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  Adventures on the Charles Aka we go outdoors sometimes

  

  announcements for free activities. Over Memorial Day weekend, we met the Boston 1 ... “trained” for half an hour to compete in a mock-race. Everyone was super ... weekend, we signed up for a canoeing trip and picnic lunch along the Charles

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • June 15, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thinking Positive Sophomore year was kind of awful. But there were happy things! I'll focus on the…

  

  in for my HASS concentration! I will concentrate in writing and reading ... training coordinator for Medlinks for the upcoming year! I am so excited to ... 'll be working on corrosion resistant piping for oil and gas at TMK IPSCO

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 17, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Astronomy in Paradise Lost I can't resist.

  

  seen, although I suppose you could think of the chain as a metaphor for ... " for "telescope") but I'll finish off with a discussion of light ... detectors, so for many centuries astronomers relied on them. For example, when

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 27, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Polar Vortex or my third IAP, and how externships work

  

  You might wonder what possessed me to go to Chicago for the month of January. The weather forecast for my first day of work. Granted, this ... by IDEO for the winter, with the stipulation that I would be working at

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 16, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  with the Men In Black Headquarters, except without aliens (for now). Normally, I would be there for my Fundamentals of Computational Media Design class (MAS.110) or for just getting "lost" in the many halls of the labs

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 16, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Tale of Two Struggles Starring a broken scanner and the Urban Dictionary

  

  for my next blog post and I took a dainty sip from my aluminum water ... was predictably cold and the Student Center was empty except for a lady ... prepare for something.” I highly recommend Urban Dictionary for all your

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 2, 2013
• Blog / Events

  A Couple of Firsts With a picture game

  

   Answer: Stuff that I paid for. Right Answer: Stuff that I got for free at the ... the world had come for the sole purpose of recruiting me! Well, not ... I got so much free stuff that I won’t need to buy shirts for another

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 17, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Updates 2013 things that are happening

  

  accepted. One question we sometimes get is about cover sheets for letters of ... stress for you or your advocates. How can I check that you have the ... more or less exactly how the PDFs are generated for us. A note on text

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 17, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Right NOW Making Things

  

  reach of seats by the window. I wrote for a while. I thought of Anis ... , ideas for blog posts and essays, and I save them for later. I stow away ... (once a week, not for credit) called Ceramica Botanica, and here's what I

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • May 2, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Picking A Southwest Flight Seat How to Make Flying Bearable

  

  pretty easy, set an alarm for 24 hours before your flight and make sure you know what it's for.   Step 2 - Understanding Your Options and ... 's not terrible. The leg room is abysmal for tall people but at least you

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • January 22, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Inspired Brainstorming Three pieces of advice I employ

  

  for now, I’d like to share three pieces of advice. These three pieces of ... “Study hard” or “Eat your broccoli.” As I prepared to leave home for MIT ... think its a good way to start, but there's no substitute for just going

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • November 25, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Talk to Strangers you might want to keep what they have to say forever

  

  , seeming strange or feeling too uncomfortable? For example, like this. Or ... Radio way back when? For you prefrosh who've signed up for Terrascope or for those of you that will eventually sign up, it's a class you can take

  • by Ana V. '15
  • July 22, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s my age again? Spring semester so far

  

  , which I didn’t realize because I accidentally pre-registered for 7 ... set the stage for a positive next two years at MIT. 18.06: Linear ... class is a prerequisite for almost everything else I want to take

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 3, 2012
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Travelogue: Part Une Trip to Bath and meeting an MIT professor thousands of miles away from MIT

  

  really grateful. For everything. After having lived abroad for 7 years ... that have been supplying water for the bath for thousands of years (my ... at David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research. When I saw

  • by Linh V. '13
  • February 16, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Terrascope Save the world. Go. (:

  

  MIT freshmen for them to answer in a single semester: “How would you ... the picture on the left for 70% of the semester, and like the one on the right for the remaining 30%. heehee

  • by Ana V. '15
  • January 3, 2012
• Blog / MISTI

  Architecture students Are you interested in designing abroad?

  

  me set my goals for my final year as an MIT undergraduate. It also ... school. Finally, it established a better understanding for me between ... complexes, this Paris-based firm is best known for their design of the

  • by MISTI Program
  • November 21, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Planned Procrastination Productive Punting

  

  of dirty laundry. I print out my p-sets for the week. While I’m at it I print out past exams for my next three organic chemistry and genetics ... Thursdays are almost completely empty. My p-sets are due Friday. For the first

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 4, 2011
• Blog / Events

  The Blogger’s Cut, Year One Some other first year memories captured in photos

  

  building for using such a cheesy html gimmick in a reputable post. But trust ... to move out. For Next House, residents that weren't graduating had to ... little dejected. It must've gotten Stockholm syndrome from being at MIT for

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 25, 2011
• Blog / Events

  (Paint)Ballin’ Hey, if you're already hosed, you might as well have a good reason for it

  

  bigger!): Not pictured: The wake for my recently-lost composure Couple ... IT IS IMPORTANTYes. That's MIT tip number one: when studying for long ... together his Engineer-like creativity and crafted eight fields for us to fire

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 19, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Diary of an All-nighter 9-5 is so out! Try um, 5 to 9...AM!

  

  sophomore slump for college students i.e. performance drops compared to ... : non-studio) life for a while…and she said something like, Why don’t you ... suitemates have joked about, for instance, saying hi/bye to me for a week. At

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 30, 2010