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• Blog / Challenges

  All the Feels introduction to me and my thoughts

  

  honor of listening to a professor who was involved in the discovery of ... and the bloggers of this site. It gives me chills just to be there in the moment listening and trying to absorb some of their greatness, not

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • September 14, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Steer Roast 2008 We Sport Death like it's never been done before

  

  considerable number of alums bring their families to pit lighting and the feast ... Feast, and at one point on Saturday morning I managed to fill all of the ... the time to get out the DVD, here's a YouTube video of them wrestling at

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 5, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  On Friendship how my beliefs have changed over the years

  

  talk to anyone outside of the people I knew from different ... elders as I have been taught to value the wisdom of elders and accept their ... addition than part of the group, and though I wanted to find more friends, I

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • November 2, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Freezing My @$$ off at CPW By: Andrea '11

  

  they get to the author. --- CPW has been by far one of the best ... my best. 7. Reading a fake issue of the Tech. Caltech decided to prank ... As promised, I offered the chance to write a guest blog to prefrosh

  • by Bryan
  • April 16, 2007
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Bad Ideas events I went to (another late IAP post) i can’t believe ellie beat me to the punch

  

  time to do stupid things at the canonical school of smart people with ... drinking, I could soak the lower half of my face in milk to feel less of the ... , you are to bet your pronouns, or the letters of your name, or both. I

  • by Anika H. '26
  • March 8, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  The Infected It's not a zombie outbreak...yet

  

  now, in the midst of flu season, I've been going to Athena clusters ... santizer dispensers next to the buttons of elevators on the first floor, because it's sooo hard to press one button with the sleeve of your jacket or

  • by Karen F. '11
  • February 22, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  College must-haves My advice on what to get for college!

  

  packs of 5 for $3) and they're great to store in the bathroom. Wash them ... you are living somewhere far(ish) from the center of campus (like Next ... just got mine from Costco at the beginning of my freshman year and I

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  to determine the structure of organic compounds. This is about as significant as coming up with the idea of using a spoon to eat soup. Back in ... in the spectra of these compounds which would allow organic chemists to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 3, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I Never Thought I Would Join a Sorority ...but here I am?

  

  To all of you who are wondering how in the world you will navigate the social aspects of college, first of all, chill. I have received so ... ’t want to have anything to do with some kind of social elitism or strange

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 6, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Things that make you go hmmmm……. Obama’s transformative presidency………for geeks????

  

  concerned about the financial state of Iceland and wanted to lend his ... Ledger’ to casually peruse the headlines and get a sense of what was going ... loss of the VHS tape (do any of you remember VCRs?) when I happened to

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • December 30, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  First Post A little about myself.

  process. Universities are never-ending places to learn — in and out of the ... challenge the stereotypes of every school to which you’re thinking about applying. While its good to listen to the advice of others, you have to find

  • by mitblogs
  • September 14, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dear prefrosh, a letter to you

  

  of dedicated letter of sorts to the prefrosh since I've had a lot of ... to one of the top universities in the world. My freshman year is ending ... to MIT than its rigor. MIT, yes, is one of the most difficult schools

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 25, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  the art of trying new things exploring new clubs, making new friends, and doing the things i was afraid to do

  

  One of my goals for my sophomore year was to do all the things I was afraid to do in my freshman year. One of the bigger things I wanted to do ... 's so exciting to know that some of the people I'm talking to in these

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 19, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Snowy Birthday Party the #IAParty2011 is just beginning

  

  Cambridge to see and remember all the great things that have come out of our ... chance to go to the opening of the special exhibit at the MIT Museum. They ...   Friday January 7th marked the beginning of MIT’s 150th

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • January 18, 2011
• Blog / How to MIT

  BLARGL! Where have all the orange lockers gone?

  

  a 7x7x7 V-cube (better than a Rubik's Cube). Of course, the bus to NYC ... are you prefrosh? Long time no talk, although some of you got to enjoy ... visit from the MIT police before our party's ultimate demise). I write to

  • by Snively '11
  • February 23, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  mit made me rational on decision-making

  

  to just die and donate all of that." I then asked my brother the same ... lot of money. I did some calculations in my head. The benefit I'd get ... to make it, and part of the reason why I wanted to go was to hang out

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 19, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Best (Work-Related) All-Nighter Ever Stressfully fun times at the Institvte.

  

  students in a couple weeks, and the point of this assignment is to teach a ... are just the basics of parsing and I already had to let so much ... While some of you have spent the last couple nights clutching

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 18, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  My “Normal” High School What it was like going to an ordinary high school

  

  ideas. In fact for Christmas, some of the faculty used their own money to ... and the effort to go through another four years of schooling deserves ... of maybe 15 high schools there were only 5 locations to take the SAT

  • by Ben O. '19
  • January 16, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Every Piece of Media I Consumed in My First Week of Class that was relevant to my studies, i guess

  

  the power of them, having to write a rap about our chosen rap names ... Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, listening to the album cover to cover a couple of ... products come from, how products get from A to Z, and really the muddiness of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 13, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  The Marks of a Student or, let's catch up

  

  grading. Because of this, I started to make grade calculators for all my ... (especially me...) is that it's okay not to try your hardest 100% of the time ... silent on the blogs for about three weeks, far longer than I ever want to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 4, 2020