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• Blog / MIT Life

  Faith Embracing uncertainty as the world changes around us

  

  . Here at MIT, uncertainty abounds. The key is to embrace it and keep ... was leaving my home, not headed to it. In four weeks I had developed an ... questions that may or may not have answers, to seek truth, knowing it may not

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • October 24, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Story of the 5 Wits A look back on my externship at 5 Wits

  

  people's dreams to life. They made it possible for people like you and me ... 'clock, the 5 Wits knew it was time to say good-bye to their awesome mentors ... Once upon an IAP, there were 5 externs* who were lucky enough to be

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • February 4, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Class of 2016 Ring Delivery! MY RING IS SO PRETTY!

  

  more prom pictures once we got to the event!   It definitely ... picture with Harry! Thanks to Will R. '16 for taking this picture! Here is ... Last night, MIT sophomores dressed in black-tie attire flocked to the

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 25, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Exponential Decay This entry probably isn't about what you think it is.

  

  think it's important to recognize this. There are some truly beautiful ... /Hack/Math Nance: I've Got 99 Problems... Admissions Is Not One Ben Jones: It's More ... months now. One thing I've noticed about this site in the past year is that

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 20, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Every class I’ve taken at MIT RANKED!

  

   for some reason?!? I like physics, but found it pretty tough to wrap my head ... high school. It was also a MISTI requirement, because I would be going to ... and it was FUN. I went from not knowing how to properly handle a drill

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • April 26, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Some Perks Of Life At The ‘Other’ Cambridge [by Mirat Shah '08] Along with ~40 other MIT students, I am studying abroad at…

  

  (sorry, I had to rub it in). Also, that whole stereotype of British people ... 'm thinking of starting a campaign to bring this to MIT, but I doubt it would ... [by Mirat Shah '08] My name is Mirat and I am a junior studying

  • by Cambridge
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Recap: SHASS Lightning Talks @ CPW some projects in the social sciences and humanities at MIT

  

  conclusion: SHASS is awesome and you should come to MIT and study (in) it! ... from DUSP, which conducts its own talks once or twice a year to let ... ? how to design human interactions with technical systems? the electoral

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 28, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Spreading the word Yesterday, new father Ben and I did a presentation on blogging for the annual conference…

  

  't get a chance to thank you in person so here it is, "thank you". My ... nice quotation from the Dali Lama: "There is no way to happiness ... is to get more admissions officers and admissions offices involved with

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 2, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  City Strangers a comic

  

  text in the art for accessibility (and because my handwriting is very mediocre): I’m living in New York City this summer. Oh stranger, it’s … a lot ... across Manhattan without stopping. Life here is so fast paced. You

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • June 25, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ‘Twas the night before the 8.01 final and all through the Haus, everyone was studying like nothing else. Including me. Just not…

  

  - it is for a class) had been moved to the East Campus courtyard ... No. Really. Finals week starts tomorrow, and my 8.01 final is in ten ... running around campus, finding places to sit and study physics. Yesterday

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  New York Times, New York Times

  

  admissions at M.I.T., adding that she thought it was unfair to base decisions ... not use the scores in admissions decisions until it is satisfied with ... their length and score. "We're very data driven here, so we're going to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 16, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Recollections of a Stranded Traveler IHTFP: I Have To Find a Plane. In the meantime, I reflect on happier interpretations…

  

  insanity native to jungles clotted around the siren shores of Winter Break. Take the mental hyperactivity characteristic of MIT kids, infuse it with ... , revealed that “Maxwell's Equations in a Vaccuum” is an esoteric euphemism for

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 23, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Cristen Chinea Cristen Chinea '10, for whom MIT might mean "meteorologist in training."

  

  them to keep it down. On others, Joey took a trip to the emergency room ... "father" it says simply, "unknown." Cristen wants to be a meteorologist. She ... 'Miracle Child' of Public Drinker Earns a Full Scholarship to MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 31, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  We Brought Something? Um, no. No, we didn't.

  

  Colin '10, Nina '08, and Timur '10 waiting for it to snow. A couple of hours after I left them to go back to my room, snow it did. It wasn't much, but it was nice. Two hours later, it looked like there were rain puddles

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 4, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  on a stage in black and red Performing in the MIT Monologues

  

  this concept to the producer, she took it in stride. She asked more ... it louder, to fill the space around me. One time, a couple girls came ... make my points clearly, to entertain. But that was the whole of it. I

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 9, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  dealing with loss it ain't easy

  

  I was too young to have any conception of what death is. more so, most ... Instagram DM from my host sister. it felt like such a ridiculous way to ... learned that it was due to cancer that he developed less than a year ago. I

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 5, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Integration Bee (guest post by Mike W. ‘19) I had a tagline planned out, but I axed it for being too derivative.

  

  question: what is an integration bee? Yeah, I know. It’s a little ... went on to win the contest. I’m not jealous. Not at all. I think this is ... This blog post is by Mike W. ‘19, epic speed integrator and Random

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Spring Break Good times all around.

  

  career. It didn't seem that way at first. I was scheduled to fly out last Friday: Boston --> New York --> Houston. I managed to get to New York ... theater to watch Hunger Games (go watch it - it's awesome!) and finished the

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 31, 2012
• Blog / Events

  A Burton Jew Thanksgiving Because I'm game for any excuse to eat stuffing.

  

  exposure to Judaism prior to MIT. Consequently, it never even occurred to me ... half of these have to be Kosher. The result is a weekend extravaganza of ... MIT we take safety first and everyone made it to dinner in one piece

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • November 27, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What do you do with a BS in econ? Answering Karen's question about my degree

  

  ? What is my life going to be? Four years of college and plenty of ... musical then transitions to a song entitled "It Sucks To Be Me" so let ... another destination that recent alums I know have taken. It is becoming

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 9, 2007