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• Blog / People & Identities

  Vicennial wikipedia says this means 20th

  

  , but we’ll get the closest approximation that we can in these times. I ... in a couple days, after this eight-week vacation. For now I’m wandering ... trees. One year ago I was in Venice, fairly certain this virus everyone

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 9, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Admissions Decisions and Mystery Hunt A few thoughts and a lot of puzzles.

  

  got home I brought some luggage in to delay the inevitable, or maybe I ... decision, ran downstairs to tell my parents I got in, ran back upstairs, ran back downstairs to tell them I got in to the other. The feeling was

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 12, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Two New Kittens hundreds of pictures.

  

  voicemail on my way out of some indie movie in the middle of summer, "Wah wah ... kittens?" "Can cats read minds" "Do cats have x-ray vision?" "Should I let ... fleas (though I certainly haven't heard a word of thanks) sleeping in my

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • August 12, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Global Poverty: ‘This Is Our Crisis’ People lead busy lives, and fighting poverty is hardly an extracurricular activity to which most…

  

  of others who were in line, I anxiously awaited the chance to hear ... heard about Anne in a conversation that I had with a friend early this ... Institute priority, just like energy (check out http://web.mit.edu/gpi/ to see

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On a Week of IHTFP An Exam Week story. Starring none other than 18.022.

  

  other blog posts (you can even check out my first post, The Land of MIT). Wonderful? Out of this world? No, the question is... Can you SURVIVE??? I ... -variable calculus and the 18.02's are types of multi-variable calculus). I came in

  • by Marcela R. '13
  • October 28, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things I Learned From Freshman Year Overanalyzing all my bad habits.

  

  trying to be positive. Still, I don’t believe in blanket statements. I like ... Tumblr is where I put a lot of this reflection. In particular, I seem to ... on the internet, I was surprised in the last couple years to find an

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 23, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Making the Switch: Chapter 2 Making new friends at MIT

  

  temporary dorm in Baker House, and I walk into my quad. And now for an ... hope that I'm not in the room when they are put to use and I must commend ... myself calling everyone in my phone book to tell them i'm here and safe

  • by Bryan
  • April 7, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  (Guest Post) how can it be home when it’s not finding a sense of belonging away from home

  

  it even when i wasn’t thinking of my home. one thing we pointed out in ... , i slowly made an active effort to make the place i lived in, mine ... walls are new as i walk in every night. it feels like the default. it is

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • March 19, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Our thoughts go out to Virginia Tech.

  

  All of us here are quite saddened by the shooting at Virginia Tech. I ... message out to the MIT community: From: Susan Hockfield Subject: Tragedy at ... afternoon, Wednesday, April 18, at 4:00 p.m. in the Chapel. We anticipate that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 17, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Events That You Should Come To! totally biased, but hey, it's my blog

  

  This is going to be my third CPW, and all I can tell you that you ... Dinner! I live in this really small living group on campus (smaller than frats, sororities, and ILGs) called iHouse - in fact, there's only 20 of

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 5, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  Life, IHTFP, and Everything answer: 42 (and snow!)

  

  . Thus I continued to churn out pset after pset, without enthusiasm or ... clarity. Gyroscopes would seem fascinating in those times, and I didn’t mind ... lack of solutions, nor monitor the clock. In 5.112, I’d slide to the edge

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 25, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  Story of a Lifestyle I'm going to kick you - No, for real

  

  running on instinct and praying to god that I can pull out something I ... I've always thought about doing crew and Taekwondo (TKD) in college ... class ended, I took a mini-break – only to return just in time for the

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • March 30, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  winter things a sampling of IAP plans around campus

  

  part just been me figuring out that I can reach out to others too 👉👈 ... scheduling worked out. Turns out that 4.02A’s hours are flexible, but I got ... . ’25: My IAP is split in half: I was at home before January 14th, and on

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • February 5, 2023
• Blog / Advice

  Exploring Classes a guide

  

  now i can rank in fun order![/caption] Figure out how many units you ... years. I happily spent many hours freshman year building out possible ... , where I carefully planned out various double major combinations, none of

  • by Alex M. '21
  • August 29, 2020
• Blog / MISTI

  DOMR My first crazy picture entry from Germany.

  

  ever lived and every picture I take with her in it turns out to be ... DID YOU KNOW? GERMANY EDITION: In Germany, the energy content of foods is listed in kilojoules in addition to in calories. Hallo again. I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 8, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [joint liveblog] finding the BALANCE with 2.009 watching the 2.009 annual showcase (with Kayode D. '27)

  

  audience POV. In some lucky turn of events, Kayode D. '27 and I managed to ... , then the photos we take are in a format that can't be uploaded easily ... enough, i can say whatever i want to. amongus skibidi toilet. haha

  • by Janet G. '27
  • December 9, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Remember? A Blast from the Past

  

  I share, let me put out the following disclaimer: I am not a ... and allowing its captive juice to ooze out. Momentarily surprised, I ... later, I presented myself to my mother in shame, fully expecting to be

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 16, 2010
• Blog / Events

  RecomMITted On Ring Delivery and the halfway mark

  

  esoteric diagrams, numbers, and concepts than I can keep track. Exams are ... . Why I gave up the opportunity to go to school in the same department as ... sucks when instead I could've be basking in sun taking naps on the quad in

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • May 2, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making it work. In which I just carry on. Where's Andrae when I need him?

  

  MIT grad school now, don't expect to get out with a PhD in less than 5 ... , Japanese, and two programs in Chinese. I do know two people who have taken ... course, I'm sure there are many, many great classes at Harvard in every

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 3, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The things that can change your life…

  

  : Last weekend I walked out to an apartment in Cambridgeport for the party ... panned out. Oops. However, I am finally going to write this entry, which I ... alums, and that's from a hall that has a lot of them. I hear, in the

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 9, 2005