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• Blog / Challenges

  the sun sets on another summer only one left yikes

  

  flight to boston. this summer went by weirdly fast but in a way that i can ... and it's like you're caught in a time loop. i don't know if i like that ... actually getting any exercise this summer. i don't think i'd want to live in

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 17, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s the PI-nal countdown! Don't roll your eyes at me.

  

  feels like to be accepted into a school, what it feels like to get a ... not to get too attached to this school. I had the state Science Olympiad competition on pi day and didn't get to check my MyMIT account until several

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • March 12, 2011
• Blog / Events

  tEpikazoo Thoughts on cooking and gratuitous prefixes

  

  battle scenes in Lord of the Rings allow pika to run a meal plan 7 days a ... In the past three months, my relationship to cooking has swerved from ... too much work to do, or hilarious mistakes in my problem sets, or what

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 4, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I failed an exam last week and it will be okay

  

  support systems, and I want to curl up in a ball and demand "why don't I get ... grades, and calculate whether I might be able to scrape a passing grade in ... , with about twenty minutes left and a blank exam in front of me, and then

  • by Alice L. '24
  • November 21, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nike+iPod read entry & vote at the end

  

  enough to keep Steve Jobs busy for a weekend -- today, Apple and Nike ... of sense to me. Why does Apple need to partner with a particular shoe ... enough to get me thinking about giving up my Dell and lucky Asics. If I end

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Season Some advice for the EA deadline. (Relax. Be patient. Don't stress. Don't procrastinate!)

  

  Early Action deadline. We've been getting a lot of questions here in the office about the deadline, so let me take a moment to answer some of those questions, and to provide a bit of advice as well. Please be

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 30, 2008
• Blog / Community Projects

  [Joint Post] Build a robot boat with MIT Arcturus! Q&A with Arcturus captain Audrey Chen

  

  a non-stop grind to get everything finished in time for competition ... everyone gets to know everyone really closely. Our work-a-hullic nights are ... school year, we competed in RoboBoat 2022, and we’re excited to take on

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 1) two trains, twelve states, 540 pictures, one Speaker of the House election, and more!

  

  experience; there’s a little more active work I have to get done in the next ... up to form a larger train in Chicago; today, they’ve got just one coach ... …it’s certainly a lot. Not much to talk about at the moment, since we’re still in

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 11, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Monday a detailed documentation

  

  rounds on hall to check in with friends. How was your day? Good luck on ... percolates through the autumn leaves in the Yard. I’m listening to Stevie ... double check myself every time I speak in this class. It’s a new experience

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 27, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Becoming a Princess the making of a Halloween costume [+many pictures of ponies]

  

  You see, the thing about Halloween is that it gives you a reason to act like you're in elementary school again. You wanna become Doctor Who? Go ahead. You wanna go to class as a princess? No problem. Go trick

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 3, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Great Expectations i've never read the book, but the title seemed to fit

  

  orientation, each MIT freshman has the option to take part in a freshman pre ... living before you get to campus. Personally, I had taken a special liking ... thought to myself: easy! If I was able to get 5s on my APs and As in my

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 17, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Over is the Wait Just thoughts...

  

  goin’ gets rough, you should suddenly hear a wonderful voice in your mind ... as a freshman in high school. She is me at the core. She is enough to ... of a life to live. And then after a blink or two, in my case, anyway

  • by Ana V. '15
  • March 18, 2012
• Blog / Events

  MIT Can Talk! Bon appétit!

  

  Child was a cook, not a chef. She grew up in Pasadena, CA, went to Smith ... in front of a crowd. To my surprise, I received a fair amount of ... , with a second place in audience choice, I began to realize I had a real

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 4, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  you ain’t gonna need it overthinking

  

  this summer. i fall in the same traps when i think about what i want to ... there any point to thinking? putting too much importance in what other ... hard, but you ain't gonna need it. you're not focusing on what matters to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 6, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  real things on tangibility, mistakes, and community

  

  look up a youtube tutorial on how to change a spare tire. winter in the ... more places to buy cds. in central square, boomerangs was a beloved ... a cd player -- though i hope to get the latter soon. physicality has

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 5, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Three cheers for the MIT Marching Band Is the band ready? You bet they are.

  

  get the first half down. We practiced in a courtyard with two giant ... . Here are 10 things I remember: 1. Taking a good two minutse to cram four ... in the drill, and then taking large bows. I tried to remember slow

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / Events

  So much to do, so little time There's always something exciting going on at MIT.

  

  are on campus to see a lecture upstairs by Nobel Prize winner Ted Hänsch ... can't join in, because I really need to be reading applications. As I ... Condry, an MIT Professor in Japanese Cultural Studies, is giving a talk

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 29, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Reg Day collisions People should transfer to other colleges once they dump you.

  

  I graduate and don't get to be a rockstar blogger anymore. Ack!) So ... that and I had to share. Tensor! Ha! Get it? Don't worry if you don't, a ... -Spain) but she was in a meeting. On my way to my advisor's office I waved to a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 18, 2009
• Blog / Events

  HT@MIT: Department Lectures and Final Presentations MIT's Best Kept Secret

  

  advice is to make a list of the classes that you're interested in finishing ... ; For anyone that's used the elevators in Stata this is a common sight ... FOOD in bright red text. To be fair these posters are targeted to

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • December 28, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] Why did I come to MIT? by River A. ‘26

  

  place to explore! So you can discover your interests!” But I have grown to ... least a few years after college graduation. And that’s okay. In fact, I ... even learned to sow at the Metropolis Makerspace and made a reversible

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 2, 2024