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  .nano pixels developing a love for pictures, reverb

  

  Street, near Kendall (I think)[/caption] While snapping this picture, a ... guilty I didn't work well, before giving up to write"]I lacked the attention span to work,[/annotation] I started to type away. About an email

  • by Waly N. '24
  • July 2, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Targets shooting things and hitting them

  

  Sport air pistol, the PE class I took this quarter, was taught by ... things I was at least vaguely aware of before class. What I was not aware ... was blurred. Yeah, sure, I knew that the rear sight and target would

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 28, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  In Our Bedroom After the Pandemic a bedroom is something that can actually be so personal

  

  For most of my adolescence, my bedroom was painted as close as I ... accent wall in a deep, dark red—colors I chose as a fledgling teenager trying to develop a style. I’d had other bedrooms, before then, like when I

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • June 26, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

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

  

  For the last few months, I've gone round campus compiling hair ... ]Chris Peterson '13[/intro] As you can tell from my avatar, I had hair when I ... , often compared to a baby duck. Here I am on my first day of school some

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • December 25, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Fighting Indifference MIT and MLK day

  

  -year-old college student at MIT, typed quickly in Hayden Library. Today, I got up to ... realized I’d almost forgotten it was Martin Luther King day. Somehow I was thinking that it was in February; I don’t know why, I didn’t even “get

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 16, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Summer Recap—The Book Launch Oh hi there...yes, I'm back!

  

  than present a disjointed patchwork of events from here and there, I ... peaking and plans were forming. Book Launch In 2012, I started working on ... weird, imprecise zigzag, but it’s also one I never foresaw. Back then, if

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 20, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A Some questions that I've received from prospectives.

  

  I receive e-mails pretty regularly from prospective students (mostly ... . So, I thought I'd post a few up here. To spare you the trouble of ... MIT? 2. What does a day in the life of a physicist look like? 3. I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 8, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Campos on Campus A True Westside Story

  

  Hey everybody. I must confess that if I were not a college admissions officer, I think that I would have had fun trying to be a journalist. I like ... , James Lipton, and Bernard Shaw, I present to you my attempt at journalism

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • June 20, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  What happened since the end. Bringing you up to speed on life since I finished all my schoolwork. FOREVER. (You're…

  

  that I haven't blogged in "forever." (The earlier back you look, the closer together those entries were. I used to say that after 3 or 4 days ... , "So sorry guys, but I have been insanely busy these last dew days

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 28, 2009
• Blog / Classes

  between now and departure stands a few classes

  

  My final semester once felt like it was at such a distance. I ... of me. How was I to do it seven more times? The soon-to-be graduates ... wiser than I was. Right? Right… *blink blink blink* One thing or another

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • February 14, 2026
• Blog / Classes

  Above Ground now breathe

  

  and final part to my previous blog. I spent last semester trying to catch my breath. Now that I finally have, I'm not quite certain what to do with myself. I mean so far over break I've read about various math topics

  • by Paige B. '24
  • January 10, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  is everyone growing up without me? we're only getting older

  

  third anniversary. I liked looking at the dresses, which were gorgeous, dreamy ball gowns. I liked thinking about her wedding, which is happening ... after I'd started dating my ex, Chris, who I was also together with for

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 6, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  my freshman year in laptop stickers RIP my laptop 7/19/20

  

  things happened, and just as i thought things were looking up, i spilled ... a new one sucks, but what i find most tragic is the loss of my laptop stickers. i'd been saving space for stickers from all four years at MIT, so

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 21, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  fragments instead of blogging (for a whole damn month), I...

  

  , i was promptly swept away by a whirlwind of final projects and ... , i didn’t blog! at all!!   now, as i reflect on the past month, i can only marvel at how many important moments are soaked into the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 16, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  first impressions of LA the struggles of moving cross-country for an internship

  

  three days ago, after i finished squeezing all my summer clothes and ... stuffed backpack, and a very stuffed guitar case, i hopped on a 6 hour flight to los angeles to [annotation note="dope, right??? i get so many

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • May 31, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Nothing is perfect… and it doesn’t matter a guest post by Tommy A. '21

  

  I rolled out of bed at 8:30am last Friday and raced to Pappalardo ... the last chance I had to work on and impound my robot. It didn't work. It could get a whole 7 points. I don't care. Sure it was a bummer

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • May 6, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  Kekka dake da! "Only the results remain!"

  

  Hello. It's everyone's favorite angery boi... KING CRIMSON!! I don't really know why I introduced my post like this, but this dude ... occurred recently. Namely with my schedule. A few blog posts ago, I said I

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • March 7, 2019
• Blog / Advice

  Hey International Kids! Press 'Submit' already!

  

  I had been reading the admission blogs all through high school purely for recreational purposes, and when I decided to apply I went back, but this time I read them imagining myself as one of the students here. I

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 25, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  it’s ok that it’s not ok sometimes things will happen, and you have to just let yourself be.

  

  anxiety.   In Infinite Jest, which I’ve been reading with a group ... . The more I read this description, which is provided by the narrator via a depressed character, Kate Gompert, in the book, the more I realized

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 4, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  West Coast Trip Report some work, some play, lots of nerd stuff

  

  I'm back in Boston and absurdly jetlagged. I promised, though, that I would post updates from my West Coast trip after I returned, so, here is my trip report, with 100% more screaming toilets than I had anticipated

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 30, 2017