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  For Newtown

  

  Newtown, CT. I got home that night, ready to study for the final that I just ... makeshift memorial concert for the victims of the shooting by saying ... undoubtedly heading to the library to cram for finals - people who in any other

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 18, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  snapshot diary 2.0 an image a day keeps the psets (and workday) away

  

  horror. Being perceived for what I willingly post online is a weird feeling ... November 15th.   5/1/23 A poster for the Spring '23 Rambax show. I ... looking for housing in New York over the summer for his internship, so I

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 14, 2024
• Blog / How to MIT

  [joint post] the MIT picture scavenger hunt or, how to drive yourself insane by looking at floorplans

  

  have guesses for any of these! Alan: These are somewhat ordered in level ... around campus, taken from interesting angles, and the goal for each is to ... exploring it for four years. CJ: If by exploring you mean “living on campus

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 12, 2021
• Blog / Advice

  SHE CAMPUS ON MY PREVIEW TIL I WEEKEND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! my freshman cpw post turned east campus love letter

  

  very real CPW weather machine"]CPW weather machine was out of order for ... it was hard not to forget that I had psets for a couple of days. Here ... MIT living. My dorm for next semester (and probably all the ones that

  • by Angie F. '28
  • May 6, 2025
• Blog / Residential Life

  whimsically signed, yfnhmc (your friendly neighborhood house meeting chair)

  

  After freshman year, I decided to stick around for the summer. I felt ... digging these emails up.   For example, here's an actual email I sent ... 5, 2022 2 quotes for you today, both of which speak to the inner child

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • February 19, 2026
• Blog / How to Human

  4 Years advice from a freshly minted alum

  

  ' diary for tidbits of wisdom and then will go off to freestyle rap or ... is my compilation of his response, in no particular order: 1. Always

  • by Ana V. '15
  • June 8, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Marching Band Refused to Yield Band in the name of love.

  

  that our clarinet player, Michael '09, built for us. Since we don't have ... slushiest day of the year 2007. In order to spread some love and, more

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 4, 2007
• Blog / People & Identities

  in this coming year we run and rest and make and keep up the relentless pace

  

  In review — it’s been a good year. In reverse-chronological order, I ... deeply. I’ve been wanting to have this group project experience at MIT for ... public a LOT of times: for MIT Monologues, where I wrote and memorized an 8

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 5, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  difficult difficult lemon difficult the end of senior fall

  

  an email on my radar as something to send, and then forget about it for ... late. I punted the task of finding a thesis advisor, a task necessary for ... having to work out a plan for me to do the requisite work during IAP

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 29, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  500 Days of Summer (or 104 days, if you believe that phineas and ferb counted correctly)

  

  actually are. Also, summer is sort of nebulously defined for me as an MIT ... could! I also put a decent amount of time aside for having a lot of fun ... , not necessarily in chronological order. July 24th: Shakespeare in the

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 17, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A week in my new world A little bit of everything

  

  Nina Lutz for multiple hours in editing, to my family for being awesome in the videos, to my best friends Diann Huynh and Chielo Mbaezue for participating, and then of course everyone at MIT for appearing)!!! If you would

  • by Ben O. '19
  • September 18, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  Navigating MIT is like flying a spacecraft* the most important things I've learned here so far

  

  life shoves you. *(Credit for this analogy goes to retired astronaut ... rewarded for a lack of preparation, so when you find yourself in a situation ... bringing order to complexity. - Jony Ive To me, design is so much more

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 16, 2013
• Blog / MISTI

  Another Journey Planned How to go abroad 101

  

  looking for a program that didn’t promise that and rather had a different ... offer me the experience I was looking for. Although not many students ... with Cambridge University; MIT Madrid, which sends students for a

  • by Becca H. '12
  • February 21, 2011
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A Woman and Her Lute An epic tale across three centuries. (includes poor fanfic-style prose)

  

  squabbling over pieces of bread, the plaza is deserted except for an eccentric ... . "For goodness' sakes! Are you going to come see me play tonight ... tonight?" "Giuseppe! For the hundredth time, you very well know where it is

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 25, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Return of the Frog Queen Okay, it snowed this morning, end of story.

  

  your grandmother about apple pie recipes, and that would be fun for ... about fluid mechanics. Sorry, it's the time of the season for offers, and ... it was no trouble for me to just lie down, put a sheet over my face

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 5, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What makes me an MIT student? Some thoughts about blogging and a special question for returning readers.

  

  my place. For the first time ever, I told myself, I'd have a true peer ... 't make school my reason for living. I came in with an existing, established ... ballpark, and my philosophy has had to shift a bit in order to satisfy this

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I came to MIT A few reasons I chose MIT, and I few reasons that would have made me…

  

  (supposed to be) studying for a 9.24 (Diseases of the Nervous System) test ... decision soon, I thought I'd outline some of the reasons I chose MIT for ... you were willing to knock on enough doors and really fight for a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Week of Chocolate and Octagons Some thoughts and some pictures.

  

  bunch of work backed up and waiting for me. (Yes, I highlight some cool ... deadlines and actually feeling compelled to put forth the effort for paper ... for "freshman," and "pre-"... well, you get the idea. It's interesting

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 23, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  crossovers in socal MIT Students Visit Caltech and UCLA

  

  we build a fort for the East Side Party, and the famous rollercoaster ... labyrinthine layout of the dormitory, sometimes requiring a descent in order to ... Ricketts House (another one of Caltech’s South Houses) for their open mic

  • by Victor D. '27
  • June 6, 2026
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  How to Overcommit Responsibly sidequesting like a pro

  

  started playing. For those already halfway through the College gameplay ... with a degree. There are also a number of subquests for the main quest ... decide to put all your points into academics for example, all of your other

  • by Anika H. '26, MEng '27
  • October 6, 2025