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• Blog / People & Identities

  H I C C U P S takeaways from a Bollywood film

  

  A few Fridays ago, I sat down (as I normally do at the end of a long ... was a good-old three hours of minimal brain activity and the occasional ... interesting turn of events, Naina is hired by her own alma mater to take on the

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 15, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Browser Wars Hee. The title makes me think of Super Mario Bros. Oh how I miss my…

  

  Tools) during the day, helping to teach the new class of EMT students during the afternoons, taking The Nuts and Bolts of Business Plans on ... forward to, and I'm psyched about next semester, because for the first time

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 27, 2007
• Blog / Events

  hero’s journey with a splash teaching for ESP

  

  incident Some friends and I were sitting on the floor of MG’s room. I was ... , however, know a bit about writing, and came up with the novel idea of “How to Structure a Novel.”   resistance of the call Bilbo doesn

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 2, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  the one where i talk to ameer what is real again?

  

  , in front of me is the Jeremy, behind me is Ariel, DJ to my left, and right behind him is Ameer. Scattered throughout the rest of the office is ... 've spent the last decade destroying. Ameer: EXACTLY. Like the first couple

  • by kellen manning
  • April 9, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Roombaaaa The longest trip I've ever taken in my life

  

  lost track of time. Nat and I caught the Red Line and the first bus that ... to make my way through the hustle and bustle of suited up MIT students in the Z-Center... I tried to orient myself to the layout of the

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 21, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  Caring for the body health, am i right?

  

  about life as not-a-cis-man. All pieces were written by members of the MIT community, for members of the MIT community. This was my first year watching the Monologues, because I think it's also the first year that I know so

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 19, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Time and change

  

  , Kentucky, at my mom's house. I'll be staying here through the end of the APO ... , Georgia. It's very strange. The first few times I went back to a parental ... differently with people. Such is the nature of being in very different

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The decisions are in the mail They're on their way...

  

  The postman departs with the last of the decision letters, at 1:52pm EST.

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 9, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  done done done end-of-semester happiness

  

  the first time in recent memory, i don't feel burned out at the end of ... and letting myself lost sight of the underlying economic intuitions--this class did a great job of highlighting the real-world implications of

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • May 24, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Orgo Birthday Happy birthday, Ting Ting!

  

  any fire alarms (I heard that last semester, on the first day of 3 ... promise I haven't fallen off the earth! Coming off of pass/no record, though ... learning community that offers all of the core classes in smaller classes. It

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 14, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I never want to finish my P.E. requirement MIT PE might be the best thing that's happened in my whole (short) athletic history

  

  our “daily walk” around the track, followed by a vigorous round of ... machines (or myself)! The course taught me that and more. The first couple classes were spent quickly going over how to use each of the machines and

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 16, 2015
• Blog / Classes

  Regrade Request Analysis points, please?

  

  essentially the same content. It was annoying at first, but became funny as it ... remembering the specifics of each question got harder as more time passed. Towards the end of the semester, I started doing really well in 6.042 as we

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 3, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  You Can’t Make MIT Love You If You Don’t… my advice on application essays (updated 7/29)

  

  a wheelbarrow full of salt, I remind myself of the wise words of My So ... relative importance of the essay, there's no exact answer, but in my opinion, we care *a lot.* MIT doesn't assign each component of the application a

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 26, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  food consumed this week, mostly free or: how to get away with rarely cooking

  

  groupchats. disclaimer: this is from the first week of classes, meaning many ... the best. Beast (2E) has food on the free food table nearly every day of ... dinner I had the last of my leftovers from the BC food trucks. For after

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 24, 2022
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Senior Week: Mollie Burgoon A look at some of MIT's graduating students.

  

  , seeing your friends for the first time after the summer, and helping a bunch of freshmen figure out where they'll be the happiest. What's not to ... the automatic sense of community that you get when you walk into a room

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 4, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Repilot A 10th vlogiversary for the 20th blogiversary

  

  scrambled to film and edit a vlog for—I think—the first time since undergrad ... caffeinated because I don't like the taste of coffee, I usually prefer ... 'know, throw together a creative project in the middle of the night."]one (1

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 24, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Our mother shoulda just named you Laika! Come on Alex, you can do it.

  

  'm trying to put off getting to the point of this entry? Anyway, some time ... Boston, which was one of the most life-changing experiences I've ever been ... and as such I was stuck next to a man with the least accurate sense of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 25, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  my MIT admissions essays a retrospective

  

  . What field of study appeals to you the most right now? (100/100) I applied to MIT largely because of the program in Urban Science and Planning ... like this! The application of programming and GIS to visualize pedestrian

  • by Victor D. '27
  • October 14, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Double Edged Sword On Time Magazine's article titled: "Are We Losing Our Edge?"

  

  The February 13 edition of Time Magazine had an interesting article ... keystroke away. There was one part of the article that made me feel a bit ... your first academic love." As for teaching science at the precollege

  • by Bryan
  • February 17, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  To Those with Dreams Deferred in which Selam of Pi Day Past rants about how things are arbitrary

  

  analagous to January 24th, the 24th day of the first month. You know what ... Aquarius or Year of the Horse is Not Important and you don't need to base ... factors, but most importantly, don't let yourself get in the way of your own

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 17, 2016