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  We Really Aren’t Kids Anymore avoiding the part where it all has to end

  

  . And yet, I think it's the most honest sentiment I can offer at this time ... , I was feeling angsty and wrote this blogpost about being a sophomore ... , but without the FPOPs and orientation. I felt angsty because I felt like

  • by Paige B. '24
  • July 9, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  For the love of 6.470, Montresor we stayed awake, we built, we conquered

  

  that everyone can see units dramatically exploding on the map during the ... As the blogs are quick to harp upon, MIT thrives over the month of ... you can't recycle old strategies. Most of the finals are run cage

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 5, 2012
• Blog / Advice

  No Snow, and on singing badly me? singing? and posting it online?!

  

  been one of my favorite Christmas songs. You can read the lyrics here ... point. And the point is that you should do things that are fun, even if you're bad at them. And you shouldn't feel bad about being bad at things

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 24, 2021
• Blog / Events

  A Brief History of Thursday I met Kip Thorne.

  

  physicist can be. Currently the Feynman professor of Physics at Caltech, one ... -up involves non-quantum-sized mirrors (as in, on the scale of 40 kg) and ... Wednesday night, despite the fact that I had only turned 18 on Monday, despite

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • May 9, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Secret Lives of Machines 🤖 In which the machines in my life get the spotlight they deserve.

  

  Impact on them, and when I used their Apple Pencil to draw the Among Us ... feeling my dirty fingers on the daily and wearing cheap phone cases and ... note="Salami addiction can creep up on even the best of us. 😔

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • September 22, 2024
• Blog / Blog Projects

  a time capsule of east campus multi-media, community-built

  

  renovations! Undergrad life on the West Side can be bland; let's Give things a ... and didn’t find written words to be the best medium to get them out, so ... on and on and on, but i won’t. [annotation note='i think the piece of

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • November 12, 2023
• Blog / How to Food

  A Late Recap of IAP 2020 externing at Microsoft, baking butter mochi, and more!

  

  family during the holiday season. I love them – they can be connected in ... Between the fall and spring semesters at MIT there is a period ... without knowing what day of the week it is, you can spend all your time

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 6, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More thoughts on classes However, I did not find Matt's stuff (see blog post below this one).

  

  .) On the third hand, there was a warm and cherished moment in 8.07 when ... can also keep in mind that I will be repaying tuition loans for the next ... .03, vibrations and waves created light, made the world in six days, rested on

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 11, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Finals Week…A Different View ...Or why I got up way too early this morning...

  

  . Unfortunately, I can't pull the blankets back over my head and go back to sleep ... " and mine tend to be more of the breakfast variety. Each semester during ... living in the house and I responded very quickly that it had surpassed all

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • May 18, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT of the Late 1800s, According to the Students snippets of history from the first 10 yearbooks

  

  and international students at MIT. The Institute has a long history of ... , Technique, was published. Through the yearbooks, I tracked the lives and activities of the earliest international students. And, for the Admissions

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 27, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT, Part VII in which I realize that I am less wise in person, and also a senior

  

  in a while, and revel in the fact that yes, you only have one class on Fridays, and you're going to spend the rest of the day doing anything you ... bump into you on your way to your favorite hipster coffee shop. For the

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • September 15, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Resolved: MIT Rocks Even the Senate thinks so

  

  I came across a news article on a friend’s Facebook page the other day. The U.S. Senate congratulated MIT on its 150th anniversary in ... . Kerry) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed

  • by Becca H. '12
  • May 28, 2011
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining Hall Alchemy The art of turning cereal and chicken tenders into slightly tastier cereal and chicken tenders

  

  bagel half, and butter on the other. On the bagel half with cream cheese ... on the menu, but I wouldn't be too surprised if these did actually end ... -contained and you can get full meals from any single station, there's nothing

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 11, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  CPW, making a decision, and saying yes/no The clock to May 1 is ticking.

  

  come together quickly. The national reply date of May 1 is rapidly ... lot about Underground Capture the Flag, and various parties. If you ... help you make your decision? How can we be of assistance?

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Cooking for Myself I haven't set off the fire alarms yet!

  

  kitchen makes people stop on the way to their room and chat about their day ... ’re interested, Joel has a really great post on the pros and cons of a dining plan ... , which can make a quick, no-fuss lunch. I was buying those until I read the

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 17, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Most Importantly, No Reddit This is actually how people lived.

  

  On Friday evening, I made the disturbing discovery that my computer’s power adapter was dead. A long time coming, it had been on the fritz for ... to work, I quickly ordered a new adapter online the following day. It

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • October 19, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Reflections and Decisions Take advantage of every opportunity you can

  

  responsibility and the only time you can really change your mind on a whim. Don ... I take the time to reflect back on who I am, what I have done and ... else you could succeed and be happy and the opportunity for MIT will come

  • by Becca H. '12
  • December 20, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Happy Things Yay!

  

  , though this isn't the first time this year - we've had nice days on and off ... ...) soon. Weee, summer! Anyway, I know last weekend was supposed to be the ... cool really cool things going on: 1. the Global Poverty Initiative

  • by Karen F. '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Falling in Love with a Language at MIT interviews with two of my inspirations

  

  Chinese... Kristina and I were teammates on the MIT Sport Taekwondo team ... . The next time I took a Chinese class would be at MIT - and I ended up ... ashamed. Past the guilt, however, I can't help but feel inspired to hold on

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 10, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  A Three-part IAP sababa* in more than one way

  

  guess I’ll come out and say it: I skipped the first week of classes ... out to be so bad, and I had a good reason: I was in Israel. Going to ... means all the MIT crew teams ship out down to Cocoa Beach, FL, and spend

  • by Becca H. '12
  • February 17, 2011