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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Home Sweet College Surviving first semester.

  

  shopping and drink lots of tea. I make time for Lord of the Rings, which I ... on my father’s. I love them all ten times the distance. It’s hard. Some ... especially at this time of life, it would be harder to be intellectually

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 29, 2015
• Blog / Events

  The Tale of a Frosh once upon a cold November

  

  first time in her life (since perhaps one rebellious quarter in elementary ... because graduate school is still part of her grand life plan. Speaking of ... “have time” was sorely mistaken. And if the Frosh had time, she would

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 30, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Ending it's the last day of classes and I am having some feelings.

  

  my total time in college is coming to an end. I suppose this is ... world from different perspectives, and a lot of times the words we use don ... making a gorgeous flying Corn Dog, and concurrently spent that time with my

  • by Allan K. '17
  • May 15, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Go Read Some Science Fiction You'll see why in a bit

  

  I love going to the MIT Media Lab. Being part of the MAS Freshman program, I spend a lot of time there. It's a research facility that ... , remember that time Luke Skywalker got his arm chopped off by Darth Vader in

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 16, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer begins And I get a brief vacation.

  

  : Yep! TSA Agent: Wow, physics. Great time to be a physicist, with all the stuff going on nowadays. Great time. Me: Uh...yeaaaah! TSA Agent: And you ... ! Me: I...yesss? I...I guess so? (I guess I have DNA in all parts of me

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 25, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Champagne, pistols, and my new UROP blogging in a power outage. that's hardcore. though anna beat me to it.

  

  's Last Stand.  The Battle of the Alamo.  That one time those buff Spartan ... working.  And if there ever comes a time when there are no lights on in the ... interfering RNA) is part of a natural gene-regulating mechanism called RNA

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 29, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Delivery! "Ring delivery" is more like "ring takeout," actually, since they don't bring a brass rat…

  

  'm nearly halfway done.) But let me start with the most important part: I am ... delivery was on the final day before dead week, or that time of the semester ... at roughly the same time she said it. Could be why we're friends.) Even

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 20, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  IAP: It’s Amazing Pterodactyl I'm not good at acronyms

  

  gear, it should be no surprise that I'm thrilled to be back just in time ... ample down time for doing things with your friends. I've been working with ... love me some BSG. My favorite part of building commputers though, is the

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 14, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  At The Ends Of Tunnels unlike a tunneling particle, I actually had to expend lots of energy to surmount obstacles

  

  of a non-real-time graphics engine. In real life, photons bounce off of ... progressing much more enjoyably. The last time I was hunched over an assignment ... masochism," quoth he. But dude, that's the best part of CS labs -- when you

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • December 21, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Lesson Planning When in doubt, get Legos involved

  

  , and a completed satellite was worth more than the sum of its parts. The ... satellite and separated “planning” time and “negotiating” time into two ... were still going strong as time ran out at the end of the fourth round

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • December 8, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Average The benefits of challenging yourself in high school

  

  opportunities I have here? Am I happy here? During one of my reflection times, one ... grasp, but a part of being a student at MIT. Being a freshman, my initial ... test, paper, and problem set. Plus, there's not even enough time in the

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 16, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Sorting Hat of Sorts Where you live may be one of the most important parts of your time here…

  

    Ahh summer. The fresh air. The copious amounts of free time ... being at school I've lived in many different parts of the housing system ... 't stress that enough. A lot of times, I see students getting charmed by

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Fariborz Maseeh Hall The Phoenix Group would rise from the the "ashes" of Ashdown...

  

  Massachusetts Ave and Memorial Drive since the beginning of time (i.e. 1938 when ... genre of the MIT student. May 2008: Part of the planning process ... . October 2008: The stock market crashed around this time and the $90 million

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • October 18, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Lea-der! Lea-der! Bat-man! ...I mean, Lea-der!

  

  careers in a time when women just didn’t do that. I decided to attend this ... three more times that day. I realized that some people still don ... with practice: networking works. Check back next week for part two of

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • July 13, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  I Can Save You Possibly.

  

  home, bound for MIT. Yes, I am known for my impeccable sense of timing ... human appendages. Part of me wants to grab rolls of toilet paper and ... that I'd have oodles of time outside of class. Wrong! We're assigned

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 9, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  About Tomorrow Good Luck Tomorrow!

  

  , those who were won't be overwhelmed with joy, it'll be a part of your life ... around this time. I can hardly believe how much has changed in just one ... true and appropriate in all times and situations. They presented him the

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 13, 2009
• Blog / IAP

  IAP and Igloos This is an entry about IAP. IAP is the month of January. It's...February. I know.

  

  even growing a beard at that time, and yeah, we probably paid more for ... magical time; it's one month in the middle of the school year filled with ... that's a moderately warm temperature for winter around these parts, here

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 25, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  How I got mugged in the frozen foods section. So, MIT is kind of like a turkey and provolone Subway sandwich.

  

  sleep, and then I thought of this xkcd and a little part of me died. Last ... make a good blog entry.” Life at MIT does not make sense a lot of times ... -ish verbatim, “I would’ve given up on question one.” Or like this one time when

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • January 5, 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…

  

  ," and feeling all enlightened and such. Part of this is because the class ... was quite possibly the most epic pset of all time. It started out with ... ." Alright, time for Problem 4. Problem 4 was an essay. I'm not kidding! Write

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 10, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Sick of Being Sick On being sick at MIT.

  

  's in part due to my winning combination of Pepto Bismol chased down by ... was so tired and so stressed by the time they got me on the table and ... night - I had an assignment due that day, which I hadn't really found time

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 22, 2008