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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Integration Bee (guest post by Mike W. ‘19) I had a tagline planned out, but I axed it for being too derivative.

  

  -pressure probably helped me. I made the cut, for the live round. Turns out my roommate ... elimination round. I scraped by with three strikes. So did my roommate. That ... the tournament out for yourself. Here are the qualifying rounds from

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Shot in the Life I now realize that this is probably a misleading title.

  

  clearly had to share it with everyone we knew, or to preserve that one crazy ... other people from my gmail. Fun fact: you can only have 5 gchat windows ... definitely nsfw) 4b) ... I was also really busy. 5) For the amount of insane

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • April 16, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  The Quest Continues and into the open world i go

  

  've been playing guitar somewhat informally for all of college, and also ... be treasured. I'm excited for the big things that I'll do with my ... GRA would make waffles for our hall; a particular fencing meet; walking

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 29, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Bicycle Race More things happen, and I pretend that I've read your comments.

  

  fun! Today in 10.37: Chemical Kinetics and Reactor Design, we had a pop quiz. That's pretty uncommon for MIT as a whole, but I've had a few Course 10 classes with closed-notes pop quizzes that last about 10 minutes

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 4, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Art Imitating Art well, at least blogs.

  

  consciousness between an otherwise unbroken day of naps to share with you ... next? Prefrosh applicant Emad Taliep '14 used this prompt to share with ... told him to bring his guitar. My plan? To defeat the zombies with a logic

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

  4 Jack Bauer, eat your heart out.

  

  movies from our dorm collection for free), and although he's a trustworthy ... I'm working desk for 4 hours tonight to get a head start on my 10 ... . Lucky that I did, because the thing was FREAKING COVERED WITH A COLONY OF

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 10, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Books write our life stories Philosophy, astronomy, religion, neurology - and my plans for the future.

  

  annotated Gorgias will travel with me to Marburg, Germany, for an intensive ... (and on our windowsills, and underneath our sofa, and on top of our ... begin. I started with my bookshelf, since that seems to be where clutter

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 30, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m sitting on my bed right now so sleepy

  

  for 119 is cool with me, though), applied green face masks, painted our ... some bread, (2) brush my teeth, and (3) pass out for the night with my ... with a friend; we drove through Cambridge and discovered a mutual

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 23, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Makes Taiwanese Talk Show! All the way across the world

  

  graduate with a degree in Spanish. She knows five languages. "Word hard, play ... what got me in was the interview. I talked with my interviewer for 3 ... with interesting projects. For example, we have a class in mechanical

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 18, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  Collections Simple

  

  difference. The professor starts each class with deep breathing (4 BPM). At ... summer and learned a lot. I read a lot of books. I became obsessed with ... human speech perception. I started spending significantly more time with

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 23, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  making meaning exit right in 0.1 miles

  

  job on IQ-TREE has been running for more than an hour. For my UROP, I ... supervisor. me: i've been running it for A While now and it's on iteration 700 ... , not sure tho :( It's not an issue with the size of my tree -- I've only

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • August 30, 2023
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Party of One A fun day trip idea when you're getting tired of homework.

  

  's North Station where I would board an Amtrak train for the day. Amtrak's Downeaster service connects Boston with Portland, Maine and several ... schedule is advantageous and allows for many day trip opportunities

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 25, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  things i have done since leaving school but only in the ten hundred most used words

  

  friends drank at bars decided that black is my best color played outside in the sun and in the cold played lots of games got back into hitting people with long sticks ate so much good food. sometimes even made my own

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 19, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  Here’s a Plan let's burn off the pi(e)

  

  stretching mechanism, along with mindfulness meditation. I recommend signing ... hitting the gym? Besides, after this humongous pie I'd say it's time for a little workout. Stress-exercising is a coping mechanism for me and one

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • March 9, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Transfer Decisions Released Today

  

  An update for our transfer applicants: Emily Sheldon, who coordinates transfer admissions for our office, will be emailing all applicants with their decisions this afternoon, so you should expect to hear from

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 3, 2012
• Blog / People & Identities

  H I C C U P S takeaways from a Bollywood film

  

  and tiring week) to watch a Bollywood film. All I was really looking for ... musical sequence. When my younger brother hit the play button, I was already ... with me past a good night’s sleep. Hichki (which roughly translates to

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 15, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  MIT CodeIt or: the best decision i've made this semester

  

  students for the fall. And with their permission, I'm really excited to talk ... was still so on top of things. She would keep up with all the labs, ask ... CS. Seeing my kids bursting with ideas for their final project

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 25, 2020
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Bloggers invade LA What should Sam and I do in Los Angeles? Suggestions welcome

  

  fun running up and down hills and looking for grammatical mistakes on ... and I are flying out to Los Angeles today for a one-week stay in the city of angeles. Man, I love it when vacations line up with food

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 23, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  everything, all at once thoughts on science, ambition, and obsession

  

  in favor of sticking with science, which, for me, was an accessible and ... lovely! I had a very nice and restful summer, with free evenings spent ... do with [annotation note="at least, for the next decade or so"]my life

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • August 2, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Internet Nostalgia Internostalgia!

  

  -billion dollar company came up with for the web in 1996: McDonalds-1996 ... text but apparently there is a low-res version for people with speeds ... hours of play time. Let's evaluate "ultra-slim" for a second

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 4, 2008