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  study spots at MIT not exactly places to cry, but they'll do

  

  someone comfy seats next to a table so I can sit cross-legged I don ... since it's my last semester, I've been trying to spend more time working on campus. or rather, I feel guilty whenever I work in my bed since

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 5, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Boomeranging The day before classes start is Registration Day. It’s also the day we welcome readmitted…

  

  tablecloths, or no tablecloths at all – but I can’t be sure. After you come back ... Luncheon that I can’t take credit for. This line has been recited by various ... center open and close, close and open. Even from here, I can hear the

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Story About Muti How I performed a project in Ethiopia a lot sooner than I expected.

  

  the thick of it, and glad to be there. I still can’t believe it started ... phrases “once I’ve got money” or “once I have time”. I can assure you that I ... Writing after going to Ethiopia has always been impossible. When I

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 15, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Pictures from a Semester of Classes The Sequel Society Didn't Know It Needed

  

  So about a week and a half ago I handed in my last final in Johnson ... like before, I'm gonna continue to give y'all a glimpse of whatever just happened here these past three months…but with pictures (because I like

  • by Richard O. '28
  • December 29, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  If the Obama were a unit of measure . . . . . . what would it measure?

  

  is the "Ok, which multi-millionaire can I tell about my battery ... you the specifics because I took notes and you can listen to it yourself ... people who have met me know that I can be very loud when necessary, so

  • by Snively '11
  • October 25, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  halloween down the infinite

  

  also really wanted to learn how to lift weights and Get Buff (so i can ... Happy [annotation note="so if you think about it i'm technically still on time in pacific standard time. but also i girlbossed a little too

  • by Janet G. '27
  • November 1, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If man is five Then most people are six, and if most people are six then pre-meds are seven.

  

  HOW HOW HOW can I make this bigger/smaller/faster/better?". You still ... means "almond bread" in German. I got to see Mandelbrot speak on Thursday ... -preserved 82-year-old form. Especially because I really thought he was dead. But

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 10, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes, by the Calories free food is everywhere

  

  -less so far. It’s okay, because after class, I can walk right across the ... A few weeks ago, I attended a meeting for one of MIT’s many clubs. It ... , I was lucky – if I hadn’t happened to stay late in a classroom near 10

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • October 7, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s not fair! ... and why that's OK.

  

  situation is probably not going to change. I can't speak to the situations for all the children in the world, but I will give you my take on the ... get the idea. If you don’t, there’s probably nothing else that I can say.

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 25, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  This Bathroom Ceiling Some science, some fiction: traverse the space and time of our bathroom ceiling.

  

  ? Perhaps I can call that . . . wind! Is that a good name? It’ll do . . . perhaps I can find a better name for it later when I’ve found out what it ... ’s call it a tail—yeah, tail. Hey! I can really thrash it about pretty good

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 12, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  an Easter vigil alive at east campus

  

  -blue voice. A man in a denim jacket plays a green violin. "I can't feel my ... banner says "Live at EC." EC is short for East Campus. I do not know if ... , simultaneously, this-broadcast-is-live. I live at EC, on the second floor of the

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 5, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Future Is Grim check it out

  

  -ish form of art: yeah, I'd say any man who can get hackers to pull a hack ... . I'd be tempted to say I'm a bit biased, as he was my 6.01 professor ... . When I was taking 6.01, there was one day where I was hosed beyond belief

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 28, 2011
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  A Comprehensive Guide to Crying on Campus It’s right about that time of year.

  

  , you’re probably undergoing what I like to call This Is Fine Syndrome, a ... this: I imagine everybody here has felt like this some time in the ... of a cry but don’t know a good place for it, I’ve got you covered

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 16, 2017
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  On Teaching and Learning Minimum requirement: read the last few sentences of this post. They're important.

  

  When you last heard from me, I had just arrived at The Middle Of Nowhere, New Mexico - out on a Navajo Reservation. Did I mention that I ... neither, in all honesty, do I. To recap, I’m here for MIT’s Four Weeks For

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 20, 2011
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  The end of a chapter

  

  my year abroad and now, I can’t take some of the classes I really want ... exams which ended early June, I immediately set off for some traveling (I ... farewell to all my friends. I then flew back to Boston on 20th June and

  • by Linh V. '13
  • July 8, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Night at the Office A bit longer than I expected.

  

  ) asks, “When's the latest I can get my article to you?", to which I ... As a news editor for The Tech, every couple weeks, I have the ... guide you through the laborious process: 6:19pm: I arrive at the Tech

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • April 1, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Women’s Soccer Talking to the 2009 NEWMAC Champs after they returned from the NCAA National Championship Tournament

  

  When I came to MIT I joined the marching band. We played at all sorts of sporting events, some of which I had never seen before. I saw lacrosse, water polo and crew competitions for the first time. I joined the

  • by Kim D. '09
  • November 25, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  the blogs at twenty some reflections, plus an index of posts

  

  thirty-four recent posts. But, qualitatively, I can say that these 20 years ... Jessie L. '07 I’m more than twice as old as when I started my blog by ... Barkowitz Other ways I’ve been rejected over the past fifteen years by

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 29, 2025
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Perkus Nonacademia MIT will give you more than just an engineering degree.

  

  I'm chugging into my 3rd year here at MIT blogging, studying, and being smashed. And everytime I cross the threshold of a jet, settle into ... -worry-inducing gadgets, I realize just how much MIT has permeated every part of my life

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 4, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] a space for women at mit by Nandini Choudhury (WXGS Assistant Director)

  

  space, you can do most anything: I’ve taken naps on the couches, grabbed ... 's admitted students was comprised of 48% women.  [annotation note='recently, I ... the day—[annotation note='I have... many thoughts on being a “woman in

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • August 12, 2024