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• Blog / Challenges

  Parting Remarks Part II: The Blogger Bio That Was I just graduated!

  

  bio/about section of my blogger profile, which I wrote in either August or September of 2016. I thought, in the style of my last blog post, I would write some snappy lines about how my bio no longer captures how I

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 30, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  Ridiculous things I’ve been up to in which i wear an exoskeleton

  

  making negative progress in learning how to swim, the hardest class I ... Artin last fall and how he's teaching 18.702 in the spring. I probably ... instead, let me talk about some of the things I've been doing in the past

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 10, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  the fear and delight of fire spinning do not this at home! I am a trained (semi?)professional.

  

  , because it's really really fun. It’s not something I can fully describe in ... was the boldest decision I made in my life, but also one of the best. I ... !” speech, because I’d spend forever and a half gushing about how cool and

  • by Anika H. '26
  • June 21, 2025
• Blog / How to Food

  Tofu corndogs and low-fat ice cream

  

  . (Can you pick me out in that picture? Let's play Where's Mollie!) I also ... and breaks every bone in his body, he can look damn sexy doing it. Since ... of flexibility in making food that tastes good but is also healthy. (I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 1, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Coming to a theater near you! (Or auditorium... or gym... or lecture hall...)

  

  This is my last week in the office before I hit the road to come see ... any of you, I'll be so relieved to have made it there in one piece that I'll be in a great mood! This fall will bring me to Connecticut

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 12, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I walk a lonely road and it takes a lot of time

  

  later and later. I wake up just in time to catch breakfast, which closes ... minutes, 29 seconds Sometimes, I know that I can make it if only I walk fast ... through denial, bargaining, anger, and depression until I have accepted in

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • October 20, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A bevy of beautiful Brass Rat bezels A tour of the past 8 MIT class rings.

  

  design process begins in freshman year with the highly competitive process ... purchase the ring in a typical year; one company actually shuts down their factory for the one week each year of prime MIT ring-buying. Using imagery

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 13, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  624 Hours: Columbia, MO or, Things I Made While I Was Home

  

  altitude over some undetermined state in the Midwest. I’m now writing, I can ... . Here’s what’s been going on in my life: I had a conversation with a ... ; *I’m totally not anymore. Sitting in Simmons. Peace out home fries!

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 19, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW-related whatsits Just some things you might want to know before you arrive tomorrow!

  

  bed. Some students have futons in their rooms you can sleep in. I am in ... that we'll receive a packet of information at check-in. Can I still get ... around their crotchety hosts all the time. I hope you all know how you

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 5, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties Update Stories from the parties today; more stories, and questions answered, tomorrow.

  

  's Admitted Students Parties. Tomorrow, I hope to answer questions. So, in the ... schools jointly occupied the position of "dream school." I included both in ... over. You can guess which school I will attend after that conversation

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 31, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  all the classes I took freshman year feeling scholarly, part 1/2

  

  .03. I left the class in a bit of a haze. I still can’t really remember ... with 8.022, I alternated between falling in love with the beauty of how ... my level. I struggled a lot in the class, but looking back, I can

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • June 18, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Brief Taste of Orgo Basically, Sam Maurer is a prophet.

  

  In today's 5.12 lecture (in English, that's organic chemistry), I ... 's the bottom line. Works for me. In other news, since I last posted, I ... ? Finally, have I mentioned lately how much I love xkcd? If you're still

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 12, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Hospital Trips and Dance Parties MIT campus is where it's at over the summer.

  

  room: Hello, Charles River and New House :) I'm living in Mac ... campus for the summer. In August, I'll move back to French House, but this ... in lunch between lecture periods. If I see sunset, it's because I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 29, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  summertime! and the livin's easy?

  

  've been in a bit of writing rut but, as I was reading through an email I ... , and domestic comfort in Austin   anyways   Things I ... morning is really fun. I’ve been so healthy, and have recognized how much

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • July 15, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Biological Engineering at MIT My thoughts, feelings, and opinions (and slight ranting) about biology both at MIT and in…

  

  how can I make a therapy, how can I use this protein as a marker for cancer detection, how can I simulate this phenomenon on a chip, etc. I ... biology is a real science (I am the only course 20 in a group of 60ish so I

  • by Ben O. '19
  • November 20, 2016
• Blog / Classes

  [Guest Post] Down the River Sharon L. '21 talks Harvard and life paths

  

  -enrolling in a class, I did have the chance to take a class (D-Lab: Development ... family-owned businesses and trendy food destinations in general. I mean ... people act in front of each other, how they speak, what interests them, the

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 8, 2019
• Blog / Summer

  I am reading so many books! getting back to my bookworm roots

  

  interesting. I was stunned by how good it was. A novel very much set in North ... (i.e., in class while my teachers were talking...) I started reading less around the time I started high school, when paying attention in

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • August 6, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Folding with Flair Adding a third dimension to boring old paper

  

  in a “draft” blog post when I applied to be a blogger. That draft never ... viewing pleasure.  Enjoy! Nine-fold Pinwheel Designer: I forgot (and can’t find the model online) I started folding origami in high school

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • August 4, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  42 classes i'm taking this semester

  

  graduate, how I got started in VR, every blog post I've written related to ... classes are still challenging, especially as I try to squeeze in a week ... founders who come in as guest speakers.   This is what I'm taking this

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 6, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Nemo Found the effects of cabin fever

  

  snow I've ever seen, and I've still been trying to figure out how to ... too can prance around until you are delirious from the cold! Now that I've figured out how to wear what I want without dying from hypothermia, I

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 9, 2013