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  Making the hard decision a couple of brutally honest stories from friends here that had originally wanted to study…

  

  walked into a door with my nose in a book. How I didn’t break my neck going ... first things I learned as a student here is that you can’t be good at ... so far, and I’ve met many a talented writer here. Just so you know I’m

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 17, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  Three things I didn’t learn from class behold, the listicle

  

  to help build a fort. I didn’t have any experience working with wood. I ... make arcs. And the saw itself is about a centimeter thick, so you couldn’t ... first, but I’m fine with it now. I’m a beginner to woodworking, after all

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 26, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The HackMIT 2016 Puzzle Just Launched and it'll (probably) take you all across the Internet

  

  from around the globe. Over a 24-hour period from September 17th to 18th ... .org to register. There is a randomized lottery to get in, but if you want ... doesn't necessarily mean this year also involves clicking somewhere. Who

  • by Erick P. '17
  • July 16, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Awesome People of 2016 part 1 of an incomplete list of the greatest and coolest

  

  audition for a play, something I hadn’t done in over ten years. It worked out ... League of Massachusetts, I completed my final Youth Advocate training (a ... mentors gathered in the conference room for a final learning session and de

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 5, 2016
• Blog / Advice

  It’s cool to care but maybe care a little less

  

  what will happen to these communities when I'm gone, when I won't be a ... driving a flathead screwdriver between my eyebrows. I didn't get up. I ... that thermometer. I didn't have a thermometer. I tugged my blanket

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 26, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Fantasy Feast Fantasy foods and costumed friends.

  

  Yesterday evening Random Hall residents prepared a CPW fantasy feast. Below are some of my beautiful costumed friends and some of the food they prepared, photographed by the amazing YQ ‘16. The foods highlighted in the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 13, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’re 18, But You Aren’t Invincible Impressions of my first month at MIT -- both sobering and exciting.

  

  I've been at MIT for just over a month now. It hasn't quite sunk in ... darn hard for it. And I'm willing to bet that more than a few students ... simply shows up as "pass." If you fail a class, it doesn't show up at all

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 1, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  And I realize I’m going home Cards for sorrow, cards for pain, cards for my last blog entry from Germany.

  

  doesn't want to make a transfer directly into my US account, because they ... -- Wage a land war in Russia in the winter. I can't wait to see you all ... formula for the surface area of a sphere (4 pi r squared) was not exact, and

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 31, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  And I am telling you I’m going And you, and you, and you, you're gonna love me.

  

  .391: Sustainable Energy for the next two weeks. I'm too lazy to link to it right now, but it's a really intense course: 9 days, 9 hours a day, 9 units. I can't ... you wouldn't know it because I blogged only about things that happened

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 14, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  30 questions with my roommates! I had writer's block so I forced my roommates to make content for me

  

  Achilles” by Madeline Miller but i haven’t read a lot yet, so i don’t have ... a movie or show) Fatima> i don’t watch youtube a lot, and this is ... ended, so i'm going through the members' past content. i also watch a LOT

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 16, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sketches from the Fall Semester random happenings, senior year edition

  

  prospectus also included a citation with Allan K. ‘17 the Blogger as one of the ... 2016 through a partnership with the MIT - Italy program of Dr. Serenella ... ’Agata Bolognese a first MIT graduate-- Patricia Das, Mechanicals Engineering, Class

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 30, 2017
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Don’t Read This if you Already Go to MIT My life is good and I get plenty of sleep. Please don't hate me.

  

  Isn't it a beautiful game? Now, no firsting on this post unless you beat ... recently, we flew through a cloud-bank and I was able to take the crazy picture above. Now, I know that it was really a trick having to do with

  • by Kim D. '09
  • November 22, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Making the Pi Day Video the experiment, part 2

  

  ="🤷"]something?[/annotation] A month passed and I still hadn’t thought of the idea but, as it ... felt like a fever dream and I don't actually remember anything ... junior who had lived on campus for a year and half before [annotation note="Don’t

  • by kellen manning
  • March 12, 2021
• Blog / Blog Projects

  where is south dakota again? and other fun questions for your south dakotan friends

  

  and full of life. I’m definitely a little sad that I haven’t seen Boston ... "]6-2,[/annotation] with a concentration in Music Cameron K. '23 ... weren’t present in my high school experience. I had to learn a lot to

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 3, 2021
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: Killing Time…Not Really guest post by Sheila B.'21

  

  *written by Sheila B. '21 as a part of the 8,726,400 Seconds of Summer guest post series* Lesson learned--you should always have a backup ... frosh who realized that holy crap, summer was coming and I didn't have

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 15, 2018
• Blog / Events

  And I’m leaving, on a . . . cruise ship? Don't know when I'll be back again.

  

  Melis just blogged about Senior Ball so I figured that it'd be a good time to blog about a nice little semi-formal event that wasn't just for ... I'm there. See the guy on the far right? Does his face look a little

  • by Snively '11
  • May 4, 2008
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Why I’m Leaving the MIT Admissions Blogs it's been a good run.

  

  , after working on a serious blog post for a few hours, I realized what day ... Admitted Student Gathering with a nonexistent limited edition 1930 brass rat ... .   *static----we're back!* MIT Hacks are a staple of MIT culture

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 1, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  iDoor Opening your boyfriend's dorm room door? There's an app for that.

  

  Almost a year ago, I met a kid who tried to convince me to come back ... 1) that it didn't happen and 2) if it did happen, his intentions were ... 's his door in action: A couple notes from someone who has opened and

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 8, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Painting with the Colors of the Wind reflections on the first MIT semester

  

  learners and, through our contrasts, found my own direction. I’m a potential ... for a life of doing what I love. I won't forget that #50 on the list ... brought a stunning revelation. But I won’t ponder on it in this post, for

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 23, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Kick . . . start

  

  Greetings and salutations! If I'm a good judge of time, and I like to ... many of you will do a fair amount of reading as well. Before I go too ... since I've blogged and many of you may not have heard of me. Hi. I'm

  • by Snively '11
  • June 8, 2012