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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Why I Love Taylor Swift I finally explain the reason...or at least try to...

  

  Right before an exam at MIT, I usually spend ten minutes walking down ... was probably something like a 50% (I’m looking at you 6.046). There ... things, playing out worst-case scenarios. At some point, I learned to just

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 6, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  What YOU’RE Doing This Summer! Do yourself a favor and watch this! Make sure you're not doing anything for the…

  

  this self-portrait in the research lab I intern at in the summertime ... week when my supervisor at the Oakland clinic I worked at introduced me to him when he came by. We chatted at length about MIT, his current

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 24, 2009
• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 1) two trains, twelve states, 540 pictures, one Speaker of the House election, and more!

  

  ’ve gone on since starting at MIT. I am nervous, but I am also very, very, excited. True to form, I’ve arrived at South Station perhaps a little ... Limited will take me to Chicago, arriving at 10:12 AM CST on January 4th

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 11, 2023
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Wisdom of Khan revealed the MIT secret

  

  at Princeton. Today was MIT's commencement, and our speaker was Sal ... honor to be here at MIT. Not only did I spend some of the best years of my ... working at a startup in San Francisco when the announcement came out in 2001

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 8, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  a peek in a week of my summer trying to enjoy it while it lasts

  

  ’t feel rested at all, and I’m not ready to be trapped in the [annotation ... meetings at 1:00 pm and having breakfast afterward. Other things are more ... mentors/managers during my internship) and pod (two other interns I work

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • August 30, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  yet i maintain composure manu tenere “i hold by hand”

  

  to lead me through any steps. i was taking a phase two waltz class, at ... , and saying “thanks.” sometimes life throws shit at you that you ... , even expected. suspending all international travel. “weigh whether any

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 9, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Some Things I Wish I Knew Coming In in retrospect,

  

  research at another university or intern in industry? Your PI has connections ... look at the message and don't respond. In Spanish as in English, you ... you. UROP early and often. In the life sciences at least, it's crucial

  • by Abby H. '20
  • August 16, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Holy Grail of Classes Think of the coolest class you can. Then think of one that's a million times…

  

  class on Tuesday (a math recitation at 1 o'clock for an hour). I ... gather, it has a lot to do with internal forces of materials (twisting ... students pursuing research projects at the Media Laboratory. Topics include

  • by Snively '11
  • February 6, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Why does my kid have to move again?”

  

  prohibited. Consideration should be given to the rights of roommates at all ... international student from INDIA.i have always been academically brilliant. i did ... number, and roommate. Read on, and I'll give you an answer... At MIT

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 2, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  bucket lists, grocery lists, and a li(s)tany of other things this is actually just an excuse to make people list-en to me talk about minecraft

  

  body at one time.  While I won’t be dying to zombified piglins or ... every day, regardless of how busy or exhausted I am, I make at least one chin-up attempt. Whether that means sneaking one in at the Next House gym

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • November 3, 2022
• Blog / People & Identities

  experiences, or the lack thereof flailing around in a sea of adjectives trying to find the noun

  

  like I'm writing. It feels like words are appearing on the page. When it stops I look at the words I've typed and I see my own vomit on a screen. "I can't publish this," I think, "I can't even look at it." I close the

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • July 13, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Blog Graveyard skeletons in my google docs

  

  , somehow harder than the actual task at hand! A little homebrew necromancy is ... page (and counting) Google Doc titled random blog thoughts, which is ... , with bullet points, ideas yelled back at me in ALL CAPS so I don’t forget

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • February 12, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Making friends by learning languages Welcome to the Language Conversation Exchange

  

  treasured memories from my time at MIT and it reminded me why I love speaking ... class I've taken at MIT) about the history and culture of francophone ... ="aligncenter" width="1000"] My profile! The "My Contacts" section at the bottom is a

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 6, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  gesturing around MIT drawing sights and sites around MIT

  

  people never learn."]take 5 classes again at MIT,[/annotation] I clearly ... so much. During that bumpy ride, and the previous 4 rides I had had at ... humanities major of some sort. I’ve been sad that at MIT I haven’t dabbled in

  • by Waly N. '24
  • March 6, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  done with the b.s. 4 years of mit by the numbers

  

  suitable than submitting it at 11:59 pm as I do with my assignments. So here ... time as an intern! I will have done GTL-Korea twice, GTL-Armenia once ... of teaching at MIT as well! I’ve been a TA for Single-Variable and

  • by Waly N. '24
  • May 31, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Answered Questions, answers, and Sam's face. This is the real MIT.

  

  have quite a following at MIT. But, if it's simply an OS preference ... Books - we took a moment while on the road to marvel at the realization that ... substitute that's often even better than the original - especially at MIT

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 11, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I chose my classes A graduating senior's perspective; results may vary

  

  helps inform how you choose classes at MIT or beyond. There are three ... the lab physically for several hours at a time. If I don't have a large ... conflicts[/caption] Will it help me graduate? My top priority at MIT was to

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 24, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  telling the tale some thoughts on acting, change, and meaning

  

  page’s deep voice, of imagining a better world. it was the last musical i ... two storylines: the daughter at school dealing with being forgotten, and the family at home feeling like something’s missing. in this musical, i

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • August 3, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  “what if I get rejected” for everyone nervous about admissions decisions

  

  matching Stanford hoodies together and became annoyingly giddy at the mention ... ambiguous goal of being a college student not just anywhere, but at a very ... Google tabs as I looked at classes I could take, majors I could choose, and

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • November 13, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dear prefrosh, a letter to you

  

  campus. It's this feeling of people at work, constantly thinking and ... 've stayed up staring at code because I just didn't understand, or days where I've just thrown my pset at the ground and just started crying. But in these

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 25, 2020