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  Things I enjoyed reading in 2020 if you read even one of these i will be happy

  

  : the sequel", as [annotation note="At the time of writing it was named ... read the script as well as watch. The script itself is hilarious at times, dark at others, and absurd all the way, tackling issues under a profound

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 23, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  hot chocolate as a panacea navigating through a chaotic first week

  

  at the kitchen table and I look out at the river, I feel like I’m in ... , actually. 7.015, 8.01L, and 18.01a, at least before i switched out. it ... feeling that I should try to get a more solid foundation in calculus at MIT

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 7, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  The Fringe that Stole Christmas hair @ MIT, and several hair-raising puns

  

  like I was bald. Everyone laughed at the time…I guess the 90s were ... first year at MIT, at some event being accosted by brutally geeky middle school boys on campus for a UROV competition in June of 2010. At this time

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • December 25, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making Decisions “I don’t know”

  

  this class. Danny: At this point in the semester, we knew that we’d need ... ’m taking at MIT, and it’s a much different story. The ice rink melted, turned ... just said. Also, I LOL’ed at “my ice skates became tennis rackets

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • November 10, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes: Junior Spring Edition + notes on MIT academics in general

  

  It is another fascinating semester here at the Institute, and I would ... phenomenon, which is common at MIT: 6.00 lectures introduce basic concepts (e ... class best taken at MIT, as the Institute is on the forefront of

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 25, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Checking in with EA Applicants because I just saw Chris' post, and you probably did, too

  

  . Like, for real, it’s not about that at all. A positive decision ... week, at Tau time, you will get instantaneous relief from it. Finally ... posts are kind of tear-jerkers (they were for me at least), but they will

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 8, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Breathless Why it's so hard to tell college students to ease up a bit.

  

  is “one of those”, you might say). He runs through his hangouts at ... get excited about the Amharic class he’s taking at Harvard. On our way ... ’t seen you guys at all this year,” referring to our mutual group of friends

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 16, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Before you Register for Classes: Tools, Tips, and Resources Scheduling Tools and Tips for Incoming Students

  

  path at MIT. CourseRoad helps you track your progress towards graduation ... ! Subject Evaluation Reports: at the end of each semester, students rate ... class. Make sure to contribute to the reports at the end of each semester

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 20, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Thirteen Things To Do Over IAP: #6-13 Concerning the half I spent in Cambridge

  

  were away, otherwise occupied with other IAP-y things. Looking back at ... . There is a steep learning curve at first, facilitated by a creeping shadow ... random food-adventures. I love cooking (even though at times I have no

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 16, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  The Google RISE Global Summit and some thoughts on STEM outreach.

  

  . Absolutely. Soon, my friend George (a second-year at Imperial College in London ... Associate Advising meeting, hopped in a cab to Logan Airport, stood in line at ... TIMES), and flew to New York, marveling at the fact that I hadn't spent a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Go West, Young Man my mountain travels with yale and brown

  

  : Arrived in Billings, Montana at 12:30 PM MST, on the same flight as Bowen ... at a high school in NJ for five years, went to HGSE and now is an Assistant Director at Yale. We were both starving, so we looked at Burger

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 26, 2011
• Blog / Events

  DEAPS 2005 Yellowstone freshman year.

  

  star plate. It was all resolved and put back together, at least all the ... turning. I've destroyed nothing. That's a good day. 3 years ago at this ... through the walls of your veins, until at some point you don't know any more

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • June 25, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Orgo and physics and math, oh my 57 units of academic fun fun fun. Now with humanities!

  

  general excitement to begin my second semester at MIT (keep in mind this was ... like starting class at 10 am. And I really like that my day ends at 2 pm ... to say students don't get individual attention from professors at MIT

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 26, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Four years, four summers The stuff I've been up to every summer at MIT.

  

  tag was labeled with the same number). At the end of the week, my mom drove me to Washington, DC, where I moved into one of the dorms at George ... take a psychology class up at Harvard that summer, but I ended up not

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 14, 2006
• Blog / Prepare for MIT

  Ebony Affair as a Pre-Frosh A Recap of my Experience from the 49th year of the Program

  

  towards the main building, where we met some staff at the Edgerton Center ... office took us to eat breakfast at a local restaurant called Shy Bird near ... black community and ask them questions about their experience at MIT

  • by Richard O. '28
  • March 25, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  one weekend in March a play-by-play

  

  start at four, but pika’s stewards have just returned from Costco with our ... at pika and do more work on my pset. 12:42 a.m. My brain is not really ... directed laser beams at the same frequency to excite and measure a sample at

  • by Kai V. '25
  • March 22, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  what I’m doing this IAP mostly physics and musical theater

  

  knowledge, since the class goes at a rapid pace that doesn’t allow for much ... my time at MIT was acting as sound engineer for Into the Woods in ... often now that I (in theory) have more time, or at least fewer deadlines

  • by Kai V. '25
  • January 16, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  i will meet zendaya even if it’s the death of me a wide-ranging rant written while feverish

  

  first couple months at MIT have tested this patience immensely.  My second ... , Challengers, Euphoria). At any point in my life if you asked who my celebrity ... Holland C) Spider-Man 4 both filming scenes with Zendaya and Ned at MIT and

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • October 26, 2024
• Blog / People & Identities

  Home is where the Heart is visiting my grandparents

  

  other relatives that all decided to meet up at the same time. One of the ... just ended up trying on weird outfits at the behest of the employees. I ... simultaneously begging for mercy, I had to intervene at times for the sake of my

  • by Anika H. '26
  • August 4, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [Guest Post] A Journey to the W I D E by Wide Tim (Margaret Z. ‘23, MEng ‘24)

  

  at MIT?” To be honest… IDK either, it kinda just happened; but  Maybe ... the question—the question is,  How does one become WIDE?  At first, I ... them! (I swear my majors are Legit™. At least MIT News and MIT Tech

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • February 13, 2024