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Blog / Art, Literature, Music
A Weekend in New York [by Davie Rolnick '11, Guest Blogger] Art Scholars go to see Wagner at the Met!
one can be a graceful Rheinmaiden while suspended 30 feet in the air I ... , directed by Robert Lepage. Here is some background, so you understand why I ... prelude) in the massive 4-opera cosmos-encompassing saga known as the Ring -
Blog / MIT History & Culture
A Nerd’s Paradise Phi is a "h" of a lot cooler than pi.
Ever since I first visited MIT in the summer of 2007, I knew that the ... first classes, turning in my first p-set, the clubs I've become part of ... research opportunities are a close second.) Put it this way: I can learn -
Blog / MIT Life
MIT women Rockin' the two X chromosomes at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
I've noticed, in my travels around the country and the internet, that people are really interested in the experience of female students at MIT. I ... people are interested in this question, I find it decidedly odd... sort of -
Blog / Academics & Research
If the roots are imaginary, then the dots will be blue… Diff EQ what now?
board, waves chalk in the air.) "See? Blue." "And now I'm reminded of an ... have a normal, stable relationship, and down here in the third... oh, I ... As it's been nearly a month since I posted (yeah. I've been hosed. I -
Blog / Extracurriculars
Knitting and Playing Tetris Through the End of the World guest post by Salma Islam
the yarn intertwines, my heart can mend too. I never realized I would ... pixelated designs on my laptop to recreate in fabric. I couldn't stop. I started measuring time in units of how long it took me to knit a headband -
Blog / Challenges
The View is Worth It but you have to make the climb yourself to find out
appreciated the actual view in front of my eyes, just because how shitty I felt ... ...shh[/caption] These numbers are mostly based off of how confident I am in myself. I ... :("]few[/annotation] glaciers left in the park. All the blog posts I read -
Blog / How to MIT
24 Things I Learned in My First Semester and a Half for the lovely 2024s!
Hell, but you all bond in that mutual suffering." I can't tell you how ... Disclaimer: I actually wrote this on my flight to California back in ... 't expect to be this different. Anyway, in my time here, I've learned a lot in -
Blog / Blog Projects
[joint post] blogston commons with Allison E. ‘27, Ellie F. ‘28, Jebby ‘25, and Sara N. ‘28
of who I am then all the big philosophies I can compose in my head. And ... note="and i must clarify with the pain in my heart that i now also ... . Angie F. ‘28, Ellie F. ‘28 and i were talking the other day about how the -
Blog / Admissions
Flow: Writing Like Yourself *insert prospective 2021 clickbait tagline*
; Fast forward to today, and I can point to every misconception in the ... ways of the humblebrag, I was challenged. In addition, I was confronted ... (and still am). In addition, I felt like each of the essays I wrote could -
Blog / Challenges
More on balance Some parameters for self-improvement
lately been less than exemplary. In addition, on Sunday evening, I ate ... and a sundress. In less than 48 hours, I will be in Houston, both for ... should try to move in some direction. I wish I were more convincing, or -
Blog / Uncategorized
Sacred Space and why it matters to unplug once in awhile
these tools in better ways in the future. The message was: how can we even ... teens hadn”t seen me for four days in a row and I knew that they would ... transformative things can happen during these moments of being present in a space -
Blog / Admissions
a fun bet spicing up the admissions process
When I was once a high school senior drowning in college applications ... going anywhere at all. I wanted to go to college, but how would I possibly represent everything about who I am as a person in 250 words? I couldn’t, so I -
Blog / Academics & Research
The sun is out but why is it so cold outside?
be a cat in the winter time. Today I wrested the last fateful drop out ... other about how I wasn't even bored. We talked about what classes I was ... before turning them in for good. If I don't sound terribly grateful to the -
Blog / IAP
Why I’m Baking Cookies Tonight. IAP is a beautiful time to do lots of something or lots of nothing. Or…
the MIT crowd. Anyways, I can write a whole entry on french toast in ... I think I can/should do. “Oh yeah, I’ll take 60 units this fall, and ... year, I did nothing but eat, hang out with my suite (+ friends) in Burton -
Blog / MIT Life
sophomore fall (sophomore decline? sophomore roman empire?) (actually the word sophomore comes from Greek but shhhh)
, and one pset fewer than usual so i can pretend for an hour that i'm not ... my window and breathe in the fresh air; and sometimes when i'm walking ... will have to, because i can't let this happen again. when i look at the -
Blog / MIT History & Culture
Conditioner For My Face "The dot product is the solution to all the problems of the universe. Even the…
I got this postcard from my dad a few weeks ago. It's funny how when ... in that world where you just left. I just got this message out of the ... keeps track of funny quotes. Two years ago when I was in South Caicos for -
Blog / Challenges
screaming a mood board
UROP research symposium in January, so he could add that to my letter. I said of course, even though I can't stand because I absolutely love doing ... date. I had assumed that these took place in like February or March, but -
Blog / Academics & Research
Another New Semester and A Lot of Cats Call me the crazy cat lady
This semester has been quite quiet so far - just how I like it. And ... friend Claire L. '17, and I know that we have it in ourselves to do well ... exam is next week. I have been studying what we've learned in class and -
Blog / Events
Stop and Smell the Seasons Before it's winter and your nose is so numb you can't smell anything.
rink. I used to take ice skating lessons in Indiana, but all I can ... currently running around giving everyone chilly hugs. I’ve lived in Southern ... spent frolicking in Indiana. When I think fall, I think piles of crunchy