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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  In Defense of Peer Pressure or, why my hair is now purple

  

  's fair to call it peer pressure. People get interested in the same things ... taught “Don't give in to peer pressure!”--an oversimplification of a generally good principle: don't let other people tell you what think or how to

  • by Kate R. '14
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / MISTI

  Ich Spreche Kein Deutsch. Apparently that's how you say "I don't speak German"...not that I would know.

  

  any German. Not kidding: I just googled 'how to say good-bye in German ... get to go to Europe for the first time in my life! (2) Teaching's funnn ... In general, it would be considered a good idea to know more than just

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • June 3, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  doctor worm not a real doctor but i am a real worm

  

  them look all shy, and i had to learn how to perform transplant surgeries ... to say, i was in survival mode every single day until i finished my ... 't reel it in i might end up somewhere i don't want to be. it's just really

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • April 8, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Talk to Strangers you might want to keep what they have to say forever

  

  things are they working on? How far have they come to get here? What do ... great to actually be able to just stop someone in the middle of the ... while blindfolded. But learning how to listen to a piece was only half of

  • by Ana V. '15
  • July 22, 2012
• Blog / How to Money

  ew taxes the new zealand government owes me money

  

  March 2018. From September 2017 to August 2018, I lived in Auckland, New ... pay, so you’re supposed to file returns to get back what you’re owed ... . . . while, yes, I can still get it back (New Zealand allows you to file tax

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 13, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m sitting at work right now Seems like as good a time as any to bang out a quick blog post

  

  'm slowly getting used to the fact that, when I speak in Celsius, people ... MOLECULES IN SPACE (presumably because he realized that adding "in space" to ... last year, but didn't get in - which makes being here now even more

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 11, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Flashback A useless guide to MIT undergraduate housing.

  

  . Unless you consider all of those 500 forms I needed to fill out and send in ... is the most fun topic. I was so, so excited to get the i3 video. i3 ... who aren't slackers, you can visit this page to get a good idea of what

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 8, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I Scrapbook Sometimes Stickers!!!

  

  I wrote lightly about scrapbooking in my coping with anxiety blog post, but I did not get to post about any of my own pages. Here is a look ... sticker donations :) And, as always, Rory is there to inspire me in my

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 17, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  emails to self & the long goodbye

  

  beginning to get the hang of how to be at MIT, how to make the most of the resources here, how to be someone how can let this place change their life. it ... what a strange feeling it is to be in your last semester at MIT

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • March 27, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  20 Things I Learned In 2020 from a course 20 who is in her 20s

  

  someone I didn't get a chance to say goodbye to :( Oftentimes, there is a ... do my part in trying. A smile can go a long way. It is not my job to ... vaccine to low-resource communities? How do we counter the economic and

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 1, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  A Maple Peach in Cambridge They have some weird fruit here

  

  , until this summer when I officially moved to live in a hotel (aka Maseeh ... you in high school who want a taste of MIT culture from home and to ... frequent the blogs would love to stalk learn about one of the new bloggers

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 5, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Anticipation of Pi Day 2017 bloggers past and present try to make you feel better right now

  

  major in social science. If I had studied social science prior to college ... STEM and liberal arts. In another place, perhaps I wouldn’t have dared to ... in. I would’ve gone to the “right” college for the wrong reasons. So

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 13, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  David Berry: A “Fearless” Innovator with a Passion for MIT Dr. David Berry, who received his S.B. and Ph.D. from MIT, received the honor of…

  

  surgeon. In his senior year of college, he decided to take the MD-PhD route ... Brass Rat.” In addition to pushing its students to, he notes that ... (competitive tennis and soccer) in addition to the classic science and math clubs

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 4, 2007
• Blog / CPW

  an orange tour 🍊🍊🍊

  

  me. Isolated color is a fun lens in which to view the world. I hope you ... through a website on the Google Chrome app on my iPhone so pls forgive the ... compelling. I went down the list, and orange felt just right: rare enough to be

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • April 29, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Entry: A Yankee in Cambridge Math, exchange programs, and why we love MIT.

  

  's a step in a proof I have trouble motivating, and thinking about how to ... aspects of) the world. What's not to love? As for how I got interested in ... this year in the Cambridge-MIT Exchange program. Possibly due to his

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • May 1, 2011
• Blog / Summer

  solace in the self it's me! cami!

  

  Reddit and ask how to be safer in the city, only to be met with friends and ... didn't know how to get home. warriors parade The Warriors happened to ... and live in a country that I haven't lived in before, I want to explore

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 30, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  art in burton conner making do in a non-mural building

  

  years of involvement in Burton Conner government, I've seen how staunch administration seems in their decision to oust murals. I did, however, get a ... with regulations. they get too attached to their murals, which makes

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 5, 2023
• Blog / Hacks

  Where’s Waldo? Hack Attack!

  

  The time is 11:23 am, and I am sitting in the Student Center. Then to in my email inbox I receive this email. From: Friend with the ... , Huanan. My fraternity little brother, David. He decided to not smile in

  • by Bryan
  • December 12, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  Fall Hits MIT… in the form of a Giant Spider! I promise I'm not a blog-hog, this is just too good!

  

  couple babies! But how did the little spiders get all the way to Lobby 7 ... Let's cut right to the chase: THERE'S A HACK IN 6C! Natanya ... a web! I've decided to name him Lucifer. He's huge! He has the

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 28, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UROP 101 – The Intro Entry Each week, I will explore a different MIT student's unique research project and the insight…

  

  strains. My role in the project is to figure out how to deliver these si ... slipping into a lab coat. In high school I was fortunate enough to spend two ... siRNAs to prevent and treat influenza virus infection in mice. If all

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 20, 2005