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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Above MIT The sky's the limit.

  

  's where it ends. And now I'm a pilot too. So when last Family Weekend ... not several thousand feet in the air staring through a camera when I ... ;   This was the first major landmark I recognized once I was in the

  • by Piper '13
  • May 29, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  summer tidbits a picture and annotations

  

  the rest comes out of my paycheck. TT i'm going to anime expo in LA this weekend, then visiting MIT friends in SF next weekend. i'm also taking a ... ="here is a graph of the flights i'm going on this summer, where the vertices

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • July 4, 2019
• Blog / Life after MIT

  [Guest Post] A Whiff of Nostalgia Amidst the Scent of Youth by Daniel Barkowitz

  

  in 2009, I was part of the blogging crew. You can’t find my older posts ... start it with this line: “I was born in a place that doesn’t exist anymore ... my birth has become an accident of human history. See, I was born in

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 20, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  major uncertainty switch 2 A 6-2?

  

  compensation, newfound freedom in class selection Last April, I declared my ... much in that position.  But it’s weird though. It’s not like I have just ... was a solid period of time where I felt pretty set on my major. I

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 2, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Overnight Program Come play with us!

  

  somewhere I felt comfortable. Suddenly, I was in this place where there were ... ) in late September, and that I was outside from 2PM-5PM, I'm pretty sure ... , sunburn I did. Anyway. This entry is a PSA for the Overnight Program, in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  the person you are now oversharing on the internet

  

  job where I can cry publicly on the front page of a globally renowned ... so genuinely happy about where I was in life and where I'm headed. I ... old places I used to frequent a lot back when I was in high school. The

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 3, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  someone’s gotta do it, but not me is it cool not to care?

  

  , where i know if i put in enough hours, i can do it. if i ask the right people for help, i can do it. it's not like homework where people actively ... these things, nor can i participate in them. it's always been easier not

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 16, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  I Think I’ve Found Paradise (Guest Entry) Work hard, play hard. For the next four years.

  

  , under tech! MIT is a place where I can play a heated bout of Super Smash ... students from across the social spectrum. I can’t imagine anywhere else that can so seamlessly make me feel at home in my comfort zone and challenge

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Other Side of Fraternities What if. . .

  

  water war weapons. I have sporks on my shirts. I chip in to buy our ... of paper. I can only guess what happens to those lists of names, but I ... solution. I spent all of my time at a particular fraternity in hopes of

  • by Snively '11
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Day 1: Going North Leaving the light pollution bubble to go to class?

  

  , though I could write an entire post in Japanese if I wanted to. Maybe I ... picture. For a person who grew up in very arid parts of the west coast, I ... more convenient in a classroom on campus? Well sometimes I have to leave

  • by Stanley G.
  • January 31, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Is This All I Ever Will Be? on friendships

  

  been someone that has traveled in a pack. In high school, I had a group ... ="A little brave to post this on a public platform where any of them can read ... myself in having the best friends in the world. This semester, I felt a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 20, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  You can’t live without clean water Alfinio's sustainable water initiative

  

  , with the pig farm in the distant top. The area where water collects ... Nobody can. We can mobilize and make this happen! Help eradicate the most prevalent and preventable problem in developing areas around the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 12, 2007
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Thoughts from the Other Side MIT through a different lens

  

  (which are actually in June. Silly Cambridge). I can't wait! ... . Yeah... But I was lucky and only had 5 exams since I came in during the ... did I realize... In true Cambridge fashion, projects have turned out

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • May 30, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Poetry Prescriptions Things I've Made and Consumed. Sophomore Fall, All of It.

  

  Road. There are campfires in driveways, where you can stand by strangers ... lively murmur and a beat in the background. IAP is one week in. I spent ... passed. In the beginning, it was like a full-blown middle-school crush. I

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • January 13, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  My “Normal” High School What it was like going to an ordinary high school

  

  high school. In fact I loved my high school. No matter where I went or ... early morning emails telling me where I might have potential flaws in my ... getting into MIT, but I think having a little faith in yourself can

  • by Ben O. '19
  • January 16, 2016
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Applying While Transgender #InHonorOfMarshaP

  can today. In Marsha’s memory, I will continue to advocate for the ... community. This reminded me of a conference I had recently attended, where ... markers of excellence in their application and I will understand that their

  • by DJ Rock
  • July 17, 2019
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Getting Stronger the never ending cycle of trying and failing and trying again

  

  . To be completely honest, I can’t see a future where that’s true for me ... better. In the two years I was gone, I[annotation note="unless you count ... a pre-lifting state. But, I’m doing it. Again. My first day back, in

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 13, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  tryharding but still not enough

  

  friends I can reach out to. And people probably think more highly of me in ... . Apparently it was even worse last semester, to the point where when I was ... warned me against ever taking it in the fall. I think the course staff

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • March 20, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ten Things I Hate About Europe Well, not really. More like, Ten Things I Like About MIT. You've got to accentuate…

  

  world in my UROP, where I take ground-up turkey carcasses and put them in ... entry was originally titled "Trimalchio in West Egg." About a month ago I ... summer. I was really puzzled by the last line, in which she said she couldn

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 4, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  halfway across the world moving to russia for the semester

  

  sets. I can imagine the outline of the forest I would see in the distance, in the morning. Except that I won’t see it in the morning light ... after. From her balcony window, I can see the bright lights of the town

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • September 24, 2020