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  The Class of 2018 Graduates from MIT

  

  community in my career, and I remember how scary and surreal it was for everyone here, and for the new class perhaps most of all. As I wrote that next spring to the Class of 2015:   i wrote this to the students in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 8, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Craziest of Weeks I had one.

  

  'm grateful for nonetheless. Figure 9. How I feel when I meet new people ... expletives (that I can't post on the blogs) with my dad. I earnestly hope that ... . Friday: I mosey on over to Logan Airport not-so-bright and early in the

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • March 21, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  where is home? leaving your home is easy / it's keeping this one that's a struggle

  

  campus courtyard covered in snow. i've forgotten how beautiful it was ... . since moving in to simmons, i went on a subway trip with alan, which was ... i didn't know. with everyone gone, it felt closer to how i felt when i

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 27, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Allegiance "No, I'm not one of /those/ people."

  

  mean, I bet you live in one of the cleaner parts.” I imagine a big label ... lifestyle doesn’t take advantage of the perks of living in EC—I don’t spend a ... like that? What are your hours? Can I even trust you anymore? (Absolutely

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 24, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Play Labs yay an accelerator for VR startups

  

  film producer. Jeez that's a lot of accomplishments, Riz. I can't wait to ... the VR dog presentation, sadly, but I made it in time for the other ones ... VR video game called I Hate Heroes where the player can jump, swing

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 18, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] 8.13 Junior Lab feat. aidan chambers '23

  

  lower bound on the amount of work I was putting in every week into running ... plots in python? You do now. Don’t know how to fit data to a model? You ... in the style of an academic paper. Looking back I was very happy with

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 30, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  I’m leavin’ on a jet plane… and another plane...and another plane...

  

  how it looks, I found it to be very fun and interesting to drive. 10 ... before the meeting. 11:30am. I arrive in Ann Arbor a little early, so I go ... new favorite restaurants. I don't go there that often, because the food

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • September 22, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what’s the point? on impact, art, external validation, and remembering to be kind

  

  because I'm ultimately not sure how many of these attributes of humans can ... allowed me to explore the limits of what I can do, in ways that I never ... next thing. How can I make something that lasts or that matters within

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 21, 2024
• Blog / CPW

  an orange tour 🍊🍊🍊

  

  through a website on the Google Chrome app on my iPhone so pls forgive the ... me. Isolated color is a fun lens in which to view the world. I hope you find some joy in it, too. P.S. For context, I didn't film this livestream

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • April 29, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Night Off Campus and some dancing

  

  yet. We'll know when they do. Already, I'm aware of how ensconced in my ... (these are after all new faces in a place I was setting foot into for the ... soul-consuming. Still, on October 10 at 6pm, I can feel my brain starting

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 21, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  The last few days of summer I think I spent them well.

  

  wedding, and the advising, and the teaching (I really did) - but in my ... stuff, so I schedule it in. Essentially: there are no empty calendar days ... : white. I could wake up in the morning and think: "what do I feel like doing

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 6, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  A salty IAP post Taking a moment to be bitter

  

  time to do something you can tell an employer about).  I’ve had this ... ? That’s fantastic! I can relax, travel, take some classes, get an ... Short Stories just for me. I want to write more in the future, and it

  • by Powers '23
  • January 22, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  Inspired Brainstorming Three pieces of advice I employ

  

  . I was working as a backpacking summer camp counselor in New Hampshire ... amazing mother repeated this to me almost every night as she tucked me in. I ... what, Mom?” I asked. “That the sky is the limit. That you can do anything

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • November 25, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  Bright IAP a post in two, kind of unrelated, parts

  

  how devastated I was by my rejection."] university's honors college.[/annotation] The day after I turned in that application, Saturday, December 14, 2019 ... mean, later that day I got an email from MIT with my deadname in it also

  • by Paige B. '24
  • January 14, 2023
• Blog / IAP

  Liminal Activities Period IAP is a mindset and you can keep it forever

  

  accessible in the liminal space between semesters. I remember starting every ... the fall semester, barely able to believe that I passed and do not in ... three movies a day. I remember wondering how long it could last. If the

  • by Joel G. '18
  • January 25, 2025
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  dance dance dance! a weekend of trying to try everything

  

  easily distractible kid in a candy store. Maybe I’ll find a new hobby, a ... everything. I’m in clubs and choirs, running events, and starting (and ... everything I can. If you've ever seen me near music, you'll quickly learn that

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • September 17, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Since U Been Gone While I was out, the world changed. (UPDATED)

  

  Saturday, when I was leaving on the T at 5:30 AM, I made sure to buy two $1 ... , where it sat in solitude for three weeks. I then, right before departing ... wanting to face the usual crowd coming off the train in South Station, I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 1, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pass No Record, Oh How I Loved Thee. A quick look at first semester!

  

  I enjoy them all,  I learned a metric ton of material in a ... When it comes to MIT you can put everything you do into one of two categories "for classes" or "in the spirit of having fun". While the two aren

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • February 27, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  it is the escape living a second life as an art student

  

  question of how to continue making art in the real world, once I graduate. I ... -month internship in Seattle,[/annotation] a group of intern friends and I decided ... in Cantonese, a language I cannot understand. It was something about

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 26, 2022
• Blog / Events

  The Boston Festival of Indie Games In which I geek out on campus with a bunch of gamers

  

  conference started in Seattle that now has a Boston branch. I went last year ... . But how can you not with promos like this? She discussed the rise of ... to their proper locations in the timestream. (Side note: I really enjoy

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 16, 2013