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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  “So what’s being a blogger like?” i spill the (lukewarm) tea

  

  expressly intended to be published on the internet for thousands of people to ... and I actually think they stand up better than my MIT application essays, but I guess that's not saying much :P Some bloggers end up putting up

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 1, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  school projects aka why i havent been writing in the last few weeks

  

  opinions about how music “should” sound, you end up spending a large number ... from composing for 21m.301 and from arranging for ohms, is that i’m a ... for the sake of complexity or theoretical significance simply doesn

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • December 12, 2021
• Blog / CPW

  I’m nervous to meet you A letter to the prefrosh at the dawn of CP*

  

  ’ve done a pretty bang-up job. We’ve got TONS of fun and interesting events filled with all kinds of MIT students in the line up! I think I can speak for the MIT community when I say this: I really hope we do right by all

  • by Powers '23
  • April 17, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  7 Reasons MIT Is Special reflecting on the Institute at the end of four years

  

  for all my friendships has been staying up to talk until 7am (helps that ... hits all seniors at different times: seeing friends for maybe the last ... adult. For now, my life hasn’t changed. I have a summer job at MIT

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 15, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Truth is Rarely Pure and Never Simple A behind-the-scenes special on directing a play

  

  leads the vision for the production. During the initial prod meetings, I had to advocate my vision for the play and inspire the other designers ... Gwendolyn’s hair be up or down? Does each actor fully understand their

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • November 6, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Breadsticks and Business Just remember, undergrads are like puppies in the eyes of an alum

  

  restaurant hangout for the students at Lima High School. I am here to say that ... where advising groups often meet for dinner; it’s where we’ve had a few ... order pizza, but then ask for a bag of those famous pizza dough rolls to

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • May 24, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Updates exciting, exciting!

  

  year has started off in the same way: "I'm so sorry for having ... at least five or six MIT '12s currently in the running for Rhodes ... 't the smartest idea; in fact, the professor might even ask you to get up

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 17, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A grab bag filled with a magical camp and the Big Apple One month of activities in one entry.

  

  assumed my “camp identity” of Smile (everyone makes up a name for themselves ... drafts, second drafts, third drafts, galore!), trying to finish up my ... looks like I’ll be sticking around the lab for an extra week), presenting

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 19, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  The end of an era Veronica Mars was canceled. That, or the seniors left. Interpret the title as you will.

  

  for no reason. Rar.) I was in the floor lounge to distract myself from the bustling activity of the seniors packing up their belongings and ... lounge on Tuesday from 8-10 pm for the season finale of veronica mars. Not

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 13, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  You’ve got questions… ...I've got answers strewn amidst an explosion of other stuff.

  

  - it seems possible for her to double up on jobs and tell me which APs to ... When I first got to MIT in August and checked in for Orientation, I ... off of it and realize that there's more stuff that I can check off. (For

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 6, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Our loving, our friends, and our labor This entry is based on Aaron Copland's opera "The Tender Land."

  

  professors that, in order to make up for not having a problem set one week ... DID YOU KNOW? "The Canticle of Freedom," written for the dedication ... meeting for my UROP (the turkey one) just to get free apple pie 2. discussed

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 22, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Telethon FAQs from a small but enthusiastic sample of prefroshies

  

  a few calls, but ended up making hundreds of calls for over four hours ... 'd have losing streaks for a while, give up hope, suddenly get a real, live ... of the freshly admitted candidates for the class of 2016. We all stayed

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 5, 2012
• Blog / Events

  A Break from Break I went to the Undergraduate Women in Physics Conference at Yale. And I'm blogging about…

  

  . A lot of color adjustment makes for crappy close-ups, and the white ... University for 7 years before going up to Boston for college but this was my ... , two people. I, too, had a roommate but she did not show up for the

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • January 22, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two Pulsar Discoveries How to discover a pulsar.

  

  string up 120 miles of wire and cable and set up over 1000 posts: they ... drive up close, you have to use a car that runs on diesel. There are some old school machines out there. Fortunately for the scientific community

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 30, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Small Things I Like About Autumn A short reflection on a colorful season

  

  side for the argument that you can always layer up more to warm up in the ... few things that make the fall season such a significant time of year for ... , and orange of the leaves, for me, always adds a new type of warmth to

  • by Richard O. '28
  • October 31, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  Learning how to be a human being, not a human doing After 6 years of adulting post MIT, these are the things I value now

  

  I felt. Igniting civic engagement on campus and advocating for peer to ... only a gentle 10 mile skate. I look away, embarrassed for her and think ... everything I need for months of travel in just one backpack with my skates

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Student holiday! lots going on!

  

  . Along the walkway across the Small Dome was a thrift pop-up for used women ... going on around MIT. For example, today the MIT Museum had an MIT ... Museum open again after being closed for so long brought so much joy to my

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 23, 2022
• Blog / IAP

  bored in iap maybe i should've signed up for something

  

  certain we got some looks from people for bringing a cart around ... for organizations to last a lifetime. but i get bored of making websites ... number of virtual meetings for esp. as one of the new publicity directors

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 13, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Guest Post: Being Trans at MIT

  

  trans community-searching easier, we've started up a Facebook group for ... others like us. Hopefully you learn something! (For anyone who doesn ... 's Rainbow Lounge is great for that. There are a lot of events at the Rainbow

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 16, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Life slows down a bit – if you let it Fire and hacking has been replaced by housework and skydiving

  

  something fun for the 10-year blog birthday!" so, of course, I say yes.  It ... . 1)  Yup, still skydiving :) This picture got me famous on Reddit for ... and fling them.  I'm the one filming. 2)  Solar panels went up on the

  • by Snively '11
  • August 9, 2014