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  April Questions Omnibus 2

  

  Beaver, nature's engineer, was adopted as MIT's mascot in 1914 (my googling ... answered, but how do we send in our replies to get it in by May 1? Can we fax ... we prefer to get it in the mail since it is easier to read. Sylvia

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 20, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  rearview reflections newly-minted cruft rambles on post-mit life

  

  career pivots, self-discovery in a new hobby, or newfound interest in ... than some variance in my Spotify playlists, experiencing the horrors of ... in June,[/annotation] which has been a while, but considering how many

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Communication Intensive Jumping on the semester-in-review blog train

  

  two classes. Assignment 1 – A White Paper (3.010) In true MIT fashion ... spectroscopy to characterize the surface structures of electrocatalysts used in ... ’s law in this case) and proposes/discusses a path forward to address that

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 4, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  the senior mindset gnothi seauton

  

  less. It's still here, in little bits and pieces: when I realize that the ... others' mouths, the last time I was in this classroom it was for a class I ... 've fallen in love with these little echo moments and the way they assure you

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 20, 2021
• Blog / Life after MIT

  How To Fumble Your Way Through MIT and Still Turn Out Pretty Okay Step 1: Fumble. Step 2: Turn out pretty okay.

  

  Sometime in the last four years, between graduation and, oh, a week ... , compassionate human being who plays well in the sandbox with others and is ... -supporting adults do. The illusion of adulthood: it continues. In the last month and

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 8, 2014
• Blog / How to Food

  LET ME COOOOOOOK 🍳🍳🍳 I am stupidly excited about learning this Basic Life Skill, and not ashamed to admit…

  

  a fancy restaurant in Republic Square, Yerevan, after I and some other [annotation note="A program that sends MIT students to work/teach/study in other ... Dilijan, a neighboring city in Armenia. I thought about how I would rate

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • September 16, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  IAP? No.. YOU’RE AP Possibly the worst title EVER. (Also, answers to your questions, but under the worst title…

  

  them in conjunction with Ben's mom, etc.) IAP began a little over a week ... , listening to lectures, and training in the afternoon. (It's also the reason ... crawling and bruised, limbs hanging off in stray directions, back to my dorm

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 17, 2007
• Blog / Uncategorized

  eat food to live cook food because why not!?

  

  importantly I won’t be hanging out with my family in person :(( For those of us ... of friendship✨ and ✨the power of cook-for-yourself dorms✨! In fact ... Friendsgiving cookfest on Sunday, when everyone is back on campus, but in honor of

  • by Allison E. '27
  • November 24, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2 / Keep Calm and Carry On Getting some much-needed vitamin D on the other coast

  

  — changed."   I ran into a friend who I hadn't seen in over a year or two. We were in the same project group for DEECS, the former Course 6 ... seemed *changed*, calmer. I guess going abroad changed me. Later in the

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 30, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’ve got questions, I’ve got answers I know an atomic particle's speed, AND position!!

  

  email me and I'll get to it when I can. Please put "Question about MIT" in ... huge variety in what people wear to class and to what extent people care ... on clothing vs. time spent getting ready in the morning. This is known

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 30, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Undecideds VI: The Undiscovered Country Even more undecided students' questions & answers.

  

  The sixth in a series... With less than a week until the May 1st ... 's up with my financial aid? You or someone in your family should call the ... dot edu. You haven't answered by question in any of the past few

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 27, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  AARRRGHHHHH!!!!🏴‍☠️ (Pirate Post) A Review of 21M.299 - Pirate Songs and Whaling Chanteys

  

  I mentioned it in a previous blog, but this semester I took a class ... ’s taught by Professor Joe Maurer, one of the most knowledgeable people in the ... be in the social sciences (or something like that). This class counted

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • June 2, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Senior Spring a little life update

  

  Finally, finally, I’m in my last semester of undergrad. I need three ... readings, in-class discussions, and essays). I really like Prof. Campbell ... suck less.  In general, I really like taking public policy classes. I

  • by Alex M. '21
  • February 23, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Campus is quiet summer thoughts and happenings

  

  We’re sitting in my room doing pretty much nothing, because I guess we’re lame, or because there’s not much to do in the first place. It’s a Friday night, but campus is quiet in the summer. My door is open

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • July 15, 2015
• Blog / Personal Travel

  I tried* to run to the airport *thank you Noah and Sydney for saving my life

  

  I wrote in an earlier blog that I took up running. Since coming back ... descent in wikipedia rabbitholes [three cool rabbitholes i found: marathons ... ="HI BRY!!!."]Bry[/annotation], recently told me she bought tickets to run in

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • November 12, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  March Questions Omnibus 4

  

  at least a few days in advance, if at all possible) than to not ... come late for it? as in late friday night, all of sat and leave sunday ... @mit.edu, or call the office at (617) 253-3400. Thomas wrote, "In my planning to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 25, 2005
• Blog / People & Identities

  experiences, or the lack thereof flailing around in a sea of adjectives trying to find the noun

  

  Part I August 2020: I read a stray comment in the blogger slack that sets off a chain of thoughts in my head. Pulled by some force I can ... ="Am I black in America? Well, that's one of the things I'm thinking about

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • July 13, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  girls just wanna have fun when u gonna live ur life right?

  

  son of the president of the United States falling in love with the prince of Wales. I devoured the book in two days, and after I finished, I ... page, a pang in my heart that signaled that it was over and my journey

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 24, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Fighting Indifference MIT and MLK day

  

  be) be representative of today in history as told by a twenty-year-old college student at MIT, typed quickly in Hayden Library. Today, I got up to ... thinking that it was in February; I don’t know why, I didn’t even “get

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 16, 2017
• Blog / Events

  An Evening With Pizza, Constipation and Hell-Sucked Villains Written in the style of TWoP’s recappers, to mourn the website’s closing. Weird things may…

  

  -Shirt and that’s fine. I’m supposed to meet up my advisor, Saif Rayyan, in his ... waves ever so nicely at me. You rock, Ava. Saif’s wife is in the front ... still mostly fried from sleep so I suggest somewhere in MIT. We also

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • April 24, 2014