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  Oh the Places You’ll Go! Did you know Dr. Seuss was a SigEp?

  

  . When hundreds of families descend on the MIT campus once again - it'll be ... The land of 85% humidity, cheap food, and scooters that can ... hum of the air conditioner, the lazy sunlight streaming in through the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 27, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The After

  

  is.Every year, the same group of friends I met in Maseeh gathers on ... In a couple months, I’ll be back in Cambridge after 10 years of ... work on psets, a lot more talking with people, and probably the same

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  Ridiculous things I’ve been up to in which i wear an exoskeleton

  

  a new laptop around the end of July, following the advice in the ... picked Manjaro, a distro based on Arch. I wanted the glory of the AUR, but ... when I do. I got a new pair of shoes, since my old shoes were tearing at

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 10, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Belonging Who belongs at MIT?

  

  going to be brief -- the new freshmen remind me of bouncy balls and are all excited and happy to be at MIT... and they are full of questions, so I've been sapped of most of my question-answering energy... that or I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Where are we going?

  

  of time thinking about and working on things that will impact future ... . Our housemasters of several years, Prof. Julian Wheatley and his wife Marjorie, will be leaving for South Asia at the end of this school year

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Freezing My @$$ off at CPW By: Andrea '11

  

  loved how every time I met a new person it went sort of like this: Me ... saw my pictures on Facebook, and a lot of them are of my host’s ... about food.... The amount of free food on campus was INSANE! There were

  • by Bryan
  • April 16, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Pimp my sukkah. I really can't think of a better blog entry title than that.

  

  I was on. Looking back, I think it's kind of like the Borg ... : Pimp My Sukkah. Hello everyone! FYSH (first year students of Hillel) is holding a fantastic event TODAY in our Sukkah on the Kresge Oval. We'll be

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 5, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  childhood and disney world trips

  

  bouncing at the thought of seeing animals alongside going on fun rides. We ... rollercoaster that features a loopty loop and lots of fast twists and turns. I ... 'm not sure why. I think it's a fear of vomiting on one. Granted, I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 25, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  summer scraps life updates

  

  I am sitting, alone on the second floor of a brand-new cafe, with smooth grey walls and crisp, square wooden tables. The smell of fresh paint ... , throwaway books on the shelf that spans the far wall. My table trembles when

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • July 30, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  My First Visit I... got lost on the tour, actually...

  

  certainly cannot substitute for the real experience of being on MIT's campus ... Institute of Technology. The context of my trip: New York City is a few hours ... I realize that some of my readers may not have had the opportunity to

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  What are French House residents doing this summer? Writing code, making models, reading, buying comic books, eating brownies, playing Guitar Hero 3...

  

  Physics of Living Systems in brand new Technology Square next to MIT in ... to help develop a mathematical model of the electric properties of ... property to keep track of how composites containing carbon nanotubes hold up

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 26, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Maybe I’m Amazed ...but not until Season 13, at least.

  

  season of the Japanese show and have to switch to a new season of the show ... yentls" and "making fun of other people on camera". I mean, what better way ... eavesdropping on conversations, I noticed that most of the discussion back in this

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 19, 2007
• Blog / IAP

  Different Perspectives IAP from the minds of a few different people

  

  especially useful for anyone planning on doing MISTI Israel. In one of the ... New Hampshire and learned how to ice climb! It was a lot of fun, and I ... brainpower) to spend on each of them. That being said, I'm really heavily

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 26, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Latest Innovation at MIT Guest Blog: Social engineering with the Black Student Union's Co-Chair, Rasheed A. '17

  

  (involving threats of physical violence to black students on campus), incidents ... needs of the large minority student population on campus, involving MIT ... innovation. Reflections of a BSU Co-Chair A Year on the S. S

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 9, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  miserable and magical oh, to feel moved

  

  jump out of your nightmare to dawn’s peace, resting on wounds like dew on ... then what to feel  with every shard of grief,  and every speck of ... right now    a lot of the times, i am my first invalidator. it is

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • April 3, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  sk8 jebby on a skateboard

  

  instead of doing tricks. He got excited at the prospect of a fresh new ... skateboarding.[/caption] Getting on the board Before I get into the rest of the ... you step on it because the laws of physics exist. Underneath the depths

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 29, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  scootin’ and zoomin’ a transportation saga

  

  remaining on display.” i have never heard this explanation in four years of ... hundreds of miles on it over several months. Towards the end of sophomore ... at the start of my junior fall, I upgraded to a new A6 scooter

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • May 18, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  Underneath All That Polish… ...lies a few things you wouldn't want to miss

  

  behind for the new prospectives, the incoming Class of 2016, and everyone ... After three CPWs and nearly two years of study here at MIT, I've gotten used to a lot of things about the Institute. And sometimes, when I

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 7, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [joint post] Welcoming you to “Here at MIT” student art in the new welcome center

  

  the story of one particular piece of art: the Story Wall. On its own ... stretch of blank tunnel wall on the east side of campus. Then they added ... super cool ways. Most people on campus have seen some of Borderline’s work

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 3, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Founder’s Letter A historical perspective.

  

  President Quincy to mark the anniversary of his birthday, on which he entered ... public in New England to give way, on the ground that the Union should be ... Beacon Street may have some effect, but the great mass of New England and

  • by William Barton Rogers
  • March 11, 2011