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• Blog / Summer

  The Summer Before College (what not to do)

  

  knee cap, well, chances are you'll still be fine: "It’s been about two ... grandpa’s best friend’s hand as we made it through the hospital. My mother ... therapy. I had survived. Untouched. Now it’s impossible for someone to

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 12, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Eyes Wide a scandalous, unintentionally-devoid-of-meaning recent history

  

  Once, while working as a cashier, I noticed that a customer’s total had come to $3.14, the monetary equivalent of the ratio between a circle’s ... woman made a face. “PI?!” “Did you say PI?!” “I said it’s like pi,” I

  • by Jackie M. '20
  • September 8, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  All the Feels introduction to me and my thoughts

  

  emotional wreck, but I think it’s just something that comes with being in a ... old me. There’s change in the air too, and with every breath I take ... ? Well, now you will. First and foremost, there’s excitement. I’ve had the

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • September 14, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Winter/Summer/Where I’m From

  

  grandmother on my dad’s side, which I only get to do when I visit my parents. We ... talk about my and Cory’s apartment garden, and why my radishes won’t grow (it’s not cold enough). I tell her about how my peas died, and how the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • May 6, 2016
• Blog / Uncategorized

  spring notes resilience, change, warm weather, Santa Fe

  

  Chris Peterson's powerful and beautiful Marathon post*, I question ... wrote to a friend (oversentimentally as always--that's me! No limit!) yesterday that "spring is a tease. It's never as warm as it looks and

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • April 18, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Boring Friday Night (guest post by Nina L. ‘19) Familiar inbetweens. Taking breaks. Things that aren't (all) sleep and studying.

  

  in Lujan’s room at EC. His roommate moved out to another dorm so he has a single now and it’s pretty huge. I low-key hate him. “Eric ... there because we were too cold. “Do people eat at Domino’s?” Eric mused

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 24, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair #1 of 3 Boston Adventures

  

  "antiquarian book" is, the Fair’s website has got you covered. Such a book is one ... books from as early as the 1400s to as recent as the 1980s, but ... ). According to the Fair’s website, “the value might derive from the edition, the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 15, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What Is an MIT Community? ...a personal experience

  

  sit together in a darkened lounge and watch shadows of Jupiter’s moons glide slowly along the planet’s surface. The quivering black dots on the ... for Valentine’s Day, we watched a documentary for more on nuclear

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 13, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waiting for Decision Day In which I give a pep talk of sorts (with a little help from my…

  

  nervousness, looking for distractions, forcing yourself to pretend like there’s ... . Yeah. We’ve all been there. Whether it’s a college application or a job ... next year’s class, the huge far-more-collaborative milli

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 7, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  This is my spork.

  

  everywhere in between.   It’s been used to eat freeze ... spork is titanium, light, and little. But what’s not little is the

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 20, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Perspectives from Deutschland Ich bin Anna und ich studiere Astronomie!

  

  street from the 13th century St. Elizabeth’s Church. It’s pretty surreal ... ’t forgotten me, but here’s a quick review: I majored in physics and graduated in ... , S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z, ü, ë, ä, ß. I come, you come, he/she comes, we

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 12, 2014
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Why I wasn’t sad to leave MIT On shedding.

  

  and then I’ll swing by to give an update on life from the other side. It’s ... everything? And to then pursue everything all at once? MIT’s answer was yeah, kid! go ahead and pursue it all, and see what happens. Here’s what

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 31, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summertime Happenings A summer of research and relaxation in Boston

  

  , but the project has been limping along in the summer haze. It’s looking a little anemic right now (maybe it’s heat exhaustion. Or maybe it’s ... before summer’s end! After school let out, I hopped on a plane and flew

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • July 4, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Adventures in Time Travel (in the Library)

  

  Cory and I paused for about an hour and a half while looking for Childhood’s End by Arthur C. Clarke in the Hayden library stacks this ... favorite section is the science notes, which include Charles Darwin’s

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 1, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  The End of an Era A no-longer-freshman's reflections on life, the universe, and MIT-specific details

  

  bright objects, awkward s pa ci ng between words and letters is visually ... -inducing, and downright discouraging at times. But that’s one of the reasons why I wanted to come to MIT. I wanted to challenge myself, and I think that’s

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 24, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waiting How about 'em EA decisions?

  

  the anxiety, but beneath that, there was a layer of community. It’s ... . It’s probably part of the application experience. When the countdown ... . I still cringed at Mufasa’s death, and by the end of the second volume

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 13, 2013
• Blog / Events

  twerking, MIT style need more be said?

  

  Anna Kendrick's Cups... ...and more. P.S. speaking of twerking, here's one of the ornaments on the Simmons Christmas tree: P.P.S

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 8, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Life, the Universe, and Everything I’m significant! …screamed the dust speck.

  

  finishing this week’s psets, I took a mental break from school and scribbled ... is back with my brand new invention) 90’s song references aside… Be part of something greater than yourself, whether that’s volunteering with

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 13, 2013
• Blog / MISTI

  Language (die Sprache) MIT-Germany student discusses language

  

  Language is a funny thing. It's so natural and as kids we pick it ... , to ponder. It's quite incredible really. Coming from the US, I ... , here I am, experiencing what it's like to live some place else, some

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 10, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Pics or it didn’t happen? It happened!

  

  As I mentioned last week, MIT is a place for talkin’. Looking at the photos from the speech competition, it’s clear that we were fully invested ... , "The Three S's" // Halla Moore, "Perseverance" // Priyanka Chatterjee

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 10, 2012