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• Blog / Challenges

  The November Rule parete legi novembri

  

  relationship between a freshman and an upperclassman. [annotation note="They do ... . Here at MIT, the date is significant for a different reason - it's the ... to upperclassmen as a warning not to mack on the frosh, Newton's Third

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 1, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  I Lived, I Learned, I Got Burnt not necessarily in that order

  

  will not be able to do any of this justice.  But here it goes anyway. A ... boxes but because I genuinely enjoyed doing them. I had found a home in so ... to do a lot with it. As I have been reminded again and again, our time

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 26, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  Surviving Self-Quarantine 101 tldr; memes (haha jk...unless)

  

  have a lot of time that we don't know what to do with. in fact, in the ... recommend learning a new language during this period. i, uh, would be doing ... ....chances are that you're bored out of your mind. you probably miss your friends a

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 19, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  weather and stuff a Californian’s first experience of fall and also other things on my mind

  

  I do not own any fall clothes. It seems that this is going to be a problem for me. I Iive in a triple. One of my roommates, Claire, is from ... class one day to see that Claire has received a big box of “fall clothing

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • October 2, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pressing Pause Taking a moment before the beginning of spring semester

  

  credits to Ayesha B. ‘18 (my fantastic roommate). I do not actually own a ... IAP--Independent Activities Period--is soon coming to a close! Spring ... a nice, long break. Snowpocalypse 2015 also basically forced

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 3, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Halloweekend and the 7 weekends prior!

  

  : “Bless you. You know, I’m interested. What does a typical MIT frosh* even DO on the weekends?” *defined here as me. Disclaimer: I may not be the ... game character or piece of sushi. As a winged version of myself, I had

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • October 28, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  To the Class of 2016 General life advice

  

  thinking of them. In fact, I even wrote a little outline of this blog down on a napkin... I just haven't had a good chunk of time to sit down and ... true meaning of IHTFP. MIT can be a wonderful or awful place depending on

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 12, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice for Seniors From me to you. Why? Because I care

  

  . Take time to enjoy your senior year (I know that you have a lot to do ... I have been back from my fall travel rounds for almost a week now ... between. My trip was a lot of fun! I saw the Pacific Ocean…… ….got lost

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 10, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  E-mail It's like D-mail, only the next letter.

  

  host your MIT mail. To do this you get to use a nifty little tool called ... things you can do by just experimenting with Gmail so have a good time. If ... perks I was looking forward to if I got accepted. The first was a Brass

  • by Snively '11
  • September 30, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Steer Roast 2008 We Sport Death like it's never been done before

  

  favorite two. Roast is also a time for halls and suites to do something art ... weekend-long party centered around the overnight roasting of a steer in our courtyard and the subsequent feast. The following description is courtesy of a

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 5, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Random notes A mystery solved, an updated blog list, and a handful of questions answers.

  

  undergrad age?" We do consider older applicants. We will still require a ... students with families do get special provisions. Lorelei wrote, "i am a ... comments. I do read every comment, and it makes me happy to see a blog

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 29, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  the happy ending is you thoughts related to relationships

  

  able to do. as a simple example: in the linked document my friends write ... a relationship rather than the thing itself. and of course, almost everyone who has been in a relationship agrees that maintenance is orders of

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 21, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  perception but who *are* you?

  

  do feel out-of-practice after a year in quarantine, struggling to find ... like I might enjoy doing it. Each person that knows me has a ... Over the summer, I’ve centered on a fear that I have in graduate

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • September 18, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  That wasn’t skiing, that was falling with style! Guest post by Katy Kem '16

  

  to try a back dive off the board even when all the younger kids do it ... , and then do a core workout. Each night, a different team member takes a ... Hello everybody! My name is Katy and I’m a senior studying electrical

  • by Joel G. '18
  • April 5, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I Ended Up Working for a Reality TV Show

  

  Ambitious Adventures, a reality TV show following innovative cities ... people. But most "reality" TV is fake nowadays and so we want to do ... serendipitous slew of events that happened before I found myself a part of this

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 5, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Enterlude Brought to you by the letter "L", for Late, Lame, and real Life. Or something…

  

  with raised pinkies, of course). Perish the thought! But we do need a ... from “decent” to “huh, that’s a little weird, but okay” and “is that even ... gathered, respectively, around the giant Etch-a-Sketch, rotating wooden

  • by Natanya K. '14
  • September 18, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Danger Danger! Listen to Burt, duck and cover!

  

  MIT, being at the forefront of a lot of things, is a very neat place to be. It's also a really dangerous place to be. No, no, don't freak ... . Every once in a while you walk by a door with a sign on it and you wonder

  • by Snively '11
  • January 23, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Things you might have wanted to know

  

  There are a few questions that I've often wondered if people were ... . I have only a few days left in Switzerland (I will post pictures at some point!), so I'll kill a little time by answering them. What's the

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 13, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Grad school admissions My (limited) insight into the graduate admissions process.

  

  on Tuesday until after I've taken a nap. This may sound nice, but is in ... after pulling an all-nighter on a Boeing 757. Way too many dangerous chemicals and worth-more-than-your-life machines.) A grad school interview is

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  Out and about in the fog at the edge of the world

  

  life down in the sunlight of a suburb. I chose to do this exchange ... gave a test to his students. He showed them the bird and said, what do ... the world always, overwhelming with its color. Do you feel in your bones

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • March 13, 2025