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• Blog / MIT Life

  anew what a wonderful wor(l)d

  

  different and typically more positive way,” which I think perfectly captures my return to MIT after taking leave this past fall. I’ve been thinking ... wondering why I decided to take the last semester off. There's much to unpack

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • February 23, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Media That Makes Me Feel Okay School's out! Time to get distracted :D

  

  (A quick note before I start this post: My intro would be kind of confusing if I didn’t tell you that I made the last-minute decision to move ... blogs, I actually moved to Maine with some friends when we first got

  • by Powers '23
  • May 30, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ‘Twas a good semester ‘twas :’( the end of Pass/No Record

  

  Nine days ago, I was at the Boston Logan Airport, and it felt strange--it was the farthest I’d been from the MIT bubble in months. When the plane ... millions of nighttime lights. I pressed my face to the window, not quite sure

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 29, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The story behind TIMtalks In other words, a story about stories

  

  , but as one of the handful of inaugural TIMtalks speakers, I got a unique ... happen. I included videos of the talks in this entry, and I highly ... explained over e-mail, “I sent emails to the Chancellor and a lot of deans

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 5, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life as a Physics Major- Research and Junior Lab(Part 2) Long and verbose. But I hope you find time to read it.

  

  A month and a half ago, I posted the first part of my series introduction to physics@mit. This entry has been a while coming. I started drafting 2 weeks ago. At which time I wrote the following before I gave up

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • January 29, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why Course 2A is Cooler than You I'm back from the dead, to tell you all about my major and its ridiculously…

  

  Yes, I'm alive. Yes, I haven't blogged since JULY. I know, I'm a horrible person. Please don't tell me about it, because I already know, and I ... I have this wonderful thing called free time, I'm ready to start

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Answered Questions, answers, and Sam's face. This is the real MIT.

  

  halfway into IAP, I wrote Sam with the intention of stealing his infinite wisdom regarding all things MIT and also possibly his blogging prowess. I ... . "Hey Sam, let's have dinner." "Or better yet, I could have a dinner party

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 11, 2007
• Blog / How to Food

  to build a (taste of) home ft. some topologically challenged zongzi

  

  traditional holidays, but at some other point in my childhood, I started ... speaks Taishanese (a variant of Cantonese) and I picked up impressively ... Pretty Limited. Granted, we only attempt to do so with food items — and I

  • by Alice L. '24
  • June 24, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  making space in my schedule to go to the maker space and 100 other things I was bad at this semester

  

  Welcome to the first of the many blogs I have meant to write but just ... ... In December 2020, I learned about the MakerLodge training that first-years could participate in, and I immediately did the online portion of the

  • by Waly N. '24
  • June 5, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ETH Zürich, hier komme ich! A semester of all things Swiss German and chocolate to come

  

  I'm studying abroad next semester at ETH Zurich in Switzerland! (Or ... happened very quickly. I first heard about the program during the summer from ... friends and I had considered taking part in the Cambridge-MIT Exchange for

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 1, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sights, Sounds, Smells, Tastes, and Feels of IAP photo dump

  

  Sights Las Vegas: At CES 2017, my friends and I networked with ... reality. I did that at both the Innovations Showcase and the Upload afterparty. There, I got to meet with virtual reality experts and learn more

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 9, 2017
• Blog / Events

  MIT is in Boston!!!!111!!!1! It's something to be excited about!!!!!

  

  “Greater Boston Area”) While at MIT, I’ve been able to hang out with a lot ... colleges, I’ve definitely considered this a unique opportunity. There’s a ... of MIT and Wellesley students attending the cultural night. I really

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 11, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In Case You Were Wondering… Here's what I do when I don't do anything

  

  a short sprint away. Twenty minutes before 8 AM, I wake up to the ... teeth and popping my contacts out, among other things) before I need to be ... AM, would be a horrifying thought. But on this particular day, I feel

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 1, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  What are French House residents doing this summer? Writing code, making models, reading, buying comic books, eating brownies, playing Guitar Hero 3...

  

  with their summers, I solicited updates from the French House mailing ... as you reply to this email? I am currently replying to you as I eat a brownie from a mug (an activity I highly suggest) in my apartment in Boston

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 26, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Unpacking Surprises to sum up 4 years at MIT

  

  the department  It’s been exactly one month since commencement, and I ... September and I’m not at MIT registering for classes and trying to squeeze in ... , I love to tell the story of how I never imagined coming to MIT

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 7, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Junior Fall Line-Up, Part 1: Classes My academic plans.

  

  I'm now halfway through my undergraduate career at MIT, which means that there are new factors informing my class choices: 1) I only have four semesters left. 2) I have to declare my concentration (every MIT

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 12, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  A Random [Hall] Sophomore’s Guide to CPW OMG! CPW! OMG! CPW! OMG! :D

  

  stop by Random Hall (and I happen to be home, and you recognize me) I’ll give you a glitter fairy sticker and a sheet of bubble wrap. I experienced my CPW, two years ago, through a downpour. I was temped at Mac

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 19, 2012
• Blog / Events

  AND THERE WAS A PILLOW FIGHT!!! Didja catch the reference?

  

  board: On March 5th I received an e-mail from Tamara '12. Hey ... March 22nd in Copley Square. "Hm," I thought, "wouldn't it be cool if these things happened together?" I wandered over to the Facebook group to

  • by Snively '11
  • March 24, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tales of a College Froshling Okay, so I'm not a frosh anymore. Meh, whatever.

  

  When I went online to start typing up this post, I noticed an unpublished post of mine from nearly three weeks ago. Apparently I started ... it, which is just as well because I don't know what was going to be in

  • by Keri G. '10
  • June 3, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  The swing of things MIT happenings.

  

  . On Friday, I went to a MISTI-Spain information session. The MIT ... abroad or take internships in a foreign country. I might be getting an internship in Spain this summer, and I am super psyched. (I still have to send

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 16, 2006