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• 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…

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 24, 2016
• 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…

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 2, 2016
• 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

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 13, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Unknowns in illustrated list form

  

  bit of a late mention, a whole year ago, Kristine K. '14 secretly wrote

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 10, 2015
• 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…

  • by Kate R. '14
  • August 12, 2014
• 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…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 24, 2014
• 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

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • June 12, 2014
• 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

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 12, 2014
• 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.…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• 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…

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 21, 2014
• 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

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 16, 2014
• 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…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 3, 2014
• 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…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 22, 2013
• 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…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 7, 2013
• 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…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 2, 2013
• 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…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 5, 2013
• 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…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 5, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer begins And I get a brief vacation.

  

  During my first pass through the Logan Airport security line, I was wearing my purple MIT Splash t-shirt. TSA Agent: Why does your shirt say “Splash” on it? What is…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 25, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Two Valentine’s Day Serenades Happiness and hearts and the MIT Logarhythms and Muses in cell biology!

  

  At about 10 am on Thursday there were about 100 people in lecture for 7.06, cell biology with Professor Iain Cheeseman. We were learning about how proteins made in the…

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 16, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Bad Ideas Weekend From Craigslist searching to meat-MIT building, this certainly is an experience

  

  -off event (See Kate R. '14's post), Taco Bell Eating competition, Exotic Meat

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 27, 2013