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  Questions & Answers a daily blog prompt compilation

  

  teammates after rowing nationals in California last summer. None of us had ... happened since; I'm sure I could write pages of excuses about why I haven ... personal yet protective of my friends' and family's privacy, and I refused to

  • by Alex M. '21
  • May 14, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Reading, Thinking and Igniting Innovation Rational optimism about MIT and the future

  

  the concept of credit cards emerged in California. In the last 150 years ... , kind of. I`m almost 300 pages through Matt Ridley`s "The Rational ... hike. I was in a strange mood. I`m a student at one of the most

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 5, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Winter Miscellania I'm (b)ready to go back to MIT al(b)ready.

  

  dish under 375 degree heat. A modest serving of leftover bread stuffing ... all over the dessicated grids of my post-semester calendar: 1.Baked ... nary a mine since bidding goodbye to the tender age of microwaved pizza

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 27, 2009
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Adventures in Camberville

  

  . It has been 45 degrees and raining for the last week. Yes, this is ... I'd heard that Anna '02 (like Rax, an alum of my hall, and now a grad ... problem, except that 1) it was 45 degrees and raining, and 2) I had no idea

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • May 15, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  classes are hard but i’m sure you knew that already an academic case of murphy's law

  

  Sometimes you put a lot of effort into something and the external ... what feels like eternity without actually getting all of the pus out, so ... continuing to bother that welt would increase your chances of infection, you

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 29, 2023
• Blog / IAP

  Bad Ideas Month word of the day is oops!!

  

  dishes, I’d be head chef of a Michelin-starred restaurant (or at least I’d like to think so). Unfortunately, at MIT, most of my computational power ... and take their minds off the constant demands of an MIT education. Bad

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • March 3, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Reischauer Scholars Program For those interested in Japan or international relations.

  

  degree of expertise about Japan that may have a significant impact on their ... entry including the secrets of how to live your life, get into MIT and ... from throughout the United States to engage in an intensive study of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 10, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Nobel Connection 2 MIT alums have won Nobel prizes this week!

  

  theory and verify the age of the universe. Smoot received B.S. degrees in ... familiar, it's probably because you've seen the work of his distant relative, Oliver Smoot '62, while walking across the Harvard Bridge. As part of a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 4, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Senior Week: Anjum Sharma A salute to one final senior.

  

  Name: Anjum Sharma Hometown: Perkasie, PA Degree and Minor: 15 with a ... time with Matt McGann and the rest of the advising group freshman year. I didn't like the way the bobas tasted so I started shooting them out of my

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 9, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  go alone or you may never go at all

  

  water. As a Nevadan, I had my fair share of California visits, so I ... the ocean, partitioned by the faintest, haziest stroke. In front of me ... market scene is just beginning to liven up. Crowds of people are shuffling

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • January 6, 2024
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Welcome Back! a fresh coat of paint, and a fresh batch of bloggers

  

  had you come here an hour ago, or indeed at any point since July of 2011 ... reason, and with many of the the same goals. And times have changed, and so ... up with folks from MIT Comms, who were leading the redesign of MIT

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 13, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Goodnight Moon Or: The Senior Who Desperately Tries to Put Off Bedtime By Saying Goodnight to Every…

  

  my brain full of knowledge by 10:05am. Unfortunately, what I ought to ... cocoon myself in a swathe of green bedsheets. But tonight is different ... . Instead of sleeping, I watched some Spanish-language television dramas on

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 7, 2016
• Blog / Athletics

  sunscreen physical health and stuff

  

  at the ripe age of twenty-one i am beginning to feel my body weaken ... teenager i could walk in shorts in 40 degree (fahrenheit) weather without any issue, whereas currently the weather in boston is around 50 degrees and i

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • October 4, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Major, Course 6-9 computation and cognition

  

  whatever classes they want, within the constraint of satisfying their degree ... I get a lot of questions about it's like to major in "Computation and ... experiences with Course 6-9 and give an overview of what the major is like

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 28, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Science is apparently not for the easily-frustrated Stories of woe from the lab

  

  Although most of the time I coast through my days in lab in a whirlwind of science glee, I have to admit that every once in a while, the lab ... -- and yesterday, the complexity apparently got the best of me. When I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 31, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  [Guest Post] Your Guide to Boston Cafes a letter from chomps

  

  ="attachment_108427" align="aligncenter" width="226"] preview of @grx.chomps! - like ... ’ve chomped at over 60! These cafes celebrate a variety of cuisines, flavors ... a collection of my all-around favorite cafes in Boston. A diverse

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • January 15, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  How to not love CPW but love MIT (for the most part at least)

  

  mystical fog of technological magic and innovation. I still decided to come ... , upperclassmen I knew from high school, and of course the academic excellence and intensity. I wanted to address some of the fears and concerns I struggled

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • April 30, 2018
• Blog / IAP

  IAP in China through MIT’s China Development Initiative A week-long mentorship program in Xiamen, Fujian

  

  adventure. I broke my big toe into a bunch of pieces, then flew home to ... the results. Oh well. Next, I spent a week in California at my first astronomy conference, then flew back to Boston (I got the results of my x

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 17, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Low Balance A epic story of Chinese food, heartbreak, and loss. All because I have no TechCash.

  

  wasn't planned, especially because I still have six hours of exams to ... it's stayed that way for such a while now is a combination of a lot of things. A lot of it has to do with the fact that I filled up my account to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 18, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  friendful life recently

  

  one of my labmates has a friend from elementary school who was on the latest season of love on the spectrum. another labmate watched it and told ... . i've come to peace with a lot of the things that kept me up late at

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • May 30, 2025