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• Blog / MIT Life

  one hour in which i am Holden Caulfield (but more tragic and less hero)

  

  . maybe i can write about how i’ve joined Burton Conner’s Transition Team so ... . focus. can i cram an intensive reflection on how much (or little) i’ve changed in these few months at MIT into these last eight minutes? can i

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 14, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  [guest post] hindsight in 2020 — about life after mit rejections, situated knowledges, and ultimately getting closer to the asymptote…

  

  stayed in drafts. However, I thought it was still relevant, both for those ... drove in sacramento? tracy, where i grew up, is known as a cow town. a ... CHEST.  i wanted to leave everything, including myself, behind. in junior

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 29, 2020
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Three of a perfect pair Biking! Clothing! Exploding! A day in the life.

  

  habit again while I was away in Philadelphia, this time on Matt's more ... , you can actually figure out what you're supposed to be eating. In this ... would do if she were there. In theory I should hate Dim Sum because 60

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / Hacks

  Lost, Hosed & Confused I got hacked today.

  

  You know how in Saturday morning cartoons, there's usually some guy ... a brief nap in the student lounge off of the Infinite Corridor. When I ... Basically, I got hacked. Can I just say I love this school? :)

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 25, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Friday morning potpourri in lab How MIT's campus makes me happy to be alive. Also stuff from Adam.

  

  headings in bold and you can skip around as you see fit. On reward as a ... in my cozy bed. (I'm wondering that a little myself.) I am, somewhat involuntarily, in lab, finishing up a Western blot. I swear, my cells call the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  My Desk and the Things That Live There The things and fish on and around my desk and the stories behind them.

  

  cat figurine from my grandmother, I think bought in Moscow. A frog I ... wound up in Random Hall. I didn’t even recognize her when we re-met during ... Random to MacGregor and back. Cory and I shared a single in the highrise

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Adventures at Trader Joe’s i think i might have joined a cult

  

  up buying the spicy version because I prefer having a bit of a kick in ... , most of the times they were sold out in the store. I'm not sure where to ... Ok so I am very late jumping on the Trader Joe's bandwagon, but I

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 30, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A Day In The Life [By MIDN 3/c Robert Block '10] It is 1200 on a Tuesday during IAP, and…

  

  . During my time in NROTC, I have learned how to budget my time efficiently ... , and I have accomplished more than the average MIT student does in an entire school day. How have I achieved this? It all started with my alarm

  • by ROTC
  • February 12, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music in Springtime and MIT [by Ken Haggerty '11] Music at MIT can be both beautifully melodic and destructive, and…

  

  Irving Berlin and Abby Lincoln, to name two. I liked how she was extremely ... specifically, I liked how she improvised and had fun and made it conversational ... cloudless and the temperature was 73 degrees Fahrenheit. I had only two

  • by ARTalk
  • April 25, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  How to take the Bebras Computing Challenge this fall an international introduction to computational thinking

  

  challenge and how they can register their schools for the exam. I ... discussion of the tasks. Everyone in grades 5-12 can participate, regardless ... everyone. Students can participate on any time in the given two weeks and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 23, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Leaf in Face I got hit in the face the other day. By a leaf.

  

  , I heard from my Physics C teacher that being recognized in national ... year has that qualification, but I could not help wondering on how much ... " to be accepted to MIT, and I can tell you for sure that the majority of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 15, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Emily Levesque- How megastars evolve Emily spent the summer of 2004 conducting astronomy research at the Kitt Peak National Observatory…

  

  things students can do and has had a UROP in the MIT Center for Space ... I have always been proud of the fact that there is a star and a minor ... impressive) bearing my name. I frequently exploit this factoid to arouse

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 20, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  for change in (expected + unexpected): print(change.get_thoughts())

  

  matter. I can now fall asleep in ten minutes with the lights on, people ... 'm going to school in Boston remark on how cold it is, but the most jarring ... can change. At home, the closest I came to checking the weather was

  • by Allison E. '27
  • June 19, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  weather and stuff a Californian’s first experience of fall and also other things on my mind

  

  problem for me. I Iive in a triple. One of my roommates, Claire, is from ... .” Abby and I stand in awe. What is this “fall clothing,” and do we need it ... is great for now but once it gets unbearable (in the real winter) I

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • October 2, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Festival of Learning: Expo how MIT is leading the educational revolution

  

  , Microsoft Kinect doesn't work well for people in black clothing!), I loved the ... —all in under five minutes per activity! I loved the experience. If only ... ’ agreement with several major publishers. I continue to be amazed by how much

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 20, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Search of Answers Seeking recommendations, rather than providing them...

  

  I need to know typically comes together in a nice, tidy package. For ... institution)? If you have, I’d love to hear about it in the comments section ... When most people learn what kind of work I do, they often speculate

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 13, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m a believer Bikes! They're totally worth it.

  

  OMG. Bikes are amazing. So, I'll admit it: I'm stubborn. I like to say that I'm "tenacious", but what I really mean is that I am set in my ... 've bought a shower curtain for every suite I've lived in. The A21 suite has a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Exercises in Style with apologies to queneau

  

  its plastic contents up and down in a discordant symphony? How can one ... concrete box in an act of container recursion? Finally, how can one ... happened at the Outfinite, at eleven in the evening. Modern style I was

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 20, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Olympians How many MIT graduates have been in the Olympics? No, not the Science Olympiad...

  

  ! Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh! Shawn Johnson and Nastia Liukin!), I thought I'd take a look back at MIT athletes who have participated in the Olympics. Now I know that many of you may be thinking that MIT is more

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 19, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Valentine’s Day Special Featuring calculus, people who hate me, and a picture puzzle

  

  and curmudgeonry in our observable universe, I've decided to list off ... sending me a Valentine. In no particular order: 1.John Curtice I ... the cereal in your basket on sale?” Later that week, I had a wildly

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 14, 2009