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• Blog / How to Human

  New Decade, New Me? some reflections, some resolutions, some hopes,

  

   this semester, I set some goals/rules/guidelines for myself. I didn't stick to ... hike Mt. Washington, and leave Boston for a weekend. I want to stay up ... all three of these rivers trying to decide. I think this is true for

  • by Alex M. '21
  • January 1, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Admitted Students Welcome Events Your first MIT experience is closer than you think

  

  the world will host parties in their hometowns for students admitted to ... MIT account for the most up to date information and RSVP if requested. There is a ... I hope you’re all getting excited for Campus Preview Weekend

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • March 17, 2015
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: When in South Africa guest post by a fellow '21

  

  post series* For as long as I can remember I have wanted to travel the ... and conditioned to view the US in a specific way for so long that ... could be close to opportunities for work, and so the disparity presented

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 31, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Writing Science Fiction [by Susan Shepherd '11] Writing takes time, but fortunately MIT gives you good excuses to…

  

  writing takes time and time is something which you give to MIT for ... it "work," and it also forces you to set writing deadlines for yourself ... for both, to maximise my chances of getting into one of them; these

  • by ARTalk
  • March 24, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  American culture at its finest: Thanksgiving How my family celebrates the holiday. Plus a crash course in U.S. culture for internationals.

  

  and enjoy. As for the football: the TV in the background is set to the ... to explain why. Thanksgiving is when Americans gather together with their families to take part in a few time-honored traditions: huge, home

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 27, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  CMU / Parallel Universe i am not a clown

  

  crowdsourcing to give real-time bus tracking, but it was also useful for paying ... time to cook, so it's usually reserved for special occasions. I wouldn ... minute early. We waited a bit for the exams to come in. We were first

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 31, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Samuel Maurer’s Day Off MIT moves pretty fast.

  

  about that last blank entry. I'm looking for the "rebuild" button to get ... Wah Bus ride away from Boston, we decided to head down for the most ... for no other reason, because I got to have a 13-word conversation with

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 12, 2007
• Blog / Advice

  and i’d do it again differently

  

  due. — i signed up for 18.701 because it was the right thing for me to ... .701 became a way for me to start learning pure mathematics to the degree that i ... right that i could do to prepare for this course. i told myself that i

  • by Paige B. '24
  • October 25, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  Hello Blogosphere! My dirty little secret...(I've never taken calculus)

  group pointed and laughed at him for having to work with me. Needless to ... like, quite frankly, I'm upset that I didn't apply to MIT for undergrad ... Last June, I returned to my former high school to present an

  • by DJ Rock
  • December 8, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Love MIT And why you should

  

  that are on campus. If you love to sing and dance, there's a group for ... Happy Valentine's Day to all you lovely readers of the MIT blogs! I promise I haven't been trying to avoid blogging... but the last week of IAP

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • February 14, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  These are a few of my favorite things Silver-white winters that melt into Newbury Street shopping.

  

  minutes, and headed out to Boston for some happy sunny day shopping. (Key ... -shirts to the crowd. It was a great game -- the last one I'll ever cheer for ... like a real ski girl.") for my birthday. So far, though, I've managed to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 22, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  One Year After Michael Jackson An out-of-place tribute to the King of Pop

  

  traffic. I was headed to alewife, where I would fetch my car for the ... to follow -- after a man's death, and I heard them praise him for his ... some venue through which to offer my respect for the man

  • by Cam T. '13
  • June 30, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Questions and Answers Evan Broder is taking over my job.

  

  So first off, props to Evan for answering all these questions in his own comments like 2 weeks before I got around to doing it. Way to make ... : [email protected]... Well, that's what these blogs are for- to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’ve got questions; I’ve got (some) answers Answers to your questions.

  

  In response to this blog entry: (As a reminder) Don't hesitate to ask me questions any time; you don't just have to wait for a blog entry ... or sophomore, are you limited to the classes you have to take? For

  • by Bryan
  • October 10, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  the life I could’ve lived it’s like one of those “what if” episodes

  

  For most of high school, I knew exactly which college I wanted to go ... didn’t think it was possible for me to actually get in. And if I couldn ... for my life to stay awake the entire time. But Jana had a physics exam

  • by Hala K. '29
  • April 12, 2026
• Blog / Classes

  Misconceptions initial thoughts from a first-gen college student

  

  those rare moments for me, I find coding to be really frustrating. After a ... asleep for what was meant to be an hour-long nap before 8.01, but I woke up ... ="Side note: Shoutout to my friends, advisor, and S3 for validating my concerns

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • September 30, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Stories That Made Me My identity in books

  

  within to the edge of what can be loved." Autobiography of Red is for ... in the face. Always to look life in the face and know it for what it is. At last to know it. To love it for what it is, and then, to put it away

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • November 19, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  stupider than ever come with me for a week in 🔥HELL🔥

  

  me in limbo for what to do over the summer. The options are: a) Stay ... for funding. This requires me finding somewhere to live in the next four ... to feel like I’m actively moving forward in the world. Going home for

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 5, 2026
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MARC 2025 (not a live blog) Featuring Andi '25!

  

  for hotel check in to start, I got to see my grad student friends ... resonance for an hour straight took a lot out of me, but I was free to look at ... good or not. Because for good food, new friends, subsidized ski trips

  • by Anika H. '26, MEng '27
  • January 16, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  Up, Up, and Away how to get out of the 'tute (temporarily) and out into the world

  

  ’s time to share the wealth, so I’m here to lay out for you all the tips and ... have a language requirement to prepare you for a serious language ... : try to read a few of those 30,000 unread emails. For example, a mailing

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • February 10, 2019