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  Grace Hopper a celebration of women in computing

  

  amazing people, and remember that I wasn't alone in this very male ... (and fellow MIT alum) Megan Smith.   But here's the thing.  I'm kinda old.  I graduated 1.5 years ago, and originally applied to MIT in

  • by Piper '13
  • October 29, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 1 Zumba and putting pants on in lecture

  

  I wrote the post below on Tuesday. Because of weird formatting issues (ExpressionEngine hates me) I decided to hold off on publishing until Wednesday ... original story, so I decided to write a post with both stories and hold off

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 15, 2013
• Blog / Events

  In pursuit of freedom MIT might not be free, but plenty of things are.

  

  For several weeks now, I've been actively intending to write about ... the dregs of October, I've finally decided that today is the momentous day on which I will again not tell you about FASAP. Except, that is, to

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 21, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Questions and Answers Evan Broder is taking over my job.

  

  own comments like 2 weeks before I got around to doing it. Way to make me look bad. =P I've copy-pasted all his answers into this post, in ... awesome that MIT allows you to do whatever you like to your room. I really

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 7, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  A speech, of sorts

  

  Over the last year, I've had the pleasure of being the Undergraduate Association Vice-President, or UAVP, of MIT. In March, I ran for president, with ... Andrew Lukmann '07 and Ruth Miller '07. I intended to write an elections

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • May 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  been walking a lot recently furthermore, i like taking pictures

  

  I'm not living on campus for the summer, but I have a lot of things ... ), so I've been walking to and from campus nearly every day. I ... I can't really use my phone for anything other than playing said

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • June 17, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  dealing with loss it ain't easy

  

  until this year, I'd never really experienced loss or old age firsthand. my relatives who have passed away did so before I was born, or when I was too young to have any conception of what death is. more so, most

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 5, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Raskolnikov as an Odd Metaphor on angst and deferral

  

  note="I just discovered this jasmine oolong tea at a Chinatown ... celebrate! If not, I hope this blog, the same virtual mug of tea, and a ... honey[/caption] Here’s my deferral story. It's pretty angsty. I was an

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 17, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  list of things that refill my will to live things to do when i don't want to do anything

  

  probably the longest hug in my life thinking that if i buy another thing from chipotle with the app, i will have enough points to get a free ... before we graduated. i haven't talked to any of them in forever and i

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 9, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Splash 2018 Learn about anything and everything!

  

  Heyo everyone! It's Mimi again! I recently became a member of MIT ... events such as Splash, Spark, Cascade, and several others! The program I ... range, when I did Splash 2017 (as a senior and before I got accepted to

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • October 4, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Swing of Things I've been getting into it.

  

  If you had asked me what I thought college life would be like back when I was in high school, I would have said something like “prolly pretty busy right?” Poor me. I had NO IDEA. Let’s run this through. I

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 18, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Final Projects Some examples of some projects you might see in MIT writing classes

  

  at MIT, and I love it. Here are some of the classes I am taking or have taken, and the projects I've done in them.   21W.750: Experimental Writing I experiment, with writing. It is awesome - I feel creative and

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 13, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Approaching Adulthood In which I spell out my semester to hopefully feel less overwhelmed

  

  was a bit sloppy, but I do need to get back in the habit of vlogging after winter break and IAP. This semester I'm only taking 3 official courses, but I've also committed to a bunch of cool side projects/UROPs that

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • February 10, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Fifteen Minutes to Clear My Head on my morning walk from Boston to MIT

  

  Monday morning in the Phi Kappa Sigma Fraternity House. I woke up and ... having breakfast. As usual, I missed the Boston Daytime shuttle to campus. Like any other morning, it looked like I was walking to campus. But as I

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 3, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Another Cat Post We have kittens and people are sad - thus, there shall be pictures of cats…

  

  This is a really difficult week for every single student at MIT. I do not want to talk about that yet. Instead, I am going to show you some pictures of kittens and cats. I hope that you are okay, and that this helps a

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • September 25, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s a freshman like me doing at Career Fair? hint: I'm not wearing a suit

  

  place. You see, I'm a freshman, and therefore my current resume consists ... thing I currently have to a job, and expecting me to have any deep ... analyze Hamlet, or a Harvard student to solve a math problem. So I'll leave

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 22, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  The CPW Weather Machine Strikes Again a frivolous day in the sun and grass

  

  sunny warmth with a spring picnic. It was a day made for frivolity. I ... sweet potato fries, which I've been wanting to make since I read this MIT ... . Meanwhile, I caught the perfect lighting and discovered that everyone I know

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 18, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  And the End Closes In My last semester as an MIT undergraduate

  

  I’m finally in my last semester as an MIT undergraduate, and the ... related to photography. I’ve taken plenty of HASS classes in my day, but this is the first that doesn’t seem like work. That’s not to say that I

  • by Becca H. '12
  • February 18, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lessons Learned in Lab Applicable to life.

  

  Yes, I know it's a Sunday, but nonetheless, I went to lab around 2:30 pm. As I walked out 3 hours later, I had the beginnings of a blog entry in my head. And now, that mental blog entry is here :) I was thinking

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • June 19, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  Lazy Day Today is one of them

  

  . Bleary-eyed, I wake up a good half hour before my alarm and maintain enough consciousness to turn it off, knowing that I won't need it after getting up so early. I turn a little bit in my bed before...contemplating going back to

  • by Emad T. '14
  • June 12, 2011