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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  In Defense of Peer Pressure or, why my hair is now purple

  

  act, be your own person and make good choices. I'm here to tell you how ... pressure isn't always bad. Listening to your friends, and letting them affect ... abstract. Let me get to the point. My hair is purple. Let's be frank

  • by Kate R. '14
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer begins And I get a brief vacation.

  

  Agent: So you teach people how to swim? Me: Oh, no. You get to teach ... -Orientation Program run by students in the physics department. I'm going to be a ... wearing my purple MIT Splash t-shirt. TSA Agent: Why does your shirt say

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 25, 2013
• Blog / Uncategorized

  albums i like and why i like them pov: i ramble about music and won't shut up

  

  2018. I keep having new ones, and I want some way to document why I like ... known to be a “cheater” in the ring, and would try to get Chavo to fight ... furthermore, I would have to be lent music by my friends!] Future Teens was

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • September 8, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Balancing Life, School, and… More Life? Gotta start by taking advantage of Veteran's Day to... work... and, more importantly, BLOG!

  

  00t!) with my big Jessica (a girl from my sorority) at 10, get to the ... ... So now it's 3:30 and I'm trying to get down and finish this annoying ... - this is where we get paired to our "big" as in "big sister" (sophomore or

  • by Marcela R. '13
  • November 11, 2009
• Blog / Advice

  We can do this! To high school seniors: we’re in the struggle bus with you

  

  school, we stressed about not being qualified enough to get into the ... qualified enough to get a job, and tried registering for extra classes only to ... [annotation note="feel free to vent about your application

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • October 7, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Like a freshman Getting a P+ isn't just for frosh anymore.

  

  contemplating the prospect of having a class on Junior/Senior P/D/F. You get to do ... term, my GPA would increase by one tenth of one point (MIT only rounds to ... DID YOU KNOW? Prussian Monarch Frederick William used to kidnap

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 6, 2006
• Blog / Events

  #WeAreMIT SMASH helped jumpstart an intense conversation between students and administration

  

  people go through rough times and directing students to the proper resources at MIT Medical and on campus to get the help students may need ... 'm hoping to get it published so we can have cute little coping with anxiety

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 30, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Alternative Semester There are things to click in here.

  

  Link on the top to get more of an idea of the classes I'm taking. The links ... sophomore who is still unsure what course to major in. But the reality is not ... graduate as so, but this semester I'm taking: 1.00 - Introduction to

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 17, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  Beat It, Bump It, Spike It MIT + NCAA: Two acronyms people don't normally expect in the same sentence.

  

  I always wondered what it would be like to go to one of those really hardcore sports universities, then I had the chance to get it at MIT. Last ... New England Regional (more details here). Now I've been to sports games

  • by Bryan
  • November 10, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Life as an Artist things I discovered about myself as it relates to the artsy stuff I have in…

  

  before). I also get the chance to sing at my church (Pentecostal ... favorite times because I not only get to hear live music, but I get a chance ...   Let me begin by telling you the actual title of this blog

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • November 2, 2010
• Blog / Events

  East Campus REX Events! welcome to the wild wild west

  

  hanging around the courtyard will be happy to show you around or answer your ... want to check it out, stop by the East Campus courtyard and help out! If ... Campus, so if you’ve always wanted to dye your hair but have never worked

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 20, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Play hard…and then work hard! There's no excuse not to have an AWESOME time this weekend!

  

  It's been a long week, but next week promises to be even longer. Classes end this Wednesday, then we have one day to study (most schools get ... :30-3:30 PM: Mechanical Engineering Seminar Series, featuring a presentation by

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 8, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  The Marks of a Student or, let's catch up

  

  didn't get to go last year but I really wanted to go this year. But the ... to Boston, I've been able to get a handle on things. Kind of. My mental ... /NR (meaning if you get lower than a C, it doesn't show up on your transcript

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 4, 2020
• Blog / Personal Travel

  I’m sitting on a bus and am SO sleep-deprived.

  

  Getting from London (England) to Charlottesville (Virginia) is much ... NEEDED to get to Union Station to catch my bus to Charlottesville. I got ... needed to get from Dulles Airport to Union Station -- which is about a 40

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 15, 2013
• Blog / Uncategorized

  just do it don’t say you’re gonna do it!

  

  for, uh, weeks. I eventually got one in, but by then I was too hosed to ... it to break a tool and wreck your piece.  But I was too sleep ... standard practice: you sit by the machine as it runs, always ready to step in

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 23, 2023
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  friday afternoon in the town of beans i'm freeeeeeeeeeeee

  

  . The restaurant is quite small, and so we get our orders to-go and eat in ... . We swing by H-Mart along the way; Derek buys some snacks, and I get a ... by the Boston Public Library's Chinatown branch just to explore the

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 11, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All Over Again Applying to college all over again.

  

  've just started to get exposed to interesting topics in bioengineering that I'd like continue investigating. Getting my bearings straight by ... 's course, and hope to get lucky in the end. Let the games begin.

  • by Bryan
  • June 8, 2006
• FAQ / International applicants

  How do international students apply to MIT?

  limited to): the IB, A Levels, the French Baccalaureate, and CBSE. Your ... you, including your situation as affected by family, school, culture ... We understand that it's difficult for international students to apply
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Hitting Rewind on 2013 a summary of posts I never ended up writing from IAP till now

  

  'll get to do things at MIT/in Boston that I've wanted to do forever - like ... this one, get back to dancing a lot, and more. I've already started on ... overwhelming than I thought it was going to be - a confusing whirlwind of psets

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 18, 2013
• Blog / Life after MIT

  That rings a bell Made of brass?

  

  and they reconsidered whether it was the best time to be building a new ... resolved to continue wearing the Brass Rat daily – at least until I get ... , only for it to ultimately reappear under the couch.) I don’t know how

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • January 21, 2025