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  TERMinal Velocity My last term is flying by!

  

  requirement means I'm taking 3 classes under the Anthropology department. 21A ... far. I'm more productive when I have a lot to do.   ??? There ... . I'll save the sappy gushing for a later post though. Most people

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 21, 2012
• Blog / MISTI

  Summer at last and my last days as a teenager...D:

  

  can’t imagine living in a country composed of predominantly one kind of ... is usually a language requirement to the MISTI programs and the two languages I’m really interested in are Chinese and French. Since I ultimately

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My night with 8.03 MONSTER ENTRY AHHHH

  

  are a strange beast to me in E+M. 5:10am. Still thinking about SI units ... stuff is cool. I'm going to go on a portrait rampage shortly. First thing ... in lecture. 6:51am. Damn. I didn't go to lecture today. I improvise a

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 11, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Writing an essay using thumb tacks and arousing the suspicions of a snarky Nobel laureate

  

  about five seconds, reasoned that I didn't have a) clothes line b ... A niche on the third floor of MIT’s Building 8 leads to two glass ... , neutral red letters. Immediately inside, the left-hand wall displays a grid

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 5, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Making my Ring Delivery Dress and some reflections

  

  , had a much angstier ending. “But a Ring Delivery blog isn’t supposed to ... In my junior year of high school, I had a phase of telling everyone about how I was going to make my dress for senior prom. I had never used a

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • May 21, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Day at the Forge blacksmithing!

  

  seemed like a solid second bet. Besides, I’m out here to gather new skills ... stems from being a visual learner, such that names people tell me don’t ... design I made didn’t fully work as planned, and I had to weld on a back

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 19, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another one! The return to campus, round III

  

  promise you: the excitement never wears off! Even after a day full of airport security and suitcase-wrangling, I just couldn’t help but feel a bit of a thrill upon seeing the Dome for the first time in months. As soon

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • September 11, 2017
• Blog / Personal Projects

  10 things I learned in 10 projects a run-down of my making misadventures sophomore year

  

  . Being independent is a good habit generally, but it isn’t super useful ... , there were a lot of new people, most of them men, and he wasn’t returning ... don’t remember seeing him again. I took the rounded rod and made a line

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 30, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Writing is useful for science. Surprise!

  

  30. I have a day left. I'm writing a new proposal: this one is to look ... last year's, because it's more complicated and I'm having a much more ... , instead, I wrote a blog post about writing proposals. And now that I'm done

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 30, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Family Weekend 2014 family weekend 2014, day 1 and how I had fun

  

  to a motor and it reacts to a light sensor. So cute in fact, that I'm ... show you (Sadly, I didn't). But here's a picture of our finished circuit ... Monday morning but instead I'm catching on all of my blog post writing

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 25, 2014
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  From East to West: An American’s Cross-Atlantic Voyage The start of my MISTI UK experience

  

  I’m currently in the exotic land of England. Over a week ago, I flew ... knights from London to Bristol, where I currently reside in a castle. I’m ... projects. It’s a relief that I’m staying with someone I know, since this is

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 10, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  thank you notes before i go

  

  confidence in the fact that this isn't goodbye, but a see you really soon ... stressed because I really can't imagine a world where we don't go to the same ... . For a good, long portion of my life, I really didn't believe that people

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Time I Underpacked a trip to Istanbul, courtesy of MIT

  

  college. Not even for a bit! (I'm starting to think I'm always more homesick ... figured it wouldn't be the worst thing if I stayed a little closer to home ... replacing a block of my calendar with a trip to Istanbul, and didn't feel 100

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 25, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Scientist Questions of science, science and progress.

  

  the morning. If you haven't been to college yet, that might seem like a ... Lab, dissection doesn't mean cutting apart a yeast cell and examining ... I spent today playing with yeast cells, and I couldn't be happier

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 2, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Diary of an All-nighter 9-5 is so out! Try um, 5 to 9...AM!

  

  freshman year due to a lack of motivation…or something. But I don’t think it ... upperclassmen. Well…I’m not freshman no mo’…so… TIME TO GROW UP.) I’ve had a few ... : non-studio) life for a while…and she said something like, Why don’t you

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 30, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Week 1 Autumn tastes like warm apple pie covered in bacon.

  

  this class. I'm already 3% of the way to completing 8.07! Don't give up ... pound. I'm sure CMS.100 is a worthwhile class, but grapes at 88 cents ... turns out, I don't remember the name of anyone who submitted a circuit

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 13, 2009
• Blog / Travel

  spring break! so much happened, but also so much didn't happen

  

  experiences of a lifetime. Last year, MIT didn't give us a spring break because ... "]anthropology class[/annotation] until the following Monday. I didn't get a chance to ... privacy of a separate room. I don't have too many pictures of the house, but

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • April 16, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT gave my pod free art supplies!! and despite being hosed, we used them

  

  long as they were an MIT student. I'm a casual artist who paints once in a blue moon, but my roommate is artsy and paints pretty often, so I ... materials! My house had a lot of fun with them. I'm very grateful for all the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 7, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Inherent Asymmetry Around.

  

  I'm not going to grad school next year, but I am taking the GRE's in physics this saturday. Few things I'm doing to prepare for it: sleeping < ... all the physics I learned freshman/sophomore year, starting a week ago

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • April 2, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Don’t forget to check in with yourself On living with intention

  

  at are gone (RIP Shinkansen, Steam Cafe, Cafe 4…are food trucks still a ... got a modern makeover; there are multiple brand new buildings changing ... there are just a whole lot of stories to reminisce about and tell over and

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 23, 2025