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• Blog / About Decisions

  Welcome to MIT, Class of 2012 Welcome home.

  

  morning of Sunday, March 18th, I was sitting at the computer in our living ... everything, if only for a moment? That's how clicking that button felt for me ... enjoyable and rewarding for you and your families as it was for me. The

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Indiscipline Taking a break from finals studying to explain what I've done instead of finals studying.

  

  done this weekend instead of studying for finals, exactly? Well, what I ... got out of the MITblogs ice cream social at Toscanini's semibohemian ... -denominational Secret Snowflake present, but that was cool, because what I bought for

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what’s the point? on impact, art, external validation, and remembering to be kind

  

  taught at MIT for some time, although I have never been able to figure out ... reader, and spin them around until they see the world my way, at least for ... ," at least in the way that phrase is typically meant. I think it is very

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 21, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Felicitation Answers... and hopefully minimal snark.

  

  Superficiality Christina asked, Is everyone at MIT ugly? I know ... shocking way, so I'll answer anyway. Look at yourself in the mirror -- there are people at MIT who look just like that. And I've said before that, no

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 16, 2006
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  We Stan Matt Parker i'll try not to mention the parker square

  

  -variable calculus at my local community college. I began to feel like a real college student (at least, for a high school student). But I remember sitting in ... -DIMENSIONS. Most of my research at MIT for the past three years has been about trying

  • by Paige B. '24
  • February 2, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  majoring in 21E: frequently asked questions what it's like to study humanities at a stem school

  

  Lord knows that I've beat this dead horse and milked this subject for ... humanities major at MIT. So I thought I'd wrap it all in a neat little ... I don't like for the sake of getting it? I knew of 21E, but I had my

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 23, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  Harvard Friends, Part 2 finding my quarantine dream team

  

  Absence for the next academic year. At first I completely shrugged it off as ... at home, but I definitely get intense shade for being awake past ... student with some close friends at Harvard! In Part 1, I discussed how cross

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 29, 2020
• Blog / How to MIT

  New Beginnings Roses and Thorns

  

  offered at the aquarium, then visit for the aesthetics- the dimly lit ... over time for an MIT freshman: The graph went something like this: At ... a half hour’s reach of my parents at any given time. Now I had to fly

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • September 16, 2018
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A Guide to Farmer’s Markets We found lychee in a hopeless place.

  

  I love food. This is no secret. Here at MIT, I cook for myself ... , since you have to cook for around 20-30 people, and not all recipes are good for that sort of thing. I've expanded my skills (I'm faster at

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 10, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  Fifty Shades of Break or things to do other than pressing F5

  

  some of my closest friends around town at odd hours, it was hard for ... likes our Facebook profile pictures were getting. At the end of it all, we ... unphotogenic). Blurred for your own safety. (Just kidding, my boyfriend doesn

  • by Connie H. '15
  • December 12, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Adonde? Excuse me sir, I seem to have misplaced my pants.

  

  About two years ago at school I was sitting in the computer lab ... Tube. He searched for "Improv Everywhere Best Buy" and showed me a hilarious ... ." Not wanting to check at school I simply ignored them and put them out of

  • by Snively '11
  • January 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First term freshman year A horror story, I guess... but one with a happy ending

  

  pass/no record already. Basically, first term freshman year at MIT, you ... if you never took the class. This is a really good system, for several ... people tend to get lower grades first term at MIT than they've ever gotten

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 12, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Infinite Magazine [joint post with Kidist A.]

  

  definition of spread to account for the whole cohesive project/idea that could ... , resources, and platform for student designers and writers to showcase their ... runs [annotation note="at least this was how the club was run this past

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • July 27, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  The Class of 2018 Graduates from MIT

  

  for them. Congratulations to the Class of 2018. May the wind be ever at ... difficult and uncertain time for me, and for MIT; during their first year ... members of their class. It was, I think, the hardest year for the MIT

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 8, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If you could track minute-by-minute data on yourself, would you? 4 Weeks of sleep, activity, heartrate, and computer usage data reveals something

  

  nutrition handbooks for the discussion portion of the course. I lowered ... Requirement, always provided the empty space and mirrors necessary for us to ... impossible to ever find and to get into, being at the end of a winding series

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • April 6, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  gone was any trace of you i think i am finally clean

  

  I have experienced love before, at least I think so. Awkward hand ... sneaking out of classrooms, sitting next to each other at lunch in between ... love was the twisting in my chest I felt when he looked at another person

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 19, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  IAP thoughts two weeks late, but with an illustration!

  

  information for various teams at the company, so I got to learn a lot about cool ... anyway. Also, read to the end for a really special surprise :) Things I originally wanted to do during IAP: A micro-internship at a civil

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • February 15, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A HASS[le-free] Semester Stay for the videos!

  

  I took four HASS classes this semester. What, stop looking at me ... you at MIT?"). But, I do feel that the HASS department is MIT's hidden jewel that no one ever talks about. For reference, my four HASS classes

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 9, 2008
• Blog / Summer

  this summer a recap of sorts

  

  climate model, or that I looked at the GEOS model's forecasts for El Nino ... busy with classes, and clubs, and grabbing lunch at the stud with friends ... entirely, I'm taking this time to recap what I did for the past several

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • September 14, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Common Misconceptions and Un-Expectations a list of things i've noticed

  

  post for you! Everyone I've met at MIT, yes, loves STEM, but ... upperclassmen and they give you the latest tips and tricks on how to not die at ... was figuring out these little hacks and easter eggs about MIT. Things at

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 5, 2020