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  Happy 21st Birthday to the Random Hall Milk the Milk is now old enough to drink, but *please*, don't drink the Milk

  

  negligence w/r/t basic testing, not to mention the logistical curdles posed by ... from the supermarket to a dormitory at MIT. It has lived there ever since ... bought the milk carton and made his way to his floor—Bonfire—only to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 20, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s More Than A Job Thoughts On The Eve Of RA Decisions

  

  her, I'm inspired enough by the stories I read to think that the world ... a few who really got to me, and when they didn't get in, the tears ... shouldn't try to sugarcoat the harsh reality. I'm thankful to whomever

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Choosing Your Own Adventure and other things you can do when you live off campus

  

  want to get there by [annotation note="i like to be a little on the ... of the year. No one can force me to get a dining plan. I don't have to ... 's nice to get a break in the middle of the school day where I can truly

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 8, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  ATHack A day well spent helping others

  

  'd never been to the space before, but I was impressed by how funky the space ... One of the amazing things about going to a techy school like MIT is ... work on developing a solution to the same challenge. This past weekend

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 2, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Reverse Culture Shock Catching up and counting down

  

  want to read this. And then there’s the bigger scope—trying to get the ... getting used to this, still clamored for the safe familiarity of home—of my ... to others as well, the whole thought was subdued by some cynical other

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 17, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The MIT Major Arcana a collaborative art project

  

  background, though some of it obscured by the scientist, contains references to ... be by an MIT student, and as much as possible get a different artist ... card, I wanted the cards to be as different from each other as possible

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 19, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Into the Smoke In more ways than one.

  

  being abroad is the milieu of people you meet and get to know. Most of my ... get a long-term visa to the U.S. and the first question they asked him ... , Little Beirut, Arab Street... you get the point; perhaps akin to Chinatown

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • August 2, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Flux and Flow Thermodynamics as therapeutic analogy; or, the longest way I've ever said, "I'm still figuring things…

  

  difficult concepts and brutal tests. It represented the final hurdle to being med school ready, the last outstanding class I had to take if I ever wanted to be a doctor -- which, at the time, was no longer a settled matter

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 12, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Gee, my life’s a funny thing Remembering the bills I have to pay, or even yesterday.

  

  to the cemetery where Jim Morrison is buried because we had an hour to ... of pictures of the Stata Center to show how innovative we are. Now, as a rule I don't really pay attention to lists like that, except the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 21, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Things Wot I Did Whilst Studying at MIT A tale told in pictures (and someone else's words).

  

  reading the post two days after I got to campus and swearing to live by it ... to be present in the now. You won't get the most out of college if you ... classes that have nothing to do with your major(s), purely for the fun of it

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 27, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Making of the Riri Williams Pi Day Video Behind the scenes of an extraordinary three minutes!

  

  confused that they managed to get Simmons right but somehow messed up the MIT ... , a masters student (known affectionately by many as “Blue”) to get us ... getting ready to release the video was probably one of the most strenuous

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 9, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why My 5.13 Problem Set Took All Day Moral of the story: Don't procrastinate, or I'll never talk to you again.

  

  . Trek out to the suite kitchen to begin problem set, hoping to get about ... to wear velcro." I have never, ever been one to get anything done ... myself that if I get it done now I won't have to worry about it later, and

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Few of my Favorite Things (Counting Blessings) Maybe the most sentimental blog post I’ve written.

  

  summer. The morning after I got here, I woke up to a pile of stuffed ... -it note (it was the second draft, apparently), this: I think it’s safe to ... crowded café or bar. Walking until I get lost and finding myself in the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 6, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Policies, Principles, and Protests thinking about responsible citizenship in a time of student protests

  

  across the country to join them in protests, including several school ... disciplinary or other action that occurs after your admission to MIT. We have the ... integrity on its face. The purpose of this blog post is to communicate that

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • February 22, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  demons on depression

  

  struggle to get better, the struggle to know myself, the struggle to chart ... late 1800s Galton described aphantasia, the inability to create mental images in one's mind. It turns out the majority of people, when asked to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 28, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Paths there are so many

  

  who was able to get through the door you wanted to, or through a ... heartbreaking it felt. We obsessed over MIT unhealthily to the point where going to MIT was the only future we saw for ourselves. Looking at the

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 19, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I put on my robe and graduation hat It's sortof hard to believe it's time for this already.

  

  's President. After the speech by our Class President, we got to turn our "Brass ... for graduation. Classes were over, and the most stressful thing I had to ... (through the MEng/VI-A programs). Since I am going to around for another

  • by Kim D. '09
  • June 7, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Shiny Circuits Shiny, in some subcultures at MIT, means REALLY AWESOME

  

  Electronics Lab at MIT So that's the first difference: to get the light going ... problem is that people like pictures. And people like to know about the ... student (they tend to be about how neat trees look right after rain in the

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 31, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  10 reasons why MIT is beautiful if I do say so myself.

  

  'll write about the final product soon! (8) Because we get cool toys to play ... is beautiful: (1) Because I get to see this view every day walking ... Court... (4) ...or take a walk by the boathouse: (5) I'd show you

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 22, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Summer Reading aka inhaling all the books i can before school starts

  

  ’m determined to work up the motivation to get back into it, though! Killing ... didn’t spend slaving over psets was dedicated to getting up to all sorts ... Immersive Media Production), but it was lotteried and it’s difficult to get

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 22, 2018