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• Blog / Challenges

  (Guest Post) how can it be home when it’s not finding a sense of belonging away from home

  

  did in the fall.  i went back to read a journal entry i wrote back in ... , everything seems to be better in [annotation note="A line from the book 'It ... , i missed home. a lot. to the point where ‘i just wanna go home’ was

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • March 19, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  two years after my book auction in retrospect

  

  make. I called my parents in a panic because I didn’t know what to do ... On April 16th, 2020, my life changed. That’s a kitschy way to put it ... begun to claw its way through the United States, and a month earlier, MIT

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 17, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Hartford meeting wrap-up Giving a better answer to a question I was asked in my Hartford meeting.

  

  seemed to find the session helpful and informative. I did get one question during the Q & A section that had me flummoxed. A young man in the front ... exciting activities. In the spirit of "better late than never," here is a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The home of cool toys the best way to spend a Monday

  

  getting a fly-in for Marine Week Boston, I had to go see. The weather was ... : the best seat in the house the weather started getting rough ... Chris M. scooped me, but I just couldn't let a visit from the MV-22

  • by Dave McOwen
  • May 4, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Underwater Dreams an MIT event

  

  States. I’d love to tell you that the film has a happy ending, in which ... paper. They were not allowed to advance. They did, however, inspire a generation of other undocumented engineers to strive for a greater goal. Now

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 7, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy Birthday, Simmons Hall! 20 things I’m grateful for in my dorm

  

  a different dorm – and still go to the lounge and fit in. 9 ... the only air-conditioned room in Simmons – a great place to be at the ... ="83279" image4="83280" /] I even drew a giant pigeon mural in my room! 5. The

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 4, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 3 A Valentine's Day surprise

  

  . Last year, the Logs burst into my Quantum Lecture, and sang to a boy in the ... Astley 4. If I Ever Fall In Love by Shai 5. Somebody to Love by Justin ... On Valentine's Day, (boy/girl)friends of MIT students have a unique

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 18, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  My 21st Birthday More details about the transition to Halloween than you ever wanted to know.

  

  . 5 in G) then listened to the piece. A suite is a collection of dances ... wristwatch time from A to B is minimized." 3:01pm "Metrics in general ... Maisonette I went to put my laundry in the dryer, checked my mail, and found a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 30, 2013
• Blog / Residential Life

  Don’t Stop Believing you can take the east camper out of east campus but...

  

  was a little room for sadness to creep in around the edges: as my room ... getting in,[/annotation] and when we got to the courtyard we found that the ... 'll be pursuing a Master's at MIT, which means I need a place to stay in

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • June 6, 2022
• Blog / How to MIT

  The Romance of Learning rainy days, language tests, and a book called Babel

  

  swimming in the back of my mind as I scootered across the bridge to my test ... interview in Japanese conducted by my professor, where a partner and I were ... learned in the previous units. After I finished the test, I wandered to

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 23, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Starting Over it feels like this every time but this time it's different

  

  all weekend and getting lost in the tunnels trying to get to a far ... to grieve. In the grand scheme of COVID-19 impacts, missing a year of ... requirements to mostly [annotation note="these were course 6 classes at the time"]in

  • by Alex M. '21
  • August 30, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  Caring for the body health, am i right?

  

  've never found that a convincing reason to get more exercise, because I keep ... pain in one of my molars, which was apparently due to a bacterial ... our check-ins. And it's fine. Most nights I get between seven to nine

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 19, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Who you gonna call? The Mythbusters @ MIT!

  

  : Last night, LSC hosted the Mythbusters, Adam and Jamie, who came to MIT to describe some of their work and how they get inspiration for what ... had the opportunity to try to bust the Archimedes Death Ray myth. So a

  • by Bryan
  • November 5, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  tryharding but still not enough

  

  has a lot more free time for me to do other things and really focus on doing well in school. It's a lot of free time for me to be a tryhard. For ... a bit and then I go back to being a floater. I was a floater in high

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • March 20, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  The Story Of @MITStudents as told by the person behind it

  

  opportunities to learn about and experience a multitude of things. To complement ... highlight events that you are excited about. We want to know about your ... through your eyes. To put it simply, we want MIT students to help us

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Day of Classes Published exactly 4 weeks after the first day of classes. My bad.

  

  mathematician, he means that he took 2 years to get a Ph.D. in pure theoretical ... handwriting. In sixth grade, Megan P. sat next to me in science class and had ... can let my Day 1 Lecture Notes stand in place of a blog post describing

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 2, 2013
• Blog / Classes

  Misconceptions initial thoughts from a first-gen college student

  

  getting into. I had a few ideas about how I thought college would go—in some ... committed to MIT in late April, I feared being sucked into a world of constant ... , no, I’m not shipping a package to Pennsylvania, but to my dorm in

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • September 30, 2023
• Blog / Events

  It’s not every day… lunch with a celebrity

  

  ...that you get invited to have lunch with the president of MIT ... you can be a part. Sincerely, Kirk Kolenbrander Senior Advisor to the ... invited to have lunch, there was clearly a 100% chance that there would be a

  • by Bryan
  • November 21, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UROP 101 – The Intro Entry Each week, I will explore a different MIT student's unique research project and the insight…

  

  slipping into a lab coat. In high school I was fortunate enough to spend two ... classmates a unique chance to gain valuable research experience and insight ... a few interviews and lab tours, I was offered a position in the Chen

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  By the numbers Who needs words to talk?

  

  giveaway that the person you’re talking to has been fully and wholeheartedly immersed in the MIT culture. I am certainly a full-blooded MIT student, and ... don’t know which one you’re on or which you’re going to (as is often the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 7, 2007