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  The Last Day at Gymnasium Untergriesbach as part of the MIT-Germany Global Teaching Labs Program

  

  -Germany Global Teaching Labs Program As I write this post, I am sitting in the teacher's lounge trying to hold onto the comfort that I have grasped to ... teachers, excellent students, and a beautiful school, I have been smiling for

  • by MISTI Program
  • March 12, 2012
• Blog / Events

  SpaceVision 2010 Space is cool.

  

  The night of daylight savings, I tried my best to ensure that I would be on time for my 8:10am flight. I asked the hotel to give me a wake-up call at 5:30. I ordered a taxi for 6:30. I set an alarm for 5:30, just in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 13, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Enterlude Brought to you by the letter "L", for Late, Lame, and real Life. Or something…

  

  “So, you gonna play?” I said, raising an eyebrow expectantly at ... centrifuge ride, and car-sized pirate-ship—which, as I later learned, was destined to wage intra-campus aqueous warfare. I’d ditched all the

  • by Natanya K. '14
  • September 18, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Musings on Colorful Balls (CPW Guest Blog!) from Ramya '14!

  

  Wesomeness that is MIT...As I would do right now if I had the chance to - high ... ]) Before I write about my experience at CPW, I have a disclaimer to make: There is only one picture on this post. I usually only read blogs if they

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 13, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Let’s Get Down to Business 'Tis the eve of a new semester.

  

  about to begin. I'm taking the following classes: 7.013 - Introductory Biology 8.02 - Physics II 5.12 - Organic Chemistry I 9.00 - Introduction ... - Graded Undergraduate Research in Course 9 Total: 72 units I'm way more

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 1, 2010
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Past, Present, and Future This all "began with a single blog by a student five years ago, at the…

  

  era." Let me share with you an anecdotal history of blogging, what I ... I've worked in corporate America for about 5 "semesters" now (they don't get IAP off), I will organize my entry more than I ever have before

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Colin Jackson is awesome So is my life, but not to such a great extent.

  

  . I haven't written a blog entry in 6 days. God created the Earth in six days. Me? I'm a slacker. Well, here's my excuse: it was a four ... . So I would sit down to write something, like a blog entry, or a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 12, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fear of Flying Shake the haters off.

  

  This entry is meant to complement the one I wrote prior about being who you are at MIT. ------- When I found out I got into MIT, I was ... , when other people found out that I'd been accepted to MIT, their

  • by Bryan
  • May 28, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT students do it all night. A salute to sleep deprivation, Aztec philosophy, and grape-catching.

  

  SPECIAL DOUBLE BONUS ENTRY!! I didn't actually write this entry on Tuesday, but it's dedicated to Tuesday, because on Tuesday morning I pulled my first all-nighter of the fall term. Well, I don't really believe in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 20, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  I am an MIT Admissions Officer, AMA you know the drill

  

  It's the middle of July, and my brain is so fried I'm punting on a few projects, so figured I'd make myself useful and answer some ... comments and answer them in the blogs. That was pre-Disqus, and I think

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 10, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  in search of lost time a cruft joint post with CJ Q. '23

  

  . You can't stop us. I’m fairly convinced that nothing can, except for the ... for now, I’m not too worried about that inevitability. Some things have ... programming languages. I live in Seattle now, where I work on power management

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Why I’m Leaving the MIT Admissions Blogs it's been a good run.

  

  , after working on a serious blog post for a few hours, I realized what day it was. Smugness crept onto my face as I began thinking of what comical post I could come up with. Credit where credit's due, the idea for this

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 1, 2015
• Blog / Events

  What can I say, it grew on me . . . (Guest Entry) Now I'm a beaver believer!

  

  entry. MIT is intimidating. This was the first thing that I saw from the bus: Yep, THE Stata Center. Designed by The Frank Gehry that I learned about in school. Later, I met The Snively and The Ben Jones at

  • by Snively '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  *john mulaney voice* Cause we’re delta airlines, and life is— My delta flight this IAP, a couple of weeks late oops

  

  Here’s the thing, I’m usually very lucky on flights. I’m the epitome ... ” person.[annotation note="Is that a type of person? I don't actually know..."][/annotation] Like, seriously. Here’s the string of live-texts I put in my sorority

  • by ana~
  • January 18, 2022
• Blog / Life after MIT

  That rings a bell Made of brass?

  

  Nearly fourteen years after graduating, I still wear my Brass Rat every day. It feels strange when it’s not on my finger. I panic when I can’t find it. (That was a long lonely month when I thought I lost it for good

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • January 21, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Somatic My spread for MIT's Infinite Magazine Issue XI

  

  This year, I made a spread for MIT's Infinite Magazine. The magazine was released in May, but I was hosed, and now that I am hosed but in a different way, I feel like I have time to write about it. I've been a part of

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • June 17, 2023
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Julia’s Day Out Almost 10 things I've learned since living in Boston

  

  before, but for some of you, this was your first time. I also know that many of you got the chance to explore the Cambridge area. So, I figured this is the best time to tell you about some of  the things I first

  • by Julia Potts
  • April 11, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  goodbye, thoughts; welcome, semester tfw classes are my saving grace

  

  I've never been so excited for a semester. I'm taking classes that are *gasp* relevant! and interesting!! and I'm only taking four of them, so I'm not frazzled like I was last fall. I feel like I'll be able to

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • February 19, 2021
• Blog / Hacks

  some things my eyes saw recently (this is exactly what it says on the tin)

  

  I have seen much in these past weeks. Here is a small selection ... finals and my leaving...) and I haven't been able to resist snapping some ... really warmed my heart at a time when I was quite nervous about my next

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 24, 2019
• Blog / Life after MIT

  These are the drones you’re looking for Aerospace engineers: what do they do in their free time?

  

  Hi, I’m Mollie! I used to go here. I was one of the OG bloggers, majored in biology and brain and cognitive sciences, and I graduated in 2006. Since graduation, I’ve been pursuing the slow boat of academic science — I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 12, 2016