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  i love this f*cking place "say this to my face when you're a junior." ~an upperclassman

  

  okay, it’s a bit early to proclaim my love for this place, especially since MIT is a freaking hard school that will likely destroy me sometime in the near future.   but i digress.   i had a strange

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 8, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  mit: it’s complicated confliCTING FEELINGS

  

  sophomore year and i instantly felt a connection, like love at first sight ... philosophy -- it was everything i ever wanted in a university. but i kind of ... a lot of trial and tribulation to get here. i'm still coming to terms

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 6, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Moved Out! before and after pics of my MacGregor room, featuring a view of New House

  

  empty, 5/25/19 full, 11/3/18this is a cropped panorama, forgive my shaky hands + the warping at the top

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • May 27, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  unquantifiable growth progress that can't be measured

  

  end of last semester. One of my final assignments in a literature class was to write a letter reflecting on what we had learned, and I decided ... upon what I have learned. Parse a text for irony and allegory? Simple

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 5, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  FourFiveUnits all you could ever want to know about my semester schedule

  

  have been Doing nonstop. I think it might be a personality thing. I tend to pick up new activities to fill any available time, like a gas ... units less than a /typical courseload/ but 9 units more than the minimum

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 13, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Another FAPtatsic Start we're juniors?!

  

   again as counselors for a week-long, arts-focused, pre-orientation program for incoming ... waayyyy too many FAP jokes and puns. And after going through this program a ... sheets making door signs for the freshman  getting a LOT of cardboard

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 20, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Visual Arts @ MIT how we practice and pursue it here

  

  high school we went to, and for 11th and 12th grade, we transferred to a ... comMITing was that MIT wouldn’t have those things. We knew MIT has a lot ... exhaustive list, but rather a personal one Clubs Art Club Art Club is a super

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 30, 2018
• Blog / Athletics

  Around the world in 30 days ...ok, maybe more like I'm Traveling a Lot this IAP

  

  mattress pad, cooking utensils, etc.), and the rest to bring with me on a journey around the world. With a 50-lb suitcase maxed out on the weight ... compete at the 2018 US Championships. I came in with a nagging hip injury

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • February 15, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  def hackMIT(); cool code & company

  

      P.S: This is the only bit of coding I did this weekend. Stay tuned for the next three HackMITs to hear about a possible project ;)  

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • September 17, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Play Labs yay an accelerator for VR startups

  

  Students and Alumni Awesome! I love that MIT is putting more of a focus on ... Labs is a new startup incubator/accelerator program for MIT startups ... well as a $20K initial investment. Afterwards, they are potentially able

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 18, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Reasons I haven’t blagged… hint: "I'm Busy" isn't one of them

  

  a modern twist. This post is a very meta post about why I haven’t been posting--or for a more dramatic flair, The 7 Capital Vices I Have Oft ... absolutely nothing in particular. In one of my 7.013 lectures as a freshman

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 29, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finals away from finals Recharging on the other coast

  

  to go on the last day of classes, a week early. And after my last class ... the airport and time to head back home. I haven't been back in a year ... exhibitions, and the fact that a 6-hour flight is 6 hours too long (and

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • June 7, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  why mit

  

  share a few thoughts. of course, i won't pretend that my experience represents everyone at MIT. but maybe one more perspective can help you make a ... much as a person that it kind of shocks me to look back at how different

  • by Allan K. '17
  • May 1, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  pictures of home

  

      a concert / jazz and reggae / late night conversations / pizza / checking checklists / days so warm and restless and impatient / writing and finding poetry

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 30, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Beta CPW laser mazes and deep frying

  

  Ever wonder what a deep fried McChicken would taste like? How about deep fried Bertucci’s Pizza? We will have a selection of the finest local ... :                   The day before we also hosted a board games and milkshakes night. The

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • April 16, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Augmented Reality in Action one step before holograms

  

  first time. Above is a short demo of me using the Meta 2. On the computer screen, you could see what I was seeing. I played around with a digital ... different parts. There was also a demo of the human brain and a gesture

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 26, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Virtual Reality, Startups, and Donuts in a particular order

  

  a donut from the mysterious donut wall, I looked around the lobby ... event was put on by the Division of Student Life and was a welcoming of ... down and worked for a bit while enjoying the food. Good luck to Suzy on

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 15, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Fears and Hopes how to move forward

  

  the blue skies above. I bump into a stranger after scrolling through my ... is the same. With a sigh, I walk into 10-250 and try not to think about ... : "Hey, This election means a lot to all of us. And right now, a lot of us

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • November 9, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Having Survived Rejection (guest post) About receiving a rejection letter from the 'Tvte.

  

  This is a guest post by someone--Michael T. (UMD '19)--whose college essays I helped edit last year. He's a friend of a friend who wrote an entire essay about soldering. Like many of you, he worked toward MIT with a

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 15, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: Who You Vote for May Not Matter that you vote most certainly does!

  

  That you vote most certainly does! The following is a guest entry ... so low that casting a vote is a waste of my time. But what if the value of voting lies not in who wins, but how they treat you once they do? A

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 13, 2015