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• Blog / Challenges

  from me to you burn it all down

  

  flying past at a breakneck speed. I’m trying to grab onto moments and ... find that I’m trying to channel a me who’s not really me anymore. It ... , extracurriculars, careers… At one of my lowest points, I decided to write a letter

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • October 17, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Take THAT, Microsoft Firefox rules.

  

  , so I only made a couple of phone calls, but I really enjoyed talking to ... on a train to Boston, then took the subway. I got to campus around ... made it back to my room. I took a four hour nap, found something to eat

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 19, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  riverrun, past Eve and Adam’s "Do we start and end at the same place on the river?"

  

  I have so much work to do tonight, but I just fell off a treadmill in ... professional bus drivers on Earth, making it safely up to Maine in what must have ... on a simple charter bus. On the way, we just happened to stop in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 13, 2005
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What does “drinking from a fire hose” mean?

  Getting an education from MIT has been likened to taking a drink from a fire hose—the sheer number of opportunities and rigor of our ... must pass a swim test in order to graduate!
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I’ve Done (this summer) or Why I Haven't Blogged in a Month

  

  Working for Veterans Affairs It’s 7am on a Tuesday, and I need to get up in 3 alarm snoozes. There’s a two-step strategy to this: first, say a really bad word to activate the limbic system of the brain (science

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 4, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  yet i maintain composure manu tenere “i hold by hand”

  

  to lead me through any steps. i was taking a phase two waltz class, at ... acknowledge: take a step back, point up and away, make eye contact, and smile ... clothes, and head to another class, and ride a van up to new hampshire

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 9, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Mikey’s Meta TV Post ...In which you find out about the good, bad, and really bad shows I love…

  

  countdowns. 4. I've been meaning to write a post like this since the big TV ... most shows are taking holiday breaks, I've been able to catch up a bit on ... you absolutely have to reference something from a show that'll spoil it

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • December 24, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Challenge of Public Health Sometimes science and engineering only come so far.

  

  extremely trivial amount to pay for a doctor's visit and getting two week ... very, very little money for a family). Adding on to this is the fact ... patient waited nearly 18 months to get a routine colonoscopy since the only

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 4, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  The Lessons I’ve Learned and it only took three full semesters and a summer

  

  , making sure I had understood everything. I got into a good rhythm and went ... -recording a class. Freshman spring I wanted to fix that but overshot to the ... and I'd be working for three to four hours on a single problem on each

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 31, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Movie Marathon, Pt. I Watch ALL the things!

  

  digress! The point of this paragraph is that I haven't had a lot of time to watch a lot of the movies I've been wanting to see (or haven't had the ... : Another Earth Of Gods and Men A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • May 30, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Introduction To MIT World ...and my blog's first feature: Akamai, Clever and Cool!

  

  My first blog entry! Let me begin by introducing you to MIT World, a ... . With a collection of almost 400 videos, it's a little daunting to pick ... it best to start with a modern day adventure story about a company that

  • by Laurie Everett
  • January 11, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Off to Zambia

  

  Through my awesome D-Lab class, I am going to Zambia today until Jan 31st. Zambia is a land-locked country in southern Africa (see above ... the school is able to hold adult classes in the evening. Another one of

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 7, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Delivery! "Ring delivery" is more like "ring takeout," actually, since they don't bring a brass rat…

  

  worry about, so I got to see a bunch of my friends. "MIT liked us, so they put a ring on it :D" - My friend. (I was going to make the same joke ... position right now to a lot of people: my past teachers, my professors, my

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 20, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  what i talk about when i talk about running with apologies to murakami

  

  plan to the letter for my first time (unsurprisingly, it makes a big ... college was I going to land at in the US? I had a girlfriend then. We would ... to a 650-square foot 1-bedroom apartment, 8 blocks south, 3 blocks east

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 21, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Not in my own words. 90% of this entry = not written by me.

  

  't want to be a student at that school, either. Try to make your paper ... ://www.uni.edu/~gotera/gradapp/stmtpurpose.htm) How to Write a Great Statement of Purpose Vince Gotera English Language ... example, here's an opening to a typical first draft: I am applying to the

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 1, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  Mine hands are broken reflections on many a year of carpal tunnel syndrome

  

  , where they recommended some specialists I didn't go to. I took a week off ... I like to pretend that they are not broken. I wanted to write a blog ... In cross country, you hear a lot about running through the pain, but

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 14, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  In the Music Cubes, no one can hear you scream…

  

  to make high-quality studio recordings at the click of a button without ... ... which just goes to show what a great job the acoustics engineers ... ="aligncenter" width="768"] Rambax and Galak Tika used to rehearse in Building N52 – a 10

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 25, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  Row, row, row your boat aka varsity sports at MIT

  

  alarm go off at 6am. A lot of people seem to think I’m crazy for waking up ... to be playing a Division I sport (though most teams at MIT are Division ... , and working with you if you have to miss an exam due to a game, race or

  • by Becca H. '12
  • September 27, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Shelby’s Amazing CPW Adventure A CPW Guest Entry by Shelby '13

  

  only made me more excited to be on campus. My CPW weekend was off to a ... "Immigrant Song" to play on air. Remember, I have only touched upon a few of ... I was extremely stoked to finally visit. Not only was it my first time

  • by Snively '11
  • April 29, 2009
• Blog / Blog Projects

  A Boring Friday what did you do last friday?

  

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  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 5, 2022