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  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 2 The median of an introductory trilogy

  

  visions in my head of what “the return” would be like. A chance to be ... Things took a turn for the worse. Quickly. Very quickly. -- August ... the indignant rumble of my ungrateful stomach, which was screaming for

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 16, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  get SLAPped! it doesn't hurt

  

  . [...] In addition to the term’s traditional associations of being masculine ... 'll still be at mit next year, sign up for the lottery!! the list center has ... last year, i got an email from sandy, the head of house at east

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 21, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Making of the Riri Williams Pi Day Video Behind the scenes of an extraordinary three minutes!

  

  identity.   Virginia (on the right) and I, being friends ... sat down in an office in MIT Admissions. “For the spring admissions video,” he said, “I basically want to make a two-minute trailer for the

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 9, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  i made furry art for Caltech i have art powers and choose to use them for chaos

  

  some design inspiration from that. Since I didn’t want Harvard to be the ... strips of colored LEDs lining the hallway, a bunch of the hall frosh built ... long ethernet cables for the lights from the loading docks), but I did

  • by Anika H. '26
  • February 6, 2023
• Blog / Advice

  parallel universe for those feeling dejected

  

  into a slightly parallel universe: one where everything remains the same, except for the wet sheen of dejection, weighing upon you alone. But - look ... makes you feel whole again; one where you are learning and growing all the

  • by Kai V. '25
  • December 19, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Love In the Time of Corona lots of evidence that the people are the best part of MIT

  

  . Thank you for being selfless, resilient and kind. To the graduating ... I remember exactly where I was when the email got sent out. There was this sense of nervousness and uncertainty in the air. I had woken up to

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 15, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Units of Measure A simple question with a lot of cool answers

  

  themselves in fortuitous situations will often ask the question and add their ... written I moved into the same dorm, the same floor in fact, as Sam - Conner 2, English House. Units of measure were alive and well within the

  • by Snively '11
  • January 7, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  (Bitter)sweet home meeting high school teachers again, and visiting my hometown for (probably) the last time

  

  that this is probably going to be the last time I’ll be in Alabama for a ... raised. To be humble towards the people back home who wanted to see me ... has a reputation of being the buttcrack of the United States over the

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 12, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  reject modern web design return to 2006

  

  does anyone else remember when the internet looked like this? sorry ... and closing the same 4 social media apps until 3am i’m that kid you’re friends with for the first few days of school before you meet an actually

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 1, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Bring your stuffed toys to class reflections on liminality

  

  tunnels. Be confused when following the mysterious signs lead you to nowhere ... Roll carts around campus. Marvel at the wonder that is the wheel. Learn where all the ramps and elevators are. Grumble when there's no

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 11, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Today I hit my TA with a door I didn't MEAN to.

  

  , concise manner that supplements the lecture without being redundant (and I ... be the most helpful, so I now attend his recitation twice a week. He is ... being real, or your high school econ teacher going to the same gym you do

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 7, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “So what are you majoring in?” *sweats nervously*

  

  ’t considered and I could be any of them and oh my god what the everloving egg am ... for the beauty of it, but I recognize math as a tool to be used in ... in a year, because the two answers might well be different. The thing I

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • April 4, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I put on my robe and graduation hat It's sortof hard to believe it's time for this already.

  

  similar pics here.) All the graduates-to-be congregated in the Johnson ... seemed to be their professors. Photo Credit: William Yee The ceremony ... for graduation. Classes were over, and the most stressful thing I had to

  • by Kim D. '09
  • June 7, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Some people call me the space cowgirl

  

  to be said, but for now I'm going to get back to the reading... ... horchata (yummy Mexican drink). I wanted to tell you a little about the last ... the strong case I made for her. Why? Partially because she reminded me a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  e) Other Some pretty important stuff, and then just some pretty stuff.

  

  decisions that can be instrumental in the steps to what you're doing with your ... me if I haven't written back to you in the past few weeks. This particular question, however, stuck with me because all of the options seem to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 5, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  ATHack A day well spent helping others

  

  amazing client and his parents, who were so willing to help us along the way ... One of the amazing things about going to a techy school like MIT is ... work on developing a solution to the same challenge. This past weekend

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 2, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Midsemester Night’s Dream Technically an All-Nighter's Dream, but hey, close enough

  

  the couch is Reva ‘18, who fell asleep on her laptop keyboard while attempting an 8.01 pset. The room feels like a postwar battlefield, with drowsy casualties strewn across the furniture. This week is my second-busiest of the

  • by Joel G. '18
  • November 6, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  What I Did in High School in the actual sense of the phrase

  

  intimidated by another human being than by the belligerent five-year-old Carla… like, I was just trying to be nice and help the kids with their game when ... a play (speaking loudly, memorizing lines, not being terrified of the

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • July 20, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mind and hand

  

  't particularly meaningful. It's a slogan that sounds cute. In the case of MIT, I ... . It reflects something I consider to be an important component of MIT culture. At some point in the past, someone on this blog asked me whether

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • February 3, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Colors In every sense of the word

  

  would be too spicy for the “guest”, me, of my own father or mother ... --which really are well-intentioned most of the time--can honestly be very tiring ... --assuming that they have the same potential to do and be anything they want, and

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 3, 2016