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  All the bridges I’ve crossed in Cambridge, ranked my civil engineering hat is off

  

  alongside many of Boston’s universities and colleges: MIT, Harvard, and Boston ... "]Boston proper,[/annotation] you have to walk across one of the city’s many bridges ... to Fenway’s House of Blues to catch a concert, a return home after

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 10, 2020
• Blog / Advice

  Applying to Grad School How MIT Did and Didn't Help Me

  

  One of this year’s admits asked me how MIT sets you up for grad ... a teenager. But since it’s been a while since anyone’s blogged about it, here’s my probably-more-comprehensive-than

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 22, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I’m back! (And what I carry on it) "You can tell a lot about a person by what they carry" - Atlas

  

  – it’s like a bizarro-version of the MIT I remember. There’s plenty new ... bag and show you what’s in mine on any given day. (I actually did just ... maybe you just want to know what to heck it is. That’s why I numbered it

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 11, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Avatar and Desserts Exploring Food Art

  

  -July."]before,[/annotation] but after two weeks of not getting any references about Zuko and ‘that’s ... show, and it blew. my. mind. I was amazed at how a children’s show could ... . The world-building and characters are detailed and elaborate, it’s just

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • December 10, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I’m not an imposter… I’m going to be featured on the MIT News homepage

  

  the ideal MIT lives. There’s already a flaw in this reasoning, but we’ll get to it. Here’s one tricky thing about being at MIT: you never know ... like competition isn’t a part of MIT, but it’s different to how it was

  • by ana~
  • October 29, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  context, obstacles, and critical periods Why don’t you just get over it?

  

  mention her experiences with housing instability, homelessness, and women’s ... -worker.       This particular Twitter thread brought to light more context to Nadya’s ... an article detailing how Nadya undermined and exploited other people’s

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • July 12, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I Was Sitting Where You’re Sitting Quick! Click here. :D

  

  , passing power tools up to the others. This year’s East Campus rollercoaster ... . Following 2011’s attempt at a railroad permit, this is the second year of the rollercoaster’s boundary-pushing (last year’s rollercoaster track was 150 feet

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  You Are Here a list of things i can't make myself do, and a few i can

  

  It’s a Wednesday afternoon, and I sit in my dining room and stare at ... my ears is loud—too loud, frankly—but it’s all I can do to block out ... , and my eyes both dart to and from material and see nothing at all. It’s

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • April 19, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  [joint post] a guide to mit gyms big brains, big gains 😤

  

  . Each dorm gym has its own pros, cons, and personal quirks, and there’s ... reflect it. Students get complimentary access to campus gyms, so it’s easier ... ="attachment_103148" align="alignnone" width="1000"] pretty spacious :)[/caption] S: New

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • September 4, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Class of 2020 Ring Premiere! from two perspectives

  

  Written by Danny The Brass Rat is one of MIT’s most iconic symbols. Like you know something’s legitimately famous when it has it’s own wiki. But it’s more than just famous. To MIT students, it’s a symbol that we

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 18, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Colors In every sense of the word

  

  color? Perhaps you still have the ability to see color, but let’s pretend ... are many philosophical arguments about that, but let’s assume we’re not in Plato’s cave for a bit). Yet, in matters of race, I think there are

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 3, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  sibling dynamics at MIT yes lmao Nisha and I are related

  

  ’m more outgoing and extra, while she’s more laidback and chill. I’m chaotic and memey, and she’s...a functioning adult, I guess?? I dance and she ... to MIT, I was afraid of being “Nisha’s little sister” forever; we

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • February 20, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Took A Gap Year some things you just can't predict

  

  , stumbling onto Anna’s post, “Being Qualified for MIT”, but only with distant ... could attend a university whose site I had stumbled onto from a friend’s Google search of “World’s Best Universities.” And then one morning

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • March 12, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Sunrise, Sunset An MIT-Israel student shares his day

  

  the old city with musicians, artists, and sellers of trinkets galore. It’s ... frustrating if you want to go do, but it’s a nice excuse to just be. Ben ... studying for their bachelor’s, master’s, or PhD. The vast majority of the

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 17, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  ten reflections on mit

  

  ground this Valentine’s Day (though of course, love is in the air). These two photos are from Valentine's Day 2013, during my first time on MIT’s ... decade since MIT entered my life. It’s been a while since I’ve blogged

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • February 15, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [joint post] we visited every station on the MBTA and the Logan Airport Rental Car Center

  

  together. Alan: Kevin’s path was pretty complete, and we saw limited reason ... Line’s SL3 route, which,[annotation note="there is so, so much MBTA lore ... Kevin’s plan, adding SL3, and talking about the different parts. There

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • November 29, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  non-stop / walang hinto what a mess

  

  spring semesters. the only time i can think of that’s comparable was during ... happened. it’s as if the entire month has just been in my head. to be fair ... lab under the cognitive science department, even though the project’s

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 8, 2020
• Blog / Advice

  Enjoy Life Farewells and New Beginnings

  

  also Dr. Abe’s memorial service. Today would have been his 99th birthday ... ’d planned to doodle something about "Ithaka" by Constantine Cavafy. It’s one ... month ago at his nursing home in Missouri. There’s a lot that I could say

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 5, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Grey and Other Colors

  

  that become your closest friends. This is life- it’s messy, unexpected ... . Life isn’t always black or white. It’s some murky combination of many ... ’ve felt restless thinking about one question: “What’s next?” When you’re a

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • April 8, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  On Teaching and Learning Minimum requirement: read the last few sentences of this post. They're important.

  

  neither, in all honesty, do I. To recap, I’m here for MIT’s Four Weeks For ... single individual’s ability to succeed – and students are unable to believe ... blue coins, and knelt down next to the student. “Okay,” I said. “Let’s

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 20, 2011