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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Radio Nerd Shenanigans i wrote this in october and forgot to post it oops

  

  sure you need to give your real call sign” “That’s totally a real call ... never works permanently. Every once in a while, somebody tries to clear up ... wanted to print the current W1MX logo on a PCB, but the best he could get

  • by Anika H. '26
  • February 25, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Spring Break post

  

  there's a bunch of kids who didn't get your spot. For those who didn ... many opportunities in life to not get in to someplace where you wanted to ... Hi, readers. Congrats to those of you who got in. I remember when I

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • March 29, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  Kick to the limit! The Korean Flying Tigers! What could possibly sound more exciting than that?

  

  , there seemed to be a lot of air in between the kicks and "injuries." This ... be sitting next to the sports editor for The Tech, and through a bit of ... University in South Korea, where it's possible to major in taekwondo like an

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 19, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Embracing Change How I came to be a cook in a professional kitchen this summer

  

  ways life would be better if I could just find a cozy nook in the past to ... wanted was to learn how to cook in a professional kitchen. Long story ... restaurants). A few days after responding to the ad, I went in for an interview

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 20, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Paint Work I Ruth and I paint our rooms. First in a seven-part miniseries directed by Ken Burns.

  

  sending your kids to a city college in Boston--apparently, MIT has hired ... . Maybe it was their first day. Ruth laughed heartily. I managed to get a ... to break your heart again. Oh dear, now this is turning into a bad

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Yes, we care about your stories Reflections from the road

  we started a Black Student Union in our school to build community, but ... ). I cried because I reflected on the time I went to a small carnival in ... hardships to get into MIT (or that hardships are the only way to get in

  • by DJ Rock
  • October 10, 2019
• Blog / Personal Travel

  i ran out of social energy and other great ways to say no

  

  such a large scale, sheerly because you're interested in doing so. at ... took a number of weeks before i got to know everyone in my floor. somehow ... courtyard for rush, and this year is no different. in fact, i signed up to be

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 18, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  books I read in 2024, ranked and thoughts on the best ones

  

  thought from the beginning to the end of a chapter, in which three or four ... This year I read 20 books. Here they are in a tier list, ranked based ... or perceived quality, because: 1) I don’t trust myself to make a

  • by Kai V. '25
  • January 13, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Only Answer I Have "Just a couple of sentences."

  

  I think you guys set a record for ben.mitblogs.com - 353 comments in ... that it was a personal entry in my personal blog about my personal ... admitted. I've responded to each email with a slightly different version of

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tuesdays with Menorah, eek! A young boy, a young girl, and life's greatest lesson.

  

  Hillel after this incident. In short, I was invited to a "Jew-au on Ice" in ... !" "It's getting hot in here... so immigrate [sic] to Israel with all your ... . If I don't see you, have a happy new year, and GET YOUR APPLICATIONS IN

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 28, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions for 2016 And what I gained after a semester at MIT

  

  look like. In a year, I would be in college. I would be exposed to more ... completely changed in one short year. Right now, I’m not confronting such a ... present myself to other people? What am I capable of? In short, what do I

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • January 3, 2016
• Blog / Classes

  Academic Things I’ve Learned no life lessons, promise

  

  In high school I always wanted to know what you learned in college ... of your choice. Also, I'm kinda trying to hype myself up over the ... Cartesian vectors, except in polar coordinates, so there's a vector pointing

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 26, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A HASS[le-free] Semester Stay for the videos!

  

  answer." In some regards, I was considering a LAC when I applied to ... ) classes in the same HASS field of study. It's designed to be a counterpoint ... your four HASS classes, in a non-boring way? Sure! (please note videos

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 9, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Two Valentine’s Day Serenades Happiness and hearts and the MIT Logarhythms and Muses in cell biology!

  

  ’ve seen him around for the past two years and now I get to see him twice a ... localization that you can watch from home. In case you’re wondering what a ... about how proteins made in the cell are marked for distribution to where

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 16, 2013
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  What is weather? ...and what is rain?

  

  weather works when you’re not in California? Every morning I've resorted to ... been in a drought). Combined, heat and humidity are killer. But when you add in hot and humid rain, well, that’s like putting a kangaroo in the

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 9, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  Andi and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week :(

  

  to get homework extensions or makeup exams (especially in big classes ... right, mom. Getting sick really does suck.) To end on a positive note ... this semester? Well, in a dramatic turn of events, I suddenly became

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 3, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Infinite Magazine [joint post with Kidist A.]

  

  [annotation note="generally, a spread refers to two facing pages of a magazine ... desire to meet cool new people in a virtual semester, led me to apply for a ... photography and grew enough confidence to become a spread lead in the fall for

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • July 27, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I can tell that we are gonna be friends (part 1) I'm talking to you, Alan Guth.

  

  a stunned daze, that this would be the closest I would get to a one ... assigned, at least in the physics department. I had to send in a form and ... . course requirements, how to plan a career in physics, finding a UROP) I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 2, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Slam Dunked Long crazy week...a few necessary lessons

  

  my dorm. I collapsed on my bed, keeping in mind to rest for a few ... on the p-set, but there seemed to be a dispirited laziness in the way I ... otherwise might have. In contrast, I had been able to get my physics p

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • November 4, 2013
• Blog / How to MIT

  Laptops! It goes on the top of your lap.

  

  you should avoid a Mac. That's not to say you can't have one, but your ... Eeepc is kinda cute and would be good to just throw in your pocket, but ... ! *Disclaimer: I'm not a computer expert. My goal in this entry is to help you

  • by Snively '11
  • March 22, 2008