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• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  [Guest Post] Small-Town and Rural Students take on MIT and Boston By Vaneeza R. 25'

  

  -In program this fall, we’re reflecting on the incredible success of our ... goals through the lens and trust of a shared background. Navigating New ... , and the thought of doing the wrong thing or getting on the wrong train

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • March 20, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  [Joint Post] A Jaunt Across Europe (Part 1) vomiting in Venice and other Italian adventures

  

  other on my dorm floor. In many ways, this was a risk on both of our parts ... . Planning [Gosha] Of course, planning a bike trip on a different continent ... replies – most of them commenting on what a cool idea it was and wishing me

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • March 31, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  Kindred Spirits or, "Making Friends"

  

  're in college. Fresh start, right? You'll make TONS of new friends. You ... between classes or in the dining halls. Throw on the pressure of classes ... out of my shell and made a new friend. Fred, as it turns out, is a

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 19, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Preparing for Pi Day MIT decisions come out this Friday: what to do between now and then...

  

  last year, so decisions came out at something like 9:30 AM on a Saturday ... waiting for wifi access (especially on a retreat day where I was supposed to be focusing on my relationship with God), so my I gave my brother my My

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 10, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Paris Hilton comes to MIT Just kidding, but I bet that got your attention

  

  around the country. The conference schedule is posted on their website and ... to throw at her. This past weekend was an extended holiday because of Patriot’s Day on Monday (can anyone say “Boston Marathon”

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 24, 2008
• Blog / How to School

  Today Was A Long Day and it's not over yet.

  

  't really have time to study for. The website we were taking the quiz on ... %. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ On my defeated march back to my dorm room, I run into a good friend of ... that on long days like this one, offers a wisp of fresh air. A place that

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • September 25, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Inventional YoYo what the what

  

  videos on the Internet of him and his yoyo, on the yoyofactory (his sponsor ... be for the next few days and weeks. So though I've got a bunch of ... , who was admitted to the class of 2015, is a professional yoyo-ist. Yoyo

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 12, 2011
• Blog / Residential Life

  The River Freezes Over and other nifty things about being on campus

  

  exciting, since we're finally on campus, but the good parts of campus aren ... on her bed sometimes, and I spend most of my time at my desk by the ... . Dining hall food is not my thing, but on the advice of a fourth year in my

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 19, 2021
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Reunion Weekend MIT alumni return to campus.

  

  Robert Goodman '75 - New Jersey Teacher of the YearBrewster Kahle '82 - founder of ... This past weekend, thousands of MIT alumni returned to campus to ... actually was out of town this weekend, so I can't blog about the Reunions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 12, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  The Proposal One part hack + two parts romance = Lobby 7 love!

  

  celebrate the release of the new Harry Potter book: One of my favorite ... Many hacks at MIT celebrate something: the 100th anniversary of this, the debut of that, the screening of this, the inauguration of that, etc

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 17, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Semester of poetry

  

  't really damage the end product but just bring me to a new perspective on ... on this new continent   i landed here and the kid i was (am?) felt ... letters on a page of this tome I opened that follows me everywhere – will

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • November 24, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  College Application Anxiety what if your biggest fear is getting *into* MIT

  

  , thinking that MIT might be too hard, too fast, or too something that makes ... that on some gloomy judgment day after college applications were in, all ... the most of your opportunity. So the next question is... how do you make

  • by Connie H. '15
  • June 26, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Wolverine Wolverine, creme brulee, Ina Garten, BOOM. You symbiotic patriotic slam book neck, right?

  

  . Ignore the four-star ratings on the website--the people who posted that are ... necessary to use protection... ...so I put on a pair of lab goggles ... DID YOU KNOW? Wolverine is from CANADA. Okay, first of all, who

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Notes From The Middle Of Selection What interdisciplinary fields will exist 100 years from now? What will people be able to…

  

  . I only wish we had room at MIT for more of the amazing people on the ... 's new Biological Engineering major got me thinking. The number of majors ... on the web, as we've been in selection committee since last wednesday

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 21, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Trumpeting for Assassins I get to watch each presidential assassination. Live. Over and over again.

  

  begin on September 2nd and run for a couple of weekends, so you should ... 't like feeling a vibrating reed on my tongue, I shuffled into the band room ... , occasionally painful (my lips hurt!) reconnection with my lovely set of brass

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 26, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What did YOU do this weekend? Laura's jam-packed-action-filled adventurous fin de semana.

  

  hung up on the details of your test scores. Besides, most MIT students ... course offerings. In the meantime, feel free to poke around the websites of ... I don't know about you, but I had a pretty awesome weekend. First of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 14, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Pageant and pomp and parade The whippoorwill of freedom zapped me right between the eyes.

  

  you a puppy. I awoke from uneasy dreams on the morning of July 4th at 5 ... awesome, and had been reserving a spot on the Esplanade right in front of ... for orchestra easily enough, although it's not on my copy of Queen

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  My Brass Rat The Brass Rat is not a subtle thing.

  

  picture, but it's subtle on the ring itself) and a map of the Infinite ... his or her own abilities alone, but that all of us rely on other ... on the chapel is meant to represent religion, and the juxtaposition of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 20, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Day 0: from DC to Quito A rough morning, a long nap, and a kindly neighbor

  

  January 10 On the plane from Panama to Quito What a goofy immigration card. I don't think I know my Date of Bird? - My alarm went off ... 't drag my body out of bed until 4:40. I discovered that the clothes I left

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / How to Food

  Yet Another Blog Entry My expenses for the semester in pie form, topped with a scoop of IAP.

  

  stores on Massachusetts Avenue north of MIT instead of at LaVerde's in the ... following breakdown of my income for this semester borders on the hilarious ... $600 on me this semester, which means that they love me more than most of

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 13, 2009