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  And I’m leaving, on a . . . cruise ship? Don't know when I'll be back again.

  

  getting onto the ship. This is when Jared '10 and Yuki '11 thought it would ... me to appreciate color pairing and fashion. This is atypical for a guy ... to see how it had turned out. Instead of seeing the wonderful picture

  • by Snively '11
  • May 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Outside the box In which I start a new life at pika, etc.

  

  dear to civilization. No matter how gingerly, how mildly I tug it open ... takes on average 20 seconds to wriggle the drawer back into its proper ... seconds to spell “hierarchy” successfully, but it's summer after all and I

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • May 25, 2009
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  [Guest Post] STARS@MIT: A Year in Review By Claire S. '25

  

  it’s an experience shared by your peers, so our goal is to provide a ... recap of everything we’ve been up to this past year. Spoiler alert: it’s ... you have any questions you want to ask live, this is your chance! We

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • April 23, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  This Post Has a Happy Ending dealing with obstacles @ MIT

  

  emails to professors: “I have been ill for quite some time now, and it is ... from the firehose this month. This post is about that, and it has a happy ending. The past is a lesson learned. I share it with you... I can

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 30, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Leaving a Mark Painting a mural and turning my rat

  

  had yet to make my mark. It's been (almost exactly) 2 months since I ... you're an undergrad, you wear it so that "the beaver is sh*tting on you ... world". The grandma-friendly way to explain this is in terms of the

  • by Kate R. '14
  • August 12, 2014
• Blog / MISTI

  go alone or you may never go at all

  

  prevent oneself from doing something—like, you wanting to do it is all the ... market scene is just beginning to liven up. Crowds of people are shuffling ... scarier without friends. It can simply feel awkward fumbling to navigate

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • January 6, 2024
• Blog / Events

  I’m on a boat! It was only a matter of time

  

  It's about to go down Dorothy is rockin' it, but still all alone on ... 's how it works. Every year our dorm pays for us to go on a really nice ... stealers. Then it was time to head outside and enjoy the boatiness of the

  • by Snively '11
  • May 3, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Happy Things Yay!

  

  for awhile now. I've learned not to trust Boston weather, it'll probably ... now, though, it's byooootiful. The kind of weather I'd like to ride my ... sure to bring a good bike lock. Maybe four. I don't actually know if it

  • by Karen F. '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Play Labs yay an accelerator for VR startups

  

  've been involved with the Game Lab and VR@MIT before, so it was exciting to ... . datavized, whose CTO came to speak in my VR class last spring, is changing the ... apocalypse shooter. Coresights is combing VR and AR with biometric wearables to

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 18, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Day of Classes Published exactly 4 weeks after the first day of classes. My bad.

  

  huge plus. When studying for exams, it's NOT agony to flip through my old ... , to an observation that the professor is wearing funny clothes, to the fact that the kid in front of me is taking notes rapidly in LaTeX and it

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 2, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Monologuing a mock-up for the MITMonologues

  

  . And to be clear– it is my Actual Name– not “Preferred”; it’s the name I ... want to say is that the memories I discuss are simply the ones that have ... , is that at MIT I've been able to feel seen. Most times for the better

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 13, 2022
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  [Guest Post] Small-Town and Rural Students take on MIT and Boston By Vaneeza R. 25'

  

  our experiences at MIT. It was amazing to chat with the students about ... process (it’s hard to do!) and how to showcase strengths such as resilience ... rural communities in their applications. Our goal for the program is to

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • March 20, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  papurgatory I am demolishing my print budget and my solitary working habits

  

  note="in fact, I started this blog to avoid reading it! but it has now ... credit for free every year, and each page is 10 cents. we can refill it if ... would also get me to actually read these papers. It did not. I carried a

  • by Alice L. '24
  • September 17, 2022
• Blog / IAP

  IAP & Snowmageddon Infinite amounts of pancakes, international adventures and poutine, and icy apocalypse preparation

  

  MIT ignores them in its curriculum. And IAP is a wonderful time to keep ... -Entry went on a road trip northward to Montreal. Beforehand, I thought it would ... campus, since that's one of the hardest things to do when the semester is

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 27, 2015
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Livin’ la Vida Española (Pt. 2) Where the music is richer.

  

  Arturo and going to different restaurants than from the class itself. It is ... that wine in Spain is not just an excuse for people to get wasted. 5. I ... because of the way it is. My Last Two Weeks in Spain, and Thoughts: Doing

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 4, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Leonard Nimoy at the Boston Pops He told me to live long and prosper!

  

  moved that he brought it to Star Trek. For those of you who don’t know ... nominations than I have years of life. It’s probably very difficult to include ... somewhere. It’s definitely very difficult to include outer space themed film

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 31, 2014
• Blog / Residential Life

  A man’s reach should exceed his grasp My roommate and I built a lofty heaven!

  

  may seem like a skill that is impossible to acquire in fact came from ... that for another time.) One of the reasons I was drawn to MIT was for its ... drills, and everyone I talked to had done tons of robotics, and it felt

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 23, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  feeling grown up walking in adult clothing

  

  in theory flexible, but in practice, it's easier to align myself with ... , does it take to pay my rent? how many minutes of work does it take to pay ... saving money? that target seems to shift every time i look at it. feeling

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 17, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Next House Showers Bring No Flowers They're just really, REALLY bad showers. Like really, REALLY bad.

  

  . This is a bad attitude to have in all regards, because while it's great ... It's hard to remember a time during my senior year of high school ... pretty much it for me. I was going to MIT. I never really entertained any

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 3, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  The College Circle of Life Nance starts waxing about some deep stuff.

  

  own daughters turn out to be just like you. As a disclaimer it is ... 've learned about how to recruit minority students. Much to my surprise it was ... made the 12-hour round trip from Boston to Ithaca, NY. When I departed

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • June 8, 2006