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  ‘Twas a good semester ‘twas :’( the end of Pass/No Record

  

  Nine days ago, I was at the Boston Logan Airport, and it felt strange ... rage, trying to shower and brush and have breakfast and dress up at the ... outside, staring in unbroken awe at the air. I don’t know how long it took

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 29, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Urinetown I blame my absence on musical theatre.

  

  At the end of January (our Independent Activities Period) I made a ... , for whatever reason, really good at acting like an MIT student." Me ... scheduled to rehearse the duet with the Vocal Director (Ashley, who works at

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 13, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mini-Guide to the GIRs Now I've been through them - don't make the same mistakes I did.

  

  very many people in the class (it was ~200, at a time when 3.091 had so ... taking bio early (other than gloating at helping my roommates with their ... reading in the certain thread at College Confidential back in April, the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sunny Skies In The OC [by Mirat Shah '08] A new post, and answers to your questions from the last…

  

  a birthday formal hall at our college (Emmanuel). This is one of those ... . Usually there are college Fellows present who dine at the head table. This ... sings Happy Birthday at the top of their lungs and gives speeches

  • by Cambridge
  • February 15, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  How to Foil a UFO Abduction 1. Control your thoughts.

  

  them as presents at New Year's now - I've gone through The Far Side ... a single word), Sudoku, and so many more. Sometimes I even have two at ... lot more difficult if you don't enjoy what you're doing. But at the same

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 26, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Home safe Bad guys don't hang out in the Infinite.

  

  survived my flight into Logan Airport, even though I didn't think I would at right at the end. Logan is (rather unfortunately, in my opinion) located ... cowtown girl at that. I have very little common sense, and when I got here I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 22, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Senioritis We'd fight for a cure if we weren't so lazy.

  

  to not care at all for one time in my life? In reality, I may very well get my first 5.0 at MIT, because I'm not as good at slacking off as I ... moving to Westgate at the end of the month, and suddenly we have to buy

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  March Questions Omnibus 4

  

  Lupe (who I'm looking forward to seeing at CPW!) asked, "is it pretty ... line outbound, exit at Kendall/MIT station. CL wrote, "hey Matt, I heard ... at least a few days in advance, if at all possible) than to not

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 25, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  [Joint Post] Interviewing Two MIT Physics Heroes An Interview with Two MIT Physics Professors that are Departing from MIT.

  

  would be leaving the institute at the end of the year. Professor Peter ... supported the education of physics at MIT in a myriad of ways. From developing ... attaining his PhD, Peter began working at MIT in 1984 in a number of different

  • by Richard O. '28
  • May 30, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  italy research in pompeii

  

  on metal and mortars at Pompeii, set Tetazoo loose upon society ... two-week research trip to Italy, I naturally jumped at the chance. [caption id="attachment_101187" align="aligncenter" width="2048"] waiting at

  • by Anika H. '26
  • June 18, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what’s the point? on impact, art, external validation, and remembering to be kind

  

  ," at least in the way that phrase is typically meant. I think it is very easy to be sold that story, especially at MIT—to be told that your job ... ultimately true. If the instinct to war and to act in our self-interest at any

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 21, 2024
• Blog / Class Projects

  in which i blog again four-ish blogs in one

  

  .                      I’ve been putting off writing. This was meant to be at least three blogs. The classes I took fall and spring as two blogs to be published at ... published at the end of IAP, a blog on how I’m not graduating this year to be

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • July 29, 2022
• Blog / MISTI

  [JOINT POST] Travelling as a black female "Alexa, play Brown Skin Girl..."

  

  -hey”) meaning “all is well”. Many times in my discussions with people at work, at the market or anywhere else I found myself at some point in the ... assure me that all was well. At first I clearly didn’t know the meaning of

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 3, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Visual Arts @ MIT how we practice and pursue it here

  

  people at MIT to make art projects. The pilot project, which gained initial funding from the Council of the Arts at MIT, was to create murals with ... diverse array of arts available at MIT and in the Boston area, and

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 30, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advice for the Incoming Froshies You've accepted your offer to MIT! Now what?

  

  experiences from my first year at MIT, as well as through being an associate ... making friends that will last you your four years at MIT and beyond.  The ... system here at MIT. You are required to take eight HASS - humanities, arts

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 13, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  August Questions Omnibus 2 Many more of your questions and my answers.

  

  , contact the Educational Council office at [email protected]. Michael B ... at all in Norway? 2. There are very few extracurricular activities ... difficult as there are no science-based activities at all? 3. And my term

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  friendful life recently

  

  years at mit, i can say i feel more settled into myself than ever before. i've come to peace with a lot of the things that kept me up late at ... breakfast at brookline lunch with antara and supporting each other through the

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • May 30, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT, Medicine, and Success from Any School thirteen years in a thousand words

  

  In 2012 everything about life at MIT felt important: [annotation note ... -2012) have any tangible bearing on my trajectory as I time travel at a rate of ... something different results, I cross-registered into the equivalent class at

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • January 22, 2025
• Blog / Advice

  greta gerwig’s barbie and insecurity aka moving to college

  

  fall, my obsession continues.  So when walking back from dinner at New ... having revisited the movie in my first month at MIT, the themes were stark ... , researching potential classes I could take, looking at majors I knew I would

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 19, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  so you’re starting your first year? boy do I have unsolicited tips for you

  

  sorry not sorry']they didn’t ask for help nor prompt the discussion at all ... comprehensive list, but there should be at least one useful tip. Think of this ... I'm a Project Manus Mentor, you may even see me at an orientation or

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • September 2, 2023