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  Let There Be Prefrosh! And let them build ALL the things!

  

  my new life in Massachusetts.  I came here early to do a pre-orientation program (FPOP) known as FUP, where I got to do all sorts of cool community ... with all the cool things going on in the East Campus Courtyard! There are

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 22, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sounds of Summer What've you been listening to lately?

  

  where you can buy it. She never released it in the US ... you but it's like, I AIN'T EVEN MAD because you're in such a good mood ... that you Elaine-dance to. When I was in 7th grade, I listened to Celine

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 30, 2012
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Answer these 13 questions and we’ll reveal the perfect dorm for you! What does your favorite dorm animal say about where you should live?

  

  -turned-blog-idea on the MIT class of 2029 Discord Server, where I was helping out ... each of our dorms has its own traditions, in-jokes, and lifestyles. I ... prefrosh (sorry that this quiz is so late lol). I dormspammed the survey in

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • May 22, 2025
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  MIT-Now in Español!

  

  Hola! I’m delighted to introduce the newest page to the MIT Admissions website- MIT Admissions en Español! After brainstorming content ... have translated the history and mission of MIT so students can help their

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • July 16, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Charmed, I’m Sure What I did my 2nd IAP

  

  (“Hey, baby, can I be your derivative?”) won't be as successful in the ... 'm writing an article about the tournament for the MyMIT website, so I won ... this term, and I'm happy to report I can now see Motorcycle Diaries, The

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 31, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  [Guest Post] Why did I come to MIT? by River A. ‘26

  

  where I am going with my classes….or my life. So this makes me think ... place to explore! So you can discover your interests!” But I have grown to realize that at least for me, I won’t know what I am interested in for at

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 2, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  Surviving My deep thoughts on surviving and thriving at MIT, straight from three years ago.

  

  Mollie. This question is regarding weather. I live in a place where we ... of in awe of the fact that I'd apparently survived almost a full year ... once, and he asked if he could use them in lecture. I granted permission

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 11, 2006
• Blog / Events

  I went outside! *inhales, belts 'for the first time in forever' at the top of lungs*

  

  cabins that students can use for a small fee. One of the halls in East ... week - I'll be posting one about the events East Campus will be hosting ... the MIT bubble, and I didn't really think about how little I actually

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • April 9, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Bad Ideas Weekend From Craigslist searching to meat-MIT building, this certainly is an experience

  

  Ideas, so I approve. East Campus has been buzzing and punting for the past few weeks in preparation for this weekend's events.  You can see the effects of the madness all over the courtyard and even in the basement. I

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 27, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  There is no solving for x thoughts on moving to and away from Maine

  

  Context: I wrote a post in March called "I Moved to Maine" . You can read it if you want, but tl;dr: when COVID hit I went to live in Maine ... time in Maine (when I can’t easily classify things as “good” or “bad”, I

  • by Powers '23
  • June 29, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Rewind the Tape b.good so you can find the golden ticket.

  

  somewhat reminded of the day I turned 18 and tried to buy a lottery ticket ... 'll be participating in Orientation. Sunday, I had the opportunity to dim ... Chinatown to China Pearl where I had a little bit of this and a little bit of

  • by Bryan
  • July 26, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s on my mind *insert witty caption here*

  

  It's been a busy week, and I've still got a lot on my mind. As long as I can remember, I've found that writing things down is one of my ways of decompressing - imposing order on chaos, as it were. So I figured

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 24, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Stud/Fac Dinners Genius idea to get free dinner with MIT geniuses

  

  Properly Apply Cologne How to Save Your Date from Choking How to Buy Someone a Drink How to Get Someone to Buy You a Drink ... of, in my opinion, are these student faculty dinners. **2007 Student

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Snow(y) Day The kind of day when tea or cocoa helps in reading applications.

  

  go for a hot cup of cocoa, but I realize we don't have any in the house ... , I'm reminded of the Cocoa tradition of the Fourth East (a.k.a. "Slugfest") hall in the East Campus dorm. According to the Slugfest wiki

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 3, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  what we mean when we say the people why we like “the people”

  

  people at mit"? i think it's mostly undergrads, people in related friend ... would answer differently in theory because what i like is my personal ... , weird, interdisciplinary, multidimensional i didn't know smart came in so

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 25, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Face Book And Study I have been doing all this and more. But mostly not this.

  

  in. Where am I, anyways? Second excuse: I started working for ... rfong style, I celebrated by buying a 14oz teapot. Just kidding. In even ... Okay, hold up. I have a really good excuse for not blogging in ages

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • May 30, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What Is an MIT Community? ...a personal experience

  

  limited example of my hall, I will do my best to explain how. On First East ... (Course 18). I’ve sat transfixed in random places in the hallway many times ... Institute in this post, and will return to the topic in more detail soon. I

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 13, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Not my college essay It's Blog Action Day and the topic is poverty.

  

  shelter for the southern Californians here at MIT, I think we can agree that ... -hand experience. Back in the nascent dawn of Fall semester, I joined the Tech staff ... terrible excuse for a blogger if I didn't throw in a word or twelve about

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 14, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  everything is actually going okay and i think that's pretty cool

  

  's post: I lived in East Campus for a year, on Fifth West, which is a ... different places where I fit in. five But I think it's fine, it's cool But I ... and can you follow back 'cause it's my birthday?" No one cares what I

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 30, 2021
• Blog / MISTI

  An American in Copenhagen but my luggage went to Amsterdam

  

  upstairs. In some ways this is exactly what I predicted a startup would be; in other ways, it’s better.  I’ve been just over a week in this city ... . Now it’s half-full with the work-appropriate clothes I couldn’t fit in

  • by Amber V. '24
  • June 14, 2022