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  The Random Hall ‘13s Life plans, advice, and stories from last year’s Random Hall graduates.

  

  the first time, which meant a lot of new logistics to sort out. I got to ... excited for—and I’m giving a talk on plane crashes to one of our internal ... paper I was co-author on!), took a train to Philadelphia, took a plane to

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 20, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An actual day in the life It's not the most exciting day... but it's a day!

  

  (This seemed like a really good idea for an entry when I was on my ... prospectives to a day in the life of an MIT student, I have rather uncreatively ... later today. 11:05-11:55 -- 21A.100 (intro to anthropology) lecture

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 27, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  context, obstacles, and critical periods Why don’t you just get over it?

  

  internship the summer after junior year on a chemistry textbook to study for ... parents and relatives put on me to be a good role model, and the pressure to ... usually a lot of what is needed to succeed is based on what other people

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • July 12, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  The Great Wifi Outage of 2007 Burton-Conner's wifi went out two days ago; Evan will tell you more by the end…

  

  October 28th. Thanks a lot!) At around 1:30 AM on Tuesday, October 16th ... router. Someone on Burton 4 declared loudly that it was all due to those ... caught the fever and engaged in a vicious and terrible battle to the death

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 18, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Home Under the Dome sorority recruitment, tips, and my experience

  

  someone who is looking to join and be a new member of a sorority. I ... and talked to the Potential New Members myself. There was a lot of ... . Note that a “party” is where you get to meet and chat with a new sorority

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • August 14, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  A Half-Century Retrospective Revisiting the MIT Application from the 1972–1973 admissions cycle

  

  location on the Infinite Corridor to its new home in the MIT Welcome Center ... a VHS player handy? I’d love to see what’s on this tape."]VHS tape ... making an effort to shine a light on its esteemed programs in the

  • by Jeremy W.
  • September 21, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Summer Reading aka inhaling all the books i can before school starts

  

  intended to read this year: On the Way to a Smile and The Kids are Alright ... voices on what the time was, even if some of them got to it a little more ... writing phase in middle and high school. I eventually moved on to RPG video

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Fig. 6: Eigenverantwortung The time of my life. What responsibilities?

  

  me, too, to take on a new approach to balancing my academic and social ... appreciate my time at a new school, in a new country. I wanted to appreciate ... the slides—throwback to 18.06. This 18-letter word—a

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • August 28, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Underwater Dreams (from a distance) A reflection on immigration, student activism, and civic engagement at MIT.

  

  'll hear a new story and remember it, find new hope and latch on to it ... immigrants. “Ten years ago, they beat MIT,” reads a headline on AZ Central ... students thinking of applying to MIT, his response was quick. “Do it,” he

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 10, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  (Bitter)sweet home meeting high school teachers again, and visiting my hometown for (probably) the last time

  

  that this is probably going to be the last time I’ll be in Alabama for a ... ’m ultimately glad that we’re moving on to other places. I visited my high school with my friend Tom to meet some of our former teachers. It’s been a while

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 12, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  dear frosh: here are the things we want you to know a firehose of advice from upperclassmen: tips and tricks for freshman year

  

  acquaintance from orientation might teach you a whole new way to think about the ... – don’t use others as a crutch or you won’t learn to figure things out on ... jarring to suddenly not be the smartest kid in the class, to be on a

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 13, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  50 Things Advice for the class of 2010.

  

  't count.) Go on dates. Don't feel like every date has to turn into a ... scored front row seats to the Indigo Girls at a venue 2 hours away. I didn ... college kids. In the first month of college, send a hand-written letter to

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 23, 2006
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  Two thousand students walk into a Zoom call summer hssp: now virtual™

  

  sharks. Highly Self-Similar Sharks on a Plane? CJ, Matt: Sounds good to me ... hopped on a Zoom call and invited whoever was around in ESP to join us. We ... here? Do I deserve to be here? How does this reflect on me as a person

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 20, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Typical Day on the Road Having grown up in NYC, I love coming back.

  

  alumni, bringing them up to date on new things this year, and answering ... . Last Wednesday was a typical day: up at 5:00 am to get a workout in and eat a little something before heading out to get to Stuyvesant for an 8

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taking the L On "failure" at a place like MIT.

  

  on 18.01 before getting to 18.02."]18.01a/18.02a[/annotation], and ... to take a math assessment. This essentially assess your skills and ... in IAP]. I got recommended 18.01 and 8.01L, but that had to be a

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • October 16, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Figuring out what I want to do with my life personal essay time :)

  

  . However, before I commit to working on a new spacecraft, I need to think ... two to find a better guess, converging over time. As I worked on the EKF ... eventually, all projects have to come to an end; I’ll start a new project over

  • by Alex M. '21
  • March 5, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I Really Just Cannot Write Anymore of My Thesis I wish I can bang out essays like blog entries.

  

  Hello MIT blogs! I love blogging. I applied to be a blogger on whim ... leave - I was ready to fly far away from Asia and be part of a new great ... here, MIT places a heavy premium on being able to create - being able to

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 23, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  my last undergraduate monday and everything i did!

  

  throw on a light jacket and head to class. This year my earliest class is ... 're meeting with one of the dorm Heads of House to discuss a new initiative that ... the new initiative! We have a really good discussion, but I have to duck

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 10, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Making of the Riri Williams Pi Day Video Behind the scenes of an extraordinary three minutes!

  

  aerodynamics testing there, and I was sent on a reconnaissance mission--to get ... video,” he said, “I basically want to make a two-minute trailer for the ... (then) recently released new concept for the Iron Man comic series, a 15

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 9, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bursting the MIT Bubble 1.0 things to do in Downtown Boston

  

  available, however, the edge of the Long Wharf is a perfect place to sit and ... ’s Little Italy, for a chance to participate in the midnight hustle, grab a ... to the district for a snack at Bova’s Bakery, where delicacies are

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 22, 2015