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• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Before You Arrive on Campus: Orientation Edition On REX, safety, free stuff, and making the most out of it all!

  

  airport by Lydia K. ‘14 here -- On the Impostor Syndrome by Anna H. ‘14 here

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 12, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Trip Report: IOI 2015 in Kazakhstan of khans and computer science

  

  I tagged along with the American delegation, including Andrew H. '19

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 10, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Happy Belated Hearts Day copy/paste irl, afk and everything

  

  Like Anna H. ‘14 blogged a while ago, as my time has gotten more precious I’ve stripped away hobbies and for-fun activities and learned what I can and cannot leave behind. I’ve realized over the past year that some

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 16, 2015
• Blog / IAP

  IAP & Snowmageddon Infinite amounts of pancakes, international adventures and poutine, and icy apocalypse preparation

  

  Andrea H. '18 have been planning a pancake-eating contest for weeks to

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 27, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  i just finished 6.811, principles and practices of assistive technology (PPAT)! it’s a higher level interdisciplinary course 6 class that tackles hardware, software, and mechanical solutions to the needs of…

  • by Connie H. '15
  • December 4, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  Miscellany In which I talk about my life and Fancy sportsball DNA folk songs

  

  friends Andrea H. '18 and Fejiro O. '18 (filmed by Diana L. '17) wrote a

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 22, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Candies and Costumes and Pumpkins and CATS Princess Leia and Orphan Annie ran around with laser guns and threw candy at people.…

  

  following Pictures were taken by Tristan H. '18: And a frozen pumpkin

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 3, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Sorting of the Frosh (MacGregor Style) We don't have a Sorting Hat, but this is how MacGregor does In-House Rush

  

  ’), F, G, H, and J (no I because it’s imaginary, obviously, and considered

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 24, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A bear encounter and a wild cow-milking contest Summer adventures

  

  I’m currently in Missoula, Montana: hometown of ze boyfriend. When I arrived, he suggested that I borrow his sister’s mountain bike for the summer. I hopped on the bike with…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 24, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  My MIT Interview I think that I forgot to tell you about that

  

  AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! This is the result when you look me up on the MIT website: I’m an AFFILIATE now. No longer a student! Maybe that’s just as well, though, because according…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 12, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  We met an alumnus from the Class of 1952 and fixed a window, and went bouldering.

  

  At 9:50 last night, Lucas ‘14 and I were walking through Building 14 to go bouldering on MIT’s climbing wall. As we rounded the corner, a woman called out: “Please,…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 16, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  Teaching Abroad: a Guest Blog Post by Elizabeth Q. ‘14 Learn a new language, teach science.

  

  Ciao! Mi chiamo Elizabeth, e sono una amica di Anna. (Hello! I’m Elizabeth ‘14, one of Anna’s many friends). I’m here to talk about teaching at MIT – and specifically,…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 13, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Astronomy in Paradise Lost I can't resist.

  

  While I read Paradise Lost, I think about astronomy. I know what you’re thinking: “what else is new?” You yawn and ask whether I salivate and breathe while reading Paradise Lost. …

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 27, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Polar Vortex or my third IAP, and how externships work

  

  You might wonder what possessed me to go to Chicago for the month of January. The weather forecast for my first day of work. Granted, this factors in the mysterious…

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 16, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Day 2: Hiking up a volcano at 15,000 ft (~4.5 km) Altitude sickness and Embarrassing Spanish Attempt #3

  

  January 12 Hostel Colonial House, Quito In retrospect, I do not recommend attempting to summit a volcano at 15,700 ft with only one day of altitude acclimation. – It’s Sunday.…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Day 0: from DC to Quito A rough morning, a long nap, and a kindly neighbor

  

  January 10 On the plane from Panama to Quito What a goofy immigration card. I don’t think I know my Date of Bird? – My alarm went off at 4am.…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Mormons and video gamers Bonding with strangers

  

  On New Year’s Eve, my family went out to see Book of Mormon. When I wasn’t laughing, wincing, or wondering about the ceiling’s structural integrity, I was glancing over at the guy sitting next…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 3, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  The Swim Test Saga Four laps (and zero displacement) closer to graduation

  

  You’re a first-semester senior and this is what Section 2 of your Undergraduate Degree Audit looks like: This is a very lonely situation, because the vast majority of your peers…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 22, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m laughing out loud cheek. muscles. cramping.

  

  It’s pre-finals week. Today is the last day of classes. Projects are due, one of my friends slept for one hour last night, I have to submit a paper draft…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 11, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  Life Lessons From Pistol Class But they don't buy pajamas / For pistol packin' mamas!

  

  Technically, there isn’t much to shooting a pistol. Load rounds into magazine. Insert magazine. Release the bolt. Grip as in a firm handshake. Inhale, raise arm. Exhale a little, press…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 7, 2013