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  Queer at MIT, but not on the blogs the map is not the territory, but it's getting closer

  

  + Community at MIT, I asked current and former bloggers if they would be willing ... ) made coming out videos. And I didn’t know how I felt about it, because I didn’t have the words to express how I felt, but looking back at that

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 30, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If man is five Then most people are six, and if most people are six then pre-meds are seven.

  

  HOW HOW HOW can I make this bigger/smaller/faster/better?". You still ... means "almond bread" in German. I got to see Mandelbrot speak on Thursday ... -preserved 82-year-old form. Especially because I really thought he was dead. But

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 10, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Burton-Conner’s Renovation: A Saga on friendships that transcend shitty infrastructure

  

  of our living group. The entire time, I could only marvel at how ... unsure about how much control we would have over shaping the newly ... My favorite thing about MIT, by far, is its vibrant dorm culture. I

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 6, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Making Connections we live in a society (affectionate)

  

  find out by chance that two of my friends know each other in ways I would ... A few hours ago, I was on my way to my room in the[annotation note ... [/annotation]of East Campus. I was coming from the east parallel, where I had been

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 26, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I Was Sitting Where You’re Sitting Quick! Click here. :D

  

  busy and wistfully looking around. I wonder if it would be weird to ... probably would, so I check up on celebrity gossip and the code I’m running ... )). I had no idea how many drafts (six, though it depends on how you count

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Mountain Climbing Team i'M GrADduATingG WAOooOOOoo

  

  community would push each of us towards our goals. A place where I feel that ... feel and create my own freedom in how I change." Well, somehow I ... lucky. Without all of this, I easily would be writing something very

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • June 6, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Esse quam videri To be, rather than to seem

  

  to deny just how much of a curmudgeon I have become. I’m pretty sure ... regard, and I acknowledge how radical my thinking might seem. Recently, I ... seem.” Beyond the college admissions process, I would say that this is

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • August 10, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Masquerading as a Liberal Arts Student The life of an MIT student abroad

  

  they wish the HASS requirements would just disappear, but the lesson I ... Every time I check my email (incredibly, only once every few days) I am reminded that I am not at MIT. I am away from the buzz that defines

  • by Becca H. '12
  • November 24, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Brief Wondrous Lives A little too much thinking brought to you by four in the morning.

  

  Morocco" every time he says anything. "How many times have you seen that 'I ... tactful than my sister’s words, who told me that if I went to MIT I would ... . “You think or you know?” They would ask, scratching their heads. “I think

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 3, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  All the Bloggers’ Personalities! A post about personality tests, part 2!

  

  . Mainly, I just thought this would be fun to read (since you all want to know more about the bloggers, right?!?!) and I thought it would be cool ... seemed to be, “I feel like I would get different results if I took this

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 12, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Mark Zuckerberg Visits MIT NBD.

  

  . Right after I stopped taping, he actually talked about how different pre ... In the time I've been at MIT, we've had some interesting characters pass through the 'tute - Obama, Bill Gates, will.i.am, and Lady Gaga

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 14, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Day in the Life Liveblog of my Thursday complete with (not so great) pictures

  

  would be interesting to document my Thursday because I usually end up ... 't know what questions I would ask them, or the omnipresent fear of not ... learning a lot about how production companies operate, but I'm also

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 15, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Robo-CJ writes haiku “didn’t you already make a blog post about this?”

  

  , and I was so excited to see what it would’ve been liked. I would ... one wish i would wish for the haiku bot to reincarnate myself with haiku ... attack. you all are in a place called 'home'. i would rather not have you

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 17, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Underwater Dreams (from a distance) A reflection on immigration, student activism, and civic engagement at MIT.

  

  guarantee that I’m gonna make it? You never knew if you would be allowed to go ... here, and I heard folks on the panel talk about how they envisioned ... about China right now and Chinese immigration, and I’m seeing just how

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 10, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Units of Measure A simple question with a lot of cool answers

  

  I would like to direct you to this blog entry before we begin ... written I moved into the same dorm, the same floor in fact, as Sam - Conner ... assigned to them by another member of Conner 2. I can't remember all of the

  • by Snively '11
  • January 7, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Cozy Hobbit Times, Cozy Hobbit Food

  

  that. Chop things. I don't know what reference to give for how small ... . One original recipe I mangled to come up with mine. It would probably be ... a recipe and more some notes on how I wing it: Slice to preference

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 14, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Meltdown On instability, IHTFP, and leaving sometimes

  

  ’t you transfer out?” Eric asked. “Why would I do that?” We stopped on top ... homework and realizing how much better I’ve become at patiently disentangling ... disappointing or the spookiest Halloween ever. But right now I’m going to talk

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 29, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  how to change policies at mit [joint post with Rona W.] our CUP of tea

  

  enrolls next year (and for years to come). How did these changes come about ... . Ultimately, the faculty members on CUP chose the four of us! Rona: I chose to ... wonderful experience, and I wanted to continue in a broader capacity. Paolo

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • May 28, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Classes I Won’t Be Able to Take also "What Is Pre-Registration?"

  

  Synaptic Neurophysiology [annotation note="it's amazing how I am vehemently ... . Additionally, I'm anxious that formally studying linguistics would make me enjoy ... [annotation note="pretty sure this class is just for ROTC kids but I would love

  • by Abby H. '20
  • July 23, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  actual conversations i have definitely had with freshmen during orientation

  

  mean the roller coaster's pretty cool FROSH: but i would never live ... * * * ME: hi i'm allan ME: how's it going FROSH: cool ME: cool ME: have i ... FROSH: where do you live? ME: east campus! i love it a lot, actually

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 30, 2017