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• Blog / MIT Life

  A Christmas Hug [UPDATE: New picture!!!] *squeeze*

  

  'm sure you can expect an entry or two about it in the future. ... Today was Winter Break 2008 in Lobby 7, a really pleasant way to ... and said "Look! Susan Hockfield! I'll totally hug her for a dollar." I

  • by Snively '11
  • December 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On a Week of IHTFP An Exam Week story. Starring none other than 18.022.

  

  .022 TEST THING OMG AND I SPENT SO MUCH TIME STUDYING AND I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW ... ). Wonderful? Out of this world? No, the question is... Can you SURVIVE??? I ... -variable calculus and the 18.02's are types of multi-variable calculus). I came in

  • by Marcela R. '13
  • October 28, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Beantown. sketchbook showcase!

  

  [/caption] I found this small sketchbook in my drawer that I impulse-bought from ... nothing else in it, so I decided to fill it up with things that I've seen ... out of using one in the first place. I didn't worry about perfect lines

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • March 31, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Slippery Slope: The Story of a Frazzled Sophomore How NOT to spend the first month of sophomore year

  

  please, bear with me). What I can control is how I handle myself in every ... one particularly nasty hell week can instill in you, something I thought ... taking better care of myself. I can’t control the unexpected things in

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • October 14, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Knowing me, knowing you My plans for Nobel laureacy, and everything I like about MIT professors.

  

  comments, which I will respond to in an untimely fashion. I'll let you know when. You can count on me, can't you? I think I eventually come to love all of my professors in a different way. I don't know, call it Stockholm

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 25, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  TEDxCambridge! 1. How TED talks can improve your life 2. Recently hosted and filmed right here…

  

  , that gives 84 TED talks you can watch in your rapidly diminishing waiting ... thoughts, you'll become more illuminated in 84 topics. That can be useful no ... remarkable people, free to the world." I started watching them in high school

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • December 13, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back to School If you go to school in Missouri City (TX), I might see you this week!

  

  I'm back in the U.S. of A and have recovered enough from jet lag for ... laziness. So ~ my time in India is over :( No longer do I wake to the sound ... in India. Last Tuesday was my final day in Anaikatti, when I turned in

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 23, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  -way presentation. In a two-way conversation, for example, you can ask "and how about ... folder called "Old." Eek. In "Old," I found a folder named after my high ... interview. So here goes. In my senior year of high school, I was living in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 12, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thank Goodness! "There are bridges you cross / You didn't know you crossed / until you've crossed."

  

  'm getting a far better grade in 7.05 than 5.12) - but I'm seriously struggling in orgo. Argh! < begins long rant on organic chemistry > (I ... , when I first took Calc BC in sophomore year, Calc was just a huge

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 21, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  Coming Into My Own ft. an exciting semester and an exciting job lined up + making positive changes to…

  

  . That being said, this is definitely the semester in which I think I ... teaches you how to be a good leader as well as a good team player. I don ... thoroughly convinced that I can improve them with practice. The lab class, 6

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 16, 2020
• Blog / Class Projects

  I DON’T NEED YOU ANYMORE. the making of my final video project

  

  narrative. In past documentaries, I never really understood how to transition ... I've mentioned in the past that I'm taking CMS.335 Short Attention ... had an interest in making videos, but found that everything I made was

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 23, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what i drew this summer i took an art class

  

  in college, I never took a visual arts class, despite looking through ... prickling in the back of my mind again. When I was in middle school, I wanted ... this summer, and I was in Cambridge. So I signed up for Alternative

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 27, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  growing over time continuing to become myself

  

  always going in the wrong direction no matter how hard you try. When I ... ways it felt like my life was paused. (I'm sure lots of y'all can relate ... beginnings of deep friendships in the East Campus courtyard. I felt like a

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 31, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Bill Gates It looks like you're trying to inspire philanthropy...

  

  examples of how MIT students are already involved in making the world a better place. You can watch the presentation online: Giving Back: Finding the Best Way to Make a Difference. Sadly I was unable to get him to

  • by Dave McOwen
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  head above the water (intro post) an inner dialogue about my first month of classes

  

  When I tried practicing for the swim test, I realized how long it had ... further until I was eventually in the deep end. When I jumped in, I remember ... forth underneath me while I tried to propel myself up. Keep in mind that

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 9, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  An Afternoon In/Out Of The Snow

  

  How and what would I write in the utter absence of the ever ... carnivorous appetite. 1:00 PM I've gained entrance to the club, and can ... want, but not how to get there." For them, I weep frozen tears of

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • January 22, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Re-introduction A summary, for those of you just tuning in.

  

  the following: 1. Analyzing data and writing as much as I can on the rough draft of my paper. This is my last week in the lab, and I'm trying ... around in Excel so much that my hands hurt, and when I close my eyes I see

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 26, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  *Oink Oink* Nobody panic!

  

  us. A couple of days later a kid in my suite had similar symptoms, went to MIT Medical, and returned with a blue mask. Soon a girl in my suite was blue-masked, then another guy in my suite appeared one day with a

  • by Snively '11
  • September 23, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Moving On, Moving Out, and the Conservation of Freshmen Reflections of a (kinda) sophomore.

  

  it can be donated to charity. In addition to the student volunteers I ... : it can be tedious and time-consuming, but you've gotta do it. And in ... , since I'm finally moving into my fraternity's house in Boston. Of course

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 22, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  FOMO #tbt #behindonblogging #seniorspring

  

  Commons has a cute little pond in the middle which you can ice skate on ... me this email about a talk titled "Let Me Punch Your Robot (or How I ...  which creates these massive mechanical/robotic machines which can be used in

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 12, 2015