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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  an absolutely non-comprehensive guide to email sign-offs or, how to inject some fun into an otherwise boring routine

  

  House, the dormitory where I live. The role of dorm president is often a ... year. But, regardless of how vague the role is, or how any person chooses to occupy it, one thing is constant: email. During my two years on

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • March 9, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  back to high school except now I don't know what I'm doing

  

  setting; at the same time, I don't know how much chaos is too much chaos ... school did, and this is the first time that I've felt very aware that I did ... strategy is not exactly conducive to becoming a good teacher. I don't really

  • by Alice L. '24
  • November 5, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  Impressions of a Harvard Class I’m taking Irish Folklore and a writing seminar on fairy tales!

  

  . That name is Harvard. Harvard has another feature, known as a wide ... ="I was too focused on not saying a number that I forgot this is Harvard ... you what those dorms mean, which one is the equivalent of Baker or East

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 12, 2022
• Blog / Blog Projects

  10 Fun (and REAL) Facts About MIT! Incredibly Correct Facts about MIT!

  

  The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is globally renowned for ... mind! #1 - The Beaver Club The Beaver Club is an unofficial student and ... - Little COOP of Horrors Underneath the MIT COOP store is a basement that

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • April 1, 2022
• Blog / IAP

  some IAP adventures as told by my camera roll

  

  blog post, here is a collection of "activities" from this IAP, as told by ... little more food or food that is a little higher effort. It's also a fun ... -and-a-half hours [annotation note='recipe video is here, but, fair warning, it is

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 4, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] Rush Course 12 what it’s like to study Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences at MIT

  

  people ask my major. Course 12 is Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary ... climate change, from plate tectonics to exoplanets. Our department is housed ... undergrad lounge is my favorite place on campus. By the way, hi! I’m Juliana

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 6, 2022
• Blog / Residential Life

  I Miss You, Random Hall my love letter to the dorm i got kicked out of too soon

  

  'm unsure whether this is a symptom of the pandemic or a symptom of the dorm itself, but there is something cold and unfeeling about New Vassar. From ... and devoid of art and light. I hate it. Perhaps hate is too strong a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 9, 2021
• Blog / IAP

  As the City Slumbers thoughts while walking in a park

  

  pilgrimage to Eegee’s, which is a Tucson sandwich chain named for its fine ... holly berry, which in hindsight is not a berry one consumes, but the ... prefer walking. There is a strangely high density of ice cream shops in

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 21, 2021
• Blog / Announcements

  To our prospective students and their families on taking care of ourselves and the people we love

  

  and extracurriculars that are beyond their control. My elder daughter is in college, and my younger daughter is a high school senior who is ... principle for our process is that "we want young people to be students and

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • May 27, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  to do lists and have done lists so busy that all I can do is just stare at the wall

  

  My November is a looming list of tasks that must be accomplished. The sun is setting sooner and sooner. It's getting really cold, with the ... research statements. To be done [annotation note="absolute deadline is Dec. 1

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 3, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  FOMO: Fear of Mis-Optimizing ice cream teaches me a thing or two

  

  realization is a blurred, murky grey. i first heard the term “fear of mis ... . choosing whatever i’m interested in is easier than it sounds. i’m probably ... a frosh who hasn’t yet experienced anything—is a waste of time.  

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 18, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Quizbowl adventuring knowledge is (*) power !

  

  quizbowl is, you can probably skip this intro paragraph and go straight to ... quizbowl is that you form teams of 4-5 people, and two teams sit in a room ... specific characteristics. High school quizbowl in Canada is focused on our

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 29, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  6-3 not a definitive guide

  

  It's no secret that Course 6-3 (Computer Science) is one of the most ... -average salaries after graduation. The fact of the matter is that pretty much all the people I've met who are 6-3 (which is... a lot) aren't in it solely for the

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • June 26, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Because Racecar Guest post by Kevin C. '17 on the MIT Formula SAE team!

  

  Kevin C. '17 (pictured above at the Porsche Museum) is now a grad ... the MIT Formula SAE team as an undergrad. What follows is a post Kevin ... -built formula cars in the world. FSAE is an international, collegiate

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 2, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  College Life Changes, Described by a Frosh Yultide Day 3

  

  Yultide (credit to the bloggers for the awesome name). Today is Yultide Day ... post is from a never-published draft about from my freshman fall 2014. Part 2 is from freshman spring 2015. Senior winter 2018, I do not endorse

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 28, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Just 41 Pictures I Took in 2017 Yultide Day 2

  

  Yultide (credit to the bloggers for the awesome name). Today is Yultide Day ... : result of the evening-long discussion on what "1 unit of sex" is. Eventually we figured it out using differential equations—sex is continuous

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 26, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Speed Walking literally and figuratively

  

  , exercising is honestly not nearly as high up as it probably should be (read: is ... miles. It is bordered left and right with lush green that is home to at least (we are convinced) 40 wild cats!! Beyond the right tree border is

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • January 11, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Unremarkable things are you "jaded" yet?

  

  have been feeling since the semester started is something like ... . Being a junior, I know that living through MIT is not much like the ideal ... that “MIT is amazing” and “MIT is hard,” that some days you feel like you

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 25, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Life of a Black Person A followup to the amazing Black Lives Matter Post

  

  is barely holding together. As events unfolded a number of questions ... still support Black Lives Matter?" "Is there even really a race issue?" "Are you okay?" "What is the point? Nothing is going to change." "You

  • by Ben O. '19
  • July 11, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a semester customary end-of-semester blog post: sophomore spring edition

  

  , where I’m living for the summer with my partner. Campus is 40 - 100 minutes away. Getting to MIT is a “commute” now. The bus chugs through the ... bathroom included. Plus nothing beats coming home to someone. This is the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 30, 2016