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• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Hacking Story poetry, guitars, a hardware hackathon, and the time-to-pee scheduling metric

  

  time-to-pee. What is time-to-pee? It's a metric I made up for gauging schedule packed-ness, and works quite simply. First, count up the number of ... own poems in class next week, so I might put up some of my own work

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 26, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  24 Hours From sleeping in a homeless shelter to waltzing in La Sala

  

  caught up with the bright green track jacket walking ahead (my friend Eric) and together we ran across the street, to pick up another junior named ... there ahead of me. Then, I wanted to climb up into the ventilator, but

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 24, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Senior Bucket List, Pt. I Do ALL the things!

  

  people to dress up as the cast of Hey Arnold! or The Magic School Bus for Halloween. I call Phoebe. I have always wanted to dress up as Phobe from the ... to dressing up as the cast, which is a genuis idea I've had since high

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 18, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Never Mind The Score Insights from the National Poetry Slam - for both MIT students and hopefuls

  

  you to read some of these pointers. They'll set you up well for your ... 't end up feeling that way, then reach out to people - you will find ... surprises each and every day. But when I took 5.12, I ended up taking a liking

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 17, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Reading, Thinking and Igniting Innovation Rational optimism about MIT and the future

  

  Optimist" and I love it. I picked it up soon after returning from my 4 month ... up and up (and he gives lots of evidence- I`m not going to tackle this ... amounts innovation for over 150 years. Look, now I`ve gotten all riled up

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 5, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Misery Loves Company: Part 1 You might fit in at MIT if...

  

  while I clean up this potential PR disaster; if I don't, Chris and Dave ... and wake up in a bath tub full of ice, your kidneys removed, and a pile ... up over bacon; when I tell people that I don't especially care for

  • by Cam T. '13
  • September 19, 2010
• Blog / Personal Travel

  New York A break from Cambridge.

  

  [EDIT: It has been noted that the photos in this entry don't show up ... exhaustion calls for photoblogodocumentationism. On Sunday morning, I was up ... reservations. Just straight-up efficient, thankfully frillless transportation

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 26, 2009
• Blog / How to Food

  Yet Another Blog Entry My expenses for the semester in pie form, topped with a scoop of IAP.

  

  soaking up huge amounts of condiments, which happen to occupy about 30% of ... up huge amounts of condiments, which happen to occupy about 30% of my ... has consisted of waking up at 7 or 8, running across the river in meat

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 13, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The MIT What?!? The Long and Illustrious History of the MITMB, as far as Kim knows.

  

  also on the new football team as well, and gave up his halftime break to ... ::</p><blockquote><br> Join the MIT Marching Band! Sign up NOW to join this prestigious ... position as MIT MARCHING BAND AMBASSADOR TO THE ALIEN NATIONS! So sign up NOW

  • by Kim D. '09
  • November 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Low Balance A epic story of Chinese food, heartbreak, and loss. All because I have no TechCash.

  

  things. A lot of it has to do with the fact that I filled up my account to ... couple things: not picking my clothes up off the floor (no roommate, no mom ... suite cleaned up last night; pretty suite), and not watching my bank

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 18, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Return of the Frog Queen Okay, it snowed this morning, end of story.

  

  , as the remainder of this entry should prove. So I stayed up until 5 AM ... pass out into an incomprehensibly deep sleep, waking up only occasionally ... it. So whenever I end up having an interesting dream, I do one of two

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 5, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Numbers are names too What, you don't speak entirely in numbers at your school?

  

  questions: What is up with the whole abstract course nomenclature? Im sure ... numbering system because Campus Preview Weekend is coming up soon. I love CPW, and this year I signed up both to host a prefrosh (it could be you

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 17, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  No time for your stupid question. A posthumous entry about the Ig Nobel awards.

  

  , I mean, it's actual free money. As a result, most people end up ... . So, to encourage bonding between floors, the housemaster set up an ... nation's economy (by ensuring that people actually get up and go to work

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  So who is this Laura person, anyway? Hello and welcome to the single coolest blog on the entire admissions website. My name…

  

  . There are just 2 things I would like to clear up. Number one: New Jersey ... ) and I have horror movie marathons where we stay up all night watching ... friends. Now, one last thought before I wrap up this first entry. It's a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / Events

  2026 ring premiere! and what led up to it!

  

  months leading up to Premiere, RingComm had been moving in silence ... ."]toothpick holders,[/annotation] blowing up balloons and fluffing up decorative pom ... dress rehearsals and setting up decorations. All that was left for the

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • March 28, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  Winter Sports at MIT a sneak peek of: swim and dive, squash, and men's basketball

  

  As it gets colder and colder in Boston, things are heating up on the court and in the pool as MIT Winter sports continue to ramp up. Here are ... athletes have at MIT is pretty vast, especially because Greek life is made up

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 12, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  I Miss College Application Season The Good, The Bad, and the Casey Jones

  

  I couldn’t get myself to write.  I miss signing up for college campus ... would show up after work with pizza or cookies or whatever small town fast ... Father Song, and Solid as a Rock, and TGIF. I miss Picking Up the Pieces

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • December 31, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Walk Across Rhode Island 12 hours, 33 miles, a million aches and pains

  

  his mates realized that states up in the North East aren't all that wide ... they swore to never do it again. This time they rounded up some 40 ... like 2 hours before we all had to wake up before dawn to pile onto the

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 14, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  me, existing one day at a time

  

  up entirely—so I ignored it as much as I could. Which was hard, because ... piazza notifications, but the bio list is always filling up my inbox ... willing to learn. One of the people I talked to, Matias, ended up reaching

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 2, 2021
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  sundays in the parks with friends a post title based on a musical based on a painting

  

  friends for each trip. I also ended up getting a ton of photos ... then swung back up to the Fenway Victory Garden, where Shuli and I ... Samuel Eliot Morison, so I searched them up—the former was a prominent

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 15, 2020