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  Meet The (New) Bloggers! how to something something

  

  folks won't begin blogging right away, as we have to get them to ... A few weeks ago I posted the Blogger Application 2012. We received over 50 applications for four spots. Over the last week and a half the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2012
• Blog / Events

  What’s on your mind? As for me, my hair feels normal again.

  

  RUSH RUSH RUSH RUSH So much is about to happen!  Electrical ... -creating!  Not to mention the epic water war between the east side and west side dorms (assuming Hurricane Irene doesn't get us first).  Freshmen will

  • by Piper '13
  • August 26, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Splash 2018 Learn about anything and everything!

  

  teaching high schoolers about any topic they want. To give you a sense of the range, when I did Splash 2017 (as a senior and before I got accepted to ... : I'm gonna teach a class! So basically, I was kind of disappointed by

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • October 4, 2018
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Independence Day Fireworks in Boston Hobbits watch beautiful fireworks from comfort of dorm lounge.

  

    Yesterday for Independence Day I was a hobbit. Cory R. ‘14 and I went out to the deli to get turkey meat and an exciting new cheese ... enough adventure for the day. I wanted to photograph the Charles River for

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 5, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Pictures that don’t belong anywhere else – Part I because i'm a slackslackslackball.

  

  it over IAP when a single became available) and was kind enough to let ... floor to our room. Built as a double-loft, this imposing structure ... 't feel the need to close the door when you napped and could always find a

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • February 17, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  One year later MIT is like a surprise birthday party, but without the birthday or the party.

  

  the hotel failed to serve bagels in the morning. I did a campus tour ... no bagels. I woke up on the floor of a dorm room the next morning to a ... minutes later, a wonderfully carbonated feeling began to bubble up inside me

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 29, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  40 Hours in Cape Cod Take note, I typed this entire post with a broken shift key. Please appreciate the…

  

  Spring with your housemates in a pristine, remote locale untouched by the ... . Pulling up to the speaker, Eric ordered two baked-not-fried apple pies for a ... humming a requiem for trans fat. With deft precision honed by years of

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 27, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  pathways where do i go from here?

  

  days of my life are now a year behind me, and it's bizarre to consider ... lived in the dorm, which is a hard truth to internalize. how did only a few months in a building I won't return to for years influence my

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 23, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Ups and downs and extras

  

  CourseWare) kept a minute-by-minute log of the excitement in Boston from her ... by... a professor?!? Yes, Prof. Maria Zuber, a planetary geophysicist ... stereotype was one of the things that turned me off to CMU. It wasn't until a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 28, 2004
• Blog / Community Projects

  Jalapeño Bacon Mac and Cheese for the Homeless starting a campaign larger than myself

  

  many other people were willing to do the same. About a month ago, while ... campaign to feed and clothe the homeless. Even students on a budget are ... If you read my last post, I've had a pretty hard October. However

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 10, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  moving out i'm leaving for a bit

  

  . Friends wandered in at odd times; sometimes to say hi, sometimes to share a ... , then, to strip these four walls of my existence. Photographs make a poor ... done by a friend, an email from Petey about my CMS.400 final project

  • by Allan K. '17
  • July 12, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Global Languages Freshman Learning Community engaging frosh done right

  

  cultures. There also is a special focus on global responses to the Covid-19 ... Studies, visited the class to show everyone how to make a German apple cake ... kitchens. It was a really cute and unique experience that would be hard to

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 6, 2020
• Blog / Residential Life

  All the 2024 i3 videos megapost

  

  Institute (I3) videos, which are produced by students to show off their life ... like a glimpse into how MIT students describe their own communities to ... As a part of MIT’s unconventional housing assignment process, rising

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 12, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All Hail the Working People Living down the 40-hour work week.

  

  really serious – People take the TOEIC to get jobs, seek promotions, make ... place... or the fact that you're almost expected to "spend" after a ... in a Sketchbook, it's gonna take a certain dose of courage to start

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 31, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Recapping Trashion 2015 sustainable fashion == trashion

  

  over to the student center to a different committee, this time to judge ... close. I hoped to achieve a look that seems like fabric from afar but up ... -use than make a Trashion piece? Make sure to look out for parts of her

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 18, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  sitting down no more sprinting

  

  came, it was gone, and I was left to plod my way through a weird liminal ... resolution to stay on top of everything. I remember being a freshman this time ... as close to the ground as possible, or that I’m a mid-day showerer (not

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • October 12, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet The Admissions Staff It's my pleasure to introduce you to our current team.

  

  I've been trying to think of a good way to kick off the new ... had lots of fun - including a hysterical presentation by an etiquette ... you know why?), and a flower-pot-decorating competition. To kick off

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 19, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Around the world in 30 days ...ok, maybe more like I'm Traveling a Lot this IAP

  

  the year by packing up all my stuff in Boston, hauling most to storage ... mattress pad, cooking utensils, etc.), and the rest to bring with me on a ... home for the competition, I had some time (read: a few hours) to spend

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • February 15, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  Froshmore oh to exist in a state of ~liminality~

  

  get to overshare my life on the internet :D.  This year feels like a year of calibration for me in many ways, beyond just adjusting to a ... on average), thanks to in person 9am classes/meetings. I eat a decent

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • October 2, 2021
• Blog / How to MIT

  Schedules and expectations The do's and dont's of freshman scheduling, and what to brace yourself for.

  

  probably take you a while to get used to college life and on P/NR you ... was just so happy to be 'home.' On a side note: Eventually this resolves ... have two.) At a certain point it seems weirder to walk into your family

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 13, 2006