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  my room an evolution

  

  year, I lived in a double in New House. My side was colored yellow and ... carpet to match with my roommate, which in hindsight was not the best ... semester lol. Still, that blue carpet served a critical purpose in the nook

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • February 8, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  a season of secondhand joy on mudita and vicarious delight

  

  hey. it's christmas season in mit. i was never a big fan of christmas ... think about it, it startles me how much performing arts there are in mit ... classes will have one or the other, so everyone is busy in some way. on the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 12, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  forbidden gatorade cell media looks tasty...

  

  media is, in fact, drinkable. It comes in a whole range of pink colors! It ... ??: 8/10 In reasonable quantities, probably. It doesn’t have ions, though ... this up in the microwave — super-pure water will superheat and explode

  • by Alice L. '24
  • October 21, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  head above the water (intro post) an inner dialogue about my first month of classes

  

  further until I was eventually in the deep end. When I jumped in, I remember being suspended in this void for a few seconds, my legs swaying back and forth underneath me while I tried to propel myself up. Keep in mind that

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 9, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  ungestalt twenty-one years of wandering

  

  's triangle. this single figure, in isolation, looks like pacman facing downward. but in a group of three, it gives the impression of a triangle overlaid on three black circles. in particular, the triangle can look even

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 4, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  i’ve joined a sorority and what that means to me

  

  You'll recall in this blogpost I talk about joining Greek life and ... love the sorority a lot and I love the people in it. I often go back and ... , semesterly dues every month, the possibility of having to live in the house

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 21, 2021
• Blog / Residential Life

  1.1 miles as the crow flies and it takes me forever to run there

  

  No one marks you five minutes[annotation note=" in MIT time, classes ... mischief every time I jump on at 9:05 am. Fix my home-cut bangs in the video cam while the chat room explodes with questions. I’m scribbling notes in

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 17, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  thing that have changed not my class year...pls god i want to be a freshman forever

  

  lived in a dorm, participated in lots of student activites, and went to physical classes. now, i'm living in a house with some friends, taking ... things down when i've had enough. this tuesday, every person in my house

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 12, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  food diaries pt. 3 amazing restaurants around MIT

  

  Somehow, I've explored more of Boston and Cambridge while living in ... ;       Zinnekan Belgian Waffles A cute cafe in Harvard ... " align="alignleft" width="225"] finished this in three minutes flat

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 8, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  GET A BIKE very important psa

  

  worth it. i lived in Burton-Conner, the fourth dorm down Dorm Row, so i ... "]Lobby 7,[/annotation] so if i needed to get to a class in Building 16 by 10 ... 've left around 10 and gotten to class in time!! what about the infamous 15

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 28, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Into the Unknown with bravery

  

  four years ago when we were seniors in high school, and we're sure many ... , first picturing ourselves in the 10+ companies we applied to, and then in ... in Nisha’s Spotify post, because we don’t use Spotify, but if we did

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 17, 2019
• Blog / Uncategorized

  places around and at mit godless and holy

  

  great things about MIT is its location. You're in this hub of great ... busiest and bustling cities in the world, Boston. During my time here, I ... years. In these past months, my friends and I have discovered our fair

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 13, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Movie A Day… the only way to spend your PNR

  

  the most academically challenging places in the world. Many frosh make use of PNR in various ways, where you'll often hear phrases like "It ... to take this midterm? I pass with a 40% in this class." PNR

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 17, 2019
• Blog / Announcements

  Our 2019-20 Application Essay Questions

  

  phones back in Cambridge that we've gotten some inquiries about our essay ... begin thinking and planning in advance, which I respect and value (one of ... yet know what you want to major in, which department or program at MIT

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 16, 2019
• Blog / Advice

  21 i don't know about you but i'm feeling 21...

  

  A 21st birthday has significant significance in the U.S. because you ... available to everyone in most other countries since they were a preteen. I ... ’ve acquired on the way to becoming a full-fledged adult (in no particular order

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • April 17, 2019
• Blog / Best from staff

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

  in every math class I took. Although my high school was incredibly ... increasingly became one of few Black/Puerto Rican students in those classes. Particularly in STEM courses, there was a group who called themselves "The Nerd

  • by DJ Rock
  • December 8, 2018
• Blog / Athletics

  3 / A team effort Roll Tech: Your newest Intercollegiate High Team silver medalists!

  

  skateboard for 6.810 final project. Spent over 10 hours in lab working on it ... course, I also spent a good chunk of time in lab working on my final ... with a friend visiting from the other coast over lunch in Central Square

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 12, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Balancing Act… ...or not

  

  sometimes hard to maintain, and I live in perpetual fear of messing it up even in the slightest because that will Interrupt My Rhythm and Ruin ... out of my comfort zone in this sense by forcing me to deal with my fear

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • September 28, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  The Other Side from prefrosh to cpw chair

  

  stuck in place by commuter traffic and people rushed across the street as ... (earlier than me!). She stares outside of the window, amazed by the scene in ... as I think about all of the prefrosh that will be checking-in

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • April 12, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  11.125 educating myself on education

  

  -centered classroom activities and student-led classes, to explore issues in schools and education. Students in this course spend time each week observing pre ... , standards in math and science, student misconceptions, methods of instruction

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • March 26, 2018