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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Where are you going with this? The ponderings of an ex-frosh.

  

  , how would you describe your first year at mit? relieved that you ... my freshman year. How do I feel about freshman year being over? A ... . Next year I'll be taking smaller, specialized classes in the major I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 18, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  It’s Possible To Have Too Much Nutella Wait, don't go away! Hear me out on this one

  

  , I was fixing for a crepe late last week and strolled in to Sebastians ... icing on a cake. It looked nothing short of inviting. (Had I known how explosive the Nutella taste would be, I would have snapped a picture.) But oh

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 24, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Getting a Physics Major – Part I I split this up because i need to start studying for finals.

  

  , learned independently how to program in Matlab, conducted your full set of data analysis in Matlab, learned how to use Latex, written a 4-page ... set. I had worked all summer in Latex and Matlab, and I was pretty

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 14, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  sophomore spring there will always be regrets

  

  I was happy with how fall turned out in the end, I was miserable for ... lab sections, I would think to myself that I am too tired to be out in ... activities. before sophomore fall, I chose classes I was interested in and I

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • July 6, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  november again conversation with myself

  

  good in red. yeah, maybe. some change would be nice, though. i don't know ... novembers that make you remember, something in the sudden, bitter cold. i ... see my breath misting in front of me. when i looked up at the sky, it

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 1, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers To Questions Fall 2007 Here are answers to the questions posted in my blog over the last month or…

  

  January SATs on a case by case basis. I would like to know how and to whom I ... the last month or two. I apologize in advance to the folks who have ... back. Any ideas?" You asked this awhile ago and I'm late in responding

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT students do it all night. A salute to sleep deprivation, Aztec philosophy, and grape-catching.

  

  my first all-nighter of the fall term. Well, I don't really believe in ... prisoner was taken to the priest. The priest would watch in the night sky for ... new fire that would once again light the city. Anyway, I digress. Here

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 20, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Making A Splash on July 4: The Celebration in Photos July 4th - A Photo Essay

  

  all about the BBQ and fun with friends. I took in the action from Baker ... . FIREWORKS!!! I was always told that July 4th in Boston was ... names, and in the true spirit of MIT, a friend said: Friend: If I had a

  • by Bryan
  • July 6, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Coming Into My Own ft. an exciting semester and an exciting job lined up + making positive changes to…

  

  would go anywhere[/annotation]. As I mentioned in my jobs post: I am ... myself two weeks in the past that everything would be okay. I'm glad it all ... . That being said, this is definitely the semester in which I think I

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 16, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  An Afternoon In/Out Of The Snow

  

  How and what would I write in the utter absence of the ever ... want, but not how to get there." For them, I weep frozen tears of ... slowly in my own impotence, but at least I was toasty and well-fed. Here

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • January 22, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Happy Valentine’s Day from MIT Because theobromine is delicious.

  

  In case you haven't realized it yet, I'm going to let you guys all in ... what used to be (and in some ways, still is) a very powerful word. But I ... lot. To switch gears slightly, I applied to MIT in the regular action

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 14, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Rewriting my Blogger Bio more like brutally revising i guess

  

  's cool is that I can now attribute the changes in myself and my interests ... that is a big component of what i look for in good friends. freshman year ... saying here i have never literally foamed at the mouth. that would be

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 24, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Back to back to back maybe i am doing too much

  

  post took way more effort than it normally would have. Anyway, I’ll continue my theme of talking about my problems in public, and I’ll walk you ... [annotation note="The floor I live in on East Campus."]Floor Pi meeting

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 27, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  Doesn’t Feel Real getting from one place to another

  

  Algebra 1 teacher would ask how I was doing when I entered the classroom and ... class starts in five minutes, that she doesn’t really care how I’m doing ... floor of McCormick Hall in Room 239, where I stayed my freshman year, is a

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 24, 2024
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Some Art About Other Art it's super meta

  

  mentally envision how I would paint everything currently in my line of sight ... happy with my work. Too much thought had gone into it; how long would I ... ’t splattered with color. My mom would to unfailingly chide me when I’d graffiti

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • February 21, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  Surprisingly enjoyable experiences exactly what it sounds like

  

  being the actor in a movie you don’t know the plot of. I was pretty ... role was looking for items I wanted, which were in packets taped to the ... happened, but it was surprisingly fun, and I’d love to do more in the future

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 15, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  semester 4, take 2 positivity edition!

  

  growing old? can someone tell me how i got here, and there, and to all these ... write about how still, I think all the time about that heartbreaking escalating unpredictable horrible move-out week in March, and how even just

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 23, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Set Your Alarm for CPW 2019 i'm entirely serious

  

  alarm had gone off, I'm not sure I would have responded to it.) I ... sleeping bag into the little bag I had carried it in. Each precious second it ... Uber would be arriving there and that I was on my way. Ask your host

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • April 10, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Grind Time It = late. Coffee = love. You = intrigued.

  

  9:00 AM! How on earth will I stay awake in class?!?! I have an idea.... ... have never before been this prolific in a 9:00 AM lecture. Maybe I should ... mathematician is a machine for turning coffee into theorems." -- Erdos I would

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Are We Waiting For answer: FPOPs to begin!

  

  Freshman orientation for the Class of 2018 officially begins in two ... participate in one of 22 Freshman Pre-Orientation Programs (FPOPs), which offer students an early introduction to in the social life of learning at MIT. As

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 17, 2014