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• Blog / Life after MIT

  rearview reflections newly-minted cruft rambles on post-mit life

  

  newsletter. It doesn’t really feel like it meant for me, though, somehow, it is ... "]MIT Educational Counselor[/annotation] for this application season, and being on the ... of the cruft (for now 😳), I wasn’t too sure what to write about. I don

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / Summer

  a year of counting fish the shape of real work

  

  not being right for me in the long term."][/annotation] Nothing else I tried was any better. Twiddling with dimensions in SolidWorks for ... designed machines and built things with my hands, but then I ached for the

  • by Kai V. '25
  • September 11, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  Social Engineering no no wait not like that–

  

  good fit for yourself can feel high-stakes. I was super nervous about ... "]the best fit for me[/annotation]. Some people have zero problem with this ... course, 99% of the reason for this is that MY FRIENDS ARE AWESOME AND I

  • by Allison E. '27
  • August 24, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  It’s Your Future, Charlie Brown! Charlie Brown, Friendsgiving, and the Erosion of Deep Literacy

  

  November of last year when I visited Boston for the first time that I realized how instrumental Charlie Brown was, not just for me but for ... began to appreciate Charlie Brown for the masterpiece that it was. A

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • November 20, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  the pnr mindset vs. the grindset mindset pnr shall be missed

  

  going to my [annotation note="it was a bit of a shock going home for ... agreement, or as an adjective, i.e. “so true of the professor for letting us ... [annotation note="Pass/No Record, an MIT policy where, for your first semester

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • January 15, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Putz and Tetazoo are friends!! field notes from a faraway land

  

  for a week. Putz and Tetazoo have quite the relationship, one that ... for clarity. I promise that the frequent snide remarks are all in good ... irradiate my food for >2 minutes (only to get lukecold results) in our more

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • November 21, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  bucket lists, grocery lists, and a li(s)tany of other things this is actually just an excuse to make people list-en to me talk about minecraft

  

  attention for hours on end.  That being said, my favorite Hermitcrafter is ... getting struck by lightning (I hope), putting my goals for the year into a ... importance of goals in our young, impressionable minds. Just for this, though

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • November 3, 2022
• Blog / Summer

  this summer a recap of sorts

  

  entirely, I'm taking this time to recap what I did for the past several ... , make coffee, drag myself over to my desk, code for a couple of hours ... some more work, before logging off for the evening and going out: to meet

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • September 14, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  books I’ve read this year slowly but surely completing my 2020 resolutions

  

  , and I’ll probably read another book after finals. For now, here are the ... . Learning and understanding my faith was one of my goals for the year, and ... English and Amharic, so it was nice for me to review a little bit of my

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • November 19, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  You construct intricate rituals function loses form and form loses function

  

  company-of-the-week's mission. I made my way through three interviews for ... next night there was an infosession for Splash, with Thai food, then ... together, and reimbursing people for buying their own food. Suddenly

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 3, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  hot chocolate as a panacea navigating through a chaotic first week

  

  before i left for boston, and i cried...a lot. the complex mother ... rotations & shower schedules etc.), I had to register for classes, move my schedule around, and get ready for the semester to actually start, all in the

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 7, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  In Our Bedroom After the Pandemic a bedroom is something that can actually be so personal

  

  For most of my adolescence, my bedroom was painted as close as I ... parent’s wishes. I asked for purple walls when we first moved to the ... : a room furnished with a bed and intended primarily for sleeping

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • June 26, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Common Misconceptions and Un-Expectations a list of things i've noticed

  

  MIT that seem normal once you're here for a while, but you realize are ... tetazooglounge. For those of you who have no idea what I'm talking about, here ... receive i did not go tho[/caption] We also have our own mailing lists for

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 5, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  Life Changing Classes at MIT ft. ec-discuss

  

  next semester. This week, it's time for a slightly different discussion ... for being somewhat spammy and prone to flame wars) thread that got ... what the magic is at every level. Besides setting one up for plenty of

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 20, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  ramen this is a ramen post.

  

  -mart, central. there are many choices for ramen here. unfortunately, going with a ... 's not terrible, and it's ten dollars, which is cheap for ramen here. but ... friend-slash-bride getting separate dresses for the ceremony and the

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • February 15, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Making friends by learning languages Welcome to the Language Conversation Exchange

  

  place for that. I took a lot of language classes in high school, but it ... . After coming to MIT I stopped studying languages for three semesters ... language skills. So for instance, if I want to practice Spanish, and since I

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 6, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Africans@MIT: Cassava Connection Part 1 of a series, starring a man, a plan, and a root vegetable.

  

  throughout the country for the past year, with intermittent internet shutdowns ... situation. For a month, my father would try to call home only to get an ... Ethiopia has only been alive for twenty years? I compare it with the early

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 2, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Checking in with EA Applicants because I just saw Chris' post, and you probably did, too

  

  . It doesn't mean you weren’t “good enough” for MIT. Like, for real, it’s not about that at all. A positive decision ... . Sometimes, students here live for weeks on a deadline-to-deadline schedule, so

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 8, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Biological Engineering at MIT My thoughts, feelings, and opinions (and slight ranting) about biology both at MIT and in…

  

  biology and if it weren’t for 7.01x being a GIR (a required class at MIT ... how can I make a therapy, how can I use this protein as a marker for ... depressing and could discourage you. So decide for yourself if you want to keep

  • by Ben O. '19
  • November 20, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Campus is quiet summer thoughts and happenings

  

  -jokingly-triumphant way because I had been uninterested in the project for a while, but felt ... continue? to which I had settled on “probably not” for each. Brenda applauds ... , felt silly for a second, then stepped out to see where I was. There was a

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • July 15, 2015