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• Blog / Academics & Research

  2600 Years of the University college life since 600 BCE, as told by Prof. Shailendra Mehta

  

  Taxila despite the 10-20% acceptance rate. You have come prepared for any question. Never mind that your family cannot afford to pay for your ... scholar. For centuries, history had largely ignored the 1800-year

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 21, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fanboying at the Career Fair SpaceX, CubeSats, and free stuff, oh my!

  

  Picture for me, if you will, all your favorite celebrities. These are ... . And they don't just want to meet you--they're looking for people to go and work for them. People are dressing to the nines and lining up around

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 21, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Construction Thoughts on a major.

  

  enjoyed making things; that hasn't changed at all. This summer, for example ... I wanted to have a bike for when I came to campus in the fall. I didn ... and a metal post for a seat (ouch). I wanted something nice, something

  • by Cam T. '13
  • December 26, 2009
• Blog / Events

  On Latin American Things Hablas español? Do you want to?

  

  , because I'm leaving for Mexico in a few hours and I have yet to pack and ... been talking for 40 minutes when it's only been 4- yeah, there was really no hope for me. instead, i will blog randomly yet again to tell you

  • by Karen F. '11
  • March 21, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  What Is Your LΔ? What about heart? What about determination? What about resilience?

  

  possible. You can imagine how disconcerting this can be for a social ... of the MIT blogs you probably have an affinity for math.) In an effort ... quantity. For the purposes of this entry we will apply the concept of LΔ to

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 18, 2007
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  the summer before senior year you've changed...

  

  A few days ago, Spotify generated a playlist for me that included a song from Bowling for Soup. This, of course, made me think lmao, remember Bowling for Soup? This, of course of course, made me get sad about growing

  • by Abby H. '20
  • July 9, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  The Marks of a Student or, let's catch up

  

  Hi, long time no see. Well, for me it's been a while. I've been silent on the blogs for about three weeks, far longer than I ever want to ... I have to because one of my goals for this blog in general is to be

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 4, 2020
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: And That’s A Wrap! tracing back three months

  

  relaxation and down activity, I'm not entirely sure I’m ready for that). And ... -style hall that the idea for 8,726,400 SOS first sparked. Since then, seeing it ... satisfaction is. The answer I’ve found for myself has to do with intention. You

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • September 7, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Semi-Real Time Mystery Hunt Update v. 2008

  

  to explain that they needed some maps for a puzzle. This sort of frantic searching for resources will be pretty common this weekend. Friday ... some of them for more information about the case. But the contacts won

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 18, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Things I Know to Be True: Addendum One A post I hate, and some truths from my first year at MIT

  

  because it means I am a different person than I was in September. For many ... page. For most MIT bloggers, that change is documented, like dozens of ... to Do It. A few weeks ago, I was searching for 8.02 ASE materials for

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • June 20, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Wonder ecclesiastes 1:9

  

  footbridge, cross the street, then walk for two minutes. On a good day, the ... , so when I think of Valenzuela, I imagine MacArthur. A road that is, for ... no taller than four floors. For sixteen years, this was what I knew as

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 25, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  one hour in which i am Holden Caulfield (but more tragic and less hero)

  

  one hour. one chunk of my day that i’ve set aside for writing because ... drained after the midterm last week and how i didn’t study nearly enough for ... ago. i should be able to write about that? i scroll for ten minutes

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 14, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  Kekka dake da! "Only the results remain!"

  

  . Ha. Ha. I took 18.06 (Linear Algebra) for about 2 weeks(?) before I ... ;   I was happy for at least a moment. At this point, I started scrambling for another arts/humanties class to take. I emailed at least 3

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • March 7, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Things to Do in Cambridge and Somerville places and events, illustrated

  

  blogged about events for book lovers, summer in Boston, places in downtown ... Squirrel Girl and Adventure Time comics, and he signed a copy of his book for ... includes a stage for children. Might not seem like a big deal, but seeing

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 15, 2018
• Blog / Athletics

  Itinerary: IAP 2017 4 weeks in a suitcase and carry on

  

  's resolution(s). My one goal for 2017? To get back on a normal sleep schedule. "Normal," meaning not going to bed at 3am and waking up just in time for ... at the Skating Club of Boston, I left for Oxford, Ohio, for the 2017

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • January 20, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Virtual Reality, Startups, and Donuts in a particular order

  

  for lunch and just wait for dinner. -Minutes later- I was walkin ... little thing in front of me: Ain't No Rest for the Hungry. After taking ... the new Vice President and Dean for Student Life, Suzy Nelson. I sat

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 15, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT = Home the excitement of a freshman

  

  MIT dome. I’ve been on campus for three weeks, but still every time I pass beneath it, I shudder. For years, I had admired it from a distant ... mathematician, and I look for patterns in the world, yet I want to believe that

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Right back where we started from You can call me Dr. Mollie.

  

  cognitive sciences in 2006. For those of you doing the math at home, that ... wearing my brass rat flipped upside down for just over eight years now ... cortex of mice. (I wrote a review! And drew the pictures for it!) I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 6, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In Which I Feel Old Senior year? Already? #indenial.

  

  Things to Do Before I Graduate finish the requirements for my two majors ... for STS (it's been sitting in my backpack for weeks now) get into ... I'll be an admissions blogger, and so on. I promise - like, for real

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 10, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ode to the New, Part 1 Seeking adventure.

  

  department store. And, last summer, I channeled my enthusiasm for imaginary jungles to enthusiasm for a very real internship - far away from home and ... neuroscience research, who was looking for an assistant that summer. Life lesson

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 28, 2010