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  Painting with the Colors of the Wind reflections on the first MIT semester

  

  paint with all the colors of the wind. — Pocahontas from Pocahontas I ... the Maseeh Hall announcement screen: “MIT gets hard. I’ll get to fixing this soon. In the meantime, here’s a puppy. :)“ This semester, I found

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 23, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Watching Birdwatchers And getting into summer programs.

  

  <NEWSFLASH> I woke up Thursday morning, realized it was March ... enough. There it was: The E-mail I'd Been Waiting For. "I am pleased to ... (ET) on Thursday, March 8, 2012." I confirmed acceptance a lot sooner

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 3, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Nerd Camp tales from TDI

  

  When I was a child I was a nerd. (I know this comes as a big shock to many of you. But it's true) Being a nerd, I did nerd things. I read a lot of Star Wars books. I wore a fanny pack in the front with extra

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 27, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Living Off Campus I moved off campus last year and rented a house with some friends who were…

  

  Hello, gentle readers! For those of you who don't know me, I've been here all along -- I just had a busy fall semester and decided to take a break from blogging. I'm here now to talk about one of the big changes I

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 24, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  GTL Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 [IAP 2025] A January I won't forget

  

  "]GTL[/annotation] started with the warmest welcomes. On the very first day of the program, I ... desserts, [annotation note="a fried dough pastry I would soon come to love ... . While I didn’t enjoy the flavor, Colin drank his entire bowl in one gulp

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • March 6, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Aiden Wrapped a year in review

  

  ."]useless statistics,[/annotation] I am naturally the friend that will always send you my ... best friend, I use a Tumblr Song Sorter after every major album release ... that I have a minor platform, I finally have a place to share my awful

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • December 3, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  catching up what are you doing over the summer?

  

  profile. i peer over at his phone, and indeed, the guy is quite shirtless ... like a house i saw when we were wandering cambridge during camp," i say, pulling out my phone to try and find the picture i took. it turns out it

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • June 2, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  what’s in the box? why is spring cleaning a common phrase but not fall cleaning hmm

  

  today yesterday [annotation note="so i started writing this post a ... for me. i woke up to grey skies and decided to go back to bed for another two hours. once i finally mustered up the willpower to get up, i

  • by Janet G. '27
  • December 1, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  [Guest Post] This is Junior Lab, not Junior Theory By Jorian B. '25

  

  for 5 lab sessions and write an associated paper + presentation (I did ... 10/10 I absolutely recommend). Everyone designs their own 3rd ... classes in the physics curriculum. I’m here to tell you why this class is

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • September 1, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Night at da Opera A Jolly Splendid Time!!

  

  This semester, I’m taking a class called 21.01, “Love, Death, and ... [annotation note="I personally don't think Beethoven is a genius, I'll just say it."]genius[/annotation]. I also met some pretty neat people! My

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • March 1, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  Jill Biden waved at me D.C. during inauguration

  

  other things."]IAP[/annotation] I only took one class and it already finished, so I decided with the extra time that I would go visit my ... I noticed that I would be in town for [annotation note

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • January 19, 2025
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Announcing new blogger avatars! all-new, all quality

  

  worse job? Wouldn't that be better? Today, I am proud to introduce to you ... ! [caption id="attachment_88114" align="alignnone" width="275"] Shuli: "wdym, i ... further consideration, I have decided not to quit my day job

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 1, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  winter in Brazil adventures in WGS.245: Race, Place, and Modernity

  

  This IAP, I’ve gone to Brazil!  I’m taking WGS.245: Race, Place, and ... the setting we’re learning about. I find myself swept up in the ... taste of what I’ve done. [caption id="attachment_85363" align

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 10, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  positive and negative energy revisiting midnight gospel

  

  two years ago i watched the midnight gospel, a tv show where the ... spent his time in prison practicing spirituality and magic. when i first saw this show i thought this episode was mostly nonsense. darryl often

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 5, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  first real snow!! wow so magical

  

  i woke up this morning and it was COLD. i checked the weather. lo and behold -- snow was finally upon us!!!! at 3 pm i walked to ... pick up some snacks. apparently they sell hot chocolate bombs???? i saw

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • December 11, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  CP* restored my faith in the universe i read...My Immortal...with prefrosh

  

  bring the same energy to virtual events as they are to live ones! I ... the most fun I've had in literal weeks. I'm so grateful that I've had ... !!!! I love talking to everyone and sharing in their enthusiasm so! much

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 18, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  3.A03 Metalsmithing Throughout Time come to MIT, get to forge metal with your bare hands!! (and a hammer)

  

  get a major-specific advisor (or two if you double major :0). I like ... advising seminars, because I am in one and I like it a lot! The idea is that ... [annotation note="Technically, they're 6 credits, or half a class, but I would not

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 27, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Three Tales of Junior Year Accidental Harvard Class, UROPs, Experimenting in College

  

  longing for lessons past” way. I discovered 5 classes like that junior year ... UROPs plus a summer job. All four were incredible. The fifth class I ... letter-intensive name). I got into it through an embarrassing accident

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 10, 2017
• Blog / How to MIT

  Places to Sit at MIT and study

  

  I came to MIT with an ambitious goal: to sit everywhere on campus. Oh yeah, and to get an MIT degree. After four years, I've completed neither goal. Never fear, I'm taking another semester in the fall to finish my

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 19, 2017
• Blog / Events

  This Isn’t Goodbye This is see you later.

  

  “This isn’t goodbye, this is see you later!” I told my family as they ... minimal contact as I slowly matured into autonomous, independent adult. Just kidding! I still called my mom whenever I was sick. I still talked to my

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 19, 2013