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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Behold, a day job! Still with ultra-short travel time!

  

  -classy picture of how far I walk every day? It still applies. (The fun part ... is what I thought would happen - it's hard to find a UROP if you start looking too late in the year), she asked me if I was okay with starting in

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 22, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Fifty Shades of Break or things to do other than pressing F5

  

  towards the end of high school, my friends and I would religiously check the ... 't know how to use my camera.) And although I had a lot of fun sitting with ... would've done something else with it. And at this point in your year

  • by Connie H. '15
  • December 12, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  zero bandwidth it’s not burnout if you have to keep going

  

  thrown in whole, peel and all. Overall, I know how I feel—frankly, bad ... circumstances in this blog post would be particularly different if I were at any ... every muscle in my body already sore, regardless of how much physical

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 17, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21M.285: The Beatles the most enjoyable class i've taken at MIT

  

  It Be—but I didn't consider myself well-versed in the Beatles ... 't interested in them enough to take an entire class on them. In May, I watched ... their music in the Beatles' earlier albums. With this, I was able to gain

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 3, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  The One and Only Melis

  

  thought that it'd be imposing of me to ask if I could get help from her in person -- much to my surprise, she asked if I wanted to meet her in person ... contributed to MIT in so many ways that I wouldn't know where to begin. So, I

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • May 21, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper ‘84, Astronaut The 24th MIT graduate to go into space.

  

  were definitely my stronger subjects in high school, and so I figured I ... in mechanical engineering -- actually I got two degrees. I had so much ... . And then I was commissioned in the Navy, and I did underwater ship

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 16, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why was I up so early this weekend? Reaffirming my faith in humanity and destroying my confidence with computers

  

  fare. So here I am, riding along through Central Square. I’m in the ... and started riding again. Otherwise I would’ve been late. Turns out ... 16 or younger, so I would’ve gotten off with just a scolding. But I won

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 20, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Neil Gaiman: The Liveblog "This is a land of fire and dreams."

  

  Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick. In terms of my personal excitement level, I ... . 7:20 - Neil speaks. "Thank you all for coming. I thought I would begin ... 't actually trying to be inconsiderate, I would like a beep-free lecture just as

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 23, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Enterlude Brought to you by the letter "L", for Late, Lame, and real Life. Or something…

  

  -TAWN-Yuh (like “Tanya” with a “Na” in front! Or so I tell people so they don’t call ... skilled in the art of hip-hop dancing; math is my absolute worst subject; I ... thought I’d be now, MIT would be the last place I would have said—if I

  • by Natanya K. '14
  • September 18, 2010
• Blog / MISTI

  misti musings sugar, spice, and everything nice

  

  what I need. It’s the first time in the last two years that I’ve stopped ... company I’m interning at put us up at a very posh apartment-style hotel in ... rises, I can spot the hills in the distance. One day, I’ll snap out of my

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • June 28, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  The Blogs Turn 10: Looking Back, Looking Ahead data and narrative, past and present

  

  it to my students, I would have any serious applicant read all of these ... 've had a tremendous impact. In advance of this anniversary, I decided to ... 've gathered, but I am not that person. Part of the decrease in comment activity

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 13, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Should I include my ethnicity on the MIT Application? As a minority, how many times have you heard some off-handed comment about someone of…

  

  As a minority, how many times have you heard some off-handed comment ... understand who you are - in context. Remember, we don't get a chance to meet ... talk a lot about FIT & MATCH. Think of your application as you would

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / People & Identities

  [guest blog] 1,694 Miles Away by Favianna C. '26

  

  Growing up, I loved to mock tourists. Precisely, of those who would ... childish behavior. How clueless was I? [caption id="attachment_86641" align ... the softest and calmest dusk I had ever seen. I watched it in awe for

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 1, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 1 And maybe a problem set

  

  and took a gap year. The story of how I decided to take a gap year is ... . I tried old math olympiad problems that would have otherwise remained ... hurtling into the room. A month later, I was in the United States for the

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 8, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Eating Studio Ghibli Foods 🌾 At a mini-restaurant pop-up by MINCE <3

  

  (Lunar New Year themed, in the McCormick Green Room!), but I felt like this ... -up[/caption]When I walked in, instead of the flowers and greenery I was expecting, I ... new "hidden spaces" around campus. I feel like no matter how many years

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • March 11, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  just vibing tough times out here

  

  ) is the value of time. In high school I thought I was learning this ... cannot do everything I want to.[/annotation] And this teaches you how to ... 't walk quietly through a room in the early morning, think about how

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 30, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  thoughts on math@MIT! math month post

  

  Jonathan. I joined the department as a postdoc last year. I'm interested in ... . [annotation note="Fatima: I took Seminar in Topology last semester with Jonathan!"][/annotation] (let's call them) Z: I'm a recent MIT alum who majored in 18, and now in

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • April 24, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  nice moments on campus things are okay, actually

  

  ’s halfway through the semester, and I’m in this weird mood lately where I ... majority of it outside. My friends and I biked to Newbury street in Boston to ... around and admired the flowers that are suddenly in bloom. I have done

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • April 10, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Analogies “Fill yourself up with musical lighter fluid and ignite your inner match.”

  

  we play and suggestions on how to do it. Several months ago, I joined the Wind Ensemble for 3 reasons: I didn’t want to forget how to play ... obvious, I love playing! Twice a week in Kresge Auditorium, however, I also

  • by Ana V. '15
  • April 1, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  snippets from a semester minus academics, of course

  

  fantastic because i got to see a lot of teams perform for the first time in two years. mocha moves — for my 5th semester on mocha, i danced in only one section, which i co-choreographed. i don't know if i would have

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 21, 2021