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  Making friends by learning languages Welcome to the Language Conversation Exchange

  

  class I've taken at MIT) about the history and culture of francophone ... group that focuses on bringing together all members of the MIT community ... friend you wouldn't have met otherwise. A big part of the LCE's mission is

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 6, 2018
• Blog / How to Food

  “I’m vegetarian now!” Two months, twenty-four days, and goin’ strong

  

  , maybe more -- but apart from a few bites of poke, the last time I ate meat ... ."]September first.[/annotation] I’m kind of surprised that this has worked for me. I ... think the key, for me, is to trick myself. I can’t think of sushi and then

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 25, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  [Guest Post] Duolingo Champion How to immerse in education while learning nothing

  

  recollections from this week as a whole, the first and foremost being that I never ... ’t know, Duolingo is the result of some talented programmers and language ... Spanish, and recently decided to get back into the habit of using it once

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 29, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  can’t stop smiling a time capsule for freshman fall

  

  ate a breakfast of cheese & crackers. I walked to my first class of ... out to my third class of the day. After classes, I took the elevator up ... importantly, there’d be the inevitable background static of loneliness, anxiety

  • by Allison E. '27
  • February 12, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I have such cool friends! A guest post by a good friend of mine from my undergrad days.

  

  the wired brain of some android. So, of course, I did what any MIT ... years at MIT, I was sure of it. I just needed to learn Linux first ... together the guts of a robot, anticipating the moment when a dozen blinking

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 10, 2009
• Blog / Classes

  thoughts on math@MIT! math month post

  

  topology, which is the study of flexible shapes like knots or rubber surfaces ... more robust measurements like counting the number of holes in the shape ... analytic things). Tristan S. '23: I'm a 2023 graduate of the math and music

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • April 24, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Application now available Apply now at MyMIT.

  

  ability to track the different parts of your application. On your My ... will submit your part of the application online via MyMIT. However, if ... in the Application Forms section of MyMIT with your materials. If you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 1, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  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 / People & Identities

  Amicus briefs and the ABCs of a diverse MIT A SCOTUS filing with Stanford et al, and a strategic action plan for an inclusive…

  

  pages 28-35, which describes how —  in the opinion of MIT, Stanford, IBM ... as ‘friend-of-the-court’ —  is filed by entities not themselves parties ... of many factors in admissions. The joint academic/industry brief

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 27, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Tech is Hell we are happy, tech is hell

  

  top of a mountain, whence the stone would fall back of its own weight ... passions as through his torture. His scorn of the gods, his hatred of death ... whole being is exerted toward accomplishing nothing. This is the price

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 13, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  Pre-Sophomore Year in anticipation of the sophomore slump

  

  ="Burton-Conner"]BC[/annotation]this afternoon, and it truly felt like home <3 Despite the bulk of my traveling ... this somewhere near the top of my list. I am so, so, so, so excited. I ... together over the summer, and it's quickly become one of my favorite

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • September 1, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  On Broadway My first few days of fun in NYC

  

  miles "around" Central Park -- technically, I ran up and down the whole East side of the park, along 5th Avenue. The park is rectangle that is 0 ... On Tuesday after work, I saw The Producers -- not the movie, the show

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 13, 2006
• 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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