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• Blog / Challenges

  Alien in America A display of feelings; a post that might not make any sense.

  

  wrote when I shared that post on social media: "In Colorado, we only had farmers' markets in the summer. It reminded me that summer was special ... --especially when, in this day and age, bad news is always a mouse-click away. Rather

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 14, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  2024 in Review the things and stuff of 2024

  

  challenging. In 2024 I developed strength and self reliance. Obviously it ... that I am beyond grateful for. But in some of these lows, I grappled with ... successfully after a while, choose to take in the things that bring color to my

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • January 13, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Search of Answers Seeking recommendations, rather than providing them...

  

  about the difficulty in selecting the students who will ultimately be ... contributions or the work of other admissions officers, our roles in the ... parents face. For me to weigh in on the merits of an individual applicant

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 13, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Party in the MIT This is some scary stuff.

  

  Tell the truth, how many current MIT students read the title of this entry and knew exactly what to expect when they clicked it? I know that at least Chris…

  • by Snively '11
  • September 25, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Work in Progress So. I decided that I needed a new banner.

  

  gorgeous I really am in real life. As you probably know, it's kind of hard to ... it. Any images we bloggers post here need to be hosted in our Athena ... hosted the image on http://photobucket.com/ *hangs head in shame* But

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Monday (in Snaps) and my longest Snapchat story ever

  

  (Take a look at “My Monday” by Yuliya K. '18 for her day in the life ... ) wristband. Happy Monday, MIT! Also my roommate picked up my first paycheck in ... elevator art on point? (We’re the Home of the Velociraptors, in case you were

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 28, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer Syllabus in Retrospect goals, guidelines, reading list

  

  Today is the eighth day of fall and the first day of winter in my ... can now see the summer as something whole and fully past. Back in May, I ... life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 1, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Not in Kansas anymore A brief look at your third '15 blogger

  

  with a bolded list! Past Living Situation(s): I was born in Ethiopia ... the weather in lovely Los Angeles, California for around 5 years before ... their lives and we headed over to Kansas. I've since lived in Kansas for

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • September 9, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back in Cambridge I less than three the holidays.

  

  Well, I'm back at MIT after a lovely Thanksgiving in the land of the ... Adam had finished a 16.100 (Aerodynamics) lab. We got to Plymouth in time ... , even though it was pouring rain and freezing. I elected to stay in bed

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 26, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Somewhere in between Trying to find out where I belong at MIT

  

  into MIT with me back in 2015, my brass rat says 2019, and despite not ... occasionally law school, looking for places to live in their new found location ... . I have never regretted my decision to take a year off and study in

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 13, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Design in Boston [By Doug '14] Events that showcase the creative capital in and around Boston.

  

  changed my major to 2A and decided to concentrate in product design. I was ... 0:17 in the video Google put out on Gmail’s new redesign ... myself in the future or even sooner as summer intern. Photo Credit

  • by ARTalk
  • November 5, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Train in vain Pulling my first official all-nighter of the fall term.

  

  that much to get in the pool at Hurricane Harbor for five minutes. On ... ; MIT does not accept insomniacs. The park put in two new rides this year--Typhoon, a "sea coaster" that uses conveyor belts to pull your raft uphill in a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  mid semester check-in all about my classes

  

  ’t like big class sizes and I did not have a great experience in [annotation ... it is an algorithms class, I would enjoy it more than 6.009.  In the ... for first time teaching assistants in ESG(the Experimental Study Group

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • October 22, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Grades in Context Sometimes, B stands for "baller"

  

  + looks exactly like an A-, which in turn looks like an A. That's great if you squeak by with an A- for a term in one class, but if you got, say, a ... washing machines and ridiculous gyroscopes in 8.01, I felt pretty certain

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 15, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  sophomore spring in hindsight reviewing my journal

  

  hair in a protective style for a few weeks and not have to think about it ... school in a city that has so many other colleges and universities is ... so many wonderful people in this city. By God’s grace, my sister and I

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • June 28, 2020
• Blog / Personal Travel

  a week in europe pictures of munich, vienna, amsterdam

  

  and tests swirl in my head. they make me forget what's outside of campus ... into complacency but i have to finish these things swirling in my head so

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • April 8, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a semester in glass! i made a lot of things :D

  

  As I mentioned in[annotation note="which was uhhh a while ago oops ... some of what I learned! If you're interested in learning more about ... learning about safety in the lab, since you're going to be working with glass

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 28, 2022
• Blog / Hacks

  IAP=Watermelon in January I honestly can't think of a better analogy.

  

  could take that starts in the fall and runs through IAP. The labs were ... end of IAP, each team gives a presentation in front of a panel of judges ... together so I could culture myself in the world of eateries. We ended up

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 9, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Cooking in Quarantine making all the recipes

  

  , watching it being made, watching animated food being made (particularly in ... than expected! So, we've been in the kitchen a lot the past two weeks ... pasta shape -- we just used whatever was in our pantry. And to add some

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 30, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  what’s in a name mr. sushi - winner of the first annual name bryan's fish contest!

  

  In a close name contest between Groker and Mr. Sushi, Mr. Sushi edged out Groker in a 8 to 7 win, but remember we're all winners here. Katy, congratulations! I'll be in touch so you can redeem your prize.

  • by Bryan
  • July 24, 2005