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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Like a Polaroid Picture My alleged lack of football fandom triggers an epiphany.

  

  football (soccer) fan eh? Your comments sounds like a girl's who is trying to ... √ґln, and I have to say that just watching the game is way more exciting than ... trying to evaluate the profitability of its process under a variety of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 23, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Cancer life-changing.

  

  didn’t have to do it, but the reality is hard to ignore. After my mother ... tumultuous as this entire experience has been, it is liberating to know that I ... with that time-- it really is a gift. If I didn’t have a good reason to

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 18, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  SIMMONS GOT A TRAMPOLINE!!! it's awesome, possum!

  

  refuse to think that MIT is a real college, and it’s just a big science ... propose a way to spend Simmons funds. Sometimes it’s for things like ... ="94970" /] I made a proposal at the last house meeting to buy a drum set for the

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • December 6, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friday Night at Random Beautiful people at a beautiful hour.

  

  things about living in Random Hall is that when I want to be alone, which ... ’t want to be alone, which is also often, I can always find somebody else awake to hang out with. The only time when everyone seems to be asleep is

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 31, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  creative lockdown: low points of a virtual fall Part 2 of a fall semester recap

  

  energy it took to do all these things was always quite a bit. It didn ... time to finally do it, which is unfortunate. The struggles with lack of ... wanted to write it anyway, so here I am. I considered just not writing

  • by Waly N. '24
  • February 27, 2021
• Blog / Uncategorized

  here’s everything i thought about in 25 minutes an uncurated and somewhat meta discussion on anything and everything

  

  without looking at the keyboard than it is to find people who can type on ... and my friends is a lot smaller when it comes to mobile typing speed ... -read list. hyperfixations is a fun word to type – it has a nice flow to it

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • July 16, 2023
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Why is it called the Brass Rat?

  It's the goal of every incoming student at MIT to get their own Brass Rat—MIT's version of a class ring. The phrase "Brass Rat" is derived from the alleged resemblance of the brass beaver featured on the ring to
• Blog / Admissions

  Happy Valentine’s Day from MIT Because theobromine is delicious.

  

  In case you haven't realized it yet, I'm going to let you guys all in ... what used to be (and in some ways, still is) a very powerful word. But I ... dedicate the full measure of their time, passion, and energies to admitting

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 14, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  It’s not all happy I know, shocker!

  

  . Sounds simple on paper but in real life it is enough to actually make you ... really want you guys to like MIT and appreciate all the things it can do ... about is the part where I will sit in a library for 8 hours trying to do a

  • by Snively '11
  • February 26, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  More on balance Some parameters for self-improvement

  

  present in the world. That's really all there is to it. romance ... email. It's Wednesday now. On my floor is a suitcase containing a suit ... ; I'm there less than half the day, and even then, it's mostly to work

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • October 7, 2015
• Blog / Residential Life

  what’s on my wall too many postcards, that's what

  

  ; it was the residence of the Russian emperors and is now the home to the ... then I found this postcard at some bookshop and knew I had to buy it. A ... the New York Botanical Garden. This is actually my newest addition to my

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • March 1, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  On keeping on keeping on It's pretty much the only option.

  

  me and adapted to it. Liking said reality is not required. In grad ... was alive to witness it. And the current fear, anxiety, and uncertainty ... 2020 might as well have been October 2001 – wasn’t it just going to be as

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 30, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Out There kicking off spring break with some Chinese food, some anime, and some media studies

  

  Maker culture is thriving, and it doesn't just refer to making robots and ... One of my favorite classes this year is CMS.100 -- Introduction to ... worldwide fan communities. The idea is, people tend to think of media as

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 22, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Face Book And Study I have been doing all this and more. But mostly not this.

  

  portability advantage over my DSLR that it's hard not to use it constantly. Ah ... yes, I only had one, and yes, it was for an intro class since I’m one of ... ’ve sent 150+ emails and made 20+ calls related to housing, because I decided

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • May 30, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Faking It self-consciousness and struggling and pretending to be cool, woo

  

  am not cool. Go to class; it is not cool to look like you're not trying ... discipline when it comes to sleep. But the story is always, "I didn't go to ... written. it is highly unedited and makes me feel both embarrassed and proud

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 24, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Years of the Rat More about MIT's famous class ring: the "Brass Rat."

  

  ring is known as the Brass Rat. Why? Because it is made of gold and ... prime MIT ring-buying. Using imagery representing events from their first ... class, RingComm designs the ring over a six-month period, unveils it at an

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 21, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Numbers are names too What, you don't speak entirely in numbers at your school?

  

  this is great for MITers, but it seems rather arcane to the outside world ... harder than it looks. :) Each unit is supposed to be equivalent to one hour ... , and this year I signed up both to host a prefrosh (it could be you

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 17, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  soulsearching / naubos na in which i ramble about purpose

  

  of it is supposed to make me feel okay about not knowing what I ... my summer at home, and that it would be nice to make some money. The ... thought it’d be nice to have a little more runway throughout the school year

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 22, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Answering my own questions My perspective on the MIT student mentality about working hard.

  

  has helped a little. Aditya is right, it's hard to get straight answers ... , headed off with the questions What is the student mentality with regard to ... competition between students, and is it destructive competition? Before I give a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 10, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Out Sick aka, a subject line for too many emails

  

  students know how frustrating it is to be sick or hosed or generally ... it was due to the first two semesters being virtual. And sophomore year ... hours later practically unable to speak from a sore throat. So, it was

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 10, 2022