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• Blog / About Decisions

  Over is the Wait Just thoughts...

  

  being waitlisted, and a whole spectrum of feelings in between. I remember ... , I had no idea what MIT was. It could have been in Michigan or Maryland ... . I’ll make food. I’ll plan next week. I’ll think, wow, how is the

  • by Ana V. '15
  • March 18, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to Maseeh! A look into MIT's newest dorm

  

  As you may or may not know, I'm a Maseehdonian (aka I live in the new castle, Maseeh). Since it's the newest dorm on campus, I don't really think the world knows much about Maseeh, so I'm going to give an e

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 30, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Quick Update I am busy, this is short.

  

  Well, I'm back from Atlantic City and have 3 million things to do in ... stairs. Plus, the amusement park across the street (you can see it in the ... said: I think I would just die if I were you... No, really, just to stand

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 16, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  East Campus Rush photos

  

  I've been remiss in posting about Dorm Rush or Hall Rush, both of ... . In this case, a picture really is worth a thousand words, so I'll let ... rider in motion, but I did get a picture of this rider who was about to

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 1, 2006
• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2021!

  

  For the last six years now, I have started this post with a jaunty ... pandemic disrupted, but here in Cambridge, vaccination rates are high, and so ... inside my house now. i love it, but fear for when it a w a k e n s a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Engineering Hero One of the coolest professors at MIT

  

  as a museum, I can see why. ... So two weeks ago, I had a lecture from one of the oldest people at MIT. ...This might have also been possibly one of the best lectures I

  • by Bryan
  • February 22, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Train(wreck) of Thought

  

  *")----->O/H---->OH--->Two components in liquid rocket fuel--->EXPLOSIVE action. I can almost ... intensive project hence (most of) my absence from the blagosphere. BUT I've got something pretty cool in store, so don't give up hope just yet

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 4, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Evolution of Physics Physics gets harder as you get older, go figure.

  

  during sophomore year I'm noticing a trend in physics problems: they get ... in his class. Needless to say things got different when I got to MIT ... think it really struck me that physics was hard when I got this problem in

  • by Snively '11
  • November 14, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  Thanksgiving Nostalgia if MIT == home

  

  ? How much should I factor in money over passion in a career to increase ... driveway as I had done thousands of times before (driving was weird in and of ... the fridge felt like I was a guest in my own home. Even more than that

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • December 1, 2017
• Blog / Classes

  What I’m taking this semester! senior fall

  

  " post in a while, because I think I jinxed sophomore fall last time. I ... can autonomously manipulate physical objects in unstructured ... interested in AI in the first place. I'll be lying if I say I'm not a little

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • September 4, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  dealing with loss it ain't easy

  

  lucky to have had her in my life, and I know how much joy she brought ... . however, in the past few weeks, I've been confronted with more and more ... sleep. I met my host grandfather in my freshman year of high school, when

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 5, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vacation = Relaxation, right? What I do over vacation...

  

  Apparently this is not the case in England. They do things ... to students in, say China, it’s a big change from MIT where our rooms are filled with piles of psets. AND, here’s what I think is

  • by Cambridge
  • January 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Setting up a Global Warming Research Center…in Antarctica Meet Zahir Dossa ’08 (Courses 6 and 15; Nu Delta), who could sell you your…

  

  to change the world in the same breath. I’ve never met anyone who ... the years, I’ve learned an invaluable lesson: While you can’ ... believe that your dream can become a reality. I don’t know what Zahir

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • October 25, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  feeling grown up walking in adult clothing

  

  grown up, in general. some thoughts: these days when i'm in an uber, or ... these questions about how i don't know what i want or what i'm doing or ... . not because i'm scared, but because i don't know what to say in the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 17, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Neurony goodness More lab, because that's what I do.

  

  long (5 hr) incubation, so I can mix the DNA in with the cells, then go ... 's mostly what I do in the summer. Oh, and Adam and I went to Friendly's with ... this week in addition to writing the paper and making figures; mostly I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  International conference followup A post especially for international students: casting a wide net to find a good college…

  

  international students.   This past week, I attended an annual conference on international admissions (I attended last year as well). The ... applications. As always, it was quite fascinating; I learned a lot, met some good

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 17, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Finding Balance May I have this dance?

  

  slacklining, so I gather, lies in training your leg to counter-wobble against ... noobs like me, every time he sets up the line), and I can now almost make ... like finding balance in dance, and both slacklining and dance are (I

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 6, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  iap: this year vs. last

  

  it's IAP! I don't have classes! I can end my day at 5 pm like I could ... dancing a lot. I enrolled in an online class taught by one of my favorite ... 't like very much, so I dropped it in the second week and didn't even log a

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 10, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  avoiding responsibility writing this blog to procrastinate on stuff

  

  I’m not hosed I’m no longer neck deep in school work, and I finally ... nothing in particular except think about all the things I need to do. They ... of being reasonable and going to sleep, I’m going to write this in one

  • by Anika H. '26
  • April 6, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Study Break!

  

  . But I have no idea how they do it. Anyway, I had just reached the ... slices. I wasa in charge of mixing the caramel mix on the stove. Then we ... MIT is hard. Seriously. That's why we have study breaks. I know that

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 6, 2005