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  A Night Off Campus and some dancing

  

  UberPool. Kamoya is Nigerian like me. He lived in Lagos for several ... Pool arrives, and a dollar and fifty cents worth of travel later (that ends up ... way for a lot, but when we knock on the door, and it opens, the light

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 21, 2016
• Blog / Events

  MIT Can Talk! Bon appétit!

  

  for audience choice were up first. Each participant’s bucket was weighed ... , and this was the perfect project for me to pass time between Track ... Child was a cook, not a chef. She grew up in Pasadena, CA, went to Smith

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 4, 2012
• Blog / Advice

  A Pre-MIT To-Do List (International Students Version)

  

  up for the winter. If buying winter clothes poses a financial burden ... you either have a date for your visa interview soon or have already had ... different requirements for tests and vaccinations for different countries so

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • July 17, 2023
• Blog / Personal Travel

  I tried* to run to the airport *thank you Noah and Sydney for saving my life

  

  . So did I look up training plans or strategies on how to get my distance up? Nope. I went for a 5 mile run to test out the waters: My big ... I wrote in an earlier blog that I took up running. Since coming back

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • November 12, 2024
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Waterfall Camping in Shenandoah National Park Snakes and fireflies.

  

  't about to settle for an official camping site. We parked outside the first ... reminded us to string up our food away from our tents, in case it drew ... pulled up. Survive bear encounter: check! A couple minutes later, we

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 11, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  (Guest Post) how can it be home when it’s not finding a sense of belonging away from home

  

  home for weeks before and never felt homesick. looking back, that was ... of leaving the new place. after all, i had only been away from home for ... heart so overwhelmingly ached for another.  as fall semester progressed

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • March 19, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Robo-CJ writes a college app do neural nets dream of electric essays?

  

  up with. Gwern’s AI-Generated Poetry, for even more poetry examples ... happy or not. I'm low-key grateful for being alive. I’m sorry that I’m not ... past, and how much of it was just luck. It’s even picked up the impostor

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 28, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  deconstruction end-of-semester atmospheres

  

  i woke up naturally at 9am this morning to a sunny day, feeling ... then up boylston from the library back to mass ave, picking up a sandwich ... dinner and started looking for classes to take next semester.

  • by Allan K. '17
  • May 17, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  FINAL TERM ATTACK Like a black light attack, only it's not like that at all.

  

  while running down to the Senior Haus lobby to pick up the Indian food I ordered. Three hours later, I tripped over my own shoes and fell up a flight ... 21M.840: Create a text for a 3-5 minute performance. This text must be

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 10, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Prof. Acemoglu’s Clark Medal On the front page of the Business section of today's Boston Globe, there's a story…

  

  to an American economist under the age of 40 for making a significant ... , Globe Staff | June 15, 2005 CAMBRIDGE -- Daron Acemoglu grew up in Turkey ... MIT, he came up with an answer. Acemoglu's groundbreaking work in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 15, 2005
• Blog / Events

  5 days until Mystery Hunt

  

  and others team up to solve lots of puzzles, with the ultimate goal of finding a coin hidden somewhere on campus. For a more in-depth description ... will have "warm-up" activities prior to the beginning of the Hunt, and at

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 9, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  The waiting is the hardest part

  

  understandably, very anxious. I've seen this twice a year for the past four years ... : I got fed up with racing home from school everyday to check on the ... MIT in a designated space marked off w/electrical tape. Then I rigged up

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 13, 2004
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  DRAW TIM (the beaver) behold the artistic talents of MIT staff

  

  -insignificant amount of energy for me to psych myself up enough to interact with a large ... guard again"]come up with two truths and a lie,[/annotation] I'm gonna be ... warm-ups can be helpful in certain situations, and that facilitators of

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • April 5, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Why So Serious? On Keeping Life in Perspective

  

  It's been a while since I've had time to sit down for a long period ... still thinking of the things I would write for all of you out there who ... on your face or completely screw up and end up tearing apart the

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 25, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how ARe you today? Do you Nintendo? On an unrelated note, part of me thinks this and this might…

  

  for this entry. More relevant, is the new "StreetPass" feature ... , Nintendo rigged it up so that if two people, each with a 3DS, pass each other ... 7, looked up (ALWAYS look up when you go into Lobby 7, you never know

  • by Snively '11
  • April 4, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Boston, through the lens of my children Visiting Boston at 37 years of age was ...

  

  . For those counting at home, that means I was admitted to MIT nearly 20 years ago and graduated 14 years ago. For those REALLY counting, that ... , for those REALLY REALLY counting at home, I'm more than twice as old as

  • by Snively '11
  • October 19, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  Saturday Night in Simmons it's so busy here tonight [i really need to study or go to sleep]

  

  new shoes for Gatas [explained below] that this would make a great blog ... ="107128" image4="107200" image5="107142" /] I ran into Summer and Maria putting up ... ! These guys are responsible for so many amazing chalk murals in Simmons

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • December 15, 2024
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT EA Decisions to be Posted Tuesday, 12/17/24, at 6:28 PM ET exactly what it says on the tin

  

  many, if not all, of my dear friends make fun of me for and something ... good vibes[/annotation] so I don't show up to the blogs empty-handed while announcing that Early Action decisions for the Class of 2029 will be

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 10, 2024
• Blog / IAP

  firsts of first year 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1…

  

  with fire spinning Painted for a final project with a friend Ice ... first-year learning community, to study Greek philosophy. growing up, I ... needed someone’s hair so she could demonstrate hairstyles on someone for

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • December 31, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  ways of saying goodbye joint post with CJ '23!

  

  I the one always packing up my stuff? For once, for once, for once I ... of our favorite media. goodbye mit :’) for a fun challenge, try to ... : D: I think there are people that help you become the person you end up

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 31, 2023