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  [Guest Post] a space for women at mit by Nandini Choudhury (WXGS Assistant Director)

  

  -off situation that did not necessarily set precedent for admitting more women ... , women made up 1-3% of the MIT student body. In 1964, Katherine ... STEM”. I see the arguments for women-specific programs being adverse to

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • August 12, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The 2013 Ig Nobel Prize Lectures I won a prize!

  

  a struggle: their patent was for an "Apparatus for facilitating the ... question now is: was a baby ever delivered using this apparatus? For better or for worse, no one seems to know. 32 years after Mr. and Mrs

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 15, 2013
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Up The last of the post-finals, pre-internship adventures.

  

  Boston for the summer. One fistfight later*, I landed in DC, fully resolved ... seconds to waste. *Not my own. While I waited for my connecting flight in New York, some guys decided to beat each other up in the main concourse

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 27, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  get SLAPped! it doesn't hurt

  

  'll still be at mit next year, sign up for the lottery!! the list center has ... receives, and i also realized that my gmail storage was filling up rapidly. i ... for our living spaces, and 2. the free art is REALLY GOOD. the program

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 21, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  i don’t want to say goodbye sorry sad blog incoming

  

  taught me how to stand up for myself, hold others accountable, and take responsibility when I mess up. I've found a community to lean on for support and ... on and on about how they did so much for me growing up. But frankly I

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • May 24, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I know you’re bad at something And here's what you should do about it. Hint: NOT "do something else"

  

  never regretted doing, ever: impulsively signing up for something because ... improve. So, do something that scares you. Prefrosh: this fall, sign up for ... lots of other people! For me, this sounds like: My Worst Nightmare! A

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 12, 2011
• Blog / Advice

  parallel universe for those feeling dejected

  

  , except for the wet sheen of dejection, weighing upon you alone. But - look up - this parallel universe is also one where art transports you elsewhere, if only for a few hours; one where a weekend trip with friends

  • by Kai V. '25
  • December 19, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  señoritis navigating work/life balance - and spring break photos

  

  student? it's no secret that coming to MIT is signing yourself up for ... above and ended up in puerto rico with my sorority sisters for spring ... multiple times and i promised i would write up a longer answer. the question

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 28, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Typical Day on the Road Having grown up in NYC, I love coming back.

  

  . It was a lot of fun. Having grown up in NYC, I love coming back. The ... . Last Wednesday was a typical day: up at 5:00 am to get a workout in and eat a little something before heading out to get to Stuyvesant for an 8

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 17, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Few of my Favorite Things (Counting Blessings) Maybe the most sentimental blog post I’ve written.

  

  I’m home in Pennsylvania for three weeks, for the second time this summer. The morning after I got here, I woke up to a pile of stuffed ... things. I found it again this morning and curled up outside with my coffee

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 6, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Two hundred puzzles, fifty people later ✈✈✈ (pronounced whoosh) ✈✈✈ (pronounced nyeowww)

  

  . The Boston group got an Airbnb for the weekend and set up sufficiently ... "catching up" with people—for many of them, the only other time we've met in ... , and we had a similar thing in 2020 for the Galactic HQ. It was hooked up

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 22, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  senioritis not to be confused with señoritis

  

  grand visions for senioritis in college. i would go out all the time! do my homework never! stay up forever! walk around in my bathrobe all day ... for someone. there is enough positive work for you to do until you find

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 10, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An actual day in the life It's not the most exciting day... but it's a day!

  

  (This seemed like a really good idea for an entry when I was on my ... gets up with the first alarm anyway? 8:24 -- The alarm goes off again. I smack Adam and ask when he wants me to get him up (he can't get up by

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 27, 2005
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Bring your stuffed toys to class reflections on liminality

  

  . Come up with two very different ways to get from point A to point B ... empty hallways looking for people to shoot. Mull over your life decisions and how you ended up here. Imagine how different your life would've been

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 11, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Future Is Grim check it out

  

  wake up for class, and asked if there was a way I could make up the lab ... Electrical Engineering and Computer Science department (or EECS for short (or '6' for shorter)) has been appointed as new Chancellor! This is no

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 28, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An Entry About Snow ...Even though we don't have any

  

  used as a metaphor for life, and that it's highly unoriginal to come up ... , onions or riding bicycles (have fun looking these up). Of course, that ... was alright and jokingly asked me how many fingers he was holding up. I

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 11, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Navigating The Tunnels…Of Freshman Academics You didn't actually expect me to write about hacking on the internet, did you?

  

  long as your advisor signs off on them. For the month after that (up to ... for Concourse, ESG is a really great program. You can also sign up for ... system, for a while, but after querying the 2015s, I discovered, to my

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • July 16, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  halloween down the infinite

  

  finally lift my own luggage when moving out) so i signed up for a weight ... posted for privacy reasons someone who dressed up as a microwave chip ... the day someone dressed up as a corona beer who was too far away for

  • by Janet G. '27
  • November 1, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Are people on the East Coast friendly? An entry especially for those from the Midwest.

  

  given it a second (or first) thought, except for a conversation I had with ... , and it is plenty friendly. As for Boston though, it might help to share ... striking up conversations with people on the subway! She would talk to them

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 21, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bursting the MIT Bubble 1.0 things to do in Downtown Boston

  

  up for the night, usually around midnight, students can still venture ... exploration. Armed with an all-powerful MBTA Pass (with unlimited trips for a ... , Downtown Boston splits into diverse districts, one for each type of adventure

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 22, 2015