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• Blog / Advice

  Thinking Outside of Absolutes A short thought piece on thinking about thinking

  

  , where everything is absolute. A view of the world where I feel if I don’t ... , then I can’t go to event A tomorrow, which will prevent me from doing ... that reality isn’t supposed to be like a Hollywood movie where every

  • by Richard O. '28
  • April 30, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  tired and busy and tired and busy and tired and busy and

  

  A couple updates: I quit two of my jobs I'm taking 4 classes and ... , but I'm feeling things a bit too much all at once and I wish I could just sit and paint or play guitar or read without feeling guilt. I'm a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 15, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  101 questions we’ve asked ourselves at MIT we're all just trying to figure it/life/ourselves out

  

  . And I don't know why it took until coming here to realize that I'm my ... take classes I’m interested in even though it doesn’t fulfill any ... My high school life was a cycle of home, school, and church. My

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • March 27, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sounds like home Quarantine songs, from my home to yours

  

  hoped to meet you in, but since I’m already stuck in a staring contest ... dampened unease—like I’m watching the local television news on mute, a ... [/embed] Sounds like home: a quarantine playlist If relaxing hip-hop loops aren’t

  • by Jeremy W.
  • May 28, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW roundup Meet the Bloggers, dinner with a physics professor, and a photography contest for those of…

  

  yards” doesn't come within a mile of apt description. Thus, in this very ... by Sunday, Apr. 26. (CPW-related pictures, that is. I don't want a ... disappointment, nary a single spambot showed up to the CPW Meet the Bloggers night

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 20, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Short, Sweet, and to the Point: MIT in five senses or less (Guest Entry) Hear, See, Touch, Smell, and Taste MIT

  

  , drink rum, drink rum all day, and come along with us, 'Cause we don't give a damn for any old man who don't give a damn for us! 1. Hearing ... auditory goodness. I’m a musician myself, and met several awesome

  • by Bryan
  • April 21, 2008
• Blog / Blog Projects

  [joint post] blogston commons with Allison E. ‘27, Ellie F. ‘28, Jebby ‘25, and Sara N. ‘28

  

  wasn't personal, so I wouldn't waste time worrying about how to convey a ... I'm a rambler at my core, so it felt good to just let all that out ... remaining eight hundred under a twenty-minute timer, so I think I'm making

  • by Janet G. '27
  • November 11, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Take 1.618: Film at MIT [by Danbee Kim '09] There are very few things for which I would get up…

  

  it wasn't until this semester that I took a class that made me lust for ... this lesson was that art is a sanctuary for the creator, but don't kill a ... . MIT encourages a love of knowledge that I can't help but soak in. But I

  • by ARTalk
  • April 2, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  art and work i really struggled with titling this one

  

  music as the development of a few themes won’t be able to interpret ... five companies had solid execution i’m reminded again of a conversation ... have a more holistic appreciation for everything, and we wouldn’t have to

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • November 27, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  She works hard for the money So hard for it, honey.

  

  - August 2006 I'm sure I don't need to say anything about this job (duh), but ... .50, didn't have a book, just a course reader available at CopyTech. 2. Jon ... 've done and call them blog entries! Hooray! I know a lot of people are

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 20, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Jhumpa Lahiri visited MIT today! ...and all of Cambridge (it seemed) wanted to see her!

  

  MIT) that ends at 6:30 pm. I knew I wasn’t likely to get a good ... Brookline, MA on April 3rd for a book signing. I’m pretty bummed that I ... There are only a few authors whom I feel very strongly about, let

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 5, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  pole dancing and punching things trying out new classes in Copenhagen

  

  Copenhagen that I haven't tried in a while. I took a pole class, a week of krav ... happens rapidly and you don’t have a blow-by-blow, you just know you tried ... end, if you’re lucky, there’s a quick round of sparring. We didn’t

  • by Amber V. '24
  • July 16, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  New Semester From caving adventures to amazing classes, MIT is awesome.

  

  that I wasn’t doing it right. I think I’m on a good track right now, and ... ! This really meant a lot to me, and I can’t wait to spend the next year on ... inspirational things for Valentine’s Day as a part of Operation Post-It, and I’m

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 13, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Telethon FAQs from a small but enthusiastic sample of prefroshies

  

  obscure math late into the A.M. until all attendees leave or fall asleep ... don't get a break on. But we don't really need sleep any more, so ... culture as well. So don't worry about that just yet -- you'll have a few

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 5, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Beauty, xkcd, and my classes The problem with me.

  

  This post is about the classes I'm taking - and is a case in xkcd ... fluttering diaphragm in the heart of a speaker. Speaking of molecules, I'm ... of the past while imagining the future. A neuron! Isn't it cute?  You

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 9, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  A Run through Boston Having an adventure was easy. Carrying the camera around was the hard part.

  

  humor too, however, since I got an A anyway. In case you didn't care to ... “Approximately-convincing-but-not-really-correct math because I didn't actually ... . Faced with a barrage of Conceptual Quantitative Questions as I neared the

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 4, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  Finals Week at MIT Free food, procrastination, cats, free food...

  

  didn't understand a word of it. I guess it sounded pretty? Another ... resident who doesn't have a final the next day makes a pasta dish (or another ... those people who want a snack during their final or who didn't get a

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 19, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Exploring Boston Frozen yogurt quests into Boston

  

  a tour of MIT, I might be giving it to you!! Come say hi!! Also, I'M ... far away.  That is, it is about a mile and a half down Massachusetts Avenue (living in East Campus, the closest dorm to classes, we have a

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • March 31, 2013
• Blog / Uncategorized

  a quick and dirty guide to MIT jargon what is a 6-3 anyway?

  

  .” 4. v working in a urop. “This summer I’m uroping in an EAPS lab ... you?" could be answered "6-3," "I'm a 6-3," or, rarely, "CS." Here is a ... either an acronym or a number. There's a quirky language to MIT, a handful

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 7, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  3 Lessons Learned While Hiking and what they'll teach me here

  

  , you don’t need more. Give it away. Living out of a 38-liter backpack ... and physically through life. Now I’m not a fanatic about this. As soon ... I didn’t attend MIT this spring. I flew to Georgia on February 28th

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • July 26, 2011