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• Blog / MIT Life

  Common Misconceptions and Un-Expectations a list of things i've noticed

  

  that I've picked up on that I realize are not quite the norm. Being home ... upperclassmen and they give you the latest tips and tricks on how to not die at ... 't that bad. You pick up on the numbers really quickly. Within two weeks, I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 5, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Black Lives Matter until they don't.

  

  . Suddenly I was on the other side of the line, separated from my family by a sign that read “ONLY PASSENGERS BEYOND THIS POINT”. Suddenly, I was on a ... ’re always making the same lame old jokes about cooking meat on the pavements

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • July 8, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Campus is quiet summer thoughts and happenings

  

  people on the bed and one in my chair, when enter Brenda through the doorway. Brenda is bubbly and sweet and used to live on this floor and is ... acquaints herself with the room. I tell her she should come sit on the bed, if

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • July 15, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Summer Recap—The Book Launch Oh hi there...yes, I'm back!

  

  peaking and plans were forming. Book Launch In 2012, I started working on ... don’t know why the kidnapping on the news stuck with me the way it did ... book. Ultimately, we decided on a pre-sales book launch that would bring

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 20, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  The Google RISE Global Summit and some thoughts on STEM outreach.

  

  From 9th to 12th grade, I was on my High School's FIRST Robotics team ... single cent on the plane ticket. On the plane, I sat next to a Navy pilot ... encouraged us to brainstorm (standing up, talking, writing on sticky notes and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes, musicals, teaching, research, sports, and wisdom tooth surgery. I think I can I think I can I think I can I think I…

  

  do funny things to your brain. ------------- On Friday, I got all ... in the dentist chair and looked at the window, trying to concentrate on ... into the room with a cheery "hello!", pulling on a pair of gloves

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 25, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  Making friends at college Lots of 'don't's and a couple of 'do's.

  

  important life choices and extracurricular activities. I arrived on campus ... biggest failures, though, was in making friends - and now, looking back on ... , combined with the stress from the rest of the week, was taking a toll on my

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 2, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  I feel slightly weird to be typing away on the MIT blogs again, when the farthest thing on my mind right now is MIT. BUT - I feel like if I don't write this entry now, when I have so much time on my hands, this

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Burton 1 Cribs A look at the interiors of several rooms on Burton 1.

  

  on my floor, Burton 1, all decorated in such a way that creates a place ... biggest suite on the floor, so it's a pretty central location for people to ... of the opportunity?" said Cathy, the grinning girl on the right. Anisha

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 6, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Blog: Kevin’s reflections after an IAP externship at a start-up company Kevin '08 takes a step back and re-evaluates his goals after an IAP externship at…

  

  half years at MIT, I’ve been spending considerable effort focusing on my ... continued to hone his development skills since then, working on a plethora of ... email. On top of that, he's spent much of his spare time reading about

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 7, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  DNA-mazing Lots of tidbits about the biology program at MIT.

  

  biology courses at high-school level focus a lot on reciting things, and I ... focused on ecology and organismal biology (but not evolution -- I'm from ... on the side (hey, it's MIT). It is, as you are probably aware, one of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 26, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Collective Apprehension Seems like my last entry freaked everyone out. No worries guys! You can do it!…

  

  many, many comments I've received the past few days: On Monday I got ... someone has radiological contamination on their clothing, cut the ... bloggers are just like...one big family. Um. So look forward to pictures on

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / Community Projects

  Bad Ideas events I went to (another late IAP post) i can’t believe ellie beat me to the punch

  

  " align="aligncenter" width="400"] dig yer own grave on the front page of ... , chugging milk, and dying of heat in the middle of winter. I started on the ... himself. From then on, the spice got logarithmically worse, and I was

  • by Anika H. '26
  • March 8, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Full Circle Professor Anna

  

  I’m sitting on the floor of my living room in Ithaca, New York. It ... get my act together before the semester starts on Tuesday.  The last ... office and saw a letter from Shakespeare lying on my desk, I opened it

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  I’m more than twice as old as when I started my blog Rumors of my relevance are greatly exaggerated

  

  world for four whole years.  It’s still on point, and you should go read ... early. On a related note, who you partner up with (or especially marry ... even more money!  So, find someone who is on the same page as you

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 20, 2025
• Blog / Advice

  Things I did instead of thinking (about decisions)

  

  teeth that need to chew on something or you’ll grow wild and mad, and so you turn to chewing on college applications. Perhaps you’re like how I ... better on a different chew toy, brightly colored perhaps, the kind of treat

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • November 27, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  i will meet zendaya even if it’s the death of me a wide-ranging rant written while feverish

  

  exact location or have a poster of her on my wall, but just underneath ... .[/annotation]What's my favorite movie? Zendaya. Well, Zendaya is in Boston on and off ... stalking that found Zendaya was directly across the river on[annotation note

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • October 26, 2024
• Blog / Summer

  turning back time now your clock can follow the right hand rule!

  

  Mathcamp actually beats Disney as the most magical place on Earth. With a ... ="103931" /] On this day, I was wondering why clocks go the wrong way. I mean, any ... ="aligncenter" width="521"] violence → ??? → profit![/caption] 2. they did surgery on a

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • September 27, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  What I’m taking this semester! senior fall

  

  shudder every time I look back on [annotation note="Intro to Probability"]6 ... "smarter", I've just become used to working on assignments for longer periods ... Introduction to computational theories of human cognition. Focus on principles of

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • September 4, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Sophomore Stupid It’s morbin’ time

  

  , maybe I would have understood more, if I spent less time scrolling on my ... .002), and Fundamentals of Programming 6.101(6.009) at the same time on top of ... welding and working on research and making a leather mask and getting cheese

  • by Anika H. '26
  • December 30, 2023