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• Blog / Personal Travel

  seven scenes from Paris a simple story

  

  honey thing. “I would never even consider going vegan if I lived in Paris ... tone or idiom, because I wouldn’t know how to manage those things in ... -year-old in 2024. What a simple story I would tell years later. I went to Paris

  • by Kai V. '25
  • March 31, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I’m a Muslim Woman and… on this #MuslimWomensDay, meet some p cool ppl

  

  . I was worried how people would accept me. I was different, and I was ... own? “In the fall I was really into fur vests. I didn’t even mention how ... tights, I would. I’ll wear what I’m comfortable in, and I’m not going to

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 27, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  i don’t know where you’re going but do you got room for one more troubled soul?

  

  sophomore year of high school of what the future had in store, I would've told ... some grad school in the UK. Or I would've told you about living life as ... 've found it hard to stay present. I've been enjoying my time in Madrid

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 20, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  Responses to comments! I answered your questions. Like, fast this time.

  

  question...though you kinda took your time but all in all I really appreciate ... question. I believe that some time I received in the mail a postcard asking about varsity athletics. I filled it out and mailed it in on the day of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  throughlines some things never change (but thankfully, only some)

  

  , how much i'd changed in various eras of life, i said something about how ... mean time. i'm in the united kingdom for the first time! i just came back ... incredible[/caption] i'm here in Southampton on grad studenting business. it

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • January 27, 2025
• Blog / Community Projects

  dormspam-the-game (Part 2) may the data be ever in my favor

  

  wasn't a guess of how many students would want to return – but I thought ... For five weeks this summer, I competed in dormspam-the-game, a series ... later in the post, when I discuss the rules for each game. I somehow

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 15, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  oh, the places you’ll go (reprise) my first ever technical interview

  

  intense on me. Every so often, Raymond would check in on me, asking if I ... nicely, but unfortunately, we are in a pandemic. I would have two ... solution was correct (yay!) and then asked how I would refactor my code if I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 11, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Xanga Survey Mid-summer frivolity, part one.

  

  person. 21. My first kiss was in middle school. 22. I want to go to art ... 478614235 times. 30. I dress how I feel when i wake up. 31. I like being ... for tests. 68. I believe in my God. 69. I hate food. 70. I have a

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 7, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I went to TwitchCon and met so many people!!

  

  I told her how much it meant to me to see women in the gaming space. I ... Back in October of 2022, I flew from Boston to LA and drove two hours ... stuff, what have you -- I try to always keep a tab on what's going on in

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 3, 2023
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Driving On The Infinite One of my biggest pet peeves is people who do not understand how to drive…

  

  lane on the Infinite. I don't care how big your group is. No carpool lane ... I don't have many pet peeves when it comes to MIT, but one of the biggest is people who do not understand how to drive on the Infinite

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 9, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  yet i maintain composure manu tenere “i hold by hand”

  

  , lifting my left, as my partner nudges me in front of him. i shuffle my feet ... happen. by the time i’m back in my room, i have twenty unread emails, all ... felt, at least, to me. i’ve seen members of the esp team put in hours

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 9, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  leaving season blue blue blue

  

  months after. the hallways in my own dorm would haunt me. i did not call it ... i attended junior year, they would play The Woods by Hollow Coves a ... in tents outdoors. at meals, we would gather around the heater and melt

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • August 21, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Becoming a Mad Scientist a required class for all meches!

  

  didn’t take me very long to figure out what my project would be. When I ... pepper them with questions – I take about 18 laps around the room in an ... , and I am blown away by how deeply they know about their projects. Also

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • June 24, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  greta gerwig’s barbie and insecurity aka moving to college

  

  myself I was starring in. And for the most part, I would argue these ... high school, I would make jokes with friends that once in college I could ... and unavoidable reflections on how I’ve been feeling once again. So

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 19, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  My Application Story Modified (but mostly plagiarized) from my personal blog. Enjoy the copy pasta.

  

  get in. I was almost certain that I would get rejected from MIT, and I ... until very, very late in the game. I first started researching colleges ... weird. I liked it a lot because it stood out in its rejection of the

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Memories My first two months at MIT, all wrapped up into one post.

  

  how I felt when my plane first landed in Boston - when I walked onto ... clarify a point or answer a question I had. I remember turning in my first ... I had three tests in a row, plus a problem set due that same Thursday

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 28, 2007
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Alaska, part I There...

  

  , have decided that today I will operate under the assumption that I am in ... pace. Your thoughts on Alaska are welcomed. - I actually was in Alaska ... neck muslces later I was boarding a plane to Seattle in a neck brace. I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 28, 2010
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Rats ! Foiled Again !

  

  .s966, Symmetry for ML) means nothing, in the end. I’ve finished my major requirements; I’m taking classes for my MEng early, so, in theory, I ... … couldn’t deliver. The day after the exam, I laid in my bed for a while

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • April 3, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m just curious as to why you keep invoking William Faulkner. "MIT is so charmingly nerdy" entries #12 and 35.

  

  I had not the greatest week, but tune in tomorrow for my ... me to thinking about quiz bowl. I was thinking about how much fun I had doing quiz bowl in high school, even though I'm not on the MIT College

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 1, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Don’t Waste Daylight; Don’t Lose Sleep I've almost survived a whole semester.

  

  gulped down the wetness in the air like I imagine a fish would if it, and not I, were in that spot on the sidewalk of dorm row. I shuffled into my ... knew they would be. I came to MIT completely unprepared. My background in

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 10, 2012