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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sketches from the Fall Semester random happenings, senior year edition

  

  pitch (paraphrased): “Here’s an opportunity for you to put 'employed by ... —learn from Prof. Lander how to make effective pitches!   9. The ... 1. Lamborghini recently brought this magnificent display to campus

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 30, 2017
• Blog / How to Food

  Come together (and eat)

  

  benefit that students are allowed to make their own decisions. And I bet ... to provide her own answer). Sara Campbell asked "It's cool that MIT has so many food opportunities, but do you feel that it causes people to

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes, musicals, teaching, research, sports, and wisdom tooth surgery. I think I can I think I can I think I can I think I…

  

  little intimidated, but am determined to make this happen. It'll happen ... do funny things to your brain. ------------- On Friday, I got all ... in the dentist chair and looked at the window, trying to concentrate on

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 25, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  My Friend the Parasitic Scientist A Random Hall alumnus on reality television!

  

  on the show? I was contacted by casting and asked to make an audition ... first season and they have to make everything flashy while conserving ... I want to tell you about a friend of mine who is on television this

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 26, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Reason to Celebrate My advisor is a genius.

  

  people refer to the recipients as a Genius because they are awarded a ... . It's pretty awesome, not gonna lie. It's also kind of crazy to be able to say that I work for her, and despite her achievements, she's really

  • by Bryan
  • September 24, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Ode to the Institute Better late than never.

  

  In the spirit of Valentine’s Day, I decided to write MIT a poem. It ... why You mean so much to me. Poor soul, poor soul You’re often scorned ... another day. While we may sometimes stop to question Why we take so many

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 16, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Chang Ning District, Shanghai 上海，长宁区

  

  pond Doing stuff by myself (like taking the subway) makes me feel that I ... there and look at everything you pass by. And you can get to downtown ... Shout out to the MIT VPN for helping me climb the Great Firewall

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 4, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Repainting the Smoots A Wacky MIT Tradition

  

  , the pledge class of ‘92 getting hauled to jail by Boston police, and ... group of older men wearing Lambda Alpha Chi shirts. It’s time to continue ... ’s rewind 65 years ago to when it all began.  POV: it's 1958 In the fall of

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 27, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  end of semester reflections in conclusion, online school Ain't It

  

  worried about it and have been studying hard to make up for slacking on it ... would've churned this out in no time, but writing The Words turned out to ... paper in over a year, so it was nice to revisit the HASS part of me that

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 15, 2020
• Blog / Personal Travel

  The Grandest of Road Trips Reflections on a cross-country road trip, on an international plane flight, on a full bladder.

  

  infection that makes them wonder about switching seats. I want to comfort them ... is many people? How did they get to be on this grand decision-making ... I'm on a 13-hour flight from San Francisco to Tokyo, connecting

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 1, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Uh-oh Spaghetti-O

  

  waved away every accomplishment I ever made by chalking it up to ... than he deserves, so let's try to reorganize here before anything gets ... , saying "According to Mr. Nance, everyone who is accepted is qualified, and

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 21, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Marathon Sports The store has the word "marathon" in it, so it has to be good, right?…

  

  running shorts to make trying out the new shoes easier. I thought I would ... Brief background: I try to be healthy. I don't eat junk food, and I do sit-ups in the mornings. About a month ago, I got the crazy idea to

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 13, 2005
• Blog / Community Projects

  [Guest Post] Because Racecar, Friendships, and Family By Monica C. '25: "What I’ve learned about being an engineer, friend, and teammate by…

  

  a team who wanted to learn how to build an autonomous car by building ... engineer requires starting to make your own design decisions and advocating ... to stop being afraid of making mistakes. I purchased the wrong type of

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • July 31, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  nothing & everything again & again my senior iap

  

  medical reasons, and I was surprised by how excited I was to get back into ... This is just one in the onslaught of many posts to come about what ... classes; junior year was lost to the fog of the pandemic; but sophomore and

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 11, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nicht Bach, Sondern Maurer The proudest moment of my life since figuring out that "Wok & Roll" was a…

  

  Musical Offering to Frederick the Great (by the way, I love German adjective ... DID YOU KNOW? Chess prodigy Bobby Fischer has been wanted by the US ... by engaging in a chess match there. However, he has sought political

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 24, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  IAP? No.. YOU’RE AP Possibly the worst title EVER. (Also, answers to your questions, but under the worst title…

  

  have their neighbors be eaten by countries, have entries dedicated to ... why this post is so late.. I'm really tired by the time I make it ... (we only have to pay for the cost of our book this year, while EMT

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 17, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  In which I am no longer new here ...well, it's true.

  

  love for pie is still only surpassed by my love for bacon and Arrested Development. I've now seen more snow than I ever cared to see in my life; by ... bacterial colonies makes me want to shoot myself in the face. (Speaking of my

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 11, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Look at Unified Engineering and the Aero/Astro Department Back in business.

  

  designed to encompass all the fundamentals of engineering while exploring ... to my entry #2 about bottle rockets. The pains, and gains, of being a ... entire thermodynamics lecture to just talking about how cool airplanes are

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • January 30, 2007
• Blog / Classes

  final exam distributions "mit does not curve"

  

  ", [/annotation] so I've added some here to make up for it! ... MIT [annotation note="but many classes will define cutoffs relative to class performance, which is more or less a curve; hence, increased

  • by Alice L. '24
  • December 22, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Don’t Eat the Hot Glass Five things you can’t eat in the MIT Glass Lab for “health and safety” reasons…

  

  ] At least I got to make a cool cup using it. [caption id ... for myself this year, so I jumped at the opportunity to make my own ... This semester, I was lucky enough to take the beginner glassblowing

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • November 24, 2022