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  I My Spanish adventures!

  

  coworkers are even cooler. I've made a bunch of new friends here, who are all ... don't even know where to begin. I guess the beginning is best- I got ... siblings have made their way back here to live, or study in college.) Martín

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 9, 2008
• Blog / Advice

  Lies in MIT, lies about MIT these are the lies that i tell myself at night

  

  One. It was a lie that made me choose MIT. I was told, and I believed ... these are really lies. When I find MIT academically intense, in some ways, it feels like it's a decision I made. I chose to take lots of classes

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 27, 2022
• Blog / Public Statements

  The Class of 2019 Graduates from MIT

  

  , you are graduating into a world where our entire shared political ... , you arrived; suddenly, four years later, you are here, about to depart ... fulfillment If you are feeling any or all of these emotions -- or others that I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 7, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Commencement 2009 Oh hey, I'm an alum.

  

  didn't include any where she was making a rude gesture. =) Then came an ... into Killian. Then Deval Patrick, the governor of Massachusetts, made a ... the same as every other graduation speech he's made in the past 2 years

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 28, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Techfair technology, stickers and internships

  

  've given. Next, Anji and I immediately turned our free notebook radar on ... helps you learn to code interactively for free. We didn't get away with ... companies like Bloomberg and Intuit were up to.. and we made a brief

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 4, 2013
• Blog / Uncategorized

  snip snip liberating the shoulder one free t-shirt at a time

  

  uncontrollable urge. Every single time I get a free t shirt, I can't help myself ... trick one fateful day my freshman year, and every free shirt that has come ... to mature. But no. It's gotten to the point where friends come up to me

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • September 28, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what’s the point? on impact, art, external validation, and remembering to be kind

  

  made that there are systems where self-interest can generate the ... point?"—starting to creep outwards into my life. There are places where ... .[/annotation]Deep down, I've believed this even since high school, where I wrote that "to

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 21, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Quick Guide to Adobe Illustrator The very basics, for people who have never used it

  

  +s after the document is made to choose a directory, save, and rename if you ... toolbars might be in different places- I don't remember where everything is ... thickness, but can be changed. Here I've made the first line red, dotted, and

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • February 19, 2019
• Blog / Events

  hero’s journey with a splash teaching for ESP

  

  browsing email in search of free food when I came across Splash, a program ... , where we got hot coffee and bagel sandwiches and went to find our ... ’s Journey structure. As soon as I gave them free rein, the class took off

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 2, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Onto the next world! a stupidly long metaphor

  

  are moments where I go back into that weird, defensive shell. I'll make ... think I've made a lot of steps in the right direction and I'm really proud of where I am. And I've tried to type this sentence out again and

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 24, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  the fear and delight of fire spinning do not this at home! I am a trained (semi?)professional.

  

  was the boldest decision I made in my life, but also one of the best. I’ll spare you the whole “the real fire was the friends I made along the way ... , there are way more. Some people choose to make their own props, and you

  • by Anika H. '26
  • June 21, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  making meaning exit right in 0.1 miles

  

  (QS) in marine microbes, where bacteria produce molecules and behave ... sequences of certain enzymes that produce QS molecules are. I text my ... put in about 100 entries, and there are people out there analyzing trees

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • August 30, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How Hard is MIT? A quantitative analysis

  

  scratched” [1]. In simpler terms, harder materials are more difficult to scratch and dent. There are several different scales used to quantify ... ranging from 1 (talc) to 10 (diamond) where material X ranks above material

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 26, 2023
• Blog / Blog Projects

  learning about Things!! cool classes explained in easy words

  

  [power over time], or change where the really small things are going ... Things About Small Computers It turns out that small computers are made out ... ="obviously class numbers are not in the ten hundred most used words, but I'm leaving

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 16, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  Things I enjoyed reading in 2021 another year another book post

  

  I made. UPDATE: Here's the 2022 post. Things I read for class I took ... series. Well, this year, I have three such pieces, and all of them are ... world where neon signs litter the starless nights." The Serpent, the Moose

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 20, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  gesturing around MIT drawing sights and sites around MIT

  

  enjoy lying to myself and made a brash decision to do so. I wound up ... something called gesture drawings. Basically, gestures are quick, 1-minute ... varying from an actually nutritious, self-made smoothie to a box of raisins

  • by Waly N. '24
  • March 6, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Short Answers to Big Questions Stolen from the MIT Housing Panel.

  

  high school, where their identity was The Smart Kid. They are keen to ... Atlas and Pleione. To the best of my knowledge, no one really knows where ... possibility that I like the most: plein means to sail, so the Pleides are

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 18, 2013
• Blog / People & Identities

  Never Have I Ever…reflected on my identity "too indian" or "not indian enough"?

  

  Puja are ones a younger me would've made to deride my "too-Indian" peers ... issues that have prompted me to think about my culture and where I fit into ... main goals are to go to Princeton and to have sex. Alright, relatable

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 4, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.009 Final Presentation Recap Flashing lights, a live horse, social robots, great music, clouds of steam and lots of…

  

  the compartments are additional storage spaces where more groceries can ... children. Elika, an artistic, aesthetic, foldable coffee table made of ... —in the absence of adequate cool down, the horses are unable to recover

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 11, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds VII: Decided? T-minus one day until the reply form postmark deadline.

  

  . First, if you are still deciding, there are some things you can do. 1. Ask questions! I'm happy to do answer questions, and most of the bloggers are on hand for help. 2. Read Melis' most recent entry on how she made her

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 30, 2006