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  Maiden Voyages First years, welcome to MIT

  

  , which I framed and padded with my winter coat. Then, in a thick black ... , a boy in an MIT sweatshirt nervously fiddled with his water bottle ... before (fast, especially for the South, speckled with laughter). He sat a

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • August 15, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  taking care in all forms

  

  with the phantom taste of salt and light broth on my tongue, there was ... overseas, and with covid restrictions it's hard to see them. my mom's coming ... cake with a macaron on top. it feels wonderfully decadent. calling it

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • May 22, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Ring Delivered celebrating halfway at the finish line

  

  tasked with designing their class’ Brass Rat and organizing all of the ... , 2021 In an email with the subject line “Ring Resizing and More,” Ring ... that they had “decided to move forward with the plan to collaborate with

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 22, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  teaching web.lab aka what i spent all of january on

  

  publicity chair edits it extensively. get a staff jacket with “TASTY” written ... time with other web.lab staff, partially out of necessity but also ... replaced with owo reflect with the other staff members on how web.lab is

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 1, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  well, well look who's inside again

  

  'mma FaceTime with my mom tonight. I've been thinking about myself lately ... I didn't really love to begin with and write blogs as some kind of ... with this job. I read every comment obsessively. When I write, I wonder

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 11, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  highlights: high points of a virtual fall Part 1 of a fall semester recap

  

  multiply. With due time, I managed to bully myself into writing, and one of ... with. With many changes on how to study, an extreme amount of luck ... working with my partners in ES.1801, the time spent being confuzzled using

  • by Waly N. '24
  • February 2, 2021
• Blog / People & Identities

  New Things I’ve Tried mostly experimenting with some looks:)

  

  to risk looking like a mess in a meeting, recitation with ten or fewer ... they had experience with. My fingertips hurt, and I definitely didn ... with practice I can get better. What’s a lot harder and intimidating is

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • January 9, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  books I’ve read this year slowly but surely completing my 2020 resolutions

  

  illusion of depth, but I was pleasantly surprised with the issues Kaur ... this book helped me with that. It covers the basic doctrines and history ... agreed with the premise of the book. This is just a clear and concise book

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • November 19, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A reading list for a week at MIT All my classes have required reading this semester!?

  

  Something unexpected has happened with my classes this semester. Up ... researchers at the Technical University of Denmark, both having to do with the ... peacefully oblivious to at least half of the problems with it. Groups of

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • February 27, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making Decisions “I don’t know”

  

  For this blog, we are going to try something new with format. Instead ... exam, and doing so well that I’d be confident enough with my standing in ... replace this class with any other course 6 class in a future semester

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • November 10, 2017
• Blog / How to Food

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

  

  well. Note on Update: this post has been updated with a section on the ... note: you are required to purchase a meal plan if you live in a dorm with ... , I lost too many opportunities to bond with friends and neighbors. Cook

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 10, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You should consider studying economics if… for those who aren't totally set on what to major in

  

  already be familiar with my experience of choosing a major. In summary, I came into MIT not knowing what I would study, ended up going with ... people do come here with their hearts set on building robots and stuff, but

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 8, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Sleep is for the Strong getting through finals week

  

  love MIT, there are way too many people trying to one up each other with ... .” -Anahita Maghami “I’ve been told that I need to be more compassionate with myself ... spend time with my friends, when I take a chance to relax, those are still

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

  Learn Coding Before School Starts you've got one month left. go!

  

  ) concepts. 2) syntax. With your first language, you have to learn the concepts ... with each additional language you learn, it gets easier as you just have ... textbook? Watch videos? Take a course? Let me share with you how I started

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 2, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  You Prep, I Prep, We All Prep How to prepare--or at least, how I did.

  

  Board schedule and realized that unfortunately you’re all almost done with AP exams ... ’ve been thrown into a pit of tigers to fend for myself with a toothpick ... important stuff. If you have time, go with Barron’s and use it for at least a

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 13, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Summer Recap—The Book Launch Oh hi there...yes, I'm back!

  

  looked at you with furrowed brows and a surprised look. Why? Why I ... don’t know why the kidnapping on the news stuck with me the way it did ... June. Teachers from my high school showed up with students. My friends

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 20, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  My First Week as an EMT It was quite an experience

  

  have been having a lot of problems with sleeping lately, where it takes ... the door and let her in.  She sat on my floor, and I sat with her.  She ... , scrubbed my hands clean with soap and water, and put on gloves.  I grabbed a

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • March 7, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Preview of Things to Come too fast, too furious

  

  me! (true story, as I try to help froshies with their psets) i don't think i'm done with mit yet! >_____< Anyways, this is my class ... unofficially and colloquially known as the class at MIT with the most number of

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 26, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Though the Odds A survival story.

  

  understanding that this was pretty serious. I talked with my professor, my ... .012, and going with her as she picked up an Add/Drop Form to switch into 8 ... with 8.012. I wasn't happy with my performance on the first test, but my

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 31, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Notes on the Interview It's only going to be as fun as you want it to be.

  

  yourself did you share with your EC? What questions stymied you? I know ... dimension to your application and also chat with an ex-MIT student about his ... finally meet up with your EC, don't regard him or her as a foe. The MIT

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 26, 2007