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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Let’s Take a Walk until orientation!

  

  back. Now I'm sitting in my room, typing, getting to read a little bit ... ! I'm scared to sit in this house just because I know what's been in ... of: Back to MIT I headed, stopping in Lobby Seven so I could point

  • by Snively '11
  • August 13, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Off to Southeast Asia Even Admissions Officers get to take a vacation sometimes.

  

  Today, I leave for three weeks of vacation in Southeast Asia. Nominally, the purpose of the trip is to be in Malaysia for a (Malay) friend ... 't get to do a Questions Omnibus before I left, but I promise to do one

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Ponderings of a lifeguard Why are white water rapids white?

  

  back in puzzlement and continued to stare at the water, thinking. I ... there's nothing in the water that is white, how does it suddenly turn ... . Come on, help me out. In other news, I finally figured out how I'll be

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 7, 2006
• Blog / Events

  A Break from Break I went to the Undergraduate Women in Physics Conference at Yale. And I'm blogging about…

  

  arrived in New Haven about 9:10. Three taxis took us to the Courtyard ... in physics party pad. We used all this space to watch TV vigorously and ... interdisciplinary area of BioPhysics and why you should not to enter grad school in an

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • January 22, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Telethon Fun…Squared The amount of fun experienced at an event grows exponentially as a function of bloggers…

  

  helping out from 6:00 to 11:00, with maybe a half-hour break in between to ... to comment below. ;-) All in all, about 60 students - a record turnout ... , it was pretty much anyone's guess as to how the conversation would go

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 17, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  A Picture is as much as Ten Hundred Words This is in fact a story that does have pictures.

  

  doing up-goer five, I had the idea to take pictures instead of struggling to write stuff. Here are some pictures and how i feel about those ... rock: Last week-end, I went with some friends to a boring little town in

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • January 26, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 1 Zumba and putting pants on in lecture

  

  I hadn't considered how to get them over my butt. Awkward. I sat ... trickled in, and sat down. Ashley welcomed us to the course, and explained ... get used to it after a couple of sessions. She asked whether anyone had

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 15, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taking Shape

  

  every Thursday afternoon in the absolute closest possible classroom to my ... took Saturday and Sunday to relax, I spent the “holiday” in D.C. to take ... other by their in-game nicknames when referring to the gameplay. “Why is

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 25, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Taking a Step Back Using Avatar: the Last Airbender to talk about my feelings

  

  way of showing the audience how painful it is to change on a deep ... get to choose whether or not they’re going to be the person they are, or ... ’s important to see the people you look up to engage in self-compassion. I know a

  • by Powers '23
  • September 23, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Trail Notes

  

  ’m bound to get things wrong before I get them right. I am learning from the ... we remember to intentionally and explicitly keep in touch with them ... bloggers wrote in 2012: "If I didn’t love the world and want to interact with

  • by Sara N. '28
  • October 6, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Oh, sweet freedom? One girl's tale of how to (try and) fend for herself in college. Tire swing…

  

  fellow frosh were in the same “MIT IS TAKING OVER MY LIFE AND I WANT TO GO ... others having similar reunions. My mom tried to get a sense of what life ... Harvard Bridge to have dinner in Boston, and a trip to Star Market for

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Someone saved my life tonight Survived my squalor, like a butterfly.

  

  inconvenience you. Things are just starting to get out of hand and become ... embarrassed for other people to see your mess...but you would still let them in the house. Second degree squalor: Now things are really starting to get

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 12, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Unveiling the New Varsity Weight Room let's get buff !!!

  

  vwr[/caption] It was super cool to get to lift in the new VWR. In the ... now open! Accessible to all those who participate in a varsity sport at ... putting in the work[/caption] [caption id="attachment_106057" align

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • November 23, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  (K)onstantly not good enough baby's first sabremetrics

  

  - and in between flashbacks to the Superbowl-That-Didn't-Happen - I ... shine of an oncoming linebacker's helmet and gets so distracted by how ... period of time, is almost certainly insufficient to beat a good team in the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 7, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Spring Break post

  

  many opportunities in life to not get in to someplace where you wanted to ... Hi, readers. Congrats to those of you who got in. I remember when I ... the end in itself. Take advantage of what MIT has to offer you, because

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • March 29, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Friday Night, Off-Campus Style come along on our evening of fish and wine

  

  , so this is my favorite way to order food. In addition to getting to ... from going to the types of social events that are just barely getting ... past midnight. These days, my Fridays tend to be a bit more low-key. In

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 11, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  writing and faeries reflections on my classes at Harvard

  

  of the Fae was used to grieve loved ones, ie a mother that died in ... extra questions on the spot, which we also delved in to. I’ve never ... reflected by others. We were learning how to make our own work better by

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 3, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  fragments instead of blogging (for a whole damn month), I...

  

  . this means nothing. i did, however, get to both play in the snow with my ... grateful i am to have found a family in them [caption id="attachment_49048 ... books in my bedroom prompted me to pick one up again; i started rereading

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 16, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s 2017! highlight reels from the new year

  

  anchored to the sky. In West Africa, it shoots volcanoes down on us. I get ... of them before I get to the apartment. I wash my hands in the bathroom ... something new, how about you stick to a new buffet restaurant in Chelsea? Or a

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 1, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A reading list for a week at MIT All my classes have required reading this semester!?

  

  the best differentiation between different body parts. In order to get ... -and-coding heaving schedules I’m used to. In a way, it’s really nice—I’m being ... mainly about two things: how to make interfaces that are intuitive and easy

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • February 27, 2018