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• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Happy 375, Boston! Turning 375 years old is no easy task.

  

  birthday and doesn't have a party? I know I'm gonna party when I hit 375 (or ... one day do an entry devoted to ice cream in Boston/Cambridge, what do ... actual firework sent into the sky is a 12-inch shell with a diameter of 1

  • by Bryan
  • July 1, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Other CPW CPW guest entry by Sam Range '13

  

  every 7 minutes or - more closely resembling reality - for 8 to begin on ... test for prefrosh identification - more useful than phenolphtalein or even the flame test. No CPW-goer would set out for a day's adventures

  • by Bryan
  • May 1, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  Rules and who sets them

  

  . But if you do, you aren’t alone. 1. An Incomplete Understanding. More ... ’t as rigorous as those in math-- they are hardly logically consistent or ... through the actual real world applications. Because by the end of the day

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 28, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Essay-M A representative collection of an MIT student's best writing samples.

  

  first sentence coming true, and the last one still more or less applies ... her the trouble. I might get a weekend cooking show for a month or so ... 's what Sam's Mom received over ten years ago: Dear Mom, On Mother's Day I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 27, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, Decisions

  

  In yesterday's entry, I wrote, "With 5 days [now 4 days] until the ... five questions: On a scale of 1-10, with 10 being the highest and 1 ... hurt students when they apply to med school or law school? Thank you very

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 28, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Goodbye 2023, Hello 2024 looking backwards and looking forward

  

  from this UROP: 1.) figure out if I like mechanical engineering and/or ... 's Day. New Years is in my[annotation note="only beaten by Chinese New ... —I've always just had a vague idea of things that would be nice to do or learn

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • January 1, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Last All-Nighter on mortarboards, machine shops, and graduating from MIT

  

  's sleep so that I could wake up early the next day to figure out how to pack ... , which sadly did not exist during Chris's graduation. Lesson 1: Unless you ... scroungings from the emptied-out machine shops: a scrap of discarded 1x1 steel

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • June 13, 2012
• Blog / Personal Travel

  I tried* to run to the airport *thank you Noah and Sydney for saving my life

  

  first sign of stress or discomfort. This usually looks like me spending too much time on youtube or (if i'm feeling particularly productive) a ... . So did I look up training plans or strategies on how to get my distance

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • November 12, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Answering my own questions My perspective on the MIT student mentality about working hard.

  

  pressure to work hard, or do students in the program encourage each other to work hard? Is hard work a virtue or an expletive? Is there a lot of ... safety or housing prices, these questions don't actually have "good" or

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 10, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Zeno’s Paradox halfway there (again)

  

  math class, or six 5 minute intervals. It's fifteen minutes til we are ... game. "Ah look it's 10:45, now 7.5 minutes til we are halfway there from where we are now. And you just made it 15 minutes, how bad can 7.5 be?" So

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 17, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Oodles Of Doodles Chris Peterson once impersonated me as such: "Blah blah blah Irish people, cartoons blah blah…

  

  morning, meaning I woke up at 7:15 (the horror!). The house is empty and I ... class, I always sang "Guttag was a man, he was a programming man, or maybe ... ): 7.03 (Genetics): You all have heard enough about this class. It was

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 3, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Telethon Live Blog Where we call you --

  

  7:17 pm Tonight is the EA admit telethon, wherein we spend all night ... online. Stand by the phones guys, we're callin' everybody! 7:18 pm Matt Mc ... phone with Marta from OR (represent!) and had a great conversation with

  • by Snively '11
  • January 17, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Things to do before you graduate

  

  . More Things to Do Before You Graduate: 1. Participate in Dorm Rush (or ... . Mudwrestle at Steer Roast 6. Go to DTYD 7. Watch (or sing in) Bad Taste 8. Play ... "), touristy ("Have your parents take you to the North End"), or non

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  what’s the word for

  

  forgetting what day it is eating because you want to keep your ... the trance that comes after watching a good movie or a good book, the ... said, and piecing together the other half based on context, or visual

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 5, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Kevin’s Room Portrait of an MIT Student

  

  united by this one weird thing or set of things that keeps us moving (it could be robots or math or cheesecake or Netflix. Mmmm, cheesecake). The ... . Reflecting on this difficult choice, he said that on some days he wondered, not

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • November 26, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to MIT! blogging guilt eased...

  

  fellow student the other day about MIT and she commented that IHTFP ... my teammates this morning mentioned that we only have 9 days of school

  • by Becca H. '12
  • May 3, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I hurt myself again And again and again and again.

  

  on one (1) set of steps in front of Senior Haus and nearly hitting ... falling over them. Anyway, I've been limping around pathetically all day ... wearing the same shirt for three days. But today I got back one of three

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 9, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Quick Update I am busy, this is short.

  

  Well, I'm back from Atlantic City and have 3 million things to do in the next 2 days, which you math geniuses out there should know works out to 1.5 million things per day. Which is why this entry is short. Sanja

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 16, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicants: The College Essay part 3 of the Dear Applicants series

  

  Breathe… If you have submitted your application, go to 1. If you are ... explain yourself, either. There isn’t space or time for uncertainty. The ... creativity and passion. Don’t make it "persuasive" or "compare and contrast

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Events

  A Splash of color! and a bigger splash of water.

  

  -1 only has two days left on Hulu!", or d) all of the above). However ... colorful pictures! Also, something or other about MIT, because that's my job ... double (or triple -- slightly debatable) pun in the title and subtext. For

  • by Cam T. '13
  • March 4, 2011