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• Blog / Athletics

  The Swim Test Saga Four laps (and zero displacement) closer to graduation

  

  hobbling around on crutches, and didn't get to take the swim test with your ... plausible, not because you didn't know how to swim but because your ankle was ... occurs to you that breaking your leg could actually prevent you from

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 22, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A blast from the past Looking back at things I wanted to do at MIT

  

  after college, I'll actually get around to exploring new hobbies and ... four books sitting on my shelf - part one of Haruki Murakami’s new book ... (although I did get around to reading some other books). And since I've been

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • March 9, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Meteor Shower For once, the title is relevant.

  

  velvet. I switched on my camera, upped the exposure to 15 seconds, and set ... avoiding disappointment is to recalibrate your perspective using irrelevant ... of Helvetica not only gave aesthetic purity to subway signs but also

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 17, 2009
• Blog / Classes

  Misconceptions initial thoughts from a first-gen college student

  

  felt better to catch up on the content I missed with the help of friends ... impression of college was from scrolling on college websites, watching media ... -class content questions as part of our grade, but I truly felt too bad to go to

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • September 30, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Summer to Remember – Interphase or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Institvte!

  

  to get started. But for the first time in three years I genuinely ... opportunity to preview the material, get study habits down and start college ... Interphase? According to the OME's Website "Interphase is a rigorous seven

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • October 5, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Is Here! Welcome to MIT.

  

  your way to campus, I thought I’d share a few words on my experience at CPW last year in your shoes. Well, I had never been to Boston before, so ... . I had already committed to MIT prior to getting on the plane, so I

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • April 12, 2018
• Blog / IAP

  I(t)A(ly)P trippin in the off season

  

  non-image content to satisfy you people, but really there isn't anything ... green tram aaaaand nighttime colosseum   Glad to have a new ... A friend of mine gets airline buddy passes through his dad which

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 5, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Classes (or, Gettin’ Classy) I made a series of Biology videos about blood and learned about digital education!

  

  ME BE ARTSY/WORK ON COMMUNICATION SKILLS WHILE ENJOYING MYSELF. To be ... . Students will use existing digital and traditional content to identify a ... videos to edX courses to game-type simulations. We read articles on good

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 31, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  Alive and Kicking I kick, therefore I am ~taekwondo~

  

  for me to get. You don’t want your arm bent too much or too little since ... Wouldn’t it be cool to try something new? A new sport, perhaps? Or ... explore new interests and experiences. Push myself to do things I would have

  • by Waly N. '24
  • August 3, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  a farewell to my phone which hurled itself repeatedly into the icy arms of death

  

  rest stayed black. I went to get the screen repaired. This took going to ... being insufficient to guide me, and set to eke out directions on my own. I ... chatted with another customer while waiting for him to get back.   

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 14, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  major uncertainty switch 2 A 6-2?

  

  much more time on Problem Sets since I have to learn some content and ... felt like I was understanding the content. I was getting somewhere with ... major uncertainty on my mind is impacting everything about what I want to

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 2, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

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

  

  Google Calendar or other similar online planning apps/websites, but we just like using physical agendas more. For one, it’s fun to buy a new one each year with a cute new cover! This year, mine (the one on the right), had a

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 23, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how the first midterms actually were xoxo gossip girl?

  

  going to get canceled for the almost two years I had it planned, and the ... "C's get degrees" and move on with my life as soon as possible. But ... everyone takes anyway, so I'm here to explain how your first midterm seasons

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • October 15, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  This is my summer break california, nasa, pedestians, wifi

  

  worth at least 18,000 words so let's get started right away no time to ... star when we're trying to get home. The hangar is the big thing that ... other interns, plus a great many Google interns as well, live on base at

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • June 22, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  updates i'm still here.

  

  means for me; trying to get seven hours of sleep, eat at least two healthy ... past on the Infinite and call my parents is a tall order to do even in ... learning when it was time to ask for help on something I was stuck on. I

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • January 20, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  chugging along a week in my life

  

  community on a regular (enough) basis. but i have to leave early for an event ... bed, exhausted. i get myself up around 9 pm to shower. around 11:30 pm ... short talks to each other about our projects and getting peer feedback. i

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 22, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Me again (but with flamethrowers this time) yup, it's a shameless ploy to catch your interest. But it's working, right?

  

  snow:no snow ratio is. I bid someone to go forth and Google! And then get ... 'm friends with "MIT Engineers" on facebook, from whom I get the latest Tech ... conundrum. Except one of his ideas to get rid of the snow was flamethrowers

  • by Alina G. '11
  • February 1, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Living Like A Native Or living like a boss. Your choice.

  

  's the coolest way to get around.)But I'm getting ahead of myself. On to transportation! And things to see! If you've got MIT on your list of colleges, you ... moments to address the elephant on the table - or, as it were, the elephants

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 15, 2010
• Blog / Life after MIT

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

  

  talent at building tiny airplanes led to him being offered a job at Google ... ’s a bit of a Star Wars nut, and recently, he’s been on a quest to build ... Hi, I’m Mollie! I used to go here. I was one of the OG bloggers

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 12, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Answering some questions The entry on commencement was just getting unwieldly.

  

  lot of the experiments I do involve getting cells to take up foreign DNA ... to go off of or do you know what you're doing like the back of your hand? when do you get to learn how to do all this anyways? Yes, you can

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 9, 2006