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• Blog / MIT Life

  Books write our life stories Philosophy, astronomy, religion, neurology - and my plans for the future.

  

  said that it’s not used for anything and it’s just too big to get out of ... ?” -Anne Fadiman, in the preface to her essay collection Ex Libris ... begin. I started with my bookshelf, since that seems to be where clutter

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 30, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  How I Spent IAP bonus content: one sentence statements about books and movies

  

  three weeks leading up to that date poring over a complete set of ... much else to say about those dark, dark weeks. When you think about it ... and boundaries set for us as students. Instead, we are given autonomy to

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • January 29, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Q&A I asked current freshmen about the things they wish they knew for their CPW!

  

  it your goal to visit an event or party at every dorm, and get a feel ... academically and culturally. How do I get around campus? What if I want to go ... the MIT shuttles to get back to campus.  She thinks that she is

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  MIT CodeIt or: the best decision i've made this semester

  

  to keep an enjoy, but in COVID times, we had to make do with Google ... bad at explaining things and I get really nervous as to whether or not I ... with a whenisgood.net form to set up my group interview. My interview

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 25, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Remember to Breathe Chicken Soup for the Applicant's Soul

  

  mom in a frenzy exclaiming that I'm not going to get into any of the schools I want to get into. I was in your spot once, and I'm there once ... biggest things I think we want to get caught up in is the number game

  • by Bryan
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Monologuing a mock-up for the MITMonologues

  

  Cormick, but naïve-first-year-me decided to dig deeper. I sent out a Google form ... thing that gets me meds and is supposed to “protect” me– and felt my heart ... laugh away this stereotype. I couldn’t get myself to write about being

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 13, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT Medical: A Freshman’s Story Worth sharing.Worth reading.

  

  student gets to see a local doctor, or a local pharmacy, and you or your ... appointment with a doctor (which we had to pay for separately) in order to get ... infection. Dad: This is not the phone call any parent ever wants to get at 10

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 14, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UROP reveal!! it's like a gender reveal but important

  

  the lore and details out of the way, it's time to get serious.   ... to run AlphaFold 2 (AF, henceforth), an AI system created by Google ... path to nor desire for avoidance. [annotation note="At apparently one of

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • February 11, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Go West, Young Man my mountain travels with yale and brown

  

  have to drive a long way to get to anything. This was the first time ... , and New Mexico. When we return from such travels, we have to write up a ... Posner of Yale. Bowen is an earnest, funny fellow who went to Penn, taught

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 26, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Eighth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 5PM on 01/24/06.

  

  't sure what method to use, by writing 2 answers on the paper, you actually ... explaining what happened. I expected to get a good score for the TOEFL... I ... wrote: "Was Miss April tipped off before your son managed to get another

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 24, 2006
• Blog / Events

  How Many Liveblogs Can We Get Onto One Page?! Mystery Hunt Part 3.5

  

  WRAP-UP! As a favor to everybody who worked on the puzzle remotely ... it came right down to the wire. We were frantically solving puzzles as ... . I'll post answers to the puzzles you guys worked on and some to

  • by Snively '11
  • January 20, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I love musicals! Wicked just dropped and I am LOSING MY MIND

  

  Wicked soundtrack with my THX speakers cranked up to MAX bass. I am AMPED. Anyways. Having seen Wicked, I’ve been inspired to finally get to a blog ... MYSELF GET TOO EXCITED UNTIL THE OFFICIAL OFFICIAL THING WAS OFFICIALIZED

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • November 29, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Liveblog] MARC 2025 A sciencey science conference, feature Anika '26 and me

  

  their research to MTL's industry sponsors like Lam Research and Global ... about serious science; it's also an opportunity for the MTL community to get together and have fun before the spring semester starts. Unlike

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 14, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  at the South Asian Youth Initiative a New Haven adventure

  

  . We part from the rest of the people and call an Uber to get to our ... walk to St. Thomas More Chapel to get ourselves registered. The ... small so it takes me a long time to get them in a reasonable shape. Sarah

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • February 22, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  December Questions Omnibus 1 Post-decision questions answered.

  

  I'll get to it soon. ------------------------------------- M.D. wrote ... recommend getting materials to us by early February, and Midyear Grade Report ... really curious as to whether or not sending in my latest work [even though

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 24, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how the first midterms actually were xoxo gossip girl?

  

  going to get canceled for the almost two years I had it planned, and the ... Contrary to popular (and probably well-founded) belief, I once was ... Year (with a Google Slideshow as evidence) and[annotation note = "tl

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • October 15, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [Guest Post] art and things zine making + what makes us, us + thank you cambridge + yomp

  

  dwindling, but I managed to get together enough to apply for the grant and was ... , and for those who are so inclined, there are a billion ways to hold onto ... spectroscopy. This summer, I had the chance to live in an apartment in Cambridge

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 20, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ROTC Is Life (In a Good Way) Everything you ever wanted to know about ROTC at MIT (and then some)

  

  interests to get in and stay in shape. For the PFA, the goal is excellence, as ... fellow cadets - because our detachment is on the smaller side, you get to ... fortunate enough to get to ride on a KC-135 (a cool, military aerial refeuling

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 18, 2015
• Blog / MISTI

  Do Welsh Robots Dream of Electric Sheep? teaching kids robotics through GTL Wales!

  

  ="Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch. unfortunately I didn't get to visit, but i did stay at a town called Caernarfon ... enough to understand their latest pop culture obsessions. Apparently ... to get inflammatory DMs questioning if I was actually in Wales. Lookin

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • February 6, 2023
• Blog / How to Food

  [Guest Post] Your Guide to Boston Cafes a letter from chomps

  

  , good food, and all MIT assorted things. I invited her to write a post ... -MIT-student fashion, I forgot to respond.  For context, I’m chomps - a foodie and '25 ... year as a private diary to document my food adventures in college. While

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • January 15, 2025