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• Blog / MIT Life

  How I lost aura points i confess my sins

  

  ? Revolutions. Beer. Pigeons. At 3 a.m., I wrote a synopsis for a story where ... her a few days ago. I didn't get aura points docked from sending the ... state that I have been reduced to[/caption] For people who aren't caught

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 14, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  Misconceptions initial thoughts from a first-gen college student

  

  a jarring moment where I think to myself that I am here. Not for a day ... college life, particularly here at MIT. I’ve only been on campus for a a ... those rare moments for me, I find coding to be really frustrating. After a

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • September 30, 2023
• Blog / MISTI

  MIT EECS students travel the world

  

  graduation from MIT, I would like to apply my skills abroad and have a global ... work there for at least a couple years after graduating from MIT.    ... The host: I worked in a small software engineering team that are

  • by MISTI Program
  • October 27, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  My favorite room on MIT’s campus a personal room of requirement

  

  laboratory greenhouse, that I know of on campus. When my mom visited for a few ... My favorite room is a well-kept secret. I won't reveal the location, but you can easily deduce longitude, latitude, and altitude from the

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • September 24, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  12 / Let’s try law school What's a computer scientist doing in DC?

  

  important?[/caption] Hello, hello! I finally have WiFi (most of the time), a ... , with a focus on privacy policy. I was actually studying in Switzerland ... transit usage. This data can then be used, for example, to alleviate traffic

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • July 17, 2019
• Blog / Travel

  Rejection Therapy and my insatiable urge to collect trading cards

  

  [/annotation] impending arrival. I was in the airport for my 8AM flight from Louisville to Boston ... know? I suggested asking for a photo with the pilot. Hailey mentioned a ... because I am an Orientation Captain. I have to come early for training and

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 16, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finding heritage at MIT

  

  a major motive for my work in student government. I was never a ... knows a Simon). But I can relate to him in the moment that he sings "We ... I've been thinking about certain things a lot lately. I attribute

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 4, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Blog: Kevin’s reflections after an IAP externship at a start-up company Kevin '08 takes a step back and re-evaluates his goals after an IAP externship at…

  

  convey a few revelations I’ve had recently. This was adapted from an essay ... enlightening. This IAP, I was working for a startup named Xobni (http ... right way to go. I've been learning a great deal from my few weeks here

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 7, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Urinetown I blame my absence on musical theatre.

  

  sing something from a musical I know - just for fun! " Rational Part Of Brain: "I call BS." Me: "No, really!" I showed up, sang "You Can't Get A Man With A Gun" from Annie Get Your Gun, and left. On March 7, I got

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 13, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Holiday Life's not always a picnic in Killian Court.

  

  ridiculous amounts of food for a few hours (I woke up to my friends making a ... '07 came rushing in with a bowl of salad. "Hey, where're you going?" "On a picnic. Do you want to come?" "...Where?" "Killian Court. We have

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  My Day Cats cats cats cats cats cats cats....

  

  , where I had a line of duties waiting for me. My first duty was to take ... ; I don't even own a gold one. I still can't shower for another day ... became cat happy, I headed back upstairs, this time for a different visit

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 19, 2014
• Blog / MISTI

  My Summer in Japan Tokyo, Spaceships, and Lots of Ramen

  

  for two summers when I was a kid), but I would usually always stay in ... place home for a bit :) While I appreciated the heated toilet seats and ... summer, I interned at a lunar exploration company called ispace. They are a

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 1, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT Blogs Featured in NY Times "[N]one of the [other colleges'] blogs match the interactivity and creativity of M.I.T.'s, where they…

  

  Published: October 1, 2009 At M.I.T., from left, Paul Baranay, Jess Kim and ... York Times CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Cristen Chinea, a senior at M.I.T., made a ... -time messaging. As she wrote on her blog, a hallmate once told her that "M.I.T. is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 1, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  For Deferred Students Some advice and answers.

  

  deferred. Usually, when I take a call from a deferred applicant, there ... over for me? At MIT, a deferral isn't just a "polite rejection." Your ... want to reread Marilee's recent post. [But MIT is my dream school, I can

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 17, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Love, organically Mitra and I feel it in our fingers and feel it in our tosylates.

  

  tomorrow for your integration by parts-ing pleasure. Right now I have a story to tell you. If there's anything I learned from MITblogging, it's that ... I received on Dr. Tabacco's second test (my lowest grade at MIT for

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 29, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Leaf in Face I got hit in the face the other day. By a leaf.

  

  " to be accepted to MIT, and I can tell you for sure that the majority of ... be happy with them. I'd say a good rule of thumb for you to be happy ... fit for MIT. Rachel enquires: I am a senior at the Illinois Math and

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 15, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Home on the range Dorm choice timeline and advice.

  

  . You can't get all the information you need from a video -- you can get it from talking to a wide variety of current dorm residents. Second, I ... you rather be lazy for a week or happy for four years? Questions (I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 15, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Hint of fall A Sunday adventure

  

  I've never actively sought out fall leaves. It's still a bit early for ... river, my favorite part of Boston. These are the trees I can see from my ... calendar was a solid block of commitments from ~8-8, and the remaining hours

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • October 21, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Room, A Short Story This story is somewhat weird and slightly dark. Reader's discretion is advised.

  

  have been mistaken for a safe box with a screen. From within it, The Real ... . ***** The idea for this story came to me 2 days ago after a shower. I knew where I'd placed my towel. I reached for it. But it wasn't there.  

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 2, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Nobel Connection 2 MIT alums have won Nobel prizes this week!

  

  received his PhD from MIT in 1983, won the Nobel Prize in medicine for co ... from MIT; he is now a professor at Berkeley. If his surname sounds ... . And today, I was hoping that we'd go 3 for 3! But, it was announced that

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 4, 2006