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• Blog / Challenges

  I failed the Swim Test! And now you can too!!

  

  test, which requires you to tread water for FIVE MINUTES. I can’t even ... dumb. I can’t swim. When I was little, I took swim classes at the ... ’m 6’ 4”. I can touch the bottom of every pool I get into. I haven’t been

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • October 26, 2023
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Whoooo!

  

  can in the next few months. Any suggestions for weekend travel while I ... ....well, "ashamed" is the closest word I can think of...of the fact that I've lived ... actually know anything about. Places I've been are highlighted in blue. (Also

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day in the Life… [Biochemistry] Life as a biochemist at MIT and Cambridge

  

  would definitely do my PhD in, if I were to come to MIT for grad school ... work ends Yes! Can still sleep for X hours (+ extra 10 minutes if I skip ... research in Cambridge feels a lot more relaxed, and also because I

  • by Cambridge
  • May 1, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Ask Me Anything no, really

  

  with you all, but I'm not really sure where to start, so I figure ... really got used to it. I learned a lot in 21M.302; I looked at some sheet ... My grades for the semester have finally all appeared on WebSIS, and I

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • December 29, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  When MIT Gets Tough, CAAAATTTT Everything was terrible, and then I cat

  

  about a test that I ended up not being in the right state of mind (let ... I can call her mine and she can call me hers. Call me the crazy cat ... more regularly, and I can immediately reward myself with kitten cuddles

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • October 7, 2014
• Blog / Community Projects

  Not in Kansas Anymore oh, wait...we actually are. Day 1 with the MIT Design/Build/Fly team.

  

  layover in Chicago later, I realized that I'd forgotten it was possible for ... We're in a hotel room and we're watching Men In Black (preceded by ... raucous men out in the parking lot blasting loud country music. While all

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 10, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Daniel Guillen Our football coach gets a surprise in Daniel Guillen '10.

  

  experience what it's like to live in a place where it snows. "I know it's one ... -III conference in the country. "We are hopeful that Daniel can fill our need as ... -year starter on the Bloodhound football team, has consistently ranked No. 3 in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 29, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Love MIT And why you should

  

  enjoy playing Ultimate Frisbee, there's a team for that! I can pretty much ... excites me! I can't believe some of the opportunities MIT students have to ... performing or playing in a game, we gather people to watch and cheer them on. I

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • February 14, 2012
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Walking the Kerry Way journal of my fourth day in Ireland

  

  It’s cold down here, and dark, so I’ll keep this one brief. I'm in ... when others are in the room. She has finally gone to sleep, and I ... made oats in the same pan, and was about to do the chicken, too, when I

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 10, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT or Bust Our story begins here...

  

  . I'm a member of the Class of 2007. I was born here in Massachusetts, but most recently I'm from Houston, Texas. I'm *definitely* majoring in ... Biomedical Engineering. (My mom hates it when I revert to MIT-speak; I can

  • by Bryan
  • June 30, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If you could track minute-by-minute data on yourself, would you? 4 Weeks of sleep, activity, heartrate, and computer usage data reveals something

  

  , I want to see who is interested in demo-ing a Fitbit for the remaining ... view of what I do when I'm not sleeping, or walking, or in class, or ... ). I'm not sure where my computer usage falls on the MIT spectrum, given

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • April 6, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Nance Nance Revolution! (+ My CPW Recap) New art and new memories.

  

  perfect fit for MIT and I can't wait to see you as a freshman this fall ... and see MIT in all of its glory. We finished off the evening with what I ... standing room only Open Mic Spoken Word event. All I can say is two snaps up

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • April 25, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Recap: SHASS Lightning Talks @ CPW some projects in the social sciences and humanities at MIT

  

  in Comparative Media Studies, class of 2013, whaddup), I'm always ... Venice.” Unfortunately, we didn't videotape the talks this year, so I can ... Are you interested in any of: making governments work better

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 28, 2016
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  this is fine some thoughts at the end of the semester

  

  it. All I want to do is lie in the sun and read a book, but... finals ... being on campus, and my freshman year in general. I don't really have any coherent thoughts, yet. But in this moment, I feel a lot of resentment for

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • May 17, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snow! Getting out and saving your sanity

  

  I have a real-ish job I can spend more time out in the mountains that ... my disappointment when I'm eagerly waiting for a huge storm to blow in ... -ish snowstorm. Of course now school is in full swing and I'm running full-tilt to

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 2, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Dance ‘Til You Drop 53rd planning a 53-year old party i've never even been to

  

  place in Hamilton House, the place where the Bombers were exiled to when ... , back in April 2019. I had no conception of what the Bombers were at this ... students talking about the ongoing party. I had no interest in parties at the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 3, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  See, I Am! (CI-M) Communication-intensive economics research. (If that sentence doesn't make you want to read this entry, I…

  

  where I am today.) In this morning's edition of The Tech, the student ... See, I am here! Sorry for the gap in my posting. My CI-M (TLA!! Sam ... CI classes in your major: CI-Ms. I invite you to join me on this

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 19, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  New Decade, New Me? some reflections, some resolutions, some hopes,

  

  was ten, and I was in fifth grade, and now I am twenty, and I am in ... . In many ways, I am now, since coming to MIT, more like my fifth grade ... did it. My grades aren't in yet, but I think I did it. At the start of

  • by Alex M. '21
  • January 1, 2020
• Blog / Personal Travel

  In the Darkness of the Night one of the strangest things I have ever experienced

  

  had. In lieu of a proper picture, I have made a diagram to try and ... where we stayed in stilt houses characteristic of the Black Thai, an ... distinct change from Hanoi where emission controls don’t seem to exist. I

  • by Becca H. '12
  • January 24, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  StartMIT: IAP for Entrepreneurs Like with anything else, it helps to learn from the best

  

  accepted. To my surprise, I got in, and I signed myself up! Best decision so ... , prototyping, company culture, and market research than I can fit into a single ... entrepreneurship are not mutually exclusive. I’m from the West Coast, where the

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • January 26, 2016