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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Summer Recap—The Book Launch Oh hi there...yes, I'm back!

  

  me. But I’ll get to that in just a bit. In Closing, A Few Things From ... journey from the first uncertain scrawl of words to the final product was a ... words to give shape to this looming story, it persisted like a large

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 20, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Prof. Junot Diaz on The Colbert Report! MIT Writing professor Junot Diaz, winner of this year's Pulitzer Prize for fiction, appeared last…

  

  know want to know what a triffid is. If you've got all that, enjoy ... Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao: You can also listen to a more serious ... A week ago, Professor Junot Diaz of the MIT Department of Writing

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 24, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Reasons I haven’t blagged… hint: "I'm Busy" isn't one of them

  

  what you do to procrastinate”. A fellow classmate turned to her friend ... to interview a friend, a faculty member, President Reif, Barack Obama ... or two of some idea that I ‘keep meaning to get back to writing’, I

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 29, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Neil Gaiman: The Liveblog "This is a land of fire and dreams."

  

  expecting Neil to be here by now. There is A few people start clapping (widely known throughout the world as a surefire method to summon missing speakers ... moment I was about to take a flash photo. (Woah, that was close.) 7

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 23, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fun Times @ MIT (Pt. 1) Life's gotta be fun.

  

  be pretty easy. Ummmm - definitely need to go find a good TA. STS.075 ... workload, my friends and I have made a promise to insert fun, spontaneous ... dresses up nice and goes out to dinner. I'm sure this list will get longer

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 4, 2012
• Blog / Advice

  tick tick tick and the euphoria of it stopping

  

  head, a whirring that keeps my mind thinking about what I need to do next ... stroll from a campus library back to my dorm—I will bump into at least ... should be more grateful. … It's such a privilege to be here. I'm really

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • November 16, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  We Were Deferred

  

  up to only a small sample of MIT experiences, painted a beautifully ... /not sleep deprived we were to run the 10-minute-walk to our bus stop to get ... was probably around 5:15 pm. We had a little over an hour to kill, so we

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 30, 2017
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  How do I apply to the Women’s Technology Program?

  WTP is a women-focused program aimed at empowering students from groups that are historically underrepresented in engineering by providing a ... students to Mechanical Engineering (ME) through hands-on classes (taught by
• Blog / Events

  Flavor of Love As a wise woman once said, "Free is my favorite flavor."

  

  OF KETCHUP PACKETS, 33-541!) I'm going to be getting free food five ... opportunities. Career Fair If I'm being honest, not a lot of undergrads seem to ... an assortment of pastries. There was a sign there urging me to give

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 21, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  my first spring break!!! 13 MIT students take San Diego

  

  joined them—I decided that going to California with a ton of people would be better than going to a better location with just a few people. we ... homies @ TD garden[/caption] the next day, I went to a [annotation note

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 10, 2022
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Sloan MBA Adetayo Akisanya works at Volaris, a Mexican airline, on their Commercial Strategy team “I really gained a new perspective on the airline industry, on commercial strategy, on competition,…

  

  thought I was a good manager, and wanted to give it a try in a highly ... by Visa and MasterCard for currency conversion to Volaris. In return the consumer gets transparency and convenience. “For a low cost

  • by MISTI Program
  • May 21, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Bad Ideas ...and the universities that encourage them.

  

  things. For me, there is nothing to be said for locking yourself in a room ... much of Bad Ideas, unfortunately. But I did make it a point to go to one ... . Personally, I find this a lot more exciting than Mystery Hunt. I mean, there

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 30, 2008
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining Hall Alchemy The art of turning cereal and chicken tenders into slightly tastier cereal and chicken tenders

  

  , so I usually only do this if I get a to-go box (e.g., during late ... are buffet-style, allowing you to get as much food as you want from ... a rush, I find it helpful to do a quick scan of the entire dining hall

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 11, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Daniel Guillen Our football coach gets a surprise in Daniel Guillen '10.

  

  Guillen taking advantage of chance to attend MIT, play football By ... best a student-athlete could ever hope to receive. Guillen, a four ... playing and leads by example. He's a totally unselfish player who played

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 29, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  my first year, in slices ft. ruminations on the freshmen friend group

  

  DND.  In one last attempt to get a hold of her, seeing her Find My ... .”    “Omg yes. When we get to the door just say you’re a Course 6 ... line roughly a month before move-in, in an effort to capture just what it

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • September 18, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  Otra Vez, Como Siempre Some J-Pop to cheer you up. =p

  

  (included at the bottom), I'm going to post a Japanese song this year. This is ... drama is about a radical teacher that sets out to train a group of students from an underachieving high school to getting into Tokyo University

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 12, 2008
• Blog / Advice

  tidbits pieces of advice

  

  just to make sure you get through that class a little easier or get to ... this a lot, but I'd rather go to a hard school with a collaborative and ... for physics help, and he ended up getting out of bed, walking to my dorm

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 24, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Memoriam: Professor Silbey

  

  finally worked up the nerves to ask a question in his class, only to confirm ... . Silbey let out a huge, surprised yawp before proceeding to lay on the desk ... entirely by undergrads). At any school, teaching is a difficult profession

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 1, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Harbinger of Doom, Despair, and Knowledge: PSETS Don't worry, not as bad as they sound.

  

  thought. "Maybe that's just a curveball, just a tough one to get you ... MIT, you might be left wondering just what it is you've managed to get ... a telling laugh my first introduction to psets, and realized that I

  • by Chris M. '12
  • May 3, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Social Engineering no no wait not like that–

  

  took me 700 words to get to the point…). You have a group of people who ... Alternatively, how to build a cult! Only it’s not a cult, it’s just a ... beginning on campus [annotation note="I am literally on a plane headed back to

  • by Allison E. '27
  • August 24, 2024