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  Intertwined Relationships — for me — have always been about choices.

  

  ’ve found are normal and, hopefully, some guidance for how to get through them ... remember most is thinking about how in two years I would be going to college ... don’t throw up. If you keep doing that you’re going to throw up. Don

  • by ana~
  • February 14, 2022
• Blog / Events

  TMI WRT MIT TLA’s Wonderful things happen that I can organize around a coherent theme. Also, I didn't lose…

  

  got back today. "Sam, please write neater. It's hard to read your hand ... opporunity to see War of the Worlds for free--a premium discount on the already ... perhaps the IRS. Sadly, I didn't get to watch a bunch of people send out an

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 7, 2005
• Blog / Events

  I Feel Cool Welcome to MIT, Mr. Gates!

  

  Best Way to Make a Difference," and he focused largely on education ... : "Hey, what question did your friend want us to ask him again?" Me: "'What ... person affect your life?" To which Bill Gates responded, in complete

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / Announcements

  Remembering Gisel and honoring twenty years of service and friendship

  

  school teacher who wrote asking for a poster of MIT to hang in your classroom to inspire your students, Gisel is probably the person who put it in ... officer who realized, on the plane to some far flung recruiting region, that

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 28, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Just some potpourri Zoo! New computer! Cooking! Books! Spine-crushingly tedious work at the lab!

  

  . (Incidentally, this is also my policy on suffering through Boston winters to get ... based on your desire to go here for grad school. I think it's very foolish ... meaning to read for ages: On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 22, 2006
• Blog / Events

  REX at Simmons Hall 2015 water balloon wars, pancakes, roofdeck parties, and a trojan duck

  

  Make your way through the most puzzling of MIT’s dorms on the path to ... , what it means to be an MIT student, and how to find support and push through hard times. We even have a play put on by students to provide useful

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 31, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  E-mails in French House "Seriously, people, what's going on here?"

  

  -mail, you're encouraged to write the body in both English and French. Now ... 3 Why are you so perfect? How will I function post-MIT without your ... To understand most of the e-mails sent to the French House mailing

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 11, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Rapids My last day at work was bittersweet. And if there's one thing I've learned from…

  

  get to be awesome and actually save lives. For real. I know, I know, you're ... Old Navy? Psh. I have to argue with parents to put lifejackets on their ... anyone who doesn't know how to swim jump into a pool ten feet deep???" That

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 12, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  a spectacle-r weekend exploring the Boston Harbor Islands

  

  a 20-minute ferry to Spectacle Island! I visited the island on ... from Downtown Crossing, which is on the [annotation note="if you're not ... !"]Red Line.[/annotation] If you go, try to get there more than 15 minutes early

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 5, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Leadership Training Institute My first guest blog!

  

  , since I seem to always be falling behind in my classes and getting royally ... building games. I remember how red my face became after I choose to perform a ... crazy dance icebreaker. I had the time of my life getting to know other

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How MIT students are trying to change education by biking across America.

  

  week (more on that soon) and am here to spotlight an incredible project a ... Francisco for the summer. After talking to a number of groups working on ed ... " to education on just a couple of schools or just a couple of

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • June 10, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Overheard at MIT Vote vote vote!

  

  Facebook group that you get to join when you're a student here that's called ... that MIT doesn't admit you based on your intelligence. They admit you based on how weird you are." ***** At the integration bee: "it's like

  • by Snively '11
  • November 11, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Rrrrrrr. CPW! [UPDATE] CPW Smoke. Don't breathe this.

  

  blender. I was a skeptic (how can you beat WillItBlend?) but I decided to ... record of your CPW? I'd like there to be another blog similar to the one I ... details step-by-step the CPW experience. If you're up to it, I'd challenge

  • by Snively '11
  • April 1, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Two Truths and a Lie Because we all definitely love playing icebreakers

  

  , I have no idea who you are or what you’re like, but I’m here to ... wish I had a fedora and a whip (props if you have them on your first day ... Example – If we happen to be going to the beach early on a specific day, my

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 17, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Turkeys and babies But no baby turkeys.

  

  night becaue you thought you'd get better rest on the plane, when you're ... 's probably time to get my shoes back on. Three weeks filled with neuroscience ... practice, and a couple long shifts on the ambulance before I get to fly back

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 25, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Warning: Contains Biology This entry may be unsuitable for children, liberal arts majors, and mathematicians.

  

  Office get a sense of what your passions are and how you have explored them ... 've planned on being Course 20* since before coming to MIT**, MIT students tend ... too early too. But now that I'm a sophomore, I get to start taking

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 14, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  welding spiels metal hot glue gun go brrr

  

  get the hang of tacks very quickly, so we can move on to butt welds ... 's where I learned how to 3D print, lasercut, weld, and fiddle with ... myself a maker until I've learned how to operate heavy machinery? I feel

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 9, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  The Curiosity Instinct Every MIT applicant should ask a question - but not necessarily just "How can I…

  

  ; far be it from me to weigh in on it with empirical evidence. But what I ... 's hard to accept brilliance at face value when, well, sub-A level grades on ... you to seek out the answers for yourself, sending you off on a journey

  • by Emad T. '14
  • November 24, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Last First Month Because I procrastinated too long to say 'day' or 'week'

  

  , focusing on how organisms relate to each other and their environment instead ... am nowhere closer to having an answer. This Monday I put on a nice ... longer my cup of tea. Also we get to grow microorganisms in mud and water

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 3, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  I wrote a whole post on Halloween and forgot to publish it So here's 2 months of blogging in one post

  

  How was your Halloween? Tell me about your costume & remember that ... Angus(!!) who lived on 1E and graduated in 2018   To be honest I ... excited to share them with you First is a mounted snake skeleton, look how

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • December 26, 2018