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• Blog / MIT Life

  Onto the next world! a stupidly long metaphor

  

  . Perhaps it's a bit of an overexaggeration, but it seems that this is a ... . Being back home has made me realize that the person I am now is the person ... unabashedly. This is the person I was meant to be. And MIT gave me that chance

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 24, 2019
• Blog / People & Identities

  [Guest Post] One Year Later Some things changed, some things didn’t

  

  Since today is National Coming Out Day, my friend wrote about coming ... “marrying a woman one day” is the assumption. So, I had to say something ... you sure?” “Is it my fault?” “How could this be true?” These memories

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • October 11, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Finding my place at MIT It's an ongoing process

  

  is that a social circle is not something magical that you discover once and then sticks around forever. At least, not for me. A social circle is ... role model and still is to this day. Working in my lab gave me a sense of

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 2, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  [Guest Post] Down the River Sharon L. '21 talks Harvard and life paths

  

  Company all in the same square? It’s hardly fair. There is a visible trend ... ’s architecture is objectively very pretty. It’s really nice to wander around ... coming to MIT parties than vice versa, but a change of scenery is nice and

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 8, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Ode From A Science Fair Junkie in honor of intel isef 2018

  

  than others. If there is any such life experience that’s had a lasting ... an expectation isn’t met, doesn’t mean it is no longer achievable. It ... was going to become one wish shorter. If there is anything that I

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 13, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  How to not love CPW but love MIT (for the most part at least)

  

  . I think part of the time spent at MIT is about finding things you love ... people I met during CPW I have not seen or talked to since, which is sad ... if I have any skill, it’s definitely overloading myself. MIT is

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • April 30, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things I Regret… less-than-optimal decisions I've made in college

  

  experience there is what inspired me to take the other two, although I had no ... on too many activities This one is a hard one because, of course all ... or recitation This is one of the few I can use as a general note of

  • by Selam G. '18
  • August 4, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  The Gender Problem Reflections on a year of Silicon Valley upheavals and confused HR departments.

  

  that there are fewer women. But the interesting effect of being at MIT is that I sometimes forget what the outside world is like. Of course I know ... the reason why increasing women in tech fields is so difficult is that

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 8, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  My “Normal” High School What it was like going to an ordinary high school

  

  that this is not a statement about my entire high school. During my ... high school system is there is absolutely nothing wrong with being in the ... unending drive to do better is built in them. However, as I said before there

  • by Ben O. '19
  • January 16, 2016
• Blog / Events

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

  

  MIT. Alongside Orientation is REX (Residence Exploration), where dorms ... , but this one is much more special than last year's (you might hear about it in the news). Simmons is hard at work as well, preparing for the

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 31, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s been 3 weeks the firehose is still alive and kicking

  

  meaning of midterm is fatally lost on MIT). There’s a lot that happens, and ... weeks—that is to say, I’ve been floating around in the bubble built around ... is also taking the class and we were able to test-run each other

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  13/101 Things To Do Before You Graduate 2 of my favorite days at MIT, to date.

  

  notice is that "the two weeks before finals and graduation" is officially ... realize is that some of these things are outdated. There is no longer a rock climbing wall in Dupont. Despina's pizza is now called Cafe 47. "The Game

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 22, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  V&Q&A Video, Questions, and Answers

  

  chance, which is why I’ve been reaching out to others in the GEL Program ... engineering, and MIT is fantastic for that. The general ethos I got from meeting ... that comprise it. That "learn by doing" philosophy is probably the

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 3, 2011
• Blog / Events

  A Brief History of Thursday I met Kip Thorne.

  

  -enviable genetic makeup is devoid of lottery-winner DNA, and (3) I've heard that it ... turns out that, much like a gourmet pretzel, life is full of twists. On ... astrophysicists of our time (whether or not most of them read it is another question

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • May 9, 2009
• Blog / How to Food

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

  

  Grandma used to make (where Grandma is a spontaneous euphemism for Microsoft ... Student Center, where the selection is smaller and the prices are higher ... practically all of last semester. The punchline is that I love it. The past week

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 13, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Thoughts on coming home With guest appearances by MIT's Dean for Student Life, the communist dracula, Roman lasagna, and…

  

  that this is probably the most disturbing analogy I have ever penned ... there?), first-semester freshman year is something that you can order at ... is full of squares, I thought. Luckily, I didn't say this out loud, but

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 29, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Slow down, fast train. Take me with you!

  

  . That is what I am wailing. Seriously, y'all. High School was slow. Slow ... ominously call names to the office. MIT is like the craziest, bumpiest ... is the tallest, fastest, and most amazing roller coaster. And I hate to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 26, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  [Joint Post] Interviewing Two MIT Physics Heroes An Interview with Two MIT Physics Professors that are Departing from MIT.

  

  : Peter Dourmashkin is a senior Lecturer who came to MIT in 1972. After ... ’s last day at the institute is July 31st, 2025.   Mohamed Abdelhafez is a lecturer in the physics department who has been with MIT for six

  • by Richard O. '28
  • May 30, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  I am lethally bored in the airport boooooo

  

  [annotation note="I realize this is so ick but after I put it I have to commit to the bit. (p.s. this is also what I want my signature French fries to ... possible (boo) For the first time, get excited that security is taking a

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • May 22, 2025
• Blog / Community Projects

  Mystery Hunt mile markers portrait of the blogger as a young puzzler

  

  's the ceiling of Lobby 7. Lobby 7 is a beautiful space, with that vaulted ... against puzzles of any and all forms. This is the MIT Mystery Hunt: an ... is really just because I pulled an all-nighter in 2017 and then

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • January 24, 2025