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  1 / How to MIT again?! An expat returning home to the 'Tute

  

  like home. I spent the first few days moving my stuff from storage into ... ."]readapting[/annotation] to home base. Luckily, I had a friend who rented a Zipcar van and helped me move last minute on Labor Day. Classes started out fast, but I managed

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • September 29, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Making of Embrace the backstory to a gender-bending concept dance video, written by Ayomide F. '18

  

  ieYk It was (and is) incredibly arresting and compelling video, and I asked Ayo if she'd write up how it came to be so I could post it. She did, and I have reproduced it, unedited, immediately below. I put my first

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 11, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advanced Standing Exams: know your stuff, get out of a semester-long class! You should really consider taking them.

  

  these graduation requirements was “But I’ve got a ton of AP credit…won’t I ... AP credit—the worst out of any school I researched when applying. If ... ). That’s about it. (Ok, I’m exaggerating a little bit. You can get general

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • May 24, 2016
• Blog / Athletics

  My IAP All the snow has melted since I took these pictures.

  

  What am I up to? My Thesis This is probably any grad student’s answer to that question, no matter the time of year. This winter I have ... lab I most wanted to work in and least expected to take me, the lab

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 19, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Below 48, Part 2 Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do…

  

  of classes I gave in my last post, we're left with the question: what am I doing with my spare time? Sleeping? No, that's what I ... screen, stifles a yawn* What I'm actually doing is a wild variety of

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • October 27, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MOMENTOS IMPRESIONANTES Because this place is full of them.

  

  I remember the first time I went to a market in my hometown. It was ... narrow, crowded, intertwining market streets. As I raced after my mom, who ... this; it’s good!” “We have what you want, sir, trust us!” I turned to

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 5, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Do These Numbers Have in Common? 7, 8, 12, 17, 18.

  

  are all integers. While I'm there, I might as well say that they're real.... Okay, I'll stop being lame. That was just an attention grabber, I'll give ... day, I'll be hopping on a jet plane, bound for the tropical island of

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 13, 2007
• Blog / Hacks

  Tricky Questions A follow-up entry to answer all of the 50 million comments I got about the…

  

  I had lots of stuff planned for you guys, but my friend Ben (not ... crazy! Needless to say, this generated a lot of comments, so I decided to hold off on some interesting pictures I have for you so I can follow

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 20, 2005
• Blog / Personal Projects

  The Oreo Post i tried them all* !

  

  In July 2018, in my application to be a blogger, I left a note at the ... flavors. In the US, you have like twenty. I am fully committed, when I ... and writing a review at the end of the process. If hired as a blogger, I

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 29, 2023
• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 1) two trains, twelve states, 540 pictures, one Speaker of the House election, and more!

  

  Last week, I took Amtrak across the country, from Boston to San Francisco. Along the eighty-hour journey, I took some notes about what I was up to, what was happening around the train, what I was feeling, and a

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 11, 2023
• Blog / How to MIT

  [joint post] the MIT picture scavenger hunt or, how to drive yourself insane by looking at floorplans

  

  Hunt is the title of this blog post. The author’s an MIT alum whom I know ... feels like a leading question. CJ: The correct response is “I’ll get to ... Hunt? I know you asked me the question, but now I’m deflecting it. This

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 12, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  My Desk and the Things That Live There The things and fish on and around my desk and the stories behind them.

  

  My sophomore fall I took an STS (science, technology, and society ... , Technology and Memoir). The main takeaway, which I am going to play with here ... me, some of the people I care about, and this past year.   Figure 1

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  TESS Science Conference III My first science conference!

  

  This summer, I started a new [annotation note="Undergraduate Research ... Space Research, and it's one of the coolest things I've gotten to do at ... the bottom left[/caption] The project that I joined aims to remove

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • August 7, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  djent is not a djenre or is it?

  

  Sometime in high school, I was trying to break the ice at a group meeting. I asked everyone, “what kind of music do you listen to?”  Someone laughed nervously, “woahhh there, that’s a really personal question…”  I

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 22, 2023
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Visiting the Museum of Science science is cool

  

  My roommates and I haven’t had an outing for a while, so we went to the Museum of Science in Boston this past Sunday. I love museums, and since the last time I went to a science museum was in eighth grade, it was

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 27, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  school projects aka why i havent been writing in the last few weeks

  

  apparently i haven’t made any blog posts about classes yet so here's one i had the misfortune and privilege of taking three classes with ... days and weeks extremely busy, and privilege because i thought all three

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • December 12, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  transferring student culture online virtual rush? it's more likely than you'd think

  

  In the past few weeks, I've been pretty busy with [annotation note ... followed by their placement into a community. Before SCUFFY began, I spent a ... art. I honestly could not be happier with how it turned out...I feel

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 8, 2020
• Blog / Community Projects

  dormspam-the-game (Part 1) wits, skill, and the teeniest amount of luck

  

  to the end to find out what this is ;)[/caption] Last month, I had the pleasure of competing in dormspam-the-game! Run by [annotation note="I plan ... Gamemasters. I managed to place [annotation note="To be completely accurate, I

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 13, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  to do lists and have done lists so busy that all I can do is just stare at the wall

  

  exception of the past couple of days. I've been through this seasonal dip ... the bright side, I have been doing a lot of sleep... maybe even too much sleep. Here's a list of the stuff I have to get done, and the amount of

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 3, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  we are twins … but ARE OUR AGENDAS?!? (not clickbait)

  

  plastic pocket to put in any design you want. So, I printed out one of my favorite backgrounds from Steven Universe! Another reason I like physical agendas is because I like to very excessively cross out tasks as soon as

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 23, 2017