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  Enjoy Life Farewells and New Beginnings

  

  summer, I’ve been thinking about what to do for my last blog post. I’d planned to doodle something about "Ithaka" by Constantine Cavafy. It’s one ... bioengineer. I am grateful to have had wonderful mentors and scientists and

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 5, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An MIT wedding Paper airplanes instead of rice and a reception at a science museum... what's not to…

  

  be having our reception. Our first dance was to "Everything I Do" by ... sophomore, my friend Carl '07 introduced me to a cute curly-haired aerospace ... August 2006, he asked me to marry him in Killian Court with a bunch of tour

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 1, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] a space for women at mit by Nandini Choudhury (WXGS Assistant Director)

  

  who are registered at MIT. You can gain tap access to the Cheney Room by ... .[/annotation] In 1882, MIT officially began admitting women to all departments ... Cormick Hall: the first women's dormitory at MIT. Fast forward to 2023: MIT

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • August 12, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear My Old Friend, This is quite possibly weirdest way to introduce myself

  

  — making a difference. I’m starting to doubt that it’s possible. You would ... future. I am still determined to make a difference. I am bright and angry ... 's nice enough to make a man weep, but I don't weep, do you? Charles

  • by ana~
  • September 24, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  As We Approach Decision Day On getting in and on not getting in

  

  When I hit puberty my inability to assess risk thank goodness ... -hipster phase. I loved setting up ridiculous goals and then reaching them, just to ... that I was working to get into MIT. If I got into MIT, I’d be happy. And

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 8, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  The Adventures of Flat Tim And his admissions officer friend!

  

  students than we would be able to by ourselves."]Other Universities ... happily relied on public transportation to get around. Recruiting for MIT ... Transportation Authority (MBTA) can take me, so 9 months into the job, I had to

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • June 6, 2019
• 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 ... have to rush around Boston saying goodbye to people and places that I

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

  what work is bite-sized senior spring

  

  the work of not working this is going to be a challenging semester ... night, working, working, working. i'm trying to challenge myself to do a ... work that i do not expect to get paid for or graded on; it's work that i

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • February 10, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Units of Measure A simple question with a lot of cool answers

  

  assigned to them by another member of Conner 2. I can't remember all of the ... I would like to direct you to this blog entry before we begin ... culture of Conner 2 during my stay there. To the best of my knowledge there

  • by Snively '11
  • January 7, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Choice and the MIT lifestyle ...because "MIT" and "student life" aren't mutually exclusive.

  

  happen to be amazing). Monday and Wednesday nights are usually dedicated 5 ... recitation to revise problems or figure out problems I couldn't do on my own. (Note that most people at MIT like to do psets in groups -- it's faster

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Yachts, Drones, and Lessons from the Media Lab How to lose a phone in 90 seconds

  

  island in an ocean, but it’s going to start with me at a desk in an office ... . It turned out to be for my grad student (I say “my”, but in reality I ... opened the package later, it turned out to be two Amazon Echoes. Nothing

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 1, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Application dreaming

  

  technology, about the possibilities for research to improve society, make the ... as part of the application to be reviewed? Will it be interpreted as ... 're excited about. While I was in California in early October, I started to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 14, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  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 ... ) expressly forbid taking pictures. So, I decided to take pictures of part of

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 31, 2009
• 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 ... realized that though I don’t think I’ve felt rooted to a place before, Boston

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 6, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Halloween is the best day of the year. Yes, I recognize that it is now closer to Thanksgiving than to Halloween. Sorry.

  

  -to-in-ages-because-you've-both-been-super-busy give you a call, or send ... two of you set up a time to Skype. Mushiness also comes in cake form ... this: This hat has been worn by many generations of French House

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 15, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Grown Up Well, not quite.

  

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 26, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fit or happiness made easy

  

  Nearly nine months after getting into MIT, one question I continue to ... right place would be the one with the right "fit". I know by September ... part of it to maintaining something you are not. The idea of fit is

  • by Connie H. '15
  • September 15, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Women’s Soccer Talking to the 2009 NEWMAC Champs after they returned from the NCAA National Championship Tournament

  

  When I came to MIT I joined the marching band. We played at all sorts ... intramural pistol team and came to appreciate the huge variety of sporting ... watching (i.e. water polo), it was hard to know how good MIT's varsity teams

  • by Kim D. '09
  • November 25, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Views of Campus, the Charles River, and the First Snow with a snowman and a snow dalek

  

  My dorm, the 117-year-old Random Hall, is identical to the older ... Beaux-Arts style, characterized by large windows, large staircases, and ... to the lonely 3 am campus, soaking up the light reflecting off the snow

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 20, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Best Advice I Ever Got Take it or leave it.

  

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • May 30, 2012