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• Blog / MIT Life

  i love this f*cking place "say this to my face when you're a junior." ~an upperclassman

  

  the range of opportunities MIT offers. the upperclassmen on my floor, in ... as if i was abruptly thrust into the world of icebreakers! and New ... have fallen in love with the strong sense of community i’ve experienced

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 8, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Though the Odds A survival story.

  

  semester at MIT. In retrospect, I realize that - in spite of reading the ... . Academically, I had a bit of rough time this semester, and the main reason was 8 ... give you a little background. As part of the GIRs (short for General

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 31, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  Advice from Graduating Seniors to incoming freshmen

  

  among the many resources MIT offers to get the little bit of extra help on ... the Class of 2021 will gather and President Reif will give a welcoming address. At that time, the Class of 2021 will officially be freshmen.  

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 28, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  One thing every woman’s missed in Massachusetts Bay Sam and Shana have gone to look for America, starting in Philadelphia.

  

  needed to do were to buy a map, enlist the help of a local, and marry Amber ... the fudge, the fat young man ahead of us in line noted that it was ... fudge without a knife. Indeed, the power is ours! Of course, if my UROP

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 15, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Most Importantly, No Reddit This is actually how people lived.

  

  computer the whole weekend, I was ready to take advantage of this weekend off ... was far from the most productive weekend of the term. I tried to work ... time, I came to the alarming realization that my first set of graduate

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • October 19, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m going to be a blogger! The words my family had to hear 635,382 times

  

  every flavour of Oreo offered in the northeast US, as there are many more ... States; I guess this is just the first small difference in a long line of ... , here in my Notes app on the side of the highway. Well, so be it; I will

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 15, 2018
• Blog / Events

  The one-armed violin player and the Dalai Lama Emad's not the only blogger who got a press pass.

  

  Lama came together in the form of three Unread Message alerts in my inbox ... responded to his offer first and would therefore be receiving the Dalai Lama ... Emad. The first - an expression of celebration at our respective ticket

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Road Trip—sort of.

  

  Watsonville. We went to the Monterey Bay Aquarium, which is rated the #3 family attraction in the country. The MB aquarium reminded me of the New ... spent most of the ride falling victim to a nasty bout of motion sickness

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 19, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dear Prospective 2020s Passing on advice that good people have given me

  

  compiling a list of distractions for the final stretch. Distractions are great ... 't quite empathize with the feeling of your whole life riding on a decision ... , or maybe I'm more apathetic than the average person in the face of

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 16, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ask Me Anything! Responses life and admissions

  

  offer, and if it is right for you. I can think of at least one excellent ... turning 21 a week before graduation, and she is one of the most competent ... idea that I was closer to MIT kept me going (that, and the idea of

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 26, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  trust how do you decide who to trust when there are lots of untrustworthy people?

  

  vast majority of people are safe to be around in the vast majority of situations the problem with being suspicious of everyone is that interacting ... great time and making a lot of friends. or as another example, one of the

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 11, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  A speech, of sorts

  

  Over the last year, I've had the pleasure of being the Undergraduate ... well, do I? All of us at the debate. From left to right: Dwight, Chris ... Marissa '06. Anyway, the point of this entry is that as of Monday night I

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • May 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Walk of the Strandbeest "New life forms" with PVC skeletons march on the Media Lab

  

  "Not pollen or seeds but plastic yellow tubes are the basis of this ... 's Strandbeest stood in the rain on a patch of pavement outside the Media Lab. With ... of the Media Lab. "Jansen engineers wondrous, large-scale kinetic

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

  The Return of QBert Whack-a-mole, a piano player, and a whole lot of fun. All in 24 hours or…

  

  New Hampshire, of course. Now telling you the destination without ... unmarked Toyota Matrix to New Hampshire. All I remember of the drive was ... was able to spend a night away from the noises of the city and spend

  • by Bryan
  • November 6, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Oodles Of Doodles Chris Peterson once impersonated me as such: "Blah blah blah Irish people, cartoons blah blah…

  

  Happy New Year, lovely folks of the internet! Kids 'round these ... have a cold so that means it is the perfect time... TO BLOG. In honor of ... still loved the class even at the end of the semester, even when I was

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 3, 2011
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Snippets of Iceland some rhymes from spring break

  

  of Iceland[/caption] the wheels on the bus go round and round driving ... 2024 has been quite a year for the Sun—in addition to the total solar eclipse, this year is also a [annotation note="when the Sun is at its most

  • by Allison E. '27
  • April 17, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Some of the topics Here are some of my classmates' CI-M paper topics

  

  Textile industry and trade Determinants of the price of vodka Access to the ... the real estate market for condos Impact of Vioxx's downfall on ... Impact of oil and gas shocks on the macroeconomy Determinants of prices of

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 22, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  June Questions Omnibus 1 Bigfoot asked a few weeks back, "Will you be posting an omnibus soon, Matt?" Yes,…

  

  .P classes because of the budget cuts in my school. So only the students with ... that you are spending your time in meaningful ways outside of the ... experiments and things. Since the Intel class is offered to freshmans and I wasn

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 13, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Moment of Truth

  

  Decisions are in the mail and ready to be viewed online. I'm really excited myself, and I've known my decision for a year and a half. =) Best of luck to everyone!

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 18, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Making friends at college Lots of 'don't's and a couple of 'do's.

  

  manageable, because I had seen much of the material in high school. One of my ... last class to my first extracurricular activity of the day, rushed back ... , combined with the stress from the rest of the week, was taking a toll on my

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 2, 2011