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  Skullhouse Road Trip Seattle, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Austin, New Orleans, North Carolina, Delaware, New Jersey, and New…

  

  Kappa Sigma (aka Skullhouse) has a tradition where the senior class goes ... renting a van once there to take all the way back to Boston. We must be back ... down the terminal hallway to my gate, where I saw that no one was there

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 9, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  You Make The Call So you think you've got what it takes to admit the Class of 2010 to…

  

  was to show you a controversial play where a penalty has occured and ... selective college or university? How hard can it be? All you need to do is ... policy is a staunch supporter of Affirmative Action.) OK. Are you ready to

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 9, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  difficult difficult lemon difficult the end of senior fall

  

  horrifically cursed system of units, where 12 units is considered the equivalent ... than I can chew—sometimes, to the unfair detriment of others—and a maybe ... so hard to remember that "you do not have to walk on your knees for a

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 29, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Collections Simple

  

  separate our physical forms from our thinking forms, if there is even a ... .36 (Neurobiology of Self) which is a class that focuses on the neural mechanisms of ... first, I wasn't buying into it. I've always considered myself a very

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 23, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’d Like Your Help With My Letter to President Obama… What I'm up to in 21W.747 (Rhetoric) class these days.

  

  , here's my proposal: At the very least, I post this here to give you a glimpse of what a writing assignment at MIT can look like. To preface that ... amount of time on it. At the very most, you can help me (totally voluntary

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • December 1, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why Course 2A is Cooler than You I'm back from the dead, to tell you all about my major and its ridiculously…

  

  you this now? Well, 2A is currently going through a re ... more about what 2A is. Course 2 is one of the "stricter" majors- there ... constitute a "concentration-" so you can't skip important core ideas about Mech

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / People & Identities

  requiem for the desert as temperatures rise higher

  

  edge of what is survivable? Do we plant our cacti where there used to be ... don’t seem to like where the heat is at already — for the past three ... Written early September after a presentation by Spencer Glendon from

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 30, 2023
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  So You Wanna Be A Blogger? The post that (hopefully) answers all of your questions about the selection process for admissions…

  

  experience - so where you live, along with various other related criteria such ... 're considering for a major (list all possibilities), and what activities you hope ... aardvark, where is the banana and why is that man chartreuse?" Answers to

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Adios, Madrid My attempt at an eloquent goodbye to Spain.

  

  the store and buy some "galletas," wtf are you supposed to do? There is ... about winter is going to be much more vociferous this year. fluency in a ... important, and the hardest to put into words. I can be a pretty big critic of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 16, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  thank you notes before i go

  

  ; there is just something so magical and whimsical about being with you. I ... . You're the kind of person where I know I can tell you anything and I won ... stressed because I really can't imagine a world where we don't go to the same

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Well, at least you didn’t fail, right? A tale of mystery, wonder, and the worst possible way to handle too much work…

  

  , absolutely necessary Saturday, 2 PM - I wake up. Come on, there was a party ... there involved minimal effort. If I could cross campus for a Baker party ... that if I ever buy a half acre of land, I will build a deck on it à la JD

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 28, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Somatic My spread for MIT's Infinite Magazine Issue XI

  

  Infinite since I came to MIT, and I highly recommend it. There's a role for ... for materials, and I want to know what it is like to buy nice yarn. And ... body to work. And yet, it does. And you can just walk around with the

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • June 17, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  djent is not a djenre or is it?

  

  laughed nervously, “woahhh there, that’s a really personal question…”  I ... ’s not apparent, this is a joke (well this whole blog is a joke) and music ... girl in red?” Music taste is revealing. It gets you perceived. Just look

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 22, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’re 18, But You Aren’t Invincible Impressions of my first month at MIT -- both sobering and exciting.

  

  . You might think this is a bad thing because if you get an "A", you don ... supposed to be a priority, somewhere up there with getting good grades and calling home once in a while. There are things to do at all hours

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 1, 2005
• Blog / How to MIT

  BLARGL! Where have all the orange lockers gone?

  

  you for several reasons. The first (and, sadly, primary reason) is that ... dwindling rapidly (for a variety of reasons) and blogging is one of the few ... they feel like they should blog. This is just a theory though. Anywho, I

  • by Snively '11
  • February 23, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Decide my major! Because putting your future up for a democratic vote is clearly the way to go.

  

  Developing Countries,” which is incredible. I’m currently part of a team that ... month. You all need to decide where you’re going to college next year (COUGHMITCOUGH), which, I mean, is a kind of a big deal and will in fact influence

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • April 2, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Reflections and Decisions Take advantage of every opportunity you can

  

  many, many times that college is where you will find yourself, but I don ... responsibility and the only time you can really change your mind on a whim. Don ... had a realization the other day that Cambridge is my home. I will always

  • by Becca H. '12
  • December 20, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Kickoff! and away we go...

  

  competition video here because a grainy 480x360 video can't do it justice - you ... to say that FIRST is a prerequisite for admission, or that it gives you ... - why are you still reading this blog? Isn't there a robot that needs

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 12, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  And it’s all beginning…

  

  dorms and halls, you may like what you have, but you've gotten there in a ... Back in Massachusetts! And Rush stuff is starting! *excited* There ... 't care how much you like your temp assignment. I'm sure Mollie, who's a

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 22, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Why Leadership? (guest post) Inclusive leadership and vision-building at LeaderShape 2018.

  

  frustration in a compassionate, fatherly way. It can be the feeling that one is ... skill is a blessing and you only have up to go, even though you feel so ... Shape program. As a student—at MIT or anywhere else—it can be easy to lose

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 21, 2018