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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  BREAK MY BODY, LIBERATE MY SOUL a student-made installation in the Stata Center R&D pub

  

  students could get a chance to see it. sadly, Karyn is taking down the ... hunts, and the like, which is why I was fascinated to hear that one of my ... buttons that gradually seem to rouse the system. once it fully comes alive

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 19, 2023
• Blog / IAP

  Thanksgiving Reflections Be thankful.

  

  day. You can pray for 36, but it isn't going to happen. One of the best things I think about coming to college is complete freedom in learning to ... is that you should not attempt to learn everything there is to biology

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 24, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  A speech, of sorts

  

  reform is only useful to the extent that it produces better advocacy. There ... entry, but never got around to it. I do have these photos, though. Me ... force behind it, that I meant to come out in Tuesday's edition. It's about

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • May 19, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Formula SAE: A Turbocharged Experience Join the MIT Formula SAE team to design, engineer, and build a small formula-style autocross…

  

  downforce, it is theoretically possible for the car to stay on the ceiling of ... is to assume the position of a manufacturing firm that has just been ... hours to get from concept to completion. The time is well spent though, as

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 12, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Adventure’s Out There….. in Boston! Summer shenanigans at MIT

  

  little... hypocritical, I know. But it happens. It's very easy to get ... declared Course 2! Woot! But enough about school... after all it is summer ... 't, well all you need to know is that he's this amazing physics professor

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • July 20, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  T Minus One. BRASS RAT BRASS RAT BRASS RAT.

  

  of a big deal around these parts, and wouldn't you know, it happens to ... (Class of 2007's Ring) The Brass Rat is MIT's class ring, which is ... semester. It's one of the most recognizable rings in the world, based on

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • February 11, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  i wish we’d grown up on the same advice alternate paths

  

  . it is completely unreasonable to expect young people growing up in this ... ? is it your work or personal relationships or something else? p: i ... research. the third one is fulfilling obligations. they all contribute to my

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 18, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

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

  

  . To label it "the synthesis of life" or even "the synthesis of my future" is unfavorable for a few reasons: 1) it's as cringe as it is cheesy,  2 ... from now. But to keep it simple, we're going to leave the final product

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 7, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Embracing Change How I came to be a cook in a professional kitchen this summer

  

  cliché but it meant a lot to me, especially considering where I had come ... have to start drinking it in mushy cauliflower smoothies. On the other ... , adapted to, put neatly in its new spot in the revised status quo. Bad change

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 20, 2015
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  , or you want to learn more about it, you can read more here. Waiting ... have complicated feelings; that’s okay too, and this is an open forum to ... A lot of students applied to MIT this year, and unfortunately, we

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Splish Splash ♪ ♫ great programs at MIT and beyond!

  

  . over. and. over. Like I am now, except now I'm not dancing to it. After ... delicious it is), I forgot about my Saturday morning cartoons a few times and ... , while being passionate is an individual quality, it hardly focuses just on

  • by Ana V. '15
  • November 19, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  [guest post] on undergrad by laura c. '23

  

  constantly doing is that it’s often hard to put aside time for small things ... about mit I want to keep this post (relatively) short because again, it’s ... the main reason I decided to study physics was that it gave me intuition

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 16, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  transitions memories of first snow

  

  of December, I went to the Museum of Fine Arts with a friend. It was—and is—a lovely museum, with so much to see. I had just started my journey ... have no idea what this means to me." And, she didn't. It was true. To

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 1, 2023
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  bloggers.addAll( newBloggers); System.out.println("Hello, World!");

  

  is planning to major in course 6 or course 18, in part to find out what ... more than the planet it lives on. Joe is also an extremely talented ... his entire SoundCloud. Here is one of my favorites: Joe wants to show

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  After the Storm Thoughts about decisions from someone who's been there.

  

  you guys; and I think it's safe to say the other bloggers feel the same ... exactly how it felt to prepare myself to click that one final button, the ... sure there is a single "right" answer to that question. I wish I could

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  In Defense of Peer Pressure or, why my hair is now purple

  

  , come to think of it, I can swim across the Charles... My point is: peer ... important peer pressure was, and is, to our development as individuals. We are ... attitudes is essential to discovering and expressing who we are. Sure, Mrs

  • by Kate R. '14
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Passing Out ...of classes. Or in class. We'll see.

  

  work out for you, or it might not. But it IS much easier to take the AP ... cried like you didn't see THAT one coming), but it's still nice to have ... we understood that cheating is bad and to bring a certain type of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 3, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

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

  

  ways, this is entirely true. You come to college and you’ve been ... Orchestra or Concert Band or other music groups. It’s a way to keep in ... . There’s still plenty of time to learn. It only feels like it

  • by ARTalk
  • June 17, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Art and Craft of Taking Notes ...take note.

  

  day would be fairly dull to keep up, at least in my opinion. It's really ... 's performance of Avenue Q (complete with puppets) that I went to see it twice, and ... point of taking notes is future reference, after all--why not make it as

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 1, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Space Robots II: Attack of the Paradigm Shifts why undergraduate research is so much more than an opportunity

  

  pony Yes, it failed to work, because I didn't put quotes around "pony ... decided to see where this went. Fast forward. Piper is pretty happy with ... that I was proud to have worked on, nothing more. (But aero/astro is cool

  • by Piper '13
  • January 27, 2012