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• Blog / Challenges

  Reasons I haven’t blagged… hint: "I'm Busy" isn't one of them

  

  doesn’t usually happen lol). But the reason I call being “actually busy ... posting--or for a more dramatic flair, The 7 Capital Vices I Have Oft ... , Professor Hazel Sive had an inspirational quote as her first slide up at the

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 29, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Is MIT too hard? warning: metaphors ahead

  

  -six back to back 4:45 miles.  How do they do it? The answer is that they ... feels that way in the middle of a hell week - what's the point of having midterms, psets, and essays clustered in the same few days, anyway? And you

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 18, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Nibble of Music

  

  . When reading, I'm most likely to be listening to a specific album -- the ... course, a big reason for the it being named that, aside from the popularity ... . But instead of the first 10 (decimal is so ordinary!), I decided to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 22, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Something to chalk about “These murals are f*cking rad” – Petey

  

  reasons I will not get into"]many were erased over the past summer ... MIT is a 168-acre playground for the world’s brightest undergrads ... , spongey dorm. We have cats! A ball pit! And we can even draw on the walls

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 24, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Noise and time chaos and peace in a silver package

  

  . MIT is a very exciting place. For most of the things you'll be ... back to the idea of me time to be alone that Gloria is talking about ... from more silent moments and especially being in nature. I love the

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • October 15, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Person Who Inspired Me to Start this Blog The girls of Sri Lanka have in Alia an incredible beacon of hope and defender…

  

  . Enough about me, though. The point is that I’d grown to be quite ... ; this year (as was the amazing Melis Anahtar, who I’ll be profiling ... My cousin was involved in the Free Tibet campaign when he attended

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • December 9, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Tunes of the All-Night Tool Just a little night music from me.

  

  weekend can be lonely. Fortunately, music can help. Which is why I'm taking ... a few of the top hits on my playlist right now. Some of these are old ... [/embed] Dragonforce: Through the Fire and the Flames Mokoma: Takatalvi (Liz '11

  • by Paul B. '11
  • September 29, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  in the pursuit of knowledge want to see a MacArthur Genius dancing to gangnam style?

  

  the above sentence of a college essay that thankfully never made it into ... travesty of a sentence last year.  I still make lame over-the-top metaphors ... (The Problem With Wikipedia is basically my life). But Wikipedia

  • by Michael C. '16
  • October 19, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  Some Useful Things Things that greatly enhanced my chance of survival quality of life at MIT, and lots…

  

  At the start of the semester a close friend of mine gave me her loft ... -averse but also terrified of heights, but it turned out to be a fantastic idea ... , the height of a loft—evaporated within hours. When I moved my head, my

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 23, 2012
• Blog / How to Food

  Adventures with Miracle Fruit The lemons had a meaty flavor that should not have been there.

  

  The berry of the West African Synsepalum dulcificum (miracle fruit) bush has been popular in the United States since the 70s for its temporary effect on taste. The berry’s miraculin glycoprotein (3

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 12, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First day of classes What some MIT freshman schedules look like.

  

  Yesterday was the first day of classes at MIT. I remember the ... go through it all again! You might be wondering, what would I take as ... best suit their needs. And even within the courses that are required

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  print “Hello, World!\n”; Everything you ever needed to know about me

  

  me to be for the three or four hours when school was over and work wasn ... Hello! I don’t think we’ve met. I’m the girl who rollerblades everywhere. You might have seen me if you walk down the Infinite at the right

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 8, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  sophomore accumulations because i miss show and tell

  

  be the year when things 'get real', at least as a Mech-e, and I found ... This week, as classes began to die down, I told a friend: "the only ... to your second year than the "sophomore slump", and certainly much more

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • May 6, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  welding 1000 digits of pi nom nom buzz buzz

  

  social. The pies were oh-so delicious. I want to share with you some pictures and videos from one of the events. [annotation note="ive been ... !"]Project Manus,[/annotation] the easiest way into the MIT makersystem, hosted an

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • March 23, 2024
• Blog / IAP

  nothing & everything what i did this IAP!

  

  . But the break felt so short, and once I was back at MIT, I was in an awkward middle spot: life wasn't quite full enough to feel that the semester ... between the kerning of those letters, everything is hiding.) I

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 3, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  at/around mit i've been --

  

  going to wellesley a lot (for toons rehearsals and for the open fields and for the quietness of not-city sounds). i've been spending a lot of time ... green if the sun is up, ginger turmeric if not. i've been reading and

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 23, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  cpw at pika a continuing experiment in cooperative campus-previewing

  

  to finish off the weekend. If you're a prefrosh, come by! If you're not a prefrosh, come by! The schedule can be found here. This is all ... :         *what is forkapple? the best game ever

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • April 15, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sixth Sense No, I don't see dead people.

  

  So, less than THREE WEEKS until CPW! All of us in the office are working hard to prepare and plan for the weekend. If you're planning on ... ! It'll be loads of fun, I promise. I thought I'd take a break from

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 27, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Christmas Hug [UPDATE: New picture!!!] *squeeze*

  

  complaining about dining?*" She looked at me. This was the moment of truth ... going to rappel from the skylight to take me out? Was I going to get sniped from across the street? I stood there, looking at her, waiting for

  • by Snively '11
  • December 10, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MTB Party Pic & TechTV CPW Coverage Some fun ways to remember the weekend...

  

  Chris Merrill '12 for sending me the group photo from our Meet The Bloggers party. If I shrink it down to fit here, you won't be able to identify anyone, so I'll just link to the big version: MTB Party Group Photo

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 14, 2008