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  The View from 1000 Feet Life after MIT ... kind of

  

  subway back in 2003 with duffle bag in hand where I walked into my dorm room in Baker ready to begin my college experience. My mom always tried ... to look back in my journals and see the days when all I wanted to do

  • by Bryan
  • January 23, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  A Cautionary Tale of Two Students You may be surprised by how many first year students at MIT believe that they…

  

  Indulge me for a moment. How many times have we seen the movie in ... dishonored him by stepping on his sneakers in a crowded auditorium. Why do I ... Hollywood fantasy. NEWSFLASH... NO ONE MAKES IT AT MIT/COLLEGE (OR IN LIFE

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • November 22, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Turkey vs. Spam’s Hair Two parables of personal hygiene.

  

  things to look out for in a university, and they're all great. But there ... machines? How many are there? How much do they cost? At MIT, at least in ... can draw your own conclusions on culture at Stanford and MIT. Anyway, in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Bicycle Race More things happen, and I pretend that I've read your comments.

  

  fun! Today in 10.37: Chemical Kinetics and Reactor Design, we had a pop ... Green stopped in the middle of lecture at 11:22 to administer it, and it was about things that he had just talked about in lecture, which he left

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 4, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Class size A response to a comment brought up on Ben's blog.

  

  Concerned Parent brought up an issue in Ben's blog (about halfway ... this would merely require more students to live in uncomfortable living situations. I was originally going to post this in Ben's blog... but it sort of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do You Have A Core Curriculum?

  

  Today, I'm back in the office (but only for a day) after doing three college fairs in New York City this past week. It was a fun week! First was ... /interviewer Mark, who graduated from Bronx Science back in the day, joined me in the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 9, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  by bike, by train, by wind, by rain getting around different cities

  

  . In the past three years, I’ve visited over 10 cities and lived in three ... in a place where only driving made any sense. Now that I've been ... look for in future cities I live in. biking [caption id="attachment_77488

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 15, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  the classes among us reflections and too many flashbacks on classes ft. ESG

  

  imagined college in high school, I imagined being in one of these huge halls ... premonition I swear"]a future in these big lecture halls felt odd and foreign ... being in such a large atmosphere. Worries about how these classes could

  • by Waly N. '24
  • October 12, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What’s happening with Senior House The thing that happened, why the thing is upsetting, and what can hopefully be done

  

  we have made.” Emphasis mine, because “we” was in no part the “Senior ... people are talking about it. There is an article in The Tech regarding its announcement in general, and then another in which Dr. Cynthia Barnhart discusses

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • June 13, 2016
• Blog / MISTI

  Another Journey Planned How to go abroad 101

  

  Honors Program in the mailbox across from WILG. So begins my journey to study abroad in college. The International Honors Program is a unique program in that it examines a thematic topic in multiple countries. The

  • by Becca H. '12
  • February 21, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  Surviving My deep thoughts on surviving and thriving at MIT, straight from three years ago.

  

  of in awe of the fact that I'd apparently survived almost a full year ... 19) in italics, perspective on life at 22 in normal text. 1. There is no substitute for sleep. Caffeine is great in a pinch, but eventually

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 11, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  doctor worm not a real doctor but i am a real worm

  

  pm. i'm studying progenitor cell migration in planarians, which are ... in the recipient, cut the donor until all that's left is a square piece ... to say, i was in survival mode every single day until i finished my

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • April 8, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] Getting Help @ MIT by Warren K. ’27

  

  In my first month at MIT, I: Caught COVID, then a cold, then strep ... ="aligncenter" width="346"] I was late for class that day 🙁[/caption] After 12 years in the service, I got out of the Navy in August and started at MIT in

  • by Jeremy W.
  • January 17, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  packing for the road looking back on nights that last forever

  

  friend who urops at my lab about our research over gluten-free cake in the basement. I went to get water and two people were switching shirts in front ... in, took off my coat, and was immediately challenged to an arm wrestle

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 27, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lessons from Loomis and Whitney a math month post

  

  between points and lines that Andi alluded to in his post on duality (though ... perhaps some thoughts about life at MIT too. If you're not as interested in ... some thoughts about life at MIT :). The math in the first part is some

  • by Paige B. '24
  • April 23, 2024
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  rural winter, city winter haven't shoveled snow here once

  

  of Cows![/caption] Winter in Wyoming—a symphony of snowflakes and ice ... statement, and the sharp crack of ice breaking in the horse trough signals the start of another day. Winter in Wyoming is its own beast, a stark contrast

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • February 26, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  taste ai has no taste.

  

  If you follow me on Instagram, Twitter, or (god forbid) LinkedIn, you ... [judgment] is in brackets, meaning it isn’t part of the original quote. From ... actually went. Me: “A good rule of thumb [in choosing jobs that will not

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 20, 2023
• Blog / IAP

  So, What Exactly Happens? y'know, over IAP?

  

  could try (and likely be unsuccessful in) compiling a list of activities ... remember. Playing numerous 3-5 hour sessions of Dungeons and Dragons in the lands of Foxgrove on 3West (a wing in the dorm Next House). We

  • by Paige B. '24
  • February 2, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  FWACC! and some small thoughts about kindness

  

  schedule."]at 8:05 PM[/annotation] in Kresge Auditorium, the lights will dim over a crowded audience. Then, moments later, for the first time in three ... [/annotation] in the only way they know how: a group song. The last time FWACC

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 25, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  (Guest Post) how can it be home when it’s not finding a sense of belonging away from home

  

  ="'Boston' refers to both Boston and Cambridge in this post"]boston.[/annotation] it ... dinner, read occasionally and made another door sign for our room. in a way, i slowly made an active effort to make the place i lived in, mine

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • March 19, 2022