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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Christmas in February Shiny new toys MIT gave me this semester

  

  never quite materialized, I still got to experience Christmas in February ... Instrument Design). Still, I think it's amazing how much physical equipment I ... musical instruments using them very soon. A dollar bill I got in 6

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 14, 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 / How to Human

  2024 in Review the things and stuff of 2024

  

  challenging. In 2024 I developed strength and self reliance. Obviously it ... that I am beyond grateful for. But in some of these lows, I grappled with ... dependent on someone or something in an existential, unhealthy way, you can

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • January 13, 2025
• 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 / How to Human

  re-orienting REX et al.

  

  . dear past me, During REX, I finally realized how much I changed in the ... dear past me,  I moved in last year on August 17th, a couple days ... circumstances']move in.[/annotation] I was one of the first people to move in and

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • September 19, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Calm Down and Breathe Heeeeeehooooooo

  

  In which my brother and I embarassingly parody a song (first one to recognize it gets some brownie points):  Edit: Evidently I am not so good at ... going, I can't possibly be the only one...

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 20, 2013
• Blog / People & Identities

  in this coming year we run and rest and make and keep up the relentless pace

  

  much more confident in starting a project I don’t know how to do; I can ... ’t become not awkward, but I’ve learned how to use my awkwardness in a cool ... In review — it’s been a good year. In reverse-chronological order, I

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 5, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  Happy Valley and the Sandusky Scandal Penn State, Joe Paterno, State College: the stories you've heard and the town—my hometown—behind them.

  

  compass. But he did. I hope you can understand why many people are in ... Sandusky will live the rest of his life in jail. I can't believe that all ... Two weeks ago, while visiting my family in State College, I got to

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 5, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  senior house / pilot 2021 / senior house facts, and a thought

  

  overcrowding. But I can resonate with the last sentence in that email. ... how much I love/hate the current series of events, or praise ... decision, I hope you will understand it is firmly rooted in our care for you

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • July 11, 2017
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to Survive a Nor’easter New England hath no flurries like a winter storm

  

  ; I know a few friends who have never seen snow in such amounts, let ... instance, I was lucky to get one or two of them in a given year, presumably ... frozen, fluffier, and more white....Hey, I don't know how many readers

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 11, 2011
• Blog / Class Projects

  The Best and Worst Places to 💩 on Campus

  

  in stalls, if you can hear the person next to you fighting demons as ... , strength of air dyers) I also asked if there were a full mirror in the ... interactive maps. Then, I took each entry in the list, grouped them by common

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 9, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You should get this bundle right now definitely clickbait

  

  I'm taking a break from playing all the video games in this video game bundle to tell you that you should buy it. Here's a list of some of the games I've enjoyed from it that'll hopefully convince you to get it

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 8, 2021
• Blog / Events

  MIT is in Boston!!!!111!!!1! It's something to be excited about!!!!!

  

  that are available here, but I can see how smaller colleges, cities, and ... how being in a city (and especially around other college students!) can ... universities in the area added to that experience even more. Not to mention, I

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 11, 2016
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  We Stan Matt Parker i'll try not to mention the parker square

  

  special influenced me. I told him how I wrote about it in my MIT application ... In my junior year of high school, I started taking single ... student (at least, for a high school student). But I remember sitting in

  • by Paige B. '24
  • February 2, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  A Maple Peach in Cambridge They have some weird fruit here

  

  . I was born in the magnificent, but chilly, country of Canada. However ... was 3 years old. I’ve lived in Georgia for practically my whole life, until this summer when I officially moved to live in a hotel (aka Maseeh

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 5, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer Syllabus in Retrospect goals, guidelines, reading list

  

  can now see the summer as something whole and fully past. Back in May, I ... . Evaluate on these three measures: i) how much fun you had ii) how much ... rituals, not routines. I spent the summer mostly in Cambridge, with trips

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 1, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Halloweekend and the 7 weekends prior!

  

  spare time. Anastassia: “I can answer that counter-chronologically in Blog ... to Miami as I departed to see THE DALAI LAMA in his talk on ethics ... . Furthermore, I also participated in another form of dance, playing dodgeball, in

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • October 28, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  I Lived, I Learned, I Got Burnt not necessarily in that order

  

  live with it. In the meantime, all I can do is hold on to the people that ... can. In the moments where I am not hit by anxiety, I am trying my best ... playing in the background and all. Every time I tried writing this post, my

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 26, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  Saturday Night in Simmons it's so busy here tonight [i really need to study or go to sleep]

  

  enough space to run around. And some good shoes you can hard brake in. I ... all night again.] said that she has NEVER ONCE seen me locked in. And I ... sleeping or studying. I do actually need to lock in for my two finals next

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • December 15, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Time in a bottle. A Newbery-medal-winning collection of short stories.

  

  If I could save time in a bottle, the first thing that I'd like to do ... you. Unfortunately, I can't do that yet, but I can write these ... Wednesday I had marching band practice and no time in between class and work

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 20, 2005