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  [Guest Post] A Note to the Class of ‘28 by Andre H. ‘24

  

  everyone to campus. Andre H. '24 gave a great speech that was equal parts fun

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • May 21, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  classes i’m taking this spring study abroad edition

  

  variables. (Paige B. '24 talks about dimensions here and helped me exposit

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • March 22, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  Andi and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week :(

  

  [/annotation]. My stay lasted less than 24 hours, and the surgeon who operated on me

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 3, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  can’t stop smiling a time capsule for freshman fall

  

  investigation. I can, however, take a guess: it’s having 24/7 access to some of

  • by Allison E. '27
  • February 12, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] Why did I come to MIT? by River A. ‘26

  

  /watch-what-happens-when-pumpkins-are-tossed-off-a-24-story-building/.  So I did do a lot of cool stuff this past

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 2, 2024
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  We Stan Matt Parker i'll try not to mention the parker square

  

  In my junior year of high school, I started taking single-variable calculus at my local community college. I began to feel like a real college student (at least, for a…

  • by Paige B. '24
  • February 2, 2024
• Blog / People & Identities

  in this coming year we run and rest and make and keep up the relentless pace

  

  In review — it’s been a good year. In reverse-chronological order, I… full sent a project, which was cool No one in my life has heard about this at all,…

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 5, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  transitions memories of first snow

  

  This post started as a voice memo, taken during a walk home. Its unpolished, initial form, complete with pauses and rephrasings, is here: https://mitadmissions.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/thanksgiving-first-draft.mp3 I had a very difficult time…

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 1, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  it’s getting colder and i’m getting older on fall, friendship, and growing up

  

  As if someone flipped a switch, this year’s unnaturally warm autumn has abruptly given way to winter. It’s the cold air stinging my airway, how it’s always dark out after…

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • November 3, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  ★★★★☆ Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2023

  

  of blue tape, and I’ve kept this stuff in my backpack 24/7 for years

  • by Allison E. '27
  • November 3, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Guest blog: “Me, Marvel, and MIT” Jade's experience working on a SHASS UROP for me

  

  EC REX party before its 2023-24 renovation)[/caption] MIT was a great

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 2, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  walking into the MEng thoughts about a 63-mile trek

  

  This past Sunday, at 4 AM on the side of U.S. Highway 1 on Badger’s Island in Maine, along with Nathan S. ’25 and Jonathan H. ’25, I took my…

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 8, 2023
• Blog / Residential Life

  four ways to unstrip a screw tΞp work week tales

  

  It’s work week at tΞp!⁠22 pronounced 'Xi' like the Greek letter, tΞp is the co-ed fraternity formerly known as tEp. While work week in Greek life systems outside the MIT…

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • September 3, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  flowers of fire and light making art with printed circuit boards!

  

  My favorite poi spinning pattern is the four-petaled antispin flower. If you do it neatly, it traces out the path parameterized by these equations: x = cos(t) + 3/4 cos(-3t)…

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • August 16, 2023
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Walking the Kerry Way journal of my fourth day in Ireland

  

  It’s cold down here, and dark, so I’ll keep this one brief. I’m in the common room, where the radiator is off. The German woman rooming with me tonight voices…

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 10, 2023
• Blog / Personal Projects

  in Black Valley Hostel journal of my third day in Ireland

  

  Magically eduroam⁠31 university wifi, typically found at universities, not hostels 20 km from the nearest grocery store is giving me one bar. It actually loads search results and sends email,…

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 9, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Drawing from Life "is that the boldest stroke you can make?"

  

  I found one of my old sketchbooks the other day. I’m ashamed that this “old” sketchbook, which I had started in 2019 (that’s four years ago!!), is also my most…

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • June 28, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  feeling old and coming home

  

  I spent the last two weeks of IAP abroad. I had thought about applying for GTL,⁠35 global teaching labs, a MISTI program that places students in schools abroad to teach…

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • February 12, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  every book I read in 2022 all nine-plus of them

  

  Reading is one of the few real hobbies I’ve managed to hold onto throughout my time at MIT, not that I have much time to read during the semesters. Still,…

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • January 8, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  writing and faeries reflections on my classes at Harvard

  

  I took two classes at Harvard! I wrote down my first impressions, and now, upon leaving, I have a few more reflections — mainly that exposing myself to different perspectives…

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 3, 2023