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• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s on a desk? That which we call a workspace by any other name would look as depressing...

  

  I’m typing this entry as I’m over 10,000 feet in the air, flying over ... – good work, the kind where I do it and then I’m like, “Whoa! I know stuff ... workspace (although I rarely use it as one – I avoid doing work in my room as

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 21, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A typical first semester more or less

  

  , and I haven't been to 6.0001 lecture in two weeks. Actually, most of ... way and had a bonding experience that can't be quantified in lecture ... , so I just stopped going. If you can make it work, you aren't obligated

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 22, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I’ve Done (this summer) or Why I Haven't Blogged in a Month

  

  . For now, I’m struggling to coordinate communications between people in ... prepare for—I’ve talked to alums who have been in the bubble for 30 years, and I, too, will likely retreat to the bubble in the fall. For now, I

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 4, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Trading Room

  

  Having received my MIT degree in Management Science, I'm still on the mailing list of the Sloan Undergraduate Management Association, or (SUMA). I ... not only a realistic proving ground where we can work closely with

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 1, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Finals Week at MIT Free food, procrastination, cats, free food...

  

  as we passed it around. They say it sounds better in French - but I ... , which is the white board in our lounge where people put their name, room ... It's finals week! That dreaded time of year when people hide away in

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 19, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist post Answers to waitlist FAQs.

  

  admitted, in all likelihood. I hope that you will have another great choice ... tell me where I am on the waitlist? The waitlist is not ranked. We will ... waitlist. What should I do now? If you are still interested in MIT, you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 27, 2006
• Blog / Events

  MIT Mystery Hunt is happening! watch the kickoff at 12 PM EDT today, 1/15

  

  Hunt is a time-honored tradition, which you can learn more about in CJ ... ! I will probably write more about this later."]participating in hunt ... Hello! I'm writing this very, very smol post to tell you that the MIT

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 15, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A Day In The Life [By MIDN 3/c Robert Block '10] It is 1200 on a Tuesday during IAP, and…

  

  , and I have accomplished more than the average MIT student does in an ... across the Harvard Bridge, and I sat down in front of the international ... squeezed in an hour-long workout. With the rest of my day, I will work in my

  • by ROTC
  • February 12, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what makes fear worth it musical theater and anxiety

  

  Despite being a brief and shallow fan of Hamilton in middle school, I ... ’ powers of inference. When I saw Firebringer in my freshman fall at MIT ... musicals have this structure where Act I is relatively normal and Act II

  • by Kai V. '25
  • February 27, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  Samantha: The Automated Nerf Gun Turret a personal project by raymond t. '23

  

  were pretty hard to come by in Boston so Raymond ended up buying one off ... Back in January 2021, my boyfriend Raymond realized he was bored ... Raymond's website and you can find the original post here. Part 1

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 3, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  The Tech profiled Lydia about resilience @ MIT "I’m building my vocabulary and I’m building my mind and I’m building myself as a…

  

  where he was in the hospital to spend time with him for a week. It was ... think I’m happier now than I have been in a very long time. I have more ... that, second because I have things that I want to do in my life, and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 17, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another take on pass/no-record and some other stuff. Hey look, I haven't pontificated about anything in a while.

  

  running around out of control, so I figured I'd put it in an entry by itself ... that advice. I do it myself sometimes, usually when I'm in a terrible ... the "college experience". In order to be fun at parties. I always hated

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Meeting Michel Gondry Six MIT students and one Academy-award winning director have dinner in New York, and none…

  

  - 45 minutes each in Workshops 1 and 2, where we would plan it out, and 1 ... film in was something I'll never forget. And I'll definitely never ... script is still in its early stages; even so, I'm so excited for its

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 30, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The College Circle of Life Nance starts waxing about some deep stuff.

  

  Cornell 10 months ago I made a promise to return in each of the next three ... that I admitted to the Class of 2006. In the fall of 2001 - Thanksgiving weekend to be exact - I sat in a dining room table in the East Flatbush

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • June 8, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music in Springtime and MIT [by Ken Haggerty '11] Music at MIT can be both beautifully melodic and destructive, and…

  

  cloudless and the temperature was 73 degrees Fahrenheit. I had only two recitations to go to, so I decided, being the music lover that I am, to head over to Baker House to hear the wonderful sounds a piano can make on a

  • by ARTalk
  • April 25, 2008
• Blog / How to MIT

  You oughta know Answers to many, many questions.

  

  can take in one semester without breaking your brain. You're welcome, of ... lab class in the same term if you can help it (they're often all offered ... year -- maybe one of the UA-connected bloggers could chime in? I guess

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 22, 2006
• Blog / Summer

  The Courage to Change Even Through the [Tough] Mud[der]

  

  strong enough to get things done on my own, and I shouldn't need help. In ... when I actually practiced"]I feel[/annotation] like I can speak through ... learn every song in the Charlie Brown Christmas soundtrack. I had strong

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 11, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I Wish I Was an Astronaut I was a nerd even back in 3rd grade.

  

  Not really...but I used to. I wrote this little diddy back in 3rd grade, just thought I'd share. Mollie, maybe Adam wants to make this the course 16 anthem? Background: In 3rd grade, we had to do creative

  • by Bryan
  • July 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  disinterprerto! a centennial, a harry potter dream, a made-up spell, a corny metaphor

  

  I will admit: I've been in a bit of a rut. Don't get me wrong. Life ... aerospace education. There was a moment which stuck in my mind. I was ... trapped in an elevator. I cleaned my room, wiped down the floors, laid down

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 28, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Atomic Friends a comic

  

  moving in this big cloud.   CAPTION: Usually we can guess where they ... expressionless.   CAPTION: In the 9th grade… CAPTION: I learned about Bohr ... Bohr atomic model sits in the middle of the panel. The background can be

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 17, 2022