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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Class size A response to a comment brought up on Ben's blog.

  

  . Each term, a certain number of students can't take the courses they ... hope that gives a good overview of why, as a student, I wouldn't want MIT ... understand the situation this is somewhat a result of more people going to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  🎶Jauntily Sauntering Ambling Shambler🎶 Yes, those are actual lyrics from the musical I was just in

  

  the surface, a place like MIT didn’t seem compatible with my passions ... Chimneys for two and a half hours, I had a pset due the next day, I couldn’t ... I thought I would be okay a whole three weeks out, but even during

  • by Powers '23
  • December 20, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  The first step ...is admitting you need help.

  

  than your high school in ways you can't even begin to imagine. A thousand ... .02 (physics E&M) or 7.013 (biology). Everyone is always happy to lend a hand ... upperclassman is usually only a few feet away. I'm the point person for 7

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 8, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Don’t believe everything that you read

  

  Someone emailed to me a funny post from one of those rumor ... directly from someone who has a friend that goes there and knows the admission council very well. They have a criteria of 5 things, and if you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 8, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Katharine Hepburn’s Brownies How Kate saved my kitchen cred.

  

  to use the word hate, but I’m going to be a rebel and use it anyway. Because I truly, truly do. No, I can’t tell you my favorite flavor of ice ... weren't a complete disaster, I just didn't get that nice crackly, crunchy

  • by Alina G. '11
  • July 26, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My 2023 Libby Wrapped I have a problem with audiobooks

  

  , which isn’t at all a surprise to me. I spent 191 hours , which is 11 ... “The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August,” by Claire North. I’m a massive ... Spotify Wrapped came out a little while ago, and Kayode wrote a post

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 3, 2024
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  UROPing research, science, and throwing big funnels in lakes

  

  said, “Aren’t you going to Europe?” “No, that was last year. There’s a ... then. I knew I wanted to get into a lab at some point, but I wasn't in a ... taking a class with them, and if they don’t have any positions open, they

  • by Amber V. '24
  • July 4, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  (My Third) First Day In which I attempt (and fail) to do a timelapse vlog

  

  -processing software couldn't save me; I spent a couple hours trying to stabilize the ... reason, I assumed that holding a camera and walking around campus would ... you try to speed up an already-wobbly video to 800%, it becomes a blurry

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 7, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friday Afternoon Props Props to ten people/committees/inanimate objects that deserve props.

  

  "Sunshowers" by M.I.A. "I bongo with my lingo and I beat it like a wing, yo" 3 ... don't want to hear all the way through. 9. Daniela, for having a really ... -Conner rooming committee, for doing a fantastic job with the in-house reassignment

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  The waiting is the hardest part

  

  , and the letters M-I-T inside. looking forward to checking up on this ... understandably, very anxious. I've seen this twice a year for the past four years of being an admissions officer, and I'm not sure if during that time I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 13, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fight Fire With Fire How is MIT so hard?

  

  blah and that whole time of your life was basically a waste of time and I’m ... student helped me adjust a lot). We don’t grow when we are comfortable ... scholarships–but don’t ever let that keep you from taking risks. I myself have a

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 6, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  Some Saturday Thoughts a meandering, journal-type blag post

  

  progress, creates a ceiling of satisfaction for working women that they can’t ... nothing to do with why I’m sad in that moment. It feels a little more ... following the guilty rabbit hole of but-I’m-so-privileged-I-don’t

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 11, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  my freshman year in laptop stickers RIP my laptop 7/19/20

  

  session. even though i ended up not applying for the program, i'm a weeb and ... yesterday was a really shitty day.  a lot of annoying and stressful ... bother fixing it since my motherboard is a goner. it took about six

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 21, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  April Questions Omnibus 2

  

  , "I'm so confused. MIT has a beaver? But so does Caltech." Right. The ... outgoing, just way smarter than the average person haha." This isn't a ... visiting. amrik wrote, "Bhangra! Bruaaah!! Chak de!" Again, this wasn't a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 20, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Livin’ la Vida Española (Pt. 1) De Madrid, ¡saludos!

  

  , I just realized that I'm such a bad student and I didn't actually put ... on at MIT): 6. I'm in Europe because of 21F.782, which is a Spanish II ... MIT proper, I have been in Spain for more than two weeks! I don't know

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  by bike, by train, by wind, by rain getting around different cities

  

  taxes, which can double the price of a car. I’m not sure how this ... Copenhell, a metal fest, for four days, during which I didn’t really have time ... involve a lot of sitting. I don’t know how my body would react to using the

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 15, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Noise and time chaos and peace in a silver package

  

  having lots of freedom, so it seems like a good setting. I'm doing a UROP ... , especially since there's a lot I need to learn for it. Math! I'm taking fun ... !). Poetry ~ words I'm taking 21W.771, Advanced Poetry Workshop. It's a great

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • October 15, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  Responses to comments! I answered your questions. Like, fast this time.

  

  , I'm pretty sure that's how it all happened, but I honestly don't even ... like to think I'm pretty good at field hockey, but I probably wasn't ... 've gotten a recruitment form in the mail, fill it out and send it back. I'm

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s Not Bra-Ket Science Building quantum computers to convince myself that they exist

  

  is technically a quantum process. But those don’t count! What I really ... time. I probably won't be able to build a fully functional quantum chip ... I don’t believe in quantum physics. Yes, I know that all the math

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 7, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  social groups a different angle on the 'i found my people in college' trope

  

  entire piece reads so much like a meme that i can’t tell if i’m just taking it way too seriously, but a lot of my friends have recommended it so i’m ... most close-knit groups of people i’m aware of don’t actually support each

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • October 27, 2021