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  Things I Know to Be True: Addendum One A post I hate, and some truths from my first year at MIT

  

  if I ever encountered a stormy sea at MIT, which I often do, I could ... because it means I am a different person than I was in September. For many MIT students, that change is continuous, like paint gliding across a

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • June 20, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW-ing the Weekend (Guest Entry) ...even though it is technically two days longer than a weekend.

  

  liquid nitrogen ice cream there! How cool is that? There was a lot of free ... in the bible and there was something going on at that moment. I stayed ... played Underground Capture the Flag. I was a bit disappointed that I didn

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 22, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  [Guest Post] A circle of shared breaths rediscovering synchronized skating at MIT, by Eleanor L. '27

  

  ’t realize how much I missed synchro. Somehow that slowly turned into something ... the song that deeply resonated with me. It’s a song I’ve wanted to skate ... from the loss of a friend in October, I realized it’d be too lonely to

  • by Janet G. '27
  • April 14, 2026
• Blog / Challenges

  i was sick when i wrote this :( a largely unedited post where i ramble about getting covid

  

  in my room. I feel a lot better compared to the first few days of ... series that I started watching way back in my senior year of high school ... cat. I also listened to a bunch of musicals, something that I haven

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 7, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  CPW, making a decision, and saying yes/no The clock to May 1 is ticking.

  

  Now that CPW has come to a close, the Class of 2013 is starting to ... bloggers via hidden messages in the comments was a joke). For those of you who were at CPW, what did you enjoy most? What was good? I've heard a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Memories I know this feelin', yes I know it very well (Thutmose)

  

  you all. When I left MIT in 2018, I "graduated" with the first class I helped admit. It felt poetic, in a way. I embarked on a new career as a ... (and can still find) in these pages. Now that I have seen so many more

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • January 25, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Cake Concert, Wing Dinner, and Senior Ball An action packed 2 weekends: Cake, a wing dinner, and Senior Ball!

  

  first things I noticed in the hotel was that there is a view of the MIT ... find someone who lived nearby to stash it so that I'd be able to get in ... dessert in the North End, which is Boston's Italian district. We went to a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 7, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  IHTFP Warning: Bitterness Ahead! (And why IHTFP can mean so many different things.)

  

  have no idea how well I did in 2.12 despite the fact that I spent hours ... There is a whiteboard in Ben's office which was apparently once used ... those conditions. It is finals week, and I hate everything. In fact, I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 20, 2007
• Blog / Community Projects

  Dropout Design and the Disco Dance Floor ridiculous ideas can sometimes develop into pretty solid business plans. STORYTIME.

  

  as the club. I can see 50 cent or Alisha Keys using that floor in a new ... 't know what that means but I do know that their first year they made a ... (I am not that lame) because this is about the start-up company that

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • April 25, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Introduction To ARTalk An introduction to the ARTalk guest author blog by Kerry Powell, Assistant to the Director…

  

  I'm doing both. In a sense, the two influence each other. I'm a better ... FAP I signed up for a freshman advising seminar in the arts called FASAP ... be creative. That is not to say that the classes I'm taking don

  • by ARTalk
  • January 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Blogographical Biography ...although whatever 'blogographical' means, I somehow doubt it applies to a blog containing graphs.

  

  optimization. I live in East Campus with a ginger cat named Reese, who takes his REM a lot more seriously than I do. Sometimes, he relinquishes his ... were: the process by which I knit a replica of the spawn of Cthulhu

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 9, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Yoga The joys of physical education

  

  : WHATEVER) It is imperative that you take steps to complete this requirement ... education office 8 weeks in advance of registration, so that arrangements can ... doesn't believe that I care about physical education, despite my previous

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 25, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guide to MIT: Academics requirements, resources, and miscellaneous info

  

  RESOURCES (Note that this is a partial list of resources based on my ... important assignment is due. I didn't realize how invaluable an after ... ), which is open to everyone. If you're taking a class in Course 6

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 6, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Becoming a Princess the making of a Halloween costume [+many pictures of ponies]

  

  You see, the thing about Halloween is that it gives you a reason to ... over a button-up Oxford shirt tucked in neatly, so I did admittedly feel a little self-conscious all day. But hey, that's what Halloween is

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 3, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  California, Here I Come… I begin my Fall Travel by heading to the West Coast

  

  San Jose doing public meetings. I’ll also be stopping in to visit high ... :00 am alarm seemed just way to early) I arrived in Seattle in time to go ... enjoy their interviews each year and they were out in force that night

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 28, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  There are a lot of awesome things named ‘Kaiser’ This post mainly consists of drawings of my professor, sentence fragments, and my over-use of…

  

  .). In honor of his departure from our 7.03 class, I figured I’d dedicate a ... . Actually, I was never a huge fan of this band, but they produced some catchy ... about this town is that it’s 1.5 hours away from mine. So nevermind

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 10, 2010
• Blog / Blog Projects

  the blogs turn twenty 👴🏻 the posts start coming and they don't stop coming

  

  celebration to a puzzling punctuation in the calendar. Hmm! I say to the mirror ... the fate of all of us. Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare to eat a ... It is a venerable tradition of the blogs to begin a post by

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 20, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  See You Later

  

  found out that I'll be spending the next year as a research assistant at ... , even if only for a year. In the three years I have worked in this office ... all of the digital things that I do? Do not be afraid. We have hired on

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 6, 2012
• Blog / Blog Projects

  What’s in an MIT Student’s Bag A sneak peek into what we carry

  

  : Unfortunately, I am not immune to the allure of selection bias, so the MIT that is ... for censorship boxes.) I've also been interested in how we tell stories ... we wear and the things we use. In high school, I used to joke about how

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • November 27, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Name in Flashing Lights Or maybe just mitadmissions.org

  

  you and anyone else will have a similar experience is 1 in a bajillion ... in July -- just saying I think that's all -- hopefully, we'll hear from you soon! See you in 9 days! CPW is a blast -- tips for conquering

  • by Bryan
  • April 1, 2008