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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Underground An ode to the MIT tunnels

  

  : cavernous cement cylinders wreathed in shadows and coated in a moldy film of dampness, perfect for piercing flashlight beams and a spirit of discovery. Or ... MIT Tunnels. Back then, it was tunnels with a capital "T" because to my

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 8, 2015
• Blog / Advice

  You only got in because you’re a… how to cope when good news unexpectedly gives you the blues

  

  This is a blog post for those of you who are struggling with the ... say, we aren't friends with "R" anymore. What a shitty way for a ... with him for a variety of reasons, but cutting the toxic people out of my

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 16, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  [Guest Post] Duolingo Champion How to immerse in education while learning nothing

  

  crazy or stupid or maybe even a little bit of both and i b e g g e d him ... experience points (XP) for each lesson, with ~10XP corresponding to a normal 5 minute lesson and the top 10 players with the most XP at the end of a given

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 29, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  you can care about things revisiting stoicism

  

  both in the context of writing a blog and in the context of being a ... like this and you’ll see: Not ‘some way to sleep with her’ - but a way to ... ? how do i deal with the disappointment that comes when a friend makes a

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • July 18, 2022
• Blog / How to MIT

  Schedules and expectations The do's and dont's of freshman scheduling, and what to brace yourself for.

  

  with all of your friends, do your problem sets as a group, and most of ... Class of '10: getting super ready and excited for school? I hope you ... the obvious fact that MIT is a tough place- the reputation exists for a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 13, 2006
• Blog / Summer

  my summer! a belated blog

  

  with or if I grew as a person. Probably both. I loved my team and my ... . I went to a comedy show and golfed for the first time. I went to the ... Somerville for the summer and spent a lot of time around Porter Square. I went

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 18, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Trip to India ...to the slum children who smiled at me even though it seems that they have…

  

  horns every second, toss in a few bulls for good measure, and you have ... Anne Liu and I spent January 7th through January 17th in India on a ... meetings with three organizations: BASIX, which works “to promote a

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • January 23, 2008
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  Rise and Grind and Build *dolly parton voice* workin' 9 to 5

  

  for work, and made dinner with my roommates almost daily. I burnt the ... 've had a lot of experiences with fabrication. For those of you unfamiliar ... first "tech-y" job. And occasionally, since I'm a legal adult now, I get

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 18, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Weathering the weather So much snow!

  

  , which requires that you find a faculty sponsor for your project -- and ... hours, and I'm feeling a little guilty. See, it's the MIT biology ... just stay inside and ride out the storm (and watch the Olympics with Adam

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes – Fall 04 What I took way back when

  

  crazy; for three hours a week, I sit at a conference table with her and ... decide to form a Canadian coalition and insist on either both performing or ... size of the interval, and whose perimeter is marked with a uniform scale

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 23, 2004
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Econ Prof Wins Nobel Prize (with video) A pretty exciting week as Peter Diamond PhD '63 is the latest MIT professor to…

  

  room for the press conference and posed for pictures with Diamond. I ... makes 3 current or emeritus faculty (Diamond, Robert Merton PhD '70, and ... Nobel Prize in Economics (more have won for Medicine, Physics, and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 18, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The land of the free and the home of the internet Back to life, back to the internet

  

  to Jamaica for a week sophomore year with my friends Rose '05 and ... (seriously, 41 kbps? WTF.) for five and a half days. This is probably the ... have done REUs and really enjoyed them, but for the career I'm looking at

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Women’s Initiative A bit about my classes - and why girls are awesome

  

  Sooo ~ MIT's back in session and life is again much too full with ... below 7.0 and we didn't have buffers, we'd die. As you can tell, both ... easy. It's a new class, offered as a substitute for 9.07: the notoriously

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 8, 2011
• Blog / How to Food

  REX and the City New York, New York, and other answers to your other questions, too.

  

  . And yes, it's true that the admissions committee is looking for someone ... with a DVD with short movies made by each of the dorms (the i3 videos, or ... watch, and then fill out a preference sheet online with a few words about

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 10, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  november again conversation with myself

  

  dyed over it with red and of course, that’s refused to wash out for the past month. i crocheted a red scarf for myself earlier this year, and my ... you've just found a social balance that works for you and you mind your

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 1, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  defense the other bloggers didn’t believe i could write a post about basketball

  

  every principle i’ve been watching basketball on-and-off for a while now ... team matches up with a person on the offensive team and is responsible ... play perfect defense the entire game and still lose badly (for a more

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 20, 2022
• Blog / How to MIT

  Laptops! It goes on the top of your lap.

  

  things I was looking forward to most about MIT was having a laptop and ... started! There are two computer options for MIT: Desktops and laptops. Both ... you're dead set on having a desktop and wouldn't work with anything less

  • by Snively '11
  • March 22, 2008
• Blog / Personal Projects

  The Oreo Post i tried them all* !

  

  flavors. And the time has come for me to share what I learned with you. I ... anecdotes. Then I'll wrap up with my overall thoughts and a tier list! In this ... the marshmallow if you weren't looking for it, but with careful

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 29, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  places around and at mit godless and holy

  

  basement for a party and you go to lean against the walls and the walls are ... impacts on us, both negative and positive. I've compiled two lists of ... Aiden once went here because it was 3 in the morning and Beantown was

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 13, 2019
• Blog / Personal Projects

  I painted my door! and it only took 2.5 years

  

  would look good with my limited abilities. After some trial and error, I ... ="74954" image3="74957" image4="74939" image5="74961" image6="74875" /] With a ... do with as you like. Most doors have been painted and painted over who

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 19, 2022