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  An Afternoon In/Out Of The Snow

  

  slice of my life on a lazy IAP Saturday. 12:40 PM Nature precipitates ... (b) assembling a vegetarian sandwich savory enough to sate my ... muttonchops, and sustainably-harvested calabash smoking pipe, I roll up my

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • January 22, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  Impulsive Decisions as expected, have consequences

  

  during IAP. But one night in September, I was checking my emails, writing down my French Word of the Day and then Korean Word of the Day, and then a lightbulb literally went off in my head. I could be learning Korean

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 25, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Still Alive! sorry, this has nothing to do with portal

  

  metaphorical plot, it's a true inspiration for my secret pipe dream of becoming ... in my last post was misinformed, because when I wrote it, I was relaxed ... , still coughing up my lungs in a mucosal haze of academic slackery, and

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • October 22, 2011
• Blog / Events

  (Still) Celebrating the 150th! Boy oh boy is it delicious (and free!)

  

  still think MIT's the place that can't be beat; the majority of my ... . I had never had a burrito until my junior (or senior? I forget; Michelle, do you remember?) year of high school, when my friend Michelle

  • by Cam T. '13
  • July 17, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Hospital Trips and Dance Parties MIT campus is where it's at over the summer.

  

  Two weeks ago, I arrived back at MIT. This is the view from my new ... unfinished p-set, in my room. Finally, I have time: to do the things I always ... how I envisioned my first full day back...but it made for a good bonding

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 29, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Recycle, Reuse, (Map) Reduce? Jackpot, baby!

  

  significantly more dings and dents, from another great source. MIT! Quoth my ... grounds as "reuse". Looking around my room and my hall, here are a few ... -front glass aquarium Many smaller aquariums... One cat Toner for my 15

  • by Cam T. '13
  • June 10, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to “Teach” Leadership Please find the probability that Shakespeare diffuses into my GEL classes given that my schedule…

  

  ’s schedule. Luckily for me, my classes are unique enough that I don’t spend ... , my classes for the GEL program are relatively free of curveballs when it comes to tests. Now that I’ve settled into my courses, I thought I

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • November 4, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Enterlude Brought to you by the letter "L", for Late, Lame, and real Life. Or something…

  

  aforementioned features for the apple of my childhood-reliving eye, the glory of ... tossed it down to me. Tugging it on over my top, I grinned, bounded up the wall, found a foothold, and prepared to contort my way to victory

  • by Natanya K. '14
  • September 18, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Art Imitating Art well, at least blogs.

  

  Happy Labor Day Weekend y'all! I'm up north in my ancestral woods of ... dramatic monologue. "Wait...beat! That's it!" I called my friend David - a ... told him to bring his guitar. My plan? To defeat the zombies with a logic

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 5, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Musings on Colorful Balls (CPW Guest Blog!) from Ramya '14!

  

  ]) Before I write about my experience at CPW, I have a disclaimer to make ... have pictures on them. This tendency results from my inability to focus ... textagons!!). So anyways, I kind-of sort-of dropped my camera down the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 13, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Stories from Uganda [by Biyeun Buczyk '10] Installing an exhibit in the Wiesner Student Art Gallery.

  

  part of this organization since 2004, and this was my 4th visit to Uganda. I brought my Mamiya RB67—a beautiful, entirely mechanical ... tick-tick-tick. A week later I finished toning my last 16"x20" print

  • by ARTalk
  • February 8, 2010
• Blog / Community Projects

  Phew! BUSY BUSY BUSY BUSY!

  

  , so let me do my best to help you understand. When I got to campus we ... know freshmen. For my part, my first task of orientation was to build an ... and decide which ones they may like to live on. Conner 2, my floor, went

  • by Snively '11
  • September 10, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW roundup Meet the Bloggers, dinner with a physics professor, and a photography contest for those of…

  

  breakdown of my blog audience is not verified by real statistics. It does, however, accurately reflect the views of the author. Much to my ... last Friday, despite the fact that spambots are among my most adoring and

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 20, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Guest Blog: From the Life and Times of Cam

  

  is my story. Not the story of my life, but part of the story of the intersection of my life and MIT – which is surprisingly large for a high school ... will be too. I hope that my story can be helpful to you. This is what MIT

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 6, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The story of the most epic pset ever If you correct my problem set in the comments, I will get angry. And you…

  

  remains of my E&M skills. After awhile I visited the handy "Conner 2 ... year I actually went back to my high school and successfully taught the ... senile in my old age.) The textbook was not very helpful. I eventually had

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Examining exams Sometimes, grades matter less than photons are matter.

  

  away my website!) Here at MIT, the Infinite Corridor has been ringing ... , Formerly a Key but Now My Math Grade”, “Solid State Chemistry of Fractures (in My Shattered Nerves)” and “8.012 Took My Soul (and Graded It and

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Food, Folks, and Fun…..but definitely not mcdonald’s Quinton makes friends at the Muslim Student Association

  

  MIT flavor. I have decided to dedicate my first 100 days to exploring ... some interesting people throughout my journey, I will try to share some of my adventures with you. Walk with me…. About two weeks ago, I

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 1, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  E-mail It's like D-mail, only the next letter.

  

  't have a brass rat yet (this year though!) I did get my MIT e-mail address ... your Gmail inbox. "But Snively, I still want to e-mail people using my MIT e-mail address, not my Gmail address!" No worries recently accepted

  • by Snively '11
  • September 30, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Week in the Life: Optimism Edition In which I have a particularly tough, enriching week.

  

  "I like how you say that with a smile on your face," my hallmate ... working in studio for five hours and I hate my life but it was awesome,'" he ... welcome my first final review in 4.112 (Integrated Architecture Studio). I

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s up? here's whats up

  

  tank top and a skirt, soaked my shoes and walked home barefoot. Now it ... the sun is coming up. Tomorrow after moving my things back to EC, I'm driving back home with my parents to spend the last few days of summer in CT

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • August 17, 2008