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  The story behind TIMtalks In other words, a story about stories

  

  realized how hard it would be to convey my story in 12 minutes. ...My speech ... in their field to how to deal with MIT culture,” she said. This has ... are all about. Maybe all you need is a 10-15 minute story to get you

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 5, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Movie A Day… the only way to spend your PNR

  

  conflicting events and schedules, we managed to get some good movies in ... to take this midterm? I pass with a 40% in this class." PNR ... new development. It really started back in October, when I attempted to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 17, 2019
• Blog / IAP

  One Extraordinary Week, Plus Ferrets I suit up for surgery.

  

  makes MIT...well, MIT. In this entry, I wanted to not only tell you a ... destroyed in a game of Stratego. (I should take this opportunity to note that ... . =) Played in an Assasssins' Guild game, where I ended up trying to conquer the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 14, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Days My traditional end-of-summer recap post, in technicolor.

  

  celebrated July 4th in the most American way we knew how - going to the beach ... , getting stuck in the elevator due to aforementioned obesity, plummeting to ... Graduate - spend a summer in Boston. I don't think you'll ever really get to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 29, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  misti musings sugar, spice, and everything nice

  

  . Did I fall victim to a herd mentality, get caught up in the hype and ... to think, to really process things, to take a breather and, in the ... without needing to wash it- I can get ice cream from the Baskin Robbins

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • June 28, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Chalk of the Week chalk art at the welcome center

  

  the fact that it was going to get erased eventually. Really shows how ... This summer, I got a side gig to put up chalk art in the Welcome ... wondering how large of a range of places people are coming from to visit the

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • July 27, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to my home Feel free to chill in here

  

  have 4 large windows that I normally open to let the breeze in. I like to turn on my music and just nap in my bed, forgetting about how difficult ... dorms at MIT, you get to pref who you want to live with, what floor you

  • by Celena C. '12
  • October 4, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Yes, This Actually Happened wwydfcfa - what would you do for chick fil a

  

  's food opportunities. There are some great places I've come to find ... home. We excitedly get in line and order. I ordered medium waffle fries ... video games where you have to blend in and pretend to be an NPC because

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 20, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’ve got questions, I’ve got answers

  

  you should already know about if you're an incoming frosh. You get to ... and Boston. - There's the Presidents' Convocation, where you get to ... the ROTC program - for many students, this is a great way to make MIT

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Tale of Two Struggles Starring a broken scanner and the Urban Dictionary

  

  ! Once the scanner gets fixed, another post shall materialize, filled to ... how it is humanly possible to skip meals; I am hungry, hear me roar), I ... ’m qualified to use that phrase to its fullest extent, especially considering how

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 2, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Room Where It Happens my two year tale of student governance, up until the bitter end

  

  have any say in how things were run. I didn’t have big plans to do ... about how to address certain longstanding dynamics in the house that ... MIT, I always think back to one song. There are a lot of songs in

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • July 13, 2017
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Introduction To ROTC At MIT A new guest-author blog in response to a variety of inquiries regarding ROTC programs at…

  

  this past spring. In response to a variety of inquiries regarding ROTC ... military, but there are opportunities for international students to get ... 'll go on to diverse assignments, such as an R&D job in an Air Force

  • by ROTC
  • August 14, 2007
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Culture Clash Spain doesn't do sarcasm, and my soul is slowly dying. But then I took some…

  

  know how when you can't think of the exact word you want to use to ... . I'm coming to realize more and more how few words have exact ... quite amusing. I will try to explain this without getting too

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 9, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  mit.wikipedia.org The best dang hack there ever was [citation needed]

  

  . (Oh, and it's got facts and stuff on it.) With that in mind, here's to ... In honor of Wikipedia's 10th birthday (January 15th), MIT celebrated the only way it knows how: through imitation (as flattery), and a hint

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 20, 2011
• Blog / Events

  #WeAreMIT SMASH helped jumpstart an intense conversation between students and administration

  

  resources at MIT Medical and on campus to get the help students may need ... into a more in depth article or brochure to hand out to MedLinks as the ... 'm hoping to get it published so we can have cute little coping with anxiety

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 30, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Guest Blog: From the Life and Times of Cam

  

  's Team 97 that 2007 FIRST season. I came in knowing how to write "hello ... to make your decision (in favor of MIT). Also, I've added some new ... go to MIT. I didn't know why. It's how I was raised; before I knew what

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 6, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Some virtuosos play $4 million violins, and some Trojan heros wear brass rats $4 million violins, not 4 million violins. Joshua Bell isn't *that* intense.

  

  the great fortune to be an MIT Arts Scholar I attended four EXCELLENT ... I cry. When my kids perform in the 2030s/40s they're going to hear ... Aeneas. We studied this opera in my music class, and I was excited to hear

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 22, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Unfolding of Language Your high school English teacher may hate it, but "gonna" really is a word.

  

  awesome. In content, anyway. The author tends to ramble on a bit, and seems ... pretty much the same thing. But in the second example, "going to" isn't an ... affair with linguistics was born. The book discusses how language came to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Share the joy

  

  here writing this entry. Summers are a great time to focus your energies ... -changing experience. It is a myth that you must do a summer program to get into college ... program to a high school junior? What was great (or not so great) about it

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 8, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  Simmons Cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat

  

  I love being back in Simmons after a long break. I get to hang out ... ! Great to meet you, Skateboard! Welcome to Simmons Hall, Skateboard, and I hope you have a great fall semester! Mine is already off to a great

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 4, 2023