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  Summer Reading What’s in your beach bag?

  

  in. This is one of the best parts of summer in my mind. Whether you actually get to the beach or not, don’t miss out on the last few weeks of ... that I find left out for the taking on a table in lobby 10. Emperor of

  • by Kris Guay
  • August 4, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  The Role Of A Teacher A discussion regarding recent events in a Colorado classroom.

  

  political substance of the teacher's comments. Rather, I'm curious to know ... 's appropriate in the classroom. The thing that made me angriest about this whole ... topic that I think is worthy of discussion. Normally I don't enter this

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 8, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A *Major* Dilemma Will you forgive the pun if I tell you that I just declared my major?

  

  I saw the Milky Way for the first time a couple of summers ago, I ... major by the end of their freshman year. If you're really, really unsure ... bound to your decision. To change your mind (by the end of sophomore year

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 22, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Senior Week The beginning of the final week for MIT's Seniors.

  

  representative of the class as a whole. They are not random, but rather students ... final week of excitement at MIT. Events include "Breakfast with the ... -representative things can be seen: two of the students will be working for Lehman Brothers

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 4, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Some virtuosos play $4 million violins, and some Trojan heros wear brass rats $4 million violins, not 4 million violins. Joshua Bell isn't *that* intense.

  

  and journeyed down the five flights of New House stairs because MITSO ... : MITSO and Concert Choir concerts are free for "members of the MIT ... -and-dance interludes. There was a whole English "semi-opera" genre, with the now

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 22, 2013
• Blog / Advice

  On Trauma, and MIT I’m imagining my high school self, and what I would tell her before coming to…

  

  first week of the summer program, I reconnected with my old roommate ... management, DEI issues, sexual assault and harassment.  After the first day of ... .)) This has been one of the harder admissions posts for me to make, but one

  • by ana~
  • May 4, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  A waffle house is not a waffle home This is actually an entry about modern Chinese cinema.

  

  of Music The Sound of Music went up against a bye in the first round of the bracket and unanimously lost to it. Sorry, Julie Andrews fans ... whole do-mi-mi, mi-so-so business starts to lose a little of its charm

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / Personal Projects

  things i’ve made and/or consumed art, movies, shows, and more

  

  . Everything was going well for the first layer of paint. But as soon as I ... I started this blog post in the summer with the intention of posting it then, but the lists kept growing. Here are some of the things I

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • February 28, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I Hate Superman. (I Love Superman.)

  

  go on (another) ten page rant about social media and the Erosion of ... the Great Depression, he was born out of a need for a hero. But I can ... is this behemoth titan hanging over all the weaker, new heroes of today

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • July 16, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  My Desk and the Things That Live There The things and fish on and around my desk and the stories behind them.

  

  . They’re the same class for the first half of the semester and then they ... me, some of the people I care about, and this past year.   Figure 1: My desk and some of the trinkets on it. When I started college most of

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  [guest post] hindsight in 2020 — about life after mit rejections, situated knowledges, and ultimately getting closer to the asymptote…

  

  -person groupme of davis freshmen of all different majors. the first day we ... for those of you still patiently on the wait list, as she once was ... go where culture is  mom, did you feel emotional the first time you

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 29, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how i (kinda) studied for finals brought to you by "a PNR mindset"

  

  without the risk of failure Above all us, every upperclassman has one piece of advice: enjoy it. Naturally, a mental battle began the first week ... Boston after surviving my first MIT finals season. The verdict? Lukewarm

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • December 22, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Back to Life, Back to Reality Did you know that you can make an equation out of anything?

  

  Tissues - One 12 page lab report on the superposition of effects of ... as just a lot of math, and not the friendly kind. Interestingly enough, a lot of the problems I worked on this week had real life applications

  • by Bryan
  • October 27, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  [guest post] on undergrad by laura c. '23

  

  what I would double in—mit only assigns majors at the end of the first ... definitions for a math class, I came completely unprepared for the first of ... good grasp of the content you learned in the first year at mit. if I did

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 16, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I came to MIT A few reasons I chose MIT, and I few reasons that would have made me…

  

  (supposed to be) studying for a 9.24 (Diseases of the Nervous System) test ... decision soon, I thought I'd outline some of the reasons I chose MIT for ... the interest of full disclosure, I will say that I chose MIT over Ohio

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 7, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Sleep is for the Strong getting through finals week

  

  de-stress. Avoid the junky finals food and eat well. Take care of ... the voices of 45 other MIT'ers from all walks of life. These quotes are brought to you by Sahar H. '17, founder of the Sleep is for the Strong

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 13, 2015
• Blog / How to Food

  How to Survive in a Cook-for-Yourself Community and why meals plans are terrible

  

  me: I cannot cook. I had a meal plan during the first semester of ... on the presence or absence of dining (unless cost is an important ... undergraduate can get a meal plan regardless of where they live. The final section

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 10, 2017
• Blog / Events

  AND THERE WAS A PILLOW FIGHT!!! Didja catch the reference?

  

  crazy thing you'd have fun at :) This paragraph was followed by all of the ... direction! We're on the wrong side of the street! Unfortunately it was ... . Full of food and full of caffeine we arrived at Copley an hour before the

  • by Snively '11
  • March 24, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  self-assessment, re: playwriting notes on taking playwrights' workshop this semester

  

  meaning in the everyday arcs of human experience. But still, I struggled. I ... . This was my state entering playwrights’ workshop, with the basic aim of ... moments, feelings, emotions—but more complex discussions of the human

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 9, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer begins And I get a brief vacation.

  

  During my first pass through the Logan Airport security line, I was ... the same time was thrilled to have a change of scenery (finals period doesn't allow for a whole lot of off-campus adventuring.) I landed in DC

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 25, 2013