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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Home Sweet College Surviving first semester.

  

  everyone was posting about first coming/coming back to college, and all the ... version of it all. I think the theme of my first semester at MIT was ... world” than I have ever been before, and it solidifies the idea of moving

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 29, 2015
• Blog / Blog Projects

  What’s in an MIT Student’s Bag A sneak peek into what we carry

  

  whole point. All that being said, here are the contents of MIT students ... . The bloggers are a diverse and multifaceted bunch, but there are thousands of other people at the institute who experience MIT just as deeply

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • November 27, 2022
• Blog / Study Abroad

  The Other Side The view from another cambridge

  

  called Formal Halls, and of course attended these huge celebrations at the ... here), and of course the incredible amount of funding for class projects ... and learn the material, instead of drinking through the firehose. We

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 31, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT at Copley Square Yet more photos of #NoBanNoWall protests in Boston, plus an update from President Reif.

  

  residents could be shut out of the place they live and, in my mother's case ... institute-wide update on the situation and a reaffirmation of our values yesterday afternoon: To the members of the MIT community, First, an update

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 31, 2017
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Imbibing the Nostalgia Punch More akin to jumping on the bandwagon than drinking the kool-aid in that it is…

  

  time, I first think of the long and cramped East Campus hallway that was ... after the first snow of the year, and making each other tea and cookies ... relocated to 10am-6pm and careening in the direction of 'hand-wavy'. The day I

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 9, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Not About the Name First impressions

  

  and just took in the imagery of the Charles River. The cab driver ... entire life and the student that started their first company while in the ... , and diversity breeds innovation. It’s one of the things I love most

  • by Ana V. '15
  • September 3, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick hello from Albuquerque I'm in New Mexico for ISEF.

  

  me it was in the cartoon "Herr Meets Hare" where Bugs Bunny first talked of making a "left turn at Albuquerque") (No sign of the High School ... ISEF finalists who are members of the MIT Class of 2011, then I'll get to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 17, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If you give a girl an assignment… ...she's going to ask if she can blog about it.

  

  where Romeo and Juliet first meet which is really the highlight of how ... Australia) and is a modern-day translation of the Shakespearean classic ... all the trouble of deciphering literary jargon, nix the expository sophistication and

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • March 2, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  A Running Journey ft. running 13 miles in the middle of nowhere with petey

  

  tune of the first Attack on Titan theme, which is still on my running ... my lungs and not a singular one of the runs I did there were enjoyable ... distinctly remember the burning feeling in my lungs and the nasty taste of

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 19, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  A slightly snarkier guide to visitors How to not be the kind of MIT visitor who drives me up the wall.

  

  . Generally speaking, numbers are odd on the west side of building 10 and even on the east side of building 10. Numbers are small near the river and ... , about about 10000 faculty and staff members. Most of the people that you

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Two short stories My last three weeks in a nutshell.

  

  've always been the first person to make fun of them. Between the claims of sisterhood and the chanting and singing and oh god, the chanting and singing, I ... in the vein of bashing sororities indiscriminately, I wanted a valid

  • by Keri G. '10
  • September 24, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Next House Thanksgiving 2016 (sort of a guest post) A (very late) recount of last Thursday’s celebration

  

  so hungry and then I wasn't hungry after I ate the good food" "Juicy ... Kyle S’16 (the organizer of the event) if he could talk a little bit about the event and this is what he told me: "The Next House Thanksgiving

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • December 1, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Professors Are Human Too (Really!) My name is Eric Grimson, and I am a professor at MIT.

  

  be incredibly smart and full of great ideas, but so are you. The key is ... up at the first bump in the road - speak up, connect, ask for help, and ... I am delighted to join the impressive cadre of admissions office

  • by Chancellor Eric Grimson
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Spreading the word Yesterday, new father Ben and I did a presentation on blogging for the annual conference…

  

  . Hundreds of guidance counselors and admissions officers from across the northeast arrive for the NEACAC conference. In the first session of the ... good things. The topic of this session was stress and the college

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 2, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Repainting the Smoots A Wacky MIT Tradition

  

  the ancient MIT tradition of repainting the Smoots.  But first, let ... inside joke turned into a source of pride for not only the fraternity and ... , the pledge class of ‘92 getting hauled to jail by Boston police, and

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 27, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Pictures that don’t belong anywhere else – Part I because i'm a slackslackslackball.

  

  , all dressed up for Christmas. This is my side of the room: and ... through the middle of our room and you might even be wondering, "What?! Are ... presides over more than 1/2 of the room and provides a comfortable living

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • February 17, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two quick items from the web Anthropology of War and Peace, and a ton of snow at Chi Phi.

  

  ." Second, the Boston Globe had this photo and caption today: A ton of snow ... corner of Commonwealth Ave. and Hereford Street in the Back Bay to welcome ... , 21A.217: Anthropology of War and Peace, taught by Prof. Hugh Gusterson

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 3, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Writing is difficult みんな、がんばってね!

  

  through this cold season, long and bleak like the emptiness of this blank i ... this all in one go in my remaining 47 minutes on the train, instead of postponing for another 47 days of drawn-out anguish at the accumulating height

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • July 31, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  friday afternoon in the town of beans i'm freeeeeeeeeeeee

  

  the Red Chamber, and all sorts of other random content to fill the time ... talks about some of the mixed feelings he has about this question, and it ... relationships both platonic and romantic. It is the kind of frankness you can

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 11, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Happy Holidays from MIT! Images of the Season

  

  memories below. From the Department of Chemical Engineering: (drawn on the windows of building 66 during the 2014-15 holiday seasons)            From First East:  (cookies and photographs by the wonderful Emma F. '15 with

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 15, 2015