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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  AFROTC = stress, and why that’s okay Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps: "what do you do every week?"

  

  we needed to go pick up, so on top of having a lot of responsibility ... myself, traveled over to Hanscom Air Force Base (about a 30 minute drive ... to be comfortable with in future years. On Tuesdays from 3:10-5:10 pm

  • by ROTC
  • November 4, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  In the Jungle, the Mighty Jungle @NatGeo, pls hire me

  

  During my trip to Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa I spent two days on a Game Reserve. We stayed on the very top of a hill in Hluhluwe , sleeping ... reserve at sunrise and sunset to experience the animals in their natural

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • February 23, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fight Fire With Fire How is MIT so hard?

  

  cool, and also touches on a lot of the general reasons as to why MIT is ... . Expectations are higher at MIT. You are expected to do a lot on your own. If you ... ;   This is a really good question, because it forced me to think and

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 6, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Where You’re Going, Where I’ve Been CPW! YEEAAAH!

  

  ! Hopefully you'll be able to join us for Campus Preview Weekend. When I was a prefrosh, I couldn't make it to CPW, but I visited on my own about a month ... to pick a song to introduce and play live on the air. I think that is

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  The Waitlist This is not an easy entry to write so I'll just keep it short. No…

  

  This is not an easy entry to write so I'll just keep it short. In a ... convinced that we'd have to admit at least a few from the waitlist. I was wrong. To those of you who were on the waitlist, particularly those of

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 10, 2005
• Blog / Events

  TMI WRT MIT TLA’s Wonderful things happen that I can organize around a coherent theme. Also, I didn't lose…

  

  opporunity to see War of the Worlds for free--a premium discount on the already ... This was a great day. Take my word for it. What, do you want me to prove it to you? Aww, here goes. Today I ate a grape lollipop that Save

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 7, 2005
• Blog / Events

  A Couple of Firsts With a picture game

  

  ” and wear it around my neck along with a reporter’s hat. Oh well, on to ... just a few.) But instead of just throwing them at you, I’m going to show ... to Kresge to get a peek inside. However, it seemed as though many other

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 17, 2013
• Blog / Summer

  “How was your day?” asked and answered

  

  . I walk to Kendall, get on the red line, smile at a cute dog on the ... a twenty-minute shower, and go back to my room, pick out my clothes ... for my MISTI (watch this space for deets on this!) and I’m there to get

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • June 2, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Don’t Worry, Be Happy A few words of advice.

  

  's. Back in the Fall of 2002, I set out on a journey that is still ongoing. I ... wanted to go to college, and I had a few ideas of where I wanted to apply ... class, you were guaranteed admission to a state school, so I figured

  • by Bryan
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Relativity Special (and vice versa) I took a test today that relied on practically everything I have ever learned from…

  

  with 5 significant figures, and the professor did not manage to include a ... , I turned the page, and went on, shuddering in a rising tide of despair ... approaches infinity. Someday, I plan to teach a literature class that has a

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 18, 2009
• Blog / IAP

  The Abominable Snowman If you can't see the Yeti, make the Yeti.

  

  .) On Sunday when I heard there was going to be yet another snow storm ... court we decided to make a giant snowman in front of the great dome ... had a little competition to see who could roll the bigger snowball. Then

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 16, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  Art & Science in Paris

  

  centered on a sculpture by the architect Ciro Najle. This internship allowed me to take a mental break from nuclear engineering in between ... September, and refocus my energy on a different topic. I helped curate an

  • by MISTI Program
  • October 19, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  a fun bet spicing up the admissions process

  

  sat back on my bed with Erinn, expecting a full day of writing other ... and that this wasn’t just a fever dream, and things started to calm down ... the bills and counted them one by one. While it hurt just a tinge to see

  • by Anika H. '26
  • December 3, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  It’s here! The post you've all been waiting for, or at least until you saw Snively with…

  

  Introduction to the Institute and serves a first introduction (or second, after CPW) to all the different dorms. Each dorm makes a short video ... around the dorm yelling a lot set to loud music, but when we were elected i

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 25, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I’m Kind of a Big Deal Leaves and famous people alike think so.

  

  another leaf, on the foot, two days ago. It wasn't a gentle smack, but it ... T (subway) or a taxi to get out there. I got back late because of Med ... . To be good at math is to catch a Curtis. We have a lot of those here at

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 22, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music Groups at MIT, Pt.2 [by Jessica Noss '14, Guest Blogger] Decision time...

  

  [by Jessica Noss '14] Unable to choose a single group, I decided to ... ended up staying all semester, which turned out to be a very bad idea by ... now, you’re sleeping on a water mattress- only, it’s frozen

  • by ARTalk
  • May 6, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I should’ve started this earlier A statement exemplifying my first month as a Junior

  

  students at MIT. It's a big job, but someone's got to do it. I'm planning on ... anything...) Since I'm a visual person, I drew this little photo to explain ... class about different methods of manufacturing products on a larger scale

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 5, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Calculating a Quantitative Snapshot of Fall Semester Skip to the end for a picture of peas

  

  .     The assignment was to innovate on the current design of a ... – perhaps misguided – attempt to sum it all up in a quantitative manner ... that right. No class on Wednesday. I have been dreaming about a schedule

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 20, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: The Power of Intuition when making important choices

  

  Orbital, and on the other side, I had the option to join a team of students from Harvard and MIT to go on a cross-country bike trip (Washington D.C. to San ... doubt. My heart felt like I needed to go on the bike trip. It was a

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 21, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  What do you do for fun around here? What,this isn't fun to you?

  

  carrying on a conversation with my friends who are desperately trying not to ... is belongs to a class of acronymically redudant phrases (or ARP phrases ... number, and ATM machine. But if you want to be a functioning member of

  • by Chris M. '12
  • December 9, 2010