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• Blog / Academics & Research

  back-to-school special i'm a senior now :o

  

  feels like it's been so much longer! it's been a busy but not overwhelming two weeks. i have felt much more at peace over the past few months (a ... than a year. this is my class schedule: i'm taking two econ classes

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 17, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  relearning what i know now or: hi, i learned wrong my entire life.

  

  much for me. This is how I felt when I dropped 6.009. I tried it, I saw ... want to take a semester off and just recollect myself and learn how to ... them. They ask me about classes and how hard it is and what MIT is like

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 22, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  “What Should I Bring To College?” (partly) answered my everyday carry

  

  working to optimize what I carry, so this is a work-in-progress and (2) that ... ).  Be warned, though: it is quite pricey (starting at ~$1700 with a ... aren't that much cheaper. Is paying the Apple premium worth it?  It

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 23, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Neil Gaiman! The uncensored version =P

  

  interpretation of The Great Gatsby in which Gatsby is a seahorse when asked if ... point out how all of it is the same. Finally (I'm really not going to go ... is not a rule - there are always exceptions, but in general, I think

  • by Karen F. '11
  • May 24, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  [Guest Post] The Alleyway by Isabella Y. '24

  

  everything that is usually in shadow; I once saw an old man holding a bouquet ... there is so much to be explored. Can we truly model that moth flitting in ... two years here. It’s honed me into a cold, sharp blade, but is this what

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 11, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  , "how is the english department at MIT? Does it suffer at all in a big ... . So my question is, if a student from Intel and a student like me who is ... that true? Or it is a rumor? I really hope that these questions haven

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 13, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  the things i hate and what they say about me

  

  hard, and crafting a personal identity that you love is supposed to be hard. or maybe “supposed to be hard” is a poor phrase to use, but what i ... confused by how absurdly different life is for different people i probably

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • November 9, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  walking into the MEng thoughts about a 63-mile trek

  

  regret how I spent my undergrad, but rather that it is a modality of living ... , in a sense, they're both oversold—the truth, I think, is unsatisfying ... seeking, a question to which there is no right answer except the one which

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 8, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  2020 Resolutions posting so i can be held accountable

  

  much progress I can make if I consistently go to the gym for a year! I ... how realistic this is, but I really want to start emphasizing healthy ... year Perhaps $5,000 is a bit ambitious. I've never been good with money

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 1, 2020
• Blog / Events

  “Where art thou, O Higgs?” *insert shimmering transition into the past here*

  

  blogging momentum is really hard to start up again after a certain point. I ... at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland. The LHC is a massive particle ... these exotic particles is a bit like staring at a Jackson Pollock painting

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 7, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Jeux sans frontieres Who knows how to have fun better than I do? Oh, nobody.

  

  't ready for this to be a new year already, but it is. I rang in this new ... phrases?" and the inevitable answer is "yes"--because how else are you going ... we using something around here?" "Is it a can of paint?" "Is it a can

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where I’ve Been All this time ...

  

  a classmate calling studio “a time warp” – you just don’t know how ... that you have a general spatial understanding of where studio is, here ... – that’s how I function. Using a stool to press down on a drying foam

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • April 30, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part IV This should tie up the loose ends...for now.

  

  project, how you helped overcome a difficulty encountered by the group, or ... personalities enjoyed their experiences as a student here. They tell us how you ... chances are. Getting admitted is not like handicapping a horse race or

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • November 4, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  Kick to the limit! The Korean Flying Tigers! What could possibly sound more exciting than that?

  

  how seamlessly I incorporate these links? I am a blogging genius. Anyway ... --spaghetti against a wall. The whole thing was just fantastic--the best part is when ... Last night the MIT Sport Taekwondo Club sponsored a demonstration by

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 19, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You should consider studying economics if… for those who aren't totally set on what to major in

  

  the field, at present, is that a bunch of different perspectives each ... entirely taming that chaos into a neat and comprehensible form is undoubtedly ... this is all just a thought experiment..") and then you then look to the

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 8, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Home on the range Dorm choice timeline and advice.

  

  runs. Freshmen are assigned a temporary room The room is almost always ... temporary room. Don't unpack. (A good strategy is to pack a suitcase with a ... dorm. August, a few days after that -- The readjustment lottery is run

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 15, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Senioritis We'd fight for a cure if we weren't so lazy.

  

  I'm not going to lie; being a senior pretty much rocks. I'm only ... things like a bed and a mattress and a microwave. Furniture is expensive ... , but they mostly sell said textbooks at a much higher price than other

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  musings on duty and purpose brought to you by slow ambles through lobby 10 at twilight

  

  , apparently, is a lot of much bigger questions. Questions like, “what does it ... because I like knowing stuff (which is still true) but because I had a ... only pick one, or a few. How do I choose? The more I think about it, the

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 13, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  loveallurfriends <3

  

  ’t over until my last meeting is, up to 12 hours later. This isn’t a ... impossible. All relationships come with inbuilt upper bounds, which is a fact ... with someone is a commitment, in a similar way. I will be there for your

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • March 6, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The little things My last blog post as a teenager! See you when I'm 20.

  

  Nights) but still. You can imagine how therapeutic it was. A week ago, I ... outreach." I thought that was really nice of him. Anyway, this is a short ... a much more accurate representation of everyday life here. My friends

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 27, 2012