) and into my work

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 2, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  FIRST POST! You guys are totally right.. that WAS really tempting.

  

  realize I only have x days left, and crawl back to my desk to attack ... Course 5 (chemistry), because of my unnatural (dare I say.. inorganic ... I completely forgot to write about my CPW - which was awesome fun

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 7, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Gravity Rides Everything We are gathered here today to allude to rapidly accelerating bouncy balls and The Moon…

  

  right? Hmmm? If you didn't meet me, then you probably met my mom, since ... week, during which she keeps trying to clean my room. Thanks, Mom. I ... my computer right now (and as a result of this and all five seasons of

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 17, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  twenty-minute drive from my house. The only thing I scored this semester was the music for "All In Green Went My Love Riding," my final project ... really hearing and caring about my music as I was writing it. After my

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 26, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Grind Time It = late. Coffee = love. You = intrigued.

  

  to start working, andI stayed up until 5:00 to finish my essay. Shockingly, I was pretty tired for my 9:00 AM lecture on Tuesday morning ... get coffee. Coffee = bad! Here is my first page of 14.05 notes

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Delayed Reaction A day in the life.

  

  hockey, so we postponed my first day by six months.) Monday was the 2 ... ’s always my least favorite part. Of anything. Ever. Well, this particular 2 ... shortcut truly is. (There were actually lines in my notes that reference how

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 7, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  I like romantic things like music and art ...so why don't I have a boyfriend?

  

  AM to start sweating the onions for my award-winning apple cream of ... , a culinary "competition" for which my floor routinely cranks out about ... that my SAM: Spaghetti, Apple, and Meatballs didn't win the award for

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Like a freshman Getting a P+ isn't just for frosh anymore.

  

  my 10.490: Integrated Chemical Engineering problem set (which ... encountered my suitemate and moral compass Dizzle '09, just finishing up a 2 ... all day, while I was sitting in my classes slowly passing out from sleep

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 6, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Back From Vacation Tales of swing sets and answers to the various questions in my inbox.

  

  been piling up in my inbox... Where the heck have you been?!? April 6-9 was CPW, followed by my first real vacation in over a year. A whole week off! Just got back today - 1000+ emails in my inbox - good times

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 18, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Last Night What I did last night, on my last night. CambridgeSide Galleria & Brokeback Mountain

  

  "Last Night" -- get it?! I took my 14.41: Public Economics final in ... is a possibly-staged photograph of me while I'm studying for my finals ... already. Anyway, my point is that I had an economics exam, so I wanted to do

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 17, 2005
• Blog / Events

  TMI WRT MIT TLA’s Wonderful things happen that I can organize around a coherent theme. Also, I didn't lose…

  

  This was a great day. Take my word for it. What, do you want me to ... grape flavor diffusion into my mouth. Specifically, I wondered how I could best agitate my mouth (using my tongue as an approximate Rushton impeller

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 7, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Professor accessibility Mentor, n. A trusted counselor or guide. Or perhaps a really famous biologist who lets…

  

  as the grad students in my lab for probably a tenth of the salary ... times a week in the Stata Center, taught by Professor Bawendi; my 5 ... today with one of my favorite professors, Carlos Lois. (The good thing

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