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  A Study Break. Or two or three. Or four. I think you get the idea.

  

  treatise on how to gain weight and never let it go, 2) a poem of seemingly sub-par metaphors that, upon deeper analysis, actually expound on the ... underlying theme of lost love. On the other hand, I would reply that it simply

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 21, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lace, Gourmet Candy and Dorothy an inside look into the most fabulous internship in san francisco

  

  you working on? What does your startup do?" "We uh... .... we're a ... on a huge dream, the office moves very quickly and the app is scheduled ... been pretty much what I imagined. Everyone on our team is driven, great

  • by Connie H. '15
  • January 16, 2013
• Blog / MISTI

  The Last Day at Gymnasium Untergriesbach as part of the MIT-Germany Global Teaching Labs Program

  

  like an old crow looks back on the time that has flown by. On my first ... I am being kicked from the nest without being able to fly. I sit on ... hour super lectures on the biology of DNA and chemistry of petroleum. 7

  • by MISTI Program
  • March 12, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Potpourri Blog Post food... etc.

  

  profound blog post, so I’ll go ahead and zoom in on some the crazy things ... , but right there in one plate I’ve covered 3 groups on the food pyramid ... all similar to questions on quizzes and exams –because Mastering Physics

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • November 21, 2009
• Blog / Class Projects

  Mind and Hand My first CNC project

  

  ! One of my classes, 2.008, focuses on manufacturing and machining ... tools to cut grooves, pockets, round edges, so on and so forth. A mill is ... you can move your part around on a table (like an etch-a-sketch) and

  • by Snively '11
  • October 10, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Colors! Burton-Conner:12523 kbps1649 kbps140 ms

  

  around Conner 2 (The floor on whichith I liveth). Well, the first isn ... 't purchase anything that was on sale, I did buy a lava lamp! I had a lava lamp ... to paint murals! The mural I'm working on is a scene from the end of

  • by Snively '11
  • September 15, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Barker Engineering Library Where sound goes to die.

  

  ). On a quick side note, I've noticed that a lot of people on tours love ... who is planning on visiting MIT, I have gone ahead and taken a picture ... Library takes on a whole new use for students. No longer is it a place to

  • by Snively '11
  • February 13, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Danger Danger! Listen to Burt, duck and cover!

  

  . Every once in a while you walk by a door with a sign on it and you wonder ... there is high voltage on the other sides of those signs, right? That ... on the same sign, together, you can bet that there's some serious stuff

  • by Snively '11
  • January 23, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’ll bet you got waylaid! Wherein Portland, Oregon rocks my face.

  

  have discovered this on my way back from a West Coast chemical ... 'll be reading Schachnovelle by Stefan Zweig on my overnight redeye (or are those two things mutually exclusive?). Catch you on the East Coast

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 25, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Yes, I am still alive My fourth of July in America's hometown

  

  horrified look on my face in 2004 when I realized that there were no hot dogs on the 4th of July. The look of horror prompted Adam's mom to ask me ... fireworks. Usually we sit up on a hill in the middle of an 18th

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 6, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  An Entrepreneur’s Story How billionaire entrepreneur Pat McGovern '59 got his start.

  

  , and, as it is here, it is often a very interesting story. Read on: I was ... -by-step book on how computers work, written by Edmund Berkeley. It was one of the ... entering my junior year at M.I.T., I saw a notice on the student bulletin

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  From The Midst Of Selection A recount of EA selection committee.

  

  ... Thursday 12/1: The day I'd set aside to catch up on email, blogging, work ... another year on our quest to make the world better. (Lunch: Mass Ave food ... , the folder goes back on the pile. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. Playing over

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 5, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Every square is a rectangle A brief look at every student activity at MIT.

  

  in an organometallic chemistry lab, and then on top of that, she's been ... . And then on Wednesday night, she stayed up with the rooming committee ... readjusted properly after in-house rush. Battle on, Erica. Anyway, tonight I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 3, 2005
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  Freshman Summer plans and progress

  

  shitty first draft of my resume by the end of August. I improved on it in ... on recruiters. I staggered back to EC loaded with General Motors tee ... spent most of my free time in October and November polishing up on my

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • February 10, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Psetting in Connecticut Tales of my trip to a figure skating competition

  

  , a 3.5 mile drive from campus. I sprint to get on the bus 3 minutes before the departure time, 6pm. I make it on. It’s a smooth and ... contest on TV while I eat. Now it’s time to pset. It’s 10pm, and I have

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 29, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m sitting at work right now Seems like as good a time as any to bang out a quick blog post

  

  to it. So, here's a snapshot of what I'm doing RIGHT NOW, at 11:52am on ... here. The name plate on our door has four slots, taken up by AWESOME ... on as usual. There are nine summer students in total (the others are in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 11, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why I do what I do A few reasons I'm still on this planet.

  

  what I'm doing and such -- so I thought I'd clue you all in on my raison ... working this term about 15 hours in the lab each week. I work on the weekends, on school holidays, and on national holidays. In 2004, I didn

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 24, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Pageant and pomp and parade The whippoorwill of freedom zapped me right between the eyes.

  

  that Bryan's two entries on Independence Day weekend are both fantastic ... weekend was go down to the Hatch Shell on July 4th to see the Boston Pops ... , folks. But read on; if you finish the whole entry Marilee Jones will send

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  sticker stories adorned on my water bottles

  

  slipped out of my backpack on the plane...silly me. I checked my location tracker (because I am crazy and put a really old tile on it) and saw it was ... interestingly organic that way. I also put stickers only on my bottle. I used to

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • February 24, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  train of thought on feeling deeply

  

  Amtrak. One day, it suddenly occurred to me that when I'm on a train, I ... attention span on Instagram — I could be reading!  I’ve mentioned before that ... from NYC to Providence, I started reading Stone Butch Blues as a pdf on

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 26, 2022