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  Teaching Abroad: a Guest Blog Post by Elizabeth Q. ‘14 Learn a new language, teach science.

  

  to MIT to teach as much as you are to learn. *If you are anything like ... ’m Elizabeth ‘14, one of Anna’s many friends). I’m here to talk about teaching at ... things to love about the MIT student community, and one of them is that we

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 13, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Home is Where the Heart is In which I speak only in trite cliches.

  

  already an awesome place--there's so much to miss out on if you're always ... Like a great three-toed sloth awakening from a millennial hibernation, it is now I make my triumphant return to these blogs.The timing is

  • by Tom R. '14
  • December 13, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  My Guilty Pleasure or why it's all about "the Hockey."

  

  . Yes, I'll head to a Monarchs game once more before I end my time off, so ... nice to find another place to study. My favorite option was the room of an upperclassmen down the hall who liked to study in one of the

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • January 1, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summers spending three at home

  

  . We remembered that we needed to relax and recover from the year. We ... our experience doesn't seem to be as common, and this is technically our last undergraduate summer, we wanted to outline what we’ve done in each

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • June 22, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  No one: Absolutely no one:

  

  went home to make this:  It’s so conflicting. We cringe so much ... look back at them for years to come. Need we say more?  Moving on ... Us, hesitantly: “Do you want to see every Naruto-themed art project

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 22, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  DRAW TIM (the beaver) behold the artistic talents of MIT staff

  

  that moment where I realized I needed to kickstart some name ... -insignificant amount of energy for me to psych myself up enough to interact with a large ... have to toss a ball around or [annotation note="I actually have a note

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • April 5, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Let the good times roll here is where my summer adventures take place

  

  /wrong, etc. (…once we get to this point) Help craft the key messages and ... Public Service Center to intern with a non-profit in Hawaii on the Big ... to create a "Think Local First" campaign^^ for this island. I’m working

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • June 18, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Someone saved my life tonight Survived my squalor, like a butterfly.

  

  . You are not the tidy person you once were. Little piles are starting to ... needed to scare me into unpacking my room, and I write you this entry ... to help "chronically messy" individuals around the work survive their

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Toy Design Wrapup What am I going to do with all of my time now?

  

  loved the toy, much to our relief. After all of the presentations the ... the hallway only to hear "WE NEED MORE AMMO!!! GO GO GO GO GO!" as Yuki ... Tension filled the air as people were ushered in to 6-120. Scientists

  • by Snively '11
  • May 16, 2008
• Blog / Events

  An Evening With BJ Novak, opened by Barack Obama You may have heard of BJ Novak from his role as Ryan Howard on NBC'S…

  

  line was pretty much packed. Standing in line that day was so crazy to ... of sweat trying to get over this ridiculous cold-flu-thing - let's just say that trying to will my body back to homeostasis topped off with a 11

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 23, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  What Is This, a Crossover Episode? Jacob Collier and Yo-Yo Ma come to MIT

  

  invited to attend (!!!!). Talk about a crossover episode! It was very much ... . I don't listen to much cello music (I much prefer piano/clarinet music ... the whole time. There is definitely much to be desired in the quality

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 23, 2025
• Blog / Residential Life

  Siblings, Scrabble, and Boredom we're bored in the house, and we're in the house bored

  

  everything in a box. No need to partition items into "do I need this at home ... than it is because I'm not used to needing to try to sleep. Regardless, I ... with winning. More data than six rounds is needed to make this claim, but

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 20, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  More on balance Some parameters for self-improvement

  

  than I do building a community. I need to work on being present more ... , thinking, writing, reading. I need to remind myself to open my mouth and be ... character Gogol and also, to some extent (and not without shame), the

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • October 7, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ten Things I Hate About Europe Well, not really. More like, Ten Things I Like About MIT. You've got to accentuate…

  

  them pretty much bizarre, and I really want to be back there playing with ... liked the title and couldn't bring myself to change it. Actually, this ... 't wait to get back to MIT, especially considering that she took 6 classes

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 4, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Four Weeks of Freedom What I'm doing for my last 4 weeks in the US!

  

  've always been the type of person who needed background noise to work. While ... a flight to the U.K and embark on the second half of my college ... contained this bit of dialogue Friend: Hey Nat, when do you head over to

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • September 2, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties Update Stories from the parties today; more stories, and questions answered, tomorrow.

  

  's Admitted Students Parties. Tomorrow, I hope to answer questions. So, in the ... question! First up is Fangfei, who went to the Long Island Party: MIT has ... my list of college applications. MIT eventually came back to being my

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 31, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bryan Owens: Developing bioreactors An interview with fellow blogger, Bryan Owens, to find out more about his awesome UROP…

  

  was symmetrical in order to reduce the need for aligning multiple parts ... development of effective drugs will occur much faster. Bryan plans to continue ... . Pharmaceutical companies are facing enormous pressure to cut cost and increase

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Belonging Who belongs at MIT?

  

  'm at lab, and my cells need some new media -- but I will get to it. (And ... going to be brief -- the new freshmen remind me of bouncy balls and are all excited and happy to be at MIT... and they are full of questions, so

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Amazin’ The Mets clinched the NL East. *happy dance*

  

  . Basically 2.001 teaches you the stuff you need to know to figure out that ... class, and you pretty much just sum forces all day long. The sum of the ... problem to someone else suddenly makes the solution clear). Rick is in 6

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 21, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The LiveJournal Survey Mid-summer frivolity, part three.

  

  YOURSELF: - I can be compulsive - I work too much - I don't sleep or exercise ... THINGS THAT SCARE YOU: - Other people dying - My debt-to-income ratio ... THINGS YOU WANT TO TRY IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS: - Prioritizing sleep

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 9, 2006