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• Blog / Summer

  The Courage to Change Even Through the [Tough] Mud[der]

  

  [annotation note="Tangent: Freshman winter, I made a new year’s resolution to ... Cambridge Half marathon last fall, I accepted. But first, I went on a run ... ended up writing a blog about it all, though. This summer, I wanted to

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 11, 2025
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Things That Have Happened To Me Recently in no particular order

  

  the first step on the road to recovery. My phone is a RAZR - not one ... want to look up on Wikipedia] if you had a smartphone. Except you don' ... can't seem to find a place that makes good ones in the area). I had

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • January 28, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fall 2024 🍂 aka, things settle down.

  

  to learn this new cool thing.” -a good sleep schedule is the ... get to know people I really resonated with. -Going on a duck tour with ... that. Every week, I’d mentally dread the labs, given that they were on a

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • February 21, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An OME Welcome to the Institute I took Tsegball, and I have no regrets.

  

  post to be. I better try to sleep now. It is 10:30, and I am making a new ... On June 14th, I began my journey to MIT. I packed all my clothes ... set off on a cross-country road-trip. I was leaving that early because I

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • September 7, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  spring! semester! so apparently i'm doing a lot of random shit

  

  because it’s a CI-H. I, uh, I needed to take one of those or I’d be put on a ... —you basically use drumsticks to drum on a yoga mat to hype songs. As you drum, you ... takes a maximum of 30 minutes every night, and I memorize the dialogue on

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 3, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Awesome Diva adventures When high school summer programs collide

  

  paired with a mentor in the Boston area to do an original scientific ... year I had applied to be a counselor, but I landed the job of AD. My boss ... office has got your back. Need to register a six-week lecture series as an

  • by Kate R. '14
  • July 6, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Dorms: Baker House A tour of Baker House.

  

  was a proud resident. All freshmen have to live on campus, but after ... Diana: it's a great study break and a chance to meet new people Bryan: i ... 've got a lot of work to do on their name Bryan: not quite hot as 007 Diana

  • by Bryan
  • May 14, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  IAP & Senior Spring ... I'm almost done?

  

  to take advantage of the fact that New York is a cheap bus ride away ... activities rather than taking the month to rest. But it was a good busy, a ... is based on Alison Bechdel's graphic memoir (subtitled A Family

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • February 7, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The After

  

  , working in the machine that is Big Tech. My day to day involves a lot less work on psets, a lot more talking with people, and probably the same ... have been able to ship a few products that are out there in the real

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / Events

  How Many Liveblogs Can We Get Onto One Page?! Mystery Hunt Part 3.5

  

  WRAP-UP! As a favor to everybody who worked on the puzzle remotely ... 's a completely new kind of experience! Thanks again, more to come later ... ) ************************************************************************************* TIME TO HELP ON A PUZZLE!!! KEEP GOING! UPDATE: BENTO NATION and JAPAN

  • by Snively '11
  • January 20, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Happy V-Day

  

  -male a capella group, on their way from one serenade to another. But some ... MIT performance groups give students the opportunity to buy a serenade ... sitting in class my freshman year, listening to a (differential equations

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 14, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Halloweekend and the 7 weekends prior!

  

  to gracefully flail on the ice rink, while dressed up as your favorite ... paste on setting: Friday. After 4 hours, at 11:59, quickly sprinkle in the ... various fraternity brothers coming to serenade you as a musically delightful

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • October 28, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Warning: Contains Biology This entry may be unsuitable for children, liberal arts majors, and mathematicians.

  

  DNA. This situation means that a strain unable to grow on glycerol could ... isolate a haploid strain that can not grow on glycerol and want to know what ... distorted slightly from a spherical shape due to drag forces on the sphere

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 14, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  scootin’ and zoomin’ a transportation saga

  

  at the start of my junior fall, I upgraded to a new A6 scooter ... . But for now, here is on to new adventures, this time on an exciting ... may see me zooming around campus on my white razor a6 scooter

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • May 18, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Deep Breath what's next for all our applicants

  

  been attempts to shine some light on what is too often a dimly understood ... . So I'd like to begin by giving a shoutout to my grandfather, who, in addition to being a WWII vet, was also ordained as a nondenominational

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 11, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  We Really Aren’t Kids Anymore avoiding the part where it all has to end

  

  like we were supposed to know how to advise actual first years on where ... years later, about to become a senior this fall. Of course, one can argue ... now, [I mean, according to the student directory I'm already a fourth

  • by Paige B. '24
  • July 9, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  Don’t Neglect Your Creative Side And I don't mean the side of you that thinks up math problems while you…

  

  technical pursuits. And I've begun to feel a certain yearning to do something ... write, even if its only a page a week. Right now I'm working on a piece ... (because I've been practicing piano). And I have a cheesecake to bake for my

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Answering my own questions My perspective on the MIT student mentality about working hard.

  

  than turning you off to MIT. Quickly answering a few questions before ... other departments. And to be honest, I have no idea what on earth a math ... supposed to equal one hour per week spent on the class. 100 units is absurd

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2014…The Parent Edition Suggestions for getting the most out of CPW when you are a parent

  

  and at home on our campus and the best way for you to be comfortable ... shirts so keep a lookout for them. A great place to find a parent to talk to would be in the Parent’s Hospitality Lounge. Grab a cup of coffee or

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Four days of fun! I did so much last long weekend and very little of it was productive.

  

  monument has been on my bucket list for a while. It’s 294 stairs to the top ... chowder. We got pretty lost on the way back to campus—turns out riding a ... . On Sunday, I had plans with my friend to do a grand tour de Boston. We

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 17, 2017