"Tell us about something you do for the pleasure of it"

Colleges and Universities A-Z Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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<p>I wrote about spending the day in downtown Portland, ME with my sister:</p>

<p>The sun shone on my face as I walked alongside my sister down the brick sidewalk toward Micucci’s Italian grocer. When we reached the store and opened the door, we were greeted by mouth-watering aromas of freshly baked breads and Sicilian slab pizzas. After excitedly devouring a large slice each, we began our adventure. We strolled the streets lined with beautiful, century-old architecture, making our way through boutiques filled with gorgeous clothing and jewelry, none of which we could afford. Evening came too soon and our adventure in the Old Port was over, but it had been a wonderful break from obligatory tasks.</p>

<p>I kind of used my essays as a way to display some creative writing as well as info about myself…idk how they’re going to feel about that</p>

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<p>I wrote about forging maps in Halo: Reach.</p>

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<p>I wrote about baseball, and how my high school team is nationally ranked.</p>

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<p>I wrote about how I stalk people on FB. :p</p>

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<p>^ HAHAHAHA really??</p>

<p>I wrote about playing DotA :)</p>

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<p>Didn’t write yet. Will probably write about guitar. But that’s already in my extracurriculars part… hmm…</p>

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<p>I wrote about building a bench! XD</p>

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<p>minecraft.</p>

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<p>I wrote about playing EVE: Online, but when I really thought about the question (“What do you do for pleasure?”), I was tempted to write something else… lol@inappropriate</p>

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<p>Lol. I wrote about makeup as an art form. xD</p>

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<p>Hackey sack pro up in hurrr, yo. </p>

<p>Reprusentun’ Xtreme Hackey Club.</p>

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<p>I wrote about how I love doing programming competitions with my friend</p>

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<p>@MITChris bahahaha Minecraft is such a big thing at my school now ^_^</p>

<p>As for what I do for the pleasure of it? Writing poetry and solving jigsaw puzzles.</p>

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<p>Over the years students have posted to this thread, cooking shows up as an answer quite a few times. I thought I’d share this article about one of my favorite MIT grads, Kenji Alt. I’ve really enjoyed his recipes. His website says his degree is in engineering.
[‘Fake</a> Shack’ Creator Kenji Alt Scores Six-Figure Book Deal – Grub Street New York](<a href=“http://newyork.grubstreet.com/2010/04/fake_shack_creator_kenji_alt_s.html]‘Fake”>‘Fake Shack’ Creator Kenji Alt Scores Six-Figure Book Deal)</p>

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<p>i wrote about writing, but if i were to have received that prompt today, I would’ve said…</p>

<p>replacing keyboards just to get a fresh F5 button</p>

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<p>pirating thousands of dollars of software for the rush</p>

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<p>^That’s why I call my computer Queen Anne’s Revenge.</p>

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<p>^ LOL 10char</p>