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• Blog / Academics & Research

  I have such cool friends! A guest post by a good friend of mine from my undergrad days.

  

  -language classrooms. Go to http://www.inc.com/college to check them out and vote! You ... years at MIT, I was sure of it. I just needed to learn Linux first ... Hi folks, I know it's been forever since I've posted anything; I

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 10, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what makes fear worth it musical theater and anxiety

  

  —urged to attend by other people on my hall involved in the production—it lingered in my mind for days after. How was it possible for a group of ... regardless, but a reason to walk with it. A confirmation of hope. After the

  • by Kai V. '25
  • February 27, 2025
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Guess who can legally drive alone in Maine now? Learning to drive on hard mode (i.e., in Boston)

  

  ? Everyone was understandably reluctant to drive, so I volunteered. After all ... ’t you the least bit terrified?” “Is it even legal for you to drive here ... having to carry my passport and risk losing it. I was going to live in New

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 19, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Underground An ode to the MIT tunnels

  

  anymore), so now in an effort to get this post up, I'm just going to wing it ... MIT Tunnels. Back then, it was tunnels with a capital "T" because to my ... the infinite (if not all, I'm not sure) lead to the tunnels. It's the

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 8, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Thanksgiving a different way All the cool kids call it "Friendsgiving" now, right?

  

  seized it and headed out to Middlesex Fells, where we had an absolutely ... evening, after a protracted battle over which movie to watch, we settled on The Muppet Christmas Carol. I didn't vote for it, but I'm very glad it

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 2, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I “less than 3” the Chorallaries My relaxing and enjoyable vaction draws to a close. *sigh*

  

  hectic, but I'm still looking forward to it. Also, I now know my CPW ... ), and it's definitely an event that all FIRST nerds should go to ... Well, it's been quite a week of spring break adventures! I basically

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  OCTOBERRR NOVEMBERRR will NOT be my next entry, promise.

  

  QUOTE: "MIT is a very good place; I'm not trying to put it down. I ... being with it and in it, and having motivation and desire to keep on ... . Pyrolysis and biochar. It's a little bit hard to imagine that all of these

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 31, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Watching Birdwatchers And getting into summer programs.

  

  enough. There it was: The E-mail I'd Been Waiting For. "I am pleased to ... me, I saw: "ducks." Isn't that sad? It's hard to see something you don ... shape! It hadn't even occurred to me to look at beak shape. I didn't know

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 3, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hey look, I’m famous…or something

  

  where I find it sort of exciting to be in the Tech, assuming that I'm not ... my faces on them to get people to vote for our ticket. They tried to ... to Ruth '07's column from last week. Two people complimented me on my

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 18, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  How many MIT students does it take to figure out how to rotate a cube? (More than I’m proud to admit)

  

  many unique orientations. (In fact, it’s possible to achieve any possible ... . At a high level, it allows him to lift, rotate, and fuse objects ... degrees up→down→right→left. Where does it face after those rotations? It

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 29, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I’m a Muslim Woman and… on this #MuslimWomensDay, meet some p cool ppl

  

  'm very excited to reread it. After coming back to McCormick, I stopped by ... day-to-days and what it means to be a Muslim woman at MIT.   ... you to explore other things about yourself. It makes for a richer human

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 27, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Cancel all operations Tell your friends to cool it, my cover's blown.

  

  cicada or something and it made me think about my choice to come to MIT ... BMX, but there are a lot of people here who like to bike. Let It Bleed ... that it comes back to me?" If you take single-variable again, you get

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 16, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Burnout (and what to do about it) learning how to recharge a low battery

  

  ,[/annotation] that there is a limit to that is rough. But it's also important. In my decision fatigue post, I wrote: The thing is, it’s usually easier to tell ... things it usually can. When I went to the gym this morning and couldn

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 27, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Senior Gift Kickoff Make your mark, without (grade?) inflation

  

  campaign Our class's theme is the "5.0 Challenge" -- to achieve at least 50 ... 't bad, though (thanks for thinking of it, Class of 2006). For those of you ... comes into play -- if you don't adjust for inflation, these amounts sum to

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 13, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  list of things that refill my will to live things to do when i don't want to do anything

  

  ), just listening to the soundtrack or watching other people play it talking to a friend with more sense than me, which, as it happens, is most ... , universal sunsets, but only when it's not freezing cold outside like it is

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 9, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Life, or Why I’m Afraid Of It 1) Isn't everyone?

  

  from MIT's TfA recruitment director after I made it to the final ... when I need to get a solid amount of work done, even though it usually ... message to all friends and relatives of current college seniors: We hate it

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 18, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Overheard at MIT Vote vote vote!

  

  Don't forget to vote for me in the 2008 blogging scholarship competition! Thanks! One of the biggest culture shocks coming to MIT for me, a ... then we got to lagrangian and it was so beautiful" ***** person 1: aw

  • by Snively '11
  • November 11, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT is going to pump you up! A bit about a cool new fitness program called getfit@mit

  

  minutes/week and it gradually increases to 300 minutes/week. We're now into ... Have any of you read “The Idea Factory: Learning to Think at MIT”? If not, then I’d recommend it. The author, Pepper White, got his Masters

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 29, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Slow down, fast train. Take me with you!

  

  .P. Licks, but it was too hot to walk across the river last night. Anyway, I ... tried it." I said. "And, oh, nor will I ever, because I'm not going to be ... took it back to her room, which was 222A at the time, and hung it up in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 26, 2007
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Today A Trader Joe's monologue

  

  shake it off. I also enjoy the people. The walk to Trader Joe's is ... predict which it will be. So, I cling to whichever edge of the path I choose ... , especially in proportion to its massive concrete parking lot, and I am suddenly

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • April 23, 2022