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  That fear of “falling behind” Exploring options @ MIT

  

  be engulfed in the so-called MIT bubble. Which basically means, getting so into the hectic rhythm of classes, psets, extracurricular commitments, that "soon it's like, 'Oh yeah! The rest of the world! I forgot it

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 8, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  3D Ping Pong Quantum Mechanics (Or why the sciences here are even better than you may think)

  

  Imagine, if you will, the following situation... You join a dense ... people ushering you inside; the person nearest you hands you a pair of glasses to wear for the upcoming experience. You pass through another

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 20, 2010
• Blog / IAP

  Belated Guest Entry by Carin '13 - a little late perhaps but incredible nonetheless

  

  over to England to visit a childhood friend. I've spent the past week ... , and attempting to imitate British accents as best I can. All the ... to post a long long time ago, regarding the epic IAP 2010 travels of

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 2, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Movin’ On Goodbye '09//Hellooo IAP

  

  Wow; it’s already 2010. Anyways, Monday 1/4/10 marks the beginning ... Period), it’s basically the whole month of January during which …MIT ... of the most popular offerings that fill up very quickly include the

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 1, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  2009: Let There Be Bloggers!

  

  Hello everyone! So should I introduce myself or talk about the 2009 Blogger application? That's a silly question, isn't it. In the annals of competition there are iconic achievements: the gold medal, the yellow jersey

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 4, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Things You Shouldn’t Do And something I did

  

  of the technical aspects of blogging are maintained and taken care of ... , update the spam filter, yadda yadda yadda, and she also cooks! Pretty much without Winnie the bloggers would be wandering around in a confused daze

  • by Snively '11
  • February 27, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Overheard at MIT Vote vote vote!

  

  Don't forget to vote for me in the 2008 blogging scholarship competition! Thanks! One of the biggest culture shocks coming to MIT for me, a kid out of a public high school in Salem OR, was the difference in

  • by Snively '11
  • November 11, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Seminar Advising There is nothing funny about this entry...but please read anyway.

  

  , which is totally serious, all the time. I live in Nest House, which is one of the few living groups that has Residence Based Advising, or RBA ... take, and then every week you meet for an hour and a half with the

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Paris Hilton comes to MIT Just kidding, but I bet that got your attention

  

  come to MIT, we wouldn’t even have the time to find rotten tomatoes ... hand, it’s four days off in a row! Imagine the possibilities! You ... the latter two options; Tuesday night is always so horrendously

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 24, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Parliamo Italiano! And some other languages too.

  

  pretty awesome. In fact, MIT has one of the best political science programs ... 's selection is pretty limited, but the classes are still great. (We only offer ... Italian is offered, and only over IAP.) The very first humanities course I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 19, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I was out of bullets. Living free or dying hard in Germany.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The gigantic Bayer sign in Leverkusen, Germany, where I worked last summer, is the largest corporate logo in the world. So I ... a little more comfortably, but after seeing the rent on my apartment

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 25, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Pre-MIT prep How to prepare yourself for life at MIT -- hint: watch Chappelle's Show. Everyone else…

  

  pass along some advice. Pardon the occasional bitterness. Learn Roman ... ) with these instead of Arabic numerals. If you don't know them, the party ... an episode and missed most of their references to it; the most notable

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What do you do with a BS in econ? Answering Karen's question about my degree

  

  knowledge Have earned me this useless degree I can't pay the bills yet 'Cause I have no skills yet The world is a big scary place But somehow I can't shake The feeling I might make A difference To the human race ... the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 9, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First day of school The first day of school

  

  Remember what the first day of school was like in elementary school? At least for me, I would be so excited that I could barely sleep the ... 'd just be so excited to be a (fill in the blank here) grader. Things have

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 6, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Meta

  

  this, both the regular commenters and the lurkers. I worry that the ... that had a philosophical twist. The problem was that once these entries were written, I couldn't keep writing about the same topics over and over

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 10, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  These are a few of my favorite things Silver-white winters that melt into Newbury Street shopping.

  

  out of 7.28 (Molecular Biology) at 1 PM, stopped by the lab for about 15 ... : Blue is walking, red is subway, green is bus) I started off in the ... the Boston Public Gardens. There's more to see when there's not snow on

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 22, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ruth says update your blog! FIRST is cool. So are rebuses.

  

  The field hockey team is doing awesome this year, (The Tech even ... spectacularly. Like last night, we lost 1-0 in double overtime on the road and ... '08 and I decided to literally run circles around the dorm. The title of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 19, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Let’s Get Physical Olivia Newton-John, I am not, but I can still pretend.

  

  charge of the physical education (PE) requirement that MIT students have the privilege of completing before grdauation. You can read more about the PE requirement here. If you're a varsity athlete, earning your 8

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 5, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I Hate Superman. (I Love Superman.)

  

  earth. I’d laugh if someone told me this is the power they’d want. He ... the Great Depression, he was born out of a need for a hero. But I can’t help but feel like he became a propaganda tool. Used to support the U

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • July 16, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  feeling old and coming home

  

  I spent the last two weeks of IAP abroad. I had thought about ... a blog about the trip in the near future. This blog is about feeling ... for my Lyft in the frigid parking lot of Boston Logan airport, my friend

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • February 12, 2023