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Blog / MIT Life
Winter/Summer/Where I’m From
I spent this past IAP at home in Central Pennsylvania. This is where I grew up, from 13 to 18, and where I spend most of my IAPs and long… -
Blog / About Decisions
It’s Pi Day, Pi Day the infinite is alive with the buzz of drones, and the 2020s bake pies
decisions. We hope to finish by 3:14PM today, at which point we plan to break -
Blog / MIT Life
A Boring Friday Night (guest post by Nina L. ‘19) Familiar inbetweens. Taking breaks. Things that aren't (all) sleep and studying.
Last Friday night I came home from lab, took off my jewelry, wondered what to do with myself, and fell asleep on the couch. There are a lot of Friday… -
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.
This blog post is by Mike W. ‘19, epic speed integrator and Random Hall freshman physicist. If you enjoy integrating you can try out some problems at the end of… -
Blog / About Decisions
to the 2019s in anticipation of pi day with love
Dear Applicant, it’s 3:14 am, and i'm sitting in a smoky kitchen with friends. there’s coffee and crepes with nutella and romantic spanish music and a breeze of spring from the courtyard. i’m talking to a -
Blog / Events
Unknowns in illustrated list form
bit of a late mention, a whole year ago, Kristine K. '14 secretly wrote -
Blog / Life after MIT
Leaving a Mark Painting a mural and turning my rat
In my last days at MIT, I painted this mural on my hall. I’d always said I wanted to paint a mural on Tetazoo, and I’d had my eye on… -
Blog / Personal Travel
A bear encounter and a wild cow-milking contest Summer adventures
I’m currently in Missoula, Montana: hometown of ze boyfriend. When I arrived, he suggested that I borrow his sister’s mountain bike for the summer. I hopped on the bike with… -
Blog / Academics & Research
What’s Making Me Happy: Week 4 Finishing Exams and The Future!
primarily rural, occasionally suburban, land of Kansas for the last 14 years -
Blog / Admissions
CPW Update – Featuring Tim the Beaver as Miley Cyrus Everything is awesome!
can keep it. When I was not occupying the fort, Fuzzy W. '14 -
Blog / Personal Travel
Day 0: from DC to Quito A rough morning, a long nap, and a kindly neighbor
January 10 On the plane from Panama to Quito What a goofy immigration card. I don’t think I know my Date of Bird? – My alarm went off at 4am.… -
Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English
Est-ce que je suis prêt? Peut-être. Je dédie ce post aux chatons, parce qu'ils sont trop mignons à se noyer :(
Bonjour, blogosphère! Ça fait longtemps que j’ai écrit un post. En toute honnêteté, il y avait beaucoup de choses et des événements qui se sont passés le dernier semestre, mais… -
Blog / Academics & Research
Go Read Some Science Fiction You'll see why in a bit
a visual representation of the MIT Media Lab (Building E-14) by Paloma -
Blog / MIT Life
Mormons and video gamers Bonding with strangers
On New Year’s Eve, my family went out to see Book of Mormon. When I wasn’t laughing, wincing, or wondering about the ceiling’s structural integrity, I was glancing over at the guy sitting next… -
Blog / Athletics
The Swim Test Saga Four laps (and zero displacement) closer to graduation
You’re a first-semester senior and this is what Section 2 of your Undergraduate Degree Audit looks like: This is a very lonely situation, because the vast majority of your peers… -
Blog / Athletics
Life Lessons From Pistol Class But they don't buy pajamas / For pistol packin' mamas!
Technically, there isn’t much to shooting a pistol. Load rounds into magazine. Insert magazine. Release the bolt. Grip as in a firm handshake. Inhale, raise arm. Exhale a little, press… -
Blog / Academics & Research
The First Day of Classes Published exactly 4 weeks after the first day of classes. My bad.
Like Allan, I’m obsessed with taking notes. I’m also obsessed with handwriting. In sixth grade, Megan P. sat next to me in science class and had THE MOST BEAUTIFUL HANDWRITING… -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
Disco balls in space From an antique bookstore to Drive-By Truckers, and back
One of my NRAO friends is a big fan of the band “Drive-By Truckers.” I had previously listened to a grand total of Zero alternative country music, so when they came… -
Blog / Academics & Research
Coworker Shenanigans Summer friends
Today, I walked into my office (cup of iced tea in hand), logged onto my computer, took one look at my Desktop background, and screamed “WHAT IN THE HELL?” Giggles floated…