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• Blog / How to MIT

  New Beginnings Roses and Thorns

  

  It was a hot, humid Friday afternoon when I touched down in Logan ... crumble in laughter if they could read this), I have tried to condense ... school (elementary/middle school) and high school in Nairobi and was within

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • September 16, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What’s in My Bag? My everyday carry!

  

  too.... BONUS: What’s in my wallet        My wallet has the ... They say you can tell a lot about a person by what’s in their bag. Or ... true that most people have a degree of choice in what they purchase or

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 11, 2017
• Blog / Advice

  letter to my 2023 self from: 2024 janet

  

  in 2024 and wrote most of it then; but then i had to work on a bunch of ... pretend i live in PST: Procrastination Standard Time (utc -69) and call it a ... relieved to hear that I’m actually travelling now, in contrast to last year

  • by Janet G. '27
  • January 2, 2025
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Openness This one's serious, no silly link. Read it.

  

  of context and that prefrosh understand the background In the past I ... write whatever they want. It's an open forum, a place for prefrosh to ask

  • by Snively '11
  • October 26, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  April Questions Omnibus 1

  

  undergraduate students at MIT actually major in subjects other than math and ... primary major in science or engineering. I (like today's birthday girl) was one of these students, majoring in Management, and I had many friends in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 4, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Visualize this! My new UROP We've got some really cool stuff going on this semester

  

  It’s a new school year, and I’ve started UROPing in a new lab! For ... ) program gives MIT undergrads a chance to do meaningful research in cutting ... year I'm starting in a new lab. The group is in MIT CSAIL (the Computer

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 2, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  an unnecessarily long post on how much i like spotify why did i ever think iTunes was good

  

  EDIT: Petey mentioned in the comments that we should make a blogger ... my life before coming to college and pursuing my interests in a ... of my friends started a family plan in second semester that I hopped on

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 9, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21 Reasons to Join ESG A Look at MIT's Freshman Learning Communities

  

  choices that come in the form of Freshman Learning Communities. Because most ... Learning Communities were created to allow you to branch out in these classes and learn in an environment that better suits your style. The problem

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • January 4, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  This title is irrelevant In which I discuss two important aspects of undergraduate life: scientific research and climbing stairs.

  

  letter to MIT, I glimpsed a beautiful future in which all of life ... (which all had the same plot, in case you didn't notice by the time you ... of stairs in two hours on Friday night. That's 12 times up the tallest

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 28, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A Part II Why the Media Lab is cool. Bonus: A great "You Know You Go to MIT…

  

  for something I don't understand or do you mean "Techer" as in ... "technology" in the more general sense. "Life of a Tecker" was the title of my ... welcome in comments or email. If you suggest something I really like, I may

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 25, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Doors of East Campus a la Humans of New York

  

  This is the first in a series of a couple of posts I wanted to do on art in my dorm, East Campus. According to the MIT Mind and Hand Book ... to focus on the door murals in particular for this post. When you

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 16, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Everything You Ever Wanted to Know All your wishes have been magically granted.

  

  the exact same credentials, I'm not confident I would get in. Admissions ... things you should do before turning in any essay, so they're pretty common ... . Don't flat out say X event changed me in Y way. Show how it changed you

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 13, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Designing dead ends A look into the "misc." folder on my desktop

  

  In August I celebrated my four year [annotation note="🍰"]workiversary[/annotation]as the in-house designer on the communications team at MIT Admissions and Student Financial Services. Essentially, in the months when I’m not reading

  • by Jeremy W.
  • September 24, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Food, glorious food In which I learn that Simmons Dining is not, in fact, the best that Boston's…

  

  much as some people have in their first semester. Even my sister, who has ... kernels soaked in cold milk). Day 2 (Sunday) Veggie Galaxy (Brunch) Still ... drizzling in the afternoon, so I went to Jahunger – a Uyghur restaurant that

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • April 6, 2025
• Blog / How to Food

  [Guest Post] Your Guide to Boston Cafes a letter from chomps

  

  Dear fellow chompers, A year ago, I was asked: … and in typical hosed ... year as a private diary to document my food adventures in college. While ... individuals and their communities, and coffee, in particular, carries rich

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • January 15, 2025
• Blog / Events

  A Brief History of Thursday I met Kip Thorne.

  

  ) nobody in my family has ever won the lottery, suggesting that my otherwise ... 's statistically improbable to win things that aren't in cereal boxes. Well, it ... my genetic misfortunes, despite the misguided expectations instilled in

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • May 9, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Some comments on topics of interest

  

  last month, in the Parents' Forum, which was discussing Marilee Jones ... , just to see what's happening in the exciting world of high schoolers and ... in context, the kids have 4 and 5 AP classes on their schedules. Now

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 7, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Always Moving Forward: An entry by Prof. Patrick Henry Winston MIT has the nation's leading running back in Division III football?!? And he's a Computer…

  

  see him play. I had taught DeRon Artificial Intelligence in 6.034 when ... emerging story of his amazing record. DeRon showed up regularly in class ... had driven seven hours or so from their home in the small town of Galax

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 8, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Good Will Mystery Hunting 63 hours of puzzle solving: a classic part of the MIT experience

  

  Virginia, the most important city in the world that night for all I cared ... , granola bars and a box of organic alfalfa sprouts that appeared in no ... schedule of a 24-hour pharmacy worker in Alaska. No wonder: Random Hall

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 21, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  Contraception and Safe Sex at MIT! sexual!! health!! is!! important!!

  

  this week and she wanted it to be posted in honor of the November Rule ... sexual health in a way that is honestly unheard of in a lot of places. We ... people about sex and relationships and what's okay and what's not okay in

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 2, 2018