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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Well, at least you didn’t fail, right? A tale of mystery, wonder, and the worst possible way to handle too much work…

  

  for a National Institutes of Health study on minority students majoring ... An hour-to-hour (kinda sorta somewhat close to one) description of ... the Friday before, then skipping out on this would only be a sign of

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 28, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman FAQs and a cliffhanger or two.

  

  week ago, one of the admins on the MIT Class of 2017 Facebook page asked ... limited Internet access: (trust me, the lack of reliable wifi was by far the scarier part) But here I am now, answering some of the questions

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 7, 2013
• Blog / Summer

  my summer! a belated blog

  

  This summer was a summer of many firsts. First time actually living ... of balance, at least the attempt of finding one. This summer was a summer of growth.  Internship Most of my summer was spent working as a

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 18, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a semester customary end-of-semester blog post: sophomore spring edition

  

  MIT’s newest foreign language offered: Korean) I’ve covered most of ... of it, not a mere tourist or spectator of the rush hour crowd. I go to ... the sense of overwhelming relief. MIT has been home, sure, but it doesn

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 30, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Uncreative Post with an uncreative title

  

  complete all those hopeful post beginnings, reenact the thrill of days long ... the essentials of IAP and Spring semester.   During IAP, I took ... of an educational video on fractals. I see fractals everywhere now. It

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 1, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Brain Dump News and updates for admitted students from the last few weeks, in no particular order...

  

  (i.e. how many admitted students will accept our offer of admission) is ... Marilee perform with my band at ZBT's fifth annual Battle Of The Bands on ... is lots of fun with a variety of interesting threads (this is my

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 28, 2007
• Blog / Community Projects

  dormspam-the-game (Part 2) may the data be ever in my favor

  

  Institute of Taxidermy, in dormspam-the-game"]MIT.[/annotation] You live in a ... of 5 games played by the MIT community. Playing the games was straightforward, but winning them was not. The top-ranked players of each game were

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 15, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  Happier Than Ever on quitting and long-ish distance biking

  

  ’s final projects hell month, my stack of moving boxes are begging me to fill them, I am running on the delightful concoction of sleeplessness, instant coffee, and anxiety. Suddenly, the faint siren song of summer beckons me

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • August 10, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  Anxiety Level: High A play-by-play of emotional diffusion

  

  sheer delusion of your dreams. Release an album? Get a degree? Get a UROP ... anxious. For a little bit now, I’ve been taking stock of my anxiety levels at the end of every day to see if I can find any patterns. I take a

  • by Powers '23
  • July 30, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  a text convo on failure and other stuff i guess

  

  party as part of my birthday festivities. i love sunrises lol ... ’re not up lol (okay if not, just thought to offer) I'll probably be awake ... bed I had a weird series of naps What are you up for? Ah I see Not for

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • December 12, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  I Hate Change but at least, I'm creating it

  

  , filling every square inch of this (albeit slightly smaller than the previous ... impossible. So now, I get to start of my days writing in bed as opposed to ... over the course of winter break. I am left thinking: I hate change. A

  • by Paige B. '24
  • February 17, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  what’s happening on campus tl;dr packing up & freaking out

  

  follow the path of an exponential function, info here) and research into ... had already put enormous amounts of time and effort. All the national ... of times, when you're not frantically trying to say a too-early goodbye

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 11, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Eastward ho! Don't US people normally go to Canada or Mexico before they cross an ocean?

  

  world am I? Two days ago I won a prime cut of meat by winning a game of musical chairs against a group of about 40 people (the majority of whom have their PhD). Yesterday I apprehensively put the equivalent of almost $450

  • by Stanley G.
  • July 20, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ode to the New, Part 1 Seeking adventure.

  

  started “The Digging Club”: I led two friends to a patch of grass on the ... . Now, instead of using fitted sheets as capes, I buy fabric from the ... and take my first steps into the world of “we don't know why this

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 28, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW-related whatsits Just some things you might want to know before you arrive tomorrow!

  

  think all or most of us signed up anyway. We like helping.) Actually ... lots of people at MIT interested in helping you make your college decision. I would really encourage all of you to ask lots of questions this

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So I said to Einstein… ...think of a name for my new theory while I go talk to my relatives.

  

  .. "I think of MIT as a samurai school," said Jones. "It is preparing you for the highest work of advancing civilization. You have to find a way ... course of my job of turning turkeys into oil, there are long periods of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The mail, and more

  

  lot of mail. At least a dozen buckets of mail came in this morning, on top of yesterday's already heavy mail . The records office staff are ... MIT Tracking System, though this could take upwards of a week. We make no

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 4, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Semi-Real Time Mystery Hunt Update v. 2008

  

  , I just got out of class and ran home to get my laptop. So nothing ... to explain that they needed some maps for a puzzle. This sort of ... (to you, dear reader), because Sam was basically the coolest blogger of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 18, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  2020 vision new year's resolutions

  

  2016 as part of the Class of 2020, which means most of my friends are ... most of the remaining time I have with these people, because they're so ... I am today. . . . while cultivating new friendships! Many of my

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 1, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Shortest Blog Ever (update 3 =p) 19 days till Taiwan!

  

  grade is comprised of 4 exams. I've been getting A-'s in the exams in that class, but for some really dumb reason, I lost a bunch of points on this ... blog will have to be the outlet of my ramblings till then =p Just like

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 4, 2009