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  print “Hello, World!\n”; Everything you ever needed to know about me

  

  Hello! I don’t think we’ve met. I’m the girl who rollerblades everywhere. You might have seen me if you walk down the Infinite at the right ... War II and deepened by the collapse of the Soviet Union. Russia

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 8, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  07/07/07 Speaking of numbers: the number seven in particular, brought to you by the birthday of…

  

  /07/07, which of course translates to THE BIRTHDAY OF THE CENTURY. (Regardless of your beliefs about the number 7.) I took this as a challenge to transform those 24 hours into the best ever. Actually, I slept through quite a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 9, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Our mother shoulda just named you Laika! Come on Alex, you can do it.

  

  'm trying to put off getting to the point of this entry? Anyway, some time before finals I went to see The Arcade Fire perform at the Orpheum in Boston, which was one of the most life-changing experiences I've ever been

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 25, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  No Ceilings next steps

  

  that goal. You just, take the next step. And sure, you might have ... you can't get to the 1000th step without taking the first. Or the second. Or the 999th. When I started college, I used to think these steps

  • by Paige B. '24
  • March 12, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  SIMMONS GOT A TRAMPOLINE!!! it's awesome, possum!

  

  " align="aligncenter" width="672"] Trampoline!!!! and also the ping pong ... Hall. For the last few weeks, large boxes have been sitting in the lobby ... ). My dad tells all of us to take a turn doing something cool for the

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • December 6, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  happy singles awareness day

  

  restaurant that day. I wasn’t opposed to the restaurant, although it was ... ’t interested in getting involved in anything romantic with anybody at the moment ... ’ll invite our mutual friend Bob too” or showing up while leaning hard into the

  • by Rona W. '23
  • February 21, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  two years after my book auction in retrospect

  

  memorable than usual, because it’s the day my first novel went to auction. It was a gray day. Most days were gray that month. The pandemic had just begun to claw its way through the United States, and a month earlier, MIT

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 17, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  in transit where do i go from here?

  

  the window watching the cold concrete walls zoom by as I just sit. I ... needed to be. I've always very much been a more-about-the-journey-than-the ... the station and I must interrupt the quiet peace I've found in transit

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 6, 2022
• Blog / Personal Travel

  what I did this summer unoriginal title, original experiences!

  

  weeks. I had a pretty good time, but I was a picky eater and hated the ... had the idea to measure me again. I had grown a quarter of an inch in a week. Forgive me the tortured analogy, but this summer, I feel like I

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • August 24, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Landing  Your Aircraft Has Arrived at Gate '21 

  

  The very first blog post I published on the blogs was a play on the ... did not know much at the time. I was absolutely terrified of what the ... home. I was worried about the academic rigor that was to come. I didn

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 4, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  hello deferred applicants, i, again, don’t know what to say, but i can try

  

  was deferred myself, i was eventually accepted to mit. such is the nature of writing in the admissions blogs. it's been two years, so the ... would be prepared to open my decision and see the deferral and it would be

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 20, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  it’s thanksgiving or something and other things happening in my life

  

  acknowledgement statement, as adapted from mit's statement. the land on which i'm writing this post right now is the traditional, unceded territory of the wampanoag nation. i acknowledge the painful history of genocide and forced

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 26, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Integration no, not the math one

  

  , and sometimes in the middle of juggling classes, p-sets, terrifying ... ’s easy to take for granted the haven that is created Under the Dome, where ... weeks, the fact that such a renowned place as MIT decided to fling open

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • November 8, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  How to Meet More People a guest post from Amy F. '20

  

  (sometimes the hard way) after making it halfway through hell. Without further ... , making the effort to know, rather than meet, others has always led to the ... returning the favor. MIT feels like a completely different (and much better

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • June 18, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Advice from Graduating Seniors to incoming freshmen

  

  the Class of 2021 will gather and President Reif will give a welcoming address. At that time, the Class of 2021 will officially be freshmen.   MIT can be overwhelming will all the advice you hear left and right. But

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 28, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  West Coast Trip Report some work, some play, lots of nerd stuff

  

  work out at Stanford   h a c k e d   then stop by the Stupid ... ;   First, here's Danny demoing the World's Worst Spoon, which him and ... also had the idea for a plunger that would scream at you while you used

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 30, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fantastic Course Numbers and Where to Find Them A List of Ways MIT is like Hogwarts

  

  Hello friends, it is near the end of term (*cries*) and so today, I ... /not good it was, did at least spark the pottermania once again :3) 1. The corridors and staircases move I used to have to take the 3rd floor

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 30, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Writing is difficult みんな、がんばってね!

  

  Writing is difficult. It's the last day in July.* I find it very easy ... this all in one go in my remaining 47 minutes on the train, instead of postponing for another 47 days of drawn-out anguish at the accumulating height

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • July 31, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pressing Pause Taking a moment before the beginning of spring semester

  

  semester begins Tuesday, and so will begin the class I’ve been diligently ... on this blog! Coming from Colorado, the weather itself actually wasn ... stare at all the flakes falling from the sky, and it will feel like magic

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 3, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how i used a selfie stick for good and other things i did in 6.811

  

  tackles hardware, software, and mechanical solutions to the needs of boston ... semester, but you can start to poke around in the 6.811 course website to learn more about what we cover. the class was started by seth teller and

  • by Connie H. '15
  • December 4, 2014