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  My Gap Year Part One: The good, the great, and the very, very dumb.

  

  the wage is above Arizona’s minimum. July 2019. Working at Target ... from a gallon jug I filled up at gas stations. From there, the goal was ... disappointed in myself at the time, because I hadn’t realized how much effort

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 4, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Random Hall ‘13s Life plans, advice, and stories from last year’s Random Hall graduates.

  

  Box CEO Drew Houston ‘05’s commencement speech, at 2:45:42, transcribed by ... graduates, at 3:11:50, transcribed by the MIT News Office here. President Reif ... respectful, more generous, and more kind. The diplomas start at 3:23:45. See if

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 20, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Night at the Office A bit longer than I expected.

  

  guide you through the laborious process: 6:19pm: I arrive at the Tech office twenty minutes late; articles are nominally due at 6pm, so it would ... – notifying us that there's free ice cream at the coffeehouse on the third floor

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • April 1, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Two thousand students walk into a Zoom call summer hssp: now virtual™

  

  at high school students. Last Splash, we had 2,142 enrolled students ... uncertainty about whether or not to run Summer HSSP at all. We had Splash ... chance to, you know, grow, whatever that means. But at the same time, I

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 20, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I know you’re bad at something And here's what you should do about it. Hint: NOT "do something else"

  

  938,324,129 That Creepy Guy staring at me from across the airport ... straight up told me that I was going to do it. I practiced hard at home and ... , and the system was different. At the beginning of every piece, Mr. L

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 12, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  IHTFParadise – A Journey of Depression at MIT Guest entry by Angelina G.

  

  about her depression experience at MIT, and I truly think that she beautifully describes IHTFP at MIT. I hope this post touches you like it did for ... my UROP research at another university’s undergraduate research

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How to date at an American college Things we never talk about

  

  conservative family. I did not "date" at all in high school; it was more or less ... ”, multiple or frequent interactions. Storytime (don’t laugh at me please ... was at least better than trying to fool me into thinking they wanted the

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 21, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Things Wot I Did Whilst Studying at MIT A tale told in pictures (and someone else's words).

  

  I've been looking at Ben's "50 Things" post recently, since classes ... . 41. Make a complete ass of yourself at least once, preferably more. It ... . Try to remember how lucky you are every day. 7. At least a few times

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 27, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] a space for women at mit by Nandini Choudhury (WXGS Assistant Director)

  

  .  Throughout the 1880s, +100 women enrolled as students at MIT. In the 1950s ... Cormick Hall: the first women's dormitory at MIT. Fast forward to 2023: MIT ... watched this documentary about the uprise of female faculty at MIT, and it

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • August 12, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Early History of International Students at MIT studying the people MIT made, and the people who made MIT

  

  tenure at MIT with a vision to build a more diverse and inclusive Institute ... in 15 students at MIT came from a foreign country, possibly the highest ... Daily Globe article, the President of the Latin-American Club at MIT

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 9, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Queer at MIT, but not on the blogs the map is not the territory, but it's getting closer

  

  talked about this proposal, and this need, at the next blogger meeting, and ... identities at MIT, where they felt welcome, none have been "out" on the blogs ... few weeks ago, Yuliya hosted a guest post about all the gay events at

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 30, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Brief History of Cars on Fire at MIT You didn't think I would miss an anniversary, did you?

  

  If you're the kind of person who remembers to look up once in a while, it's not that uncommon to wander MIT's campus and find yourself wondering: How did THAT…

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 5, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  how to change policies at mit [joint post with Rona W.] our CUP of tea

  

  students with a full year of credits (96 units) at the end of first-year fall ... changes required a vote at an Institute Faculty meeting to change the MIT ... : I’ve spent a long time at MIT thinking about education, both through

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • May 28, 2021
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  All I Ever Really Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten (and at MIT)

  

  of what he is like, he taught my little brother (who was four at the ... out a way to succeed. At that point I had to stop yelling at him and ... four years and all the things that college had given me and I was at a

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • June 24, 2013
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  Beyond the Stop Light it's been a ride, MIT

  

  P.S. Even though we won't be posting on the MIT blogs anymore (at least, not regularly or consistently), we will still have online presences ... twinstagram lol We're bad at goodbye's so, for realsies now, bye!

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • May 26, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  On Escaping An introspective vlog about MIT and getting ready to leave

  

  being a senior at MIT, and I think that was enough for me to finally ... a challenge, but if you get bored at around 3 or 4 minutes (as I think ... Cape Cod, not-so-pretty shots of mac and cheese, an attempt at a

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 2, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things Charles Has Made fare thee well, rocket powered roller skates

  

  there is someone at MIT who falls into that mold, it's probably Charles ... MITERS, the main student hackerspace at MIT. Specifically, he's best known for things he's made at MITERS. For example, lolriokart:  

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 2, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fit or happiness made easy

  

  along with a big helping of the word "fit". At this point, it's a buzzword ... your life--how well you fit in at school, at work or at home affects more ... right fit at MIT until I talked with my CPW host Erica, the most amazing

  • by Connie H. '15
  • September 15, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Comprehensive Guide to My Favorite Places on Campus can't leave without making one more post of this format

  

  up being useful - or at the very least informative - to most of the ... wants to reminisce back on my glory days at MIT. So, for future me: here it is. A map of all the places that I loved at MIT, color coded and

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 26, 2021
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  MIT Is My Home Looking back and saying goodbye

  

  Every time I look at the faces of younger MIT students, especially ... things I would do if I could do MIT all over again. In my four years at ... (and no, I'm not at all Latina lol) by cooking with Spanish House which

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 13, 2018