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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  You’re Not That Old [by Elise '14] Not having done it before should be a reason to try, as…

  

  some of you overachievers) to figure out your hobbies and interests. Many ... ’ve spent your whole life being told to try new things and find what you like ... ways, this is entirely true. You come to college and you’ve been

  • by ARTalk
  • June 17, 2012
• Blog / Prepare for MIT

  Ebony Affair as a Pre-Frosh A Recap of my Experience from the 49th year of the Program

  

  that I continue to interact with and get support from on a daily basis ... CPW and Ebony Affair which happened over back-to-back weekends and got ... and built little acrylic lights that we got to keep! [carousel image1

  • by Richard O. '28
  • March 25, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  rating classes from this semester the good, the bad & the underrated

  

  have so much to do. In the last few months, my writing career got pushed ... instead to meet my deadlines and work on projects I've been dreaming about ... winter still astonishes me. Okay, the air is spicy and the sky darkens much

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 26, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Breaking Normal From Freshman Spring Archives

  

  there’s more, so much more, so many things to see and hear and participate ... , used to completing psets by Friday morning and then simply sitting on the couches in the lounge Friday evening. I’m used to the cycle of work and then

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 22, 2016
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Stomp the Yard, MIT style The Divine 9 and NALFO organizations on campus

  

  -Hellenic Council, Inc. ( NPHC also referred to as "The Divine 9") and the National ... of leadership and excellence among African-American men, to aid them in ... invaluable contributions to our society, and have helped to shape our nation

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • January 26, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  The Waiting Game hit submit time to quit

  

  's kind of assuring to think of it like this. It's a yes or a no. And I ... basically going to be my MIT essays copied into the UC portal and an easy ... my application submission and decision release, I did so so much. I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 1, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  A Complicated Synthesis Question starting materials include hard decisions and uncertain paths

  

  creates a product that calls for yet another decision to be made. And that ... living in a universe of Organic Chemistry. To the point where Orgo and real ... ) and still somehow make it back to our final product. And that, my friend

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 7, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  Time Management Reading this article adds +15 to Time Skills

  

  some pretty awesome classes and extra-curriculars to participate in. (If ... me, has been finding the time to try and pset all that needs to be ... see how that applies. But it IS possible to balance it all, and in fact

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 1, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Selam’s First CPW Some thoughts and odds and ends~

  

  CPW event tomorrow, and then I went to Meet the Bloggers, in which I met ... much at MIT--I thought I was top notch at failing, but I leveled up and ... them, somewhere, and that many people have their side of the story yet to

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 18, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Ambulance! Ambulance! So I'm in this serious long-term relationship.

  

  It is four days into IAP and I have yet to sleep in my own bed. In ... half an hour since returning to MIT on Sunday, and I was only home for ... to cancel my room at Burton 1, since I'm not home day or night, and my

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Round here we stay up very, very late Vignettes on my last day at lab, the Counting Crows, grad school, and pets.

  

  -- and he gave me two books to read at the beach next week. By my count, I ... . He still has to take the GRE and write a statement of purpose and all ... anymore. Hooray! Concertgoing Last night Adam and I ventured south to the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 30, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Maseeh Hall: Pros and Cons this is a pros and cons list re: maseeh hall

  

  newest dorm, which means it hasn’t been subject to as much wear and tear as ... it looks clean and it’s close to everything. 3) I can’t even remember ... ended up in Maseeh and I liked it so much, I have stayed here all four

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • April 15, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taking 3 math classes this semester as someone who isn't a fan of math

  

  amount of logic and reasoning. It's satisfying to see things line up with a ... 's understandable, since math is what you need to understand old systems and build new ... -9000's, and your Terminators. I decided to knock out all three 6-4 math

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 3, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  danceAP IAP: wonderful. sore muscles: not

  

  —in the month-long lull that is IAP, there isn’t much to talk about besides ... program or not (and was supposed to find out before i left for Christmas ... since it was one of the two recommended courses and because i wanted to

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 26, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Orgo Birthday Happy birthday, Ting Ting!

  

  450), but it's definitely an awesome community to be a part of and a ... talking to your professor when it's you, them, and a few other students who ... you can talk to them and ask questions, but in ESG it's even easier to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 14, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  See, I Am! (CI-M) Communication-intensive economics research. (If that sentence doesn't make you want to read this entry, I…

  

  Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (HASS) requirement, you have to take two ... -run newspaper, the Piled Higher and Deeper comic was joking about how to grade ... -trivial modification to the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM). Tell me this does not

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 19, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  moving out i'm leaving for a bit

  

  On Friday, May 22, I put on some waking-up music and started packing down my room. My finals were done, and move-out day was tomorrow. I only ... . Temporary as it had been, my room was a home and a safehouse. With a west

  • by Allan K. '17
  • July 12, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Spring Term 2006! Spring Term Oh Six starts today (music video included).

  

  , Prevention, and Treatment of Human Disease So to tell you the name of the ... of a boy and his trials with energy and entropy. Directed by John ... seek to understand the truth behind boiling water and surfing. Basically

  • by Bryan
  • February 7, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Adventures in Italy, Part 1 Chi, chi, chinotto

  

  ended at 11 on Friday after my last class and I had only 28 hours to do laundry, change currency, buy travel books, and sleep. After a pizza lunch ... woke up to watch Chicken Little and eat. Then came for the excitement

  • by Bryan
  • April 5, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Skill Issues (spoiler alert: i've got them)

  

  , and I’ll probably try to continue playing chess once in a while, too ... tendency to just sort of... not follow the rules), and as a result I never ... ’ve ever managed to kill him more than once. I fall off stage, use my special

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • June 29, 2023