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  Mostly Harmless Rifle. As in, the phys ed class. As in, I fired one.

  

  editor. He had to trim it a bit, but it's still an improvement.” “And what ... stop between rounds to pace myself. And I won! I tied with Zach D. ‘18 ... gun move with the body and the breath. You control your breath to

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 22, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  3 weeks in northern Italy Global Teaching Labs and MISTI-Italy

  

  wood, and I woke up every morning to the voices of my family and the ... , dark beer made richer with beaten eggs, and my uncle taught me how to ... , and on weekends I went places, but for the most part I stuck to the

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Future Is Grim check it out

  

  sent me back an email saying he understood and would allow me to attend ... , remove me from my original lab section, and add me to the Friday section ... section. That's a lot of hassle for one student, and it would've been much

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 28, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  actual conversations i have definitely had with freshmen during orientation

  

  to feed on our youthful energy ME: FROSH: before you crawl back into ... and none of us shower ever ME: beware ME: resistance is futile ... and i can't believe this roller coaster and wow ME: omg yeah i know

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 30, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I’m Still Standing after all this time at MIT

  

  was much, much stronger than any of us anticipated, and watched as a ... known much about Elton John, except that he was old, he was gay, and that he made the song Tiny Dancer, which I could belt out and get close to

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • May 31, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Making Connections we live in a society (affectionate)

  

  the names and emails of EC's Medlinks (students who are trained to ... Mondays. Then, I walk two buildings over and I go to office hours for ... ,[annotation note="Introduction to Machine Learning"]6.036[/annotation]and 6.031 both

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 26, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Halloween is the best day of the year. Yes, I recognize that it is now closer to Thanksgiving than to Halloween. Sorry.

  

  whatsoever to do with age when I couldn't stop giggling and failed miserably at ... bajillion: It's my birthday. Reason 2 of 1 bajillion: Nerdiness and creativity and ridiculousness emerge in costume form. Reason 3 of 1 bajillion: An

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 15, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I know you’re bad at something And here's what you should do about it. Hint: NOT "do something else"

  

  measures and symbols telling you what key you're supposed to be soloing in ... delightful to you. Freedom! A chance to be expressive and creative in front of ... chance to freak out and embarrass myself in front of lots of other people

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 12, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An actual day in the lab Hectic is my middle name.

  

  vacation since finals ended due to moving and setting up the apartment)... my ... ShuttleTrack and decide that I would get to work faster if I wait for the ... that I thought he had, and that I need. (I am annoyed.) He tells me to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Thank you for reading A rigorous study of 26-year-olds (n=1) showed that getting older is positively correlated to the…

  

  that long ago that I was 17 and applying to college, the truth is that in ... that I just seem to keep getting older and older. Or maybe that I will ... actually the very first blogger who had to apply for the position, and I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 8, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Burton 1 Social Club This Thanksgiving, I'm thankful for my ridiculous, hilarious, amazing floor.

  

  floors - from Burton 1 to Burton 5, and from Conner 2 to Conner 5 (Conner 1 ... culture, and while there is clearly no objective way for one to claim one ... course - there is no substitute to visiting MIT and checking out the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 19, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Rain by any other name lagi na lang umuulan

  

  season ends around May, and the rainy season ranges from maybe June to ... magpatila ng ulan—to wait for the rain to pass. You wait an hour, and the rain ... —where the rain does stop. And you'd just never know, because you've never

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 22, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] We’re Not in ~Kansas~ Missouri Anymore Going From a Small Town to Boston, by Claire S. '25

  

  bearings and figure out how to use public transportation (the “T”). I started to wonder if I’d find anyone who shared my experiences and if I was ... backgrounds at MIT. And it was okay that I needed longer to adjust to Boston

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 17, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  We Should Take This Final and Push It Somewhere Else you'll need a lot of mOXie

  

  wrote flashcards for myself and tried to teach myself course material I ... you get something like this to happen? Final exams and projects are ... -semester classes. And, normally, you have to show up and actually take them, or

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • February 14, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The 2013 Ig Nobel Prize Lectures I won a prize!

  

  , and to really let them know once their five minutes were up. Every ... or for worse, no one seems to know. 32 years after Mr. and Mrs ... went along, and brought my little sister. She was excited to be there

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 15, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Application dreaming

  

  't like math and science. But MIT is also not a good place to be if you only ... . You get the point) The best candidates to MIT bring much more to the ... perspective on the reading, go on over and visit Ben. Shahab commented with

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 14, 2004
• Blog / Advice

  finding place

  

  and a huge campus. You need to be more intentional, unless they literally live next to you. I was not on top of things and was mostly unaware ... called me out and said man, you need to be careful because last semester

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • April 7, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Chose MIT On deciding where to go, now that you're in

  

  in your decision and prepared to give yourself to it fully. I think ... very long. It’s going to be as important, as fun, and as life-changing as ... classes, and thanks to AP credits I could graduate in two and a half years

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 29, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Pretender a message to both you and me.

  

  feel for MIT life. And I fell in love with it. I wanted to go to MIT more ... with a sense of inspiration and a desire for greatness like I wanted to ... didn't want to give up and I wanted to never surrender. I didn't know if

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 12, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  10 things I love about MIT and hopefully you'll learn to love them too.

  

  and now it’s time to decide which offer to accept. As a senior blogger ... always bond over how much work that they have to do. It’s an instant ... a dozen According to the MIT website: “Seventy-one present and former

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 27, 2008