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• Blog / MIT Life

  Tasty water, the Charles River, and other things that are not synonymous First post!

  

  hundreds of wonderful and intelligent female students but also the best ... played in real life (albeit at a geological pace), helped build a roller ... a year's worth of collected bubble wrap for 10 minutes, consumed

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 11, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Whew! A brief interlude before I go back to studying.

  

  received my first D, but I fulfilled enough graduation requirements for both ... officer for NROTC. IAP '08 came and went without a post, and that was ... all into that module. I did, and I think it paid off. For some reason my

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • March 10, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  When I used to run A reflection on sitting still for a semester

  

  best things I ever did for myself, because I actually realized I was ... ~ next to my little blogger face up there. For the record, I am still ... name that no one at MIT uses for me, so I changed it.  Throughout high

  • by Powers '23
  • December 16, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  40 Hours in Cape Cod Take note, I typed this entire post with a broken shift key. Please appreciate the…

  

  physics problem sets, sketches for a full-length blues arrangement for jazz ... , I mean). Some writers try to sell childhood as prime real estate for innocence and unadulterated curiosity; for me, all the literary value of ages

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 27, 2010
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Listing It All Out you get a list and you get list and you get a list

  

  drop silence of the reading room is honestly better suited for taking ... naps here. Dorm Room - what fun is there in that? Classes That Changed ... taste extra delicious bc they are *free* for students Asmara Ethiopian

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 29, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2007: I Got Served, and It Felt Grrreat!! By: Seleeke, '11

  

  large, sprawling campus, where you'd definitely have loads of fun. But my best experiences involved plenty of exploration. On Friday, many prefrosh ... made my way down to Chinatown, where I went shopping crazy for my peeps

  • by Bryan
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Back to work

  

  CPW was a lot of fun, and it was great meeting so many of you in ... grumbling for part of them because of having to wake up at 7am. ;-) April 21st is the deadline for freshmen to declare a major. Technically, it

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 10, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  How to Make Friends Disclaimer: Attempt at your own risk

  

  For whatever reason, I’ve been getting a lot of tumblr questions ... convince ourselves that not making the effort to socialize is our best bet ... made me feel very welcome. Now, I can’t believe I’ve only known them for

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 30, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Reflections from the “other side” of the desk Even when you are gone, you can't really get away

  

  It has only been a couple of months since I left MIT Admissions for a ... official member of the broader MIT community, I find that it is difficult for ... in the Cambridge area.  The Red Line no longer delivers me to the

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 5, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Sleep is (not) for the weak Myth: All engineers are insomniacs

  

  amount of sleep before my body revolts at me for being off schedule. A ... myself to my room at the end of the hall and proceeded to sleep for 12 ... completely worth it! Thus, I think it’s safe to say that I do my best to

  • by Stanley G.
  • October 24, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Let’s Build a Snowman [CRITICAL UPDATE!] We can make him our best friend

  

  grabbed a potato, cut in half, for the eyes, a carrot for the nose, a red ... maliciously assaults snowmen, we will never back down and we will fight for the ... everywhere (except for the sidewalks, thank you facilities). Students here have

  • by Snively '11
  • January 25, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  sk8 jebby on a skateboard

  

  getting on a skateboard again for the next six years. It wasn’t until a ... Discord server for recommendations, I headed over to Orchard Skateshop. I ... he could help me get a board for cruising around Cambridge and Boston

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 29, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  on realizations and learning in which i say a bunch of things that might seem obvious

  

  is always calmer than the ones that follow. For now at least, I ... yourself and putting aside time for yourself is not just a necessary evil. It is good, and fun, and right. I thought I believed this before. I didn

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 10, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  When Things Go Wrong: A Survival Guide? Come, obtain guidance from someone who's just as clueless as you are...

  

  ="REX stands for Residence Exploration, which is a 5-ish-days period where the ... I guess there are some things in life you can’t control. For me (and ... . We’re so used to trying our best, succeeding no matter what, being the

  • by Powers '23
  • September 13, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Premed and Me (frankly speaking) MIT is hard, but MIT premed doesn't have to suck. Here's why.

  

  for the MCAT (which demands quite a lot of time), I'm still willing ... still ask for and value grades, test scores, and extracurricular ... like, "Keep it up. Study for the MCAT. And don't forget to shadow doctors

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 29, 2013
• Blog / Uncategorized

  eat food to live cook food because why not!?

  

  students at MIT, I’m not at home for this Thanksgiving. I won’t be eating my ... importantly I won’t be hanging out with my family in person :(( For those of us ... of friendship✨ and ✨the power of cook-for-yourself dorms✨! In fact

  • by Allison E. '27
  • November 24, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  I waited waaaay too long to get a new computer Finally, a development environment I can work with!

  

  piece of hardware to play nice with it for a class project...or the time I ... refurbished computer was maybe not the best idea. Keeping it for so long was ... paid around $450 for it, which is like way less than what I would have

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 8, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT Dorms: Burton Conner House Why is BC awesome? Because three bloggers live there. Plus, lots of other stuff too.…

  

  it, but I've definitely not studied for finals by playing game after ... free food and fun for you to enjoy. It's a chance to meet the ... up for it by putting tons of effort into this much-anticipated virtual

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 14, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Gustavo Dudamel Conducts MITSO! [by Shelby Heinecke '13] Because we are THAT good.

  

  playing what is written in your music and playing for the purpose of ... to sculpt phrases ever so beautifully. Our playing went from ... in an orchestra, which is an especially great learning experience for

  • by ARTalk
  • April 26, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how i used a selfie stick for good and other things i did in 6.811

  

  for this mount, email me! our client deserves the best solution out ... has grown into a gem that features the best guest speakers in the field ... a client that was looking for a way to use his iPhone to take steady

  • by Connie H. '15
  • December 4, 2014