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• Blog / Personal Travel

  In Japan, the Elevators Don’t Care - Sort of trying to fit in as an American in Japan - 

  

  in, in a way that feels most true to me.  - By the way, just make ... even carrying a child in the front and another in the back. I want to ... bathes completely naked because makes everyone take a really hard look at

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  It’s FPOPpin’ Whatchu know 'bout me?

  

  year ago. It was a beauteous midsummer morn, and I was filled to the brim ... FPOPs, chances for freshmen to dabble in a huge variety of subject and ... -offs). Contrary to popular belief, MIT is not a dystopian wasteland devoid of art

  • by Tom R. '14
  • September 6, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  “What Should I Bring To College?” (partly) answered my everyday carry

  

  working to optimize what I carry, so this is a work-in-progress and (2) that ... .  Equations, diagrams, and graphs are no fun to try to reproduce on a laptop or ... to display two textbook PDF pages side-by-side, and has a battery life

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 23, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  9000 Words This post doesn't have 'em.

  

  Figure 1. Life outside of classes. A) Study break to make Matt ... friend Maita '13 (her feet featured in Fig. 1C) decided to add a little ... Place" and sits next to a poster of Jimi Hendrix). H) Sasha '13, one of

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 9, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Paper Planes You ask, I answer

  

  this blog, shoot me an e-mail and I will try to get it answered in a Q&A ... one that asks applicants to describe a situation/project/idea in which ... projects. So go ahead and write about whatever you like, just make sure to

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 18, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  [Guest Post] Dating Is Hard anon has some feelings to share

  

  relate to my experiences as a wildly emotional gay boy who thinks too much ... MIT). He ended up going to a school closer to home, I ended up flying to ... snatch dates on Tinder or join clubs or even just go to a single Queer West

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 7, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Mathematics of People Guest post on Economics

  

  from the library and is probably trying to make a shelter for the local ... about early people, which makes it so much harder for them to recognize a ... a practicing Buddhist, and after meditations I try to use my clear

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • April 28, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  23andme happy new year

  

  responded, "Hard to say because I have so many flaws." That's a self ... want to improve into a few goals. Like, I haven't been eating well and ... emotionally mature, meaning I've been able to avoid a lot of drama because it

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 1, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  list of things that refill my will to live things to do when i don't want to do anything

  

  last's saturn okay i asked the bloggers to make a collaborative spotify ... from chipotle with the app, i will have enough points to get a free ... talking to a friend with more sense than me, which, as it happens, is most

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 9, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Milk, Cookies and Dangerous Secrets Somewhere at the cloying helm of exponential senselessness (weird post incoming)

  

  presence of an unimpressed hunger. It’s a hunger he plans to fix soon, the moment he gets to his destination. He makes a turn to the left, his back ... decided to make Macaroni and Cheese for dinner. Deciding that a little

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 29, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Campus Visits… Bring Em’ On! This entry will focus on the dos and don'ts of a fall visit to a…

  

  gracious to send you. I know that most of you will put it all in a big box ... admission or at least want to come for a visit. So, you go through the box ... fall visit to a college or university that you are interested in

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 5, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  (Guest Post) how can it be home when it’s not finding a sense of belonging away from home

  

  , i missed home. a lot. to the point where ‘i just wanna go home’ was ... was just… there.  during winter break, i went to new york city for a ... at MIT and coming back, i would come to a constant.  during

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • March 19, 2022
• Blog / Events

  I’m embarrassed to be writing this entry. The one where Matt regresses back to being a 12 year old boy.

  

  ). I hope you don't think less of me for going to a talk about ... tell a story well? What makes a good story? How do you create a story that a broad audience can relate to? There was also an interesting thread

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 23, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  my semesterly planner mentally preparing for the trials ahead

  

  In less than a week I'll be hopping on my flight back to Boston, and ... [annotation note="is this okay to say in a blog? let's hope so ... tasks at any given time, with completed tasks being erased to make room

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • August 18, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  rearview reflections newly-minted cruft rambles on post-mit life

  

  making a short list of things I missed about MIT and things I’m happy to be ... find a place that actually can make a living off Pogo stick classes to ... Somedays, I check to make sure my diploma is real and I didn’t just

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’ve got questions, I’ve got answers

  

  the ROTC program - for many students, this is a great way to make MIT ... pursuits. Crew is a great sport to do if you really, really enjoy it and make ... grammar error. actually, i just wanted to make a new friend. Well, hello

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Other Side from prefrosh to cpw chair

  

  hustle and bustle of the street had a certain magic to it. The cars were ... . This is me now:   I woke up today, to a similarly pleasant scene. The sun ... little things, that convinced me to make it my home away from home. This

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • April 12, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  An Art UROP and an Animation Job Yes, these exist here!

  

  UROPing is a very MIT thing to do. “91% of MIT graduating seniors ... UROP in a field [annotation note="Many people use UROP as a way to ... trying to find a UROP because of this, and instead waiting for an

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 13, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  The CrimZone. there are 2 impostors at harvard

  

  Orientation, when I decided on a whim to get a Harvard library card, which is ... wanted to get a library card, came with me and we both got our cards fresh ... Cabot Science Library to make sure our cards worked. They did! It was

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • September 16, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Calm in Suburban Ohio sunsets, helicopters, and fruit

  

  librarian wondered if I was over 12 years old—not great to hear a month before ... and making flowers, so I squeezed a  on top of the cake instead. Then I ... playground. And it felt pretty darn cool because I was no longer in a rush to

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 16, 2017