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  can’t stop smiling a time capsule for freshman fall

  

  couldn’t stop smiling as I sat down alone to eat, or as I pulled out my Quizlet decks to study, or even as I returned my plate and utensils to the ... cause or origin. At first I thought it was just a weird one-off moment

  • by Allison E. '27
  • February 12, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  notes on hope despite despite despite

  

  nuggets of wisdom or poems (arguably the same thing) would be much ... witness itself is a kind of poetics, or poesis, which means making. [...] Or ... it's amazing how much help and good will is available to you if you

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 25, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Semester of poetry

  

  questions, or creating images, and then trying to demuddle them. I started ... problem, a project, or something else, I think the difference is that there ... letters on a page of this tome I opened that follows me everywhere – will

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • November 24, 2023
• Blog / How to Food

  Food We Made! a photo dump of non-aesthetic pictures

  

  are not particularly aesthetic or instagramable, since we've been out of ... them tightly enough or if we added too much cheese to the center. Two of ... days. If we make this again though, we will most likely either add less

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • June 29, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Commencement 2017 it's never too early to start reminiscing

  

  right now, or at least at NASA. Definitely SpaceX and Tesla. Google and ... , graduating or not graduating, ticket or no ticket.   Fortunately, not too ... . So the question I hope you will carry forward from here is, how will

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 9, 2017
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Travelogue: Part Une Trip to Bath and meeting an MIT professor thousands of miles away from MIT

  

  Bath Abbey? Or was it the company of my fabulous traveling buddies? I ... course 5 friends will be so proud!) But I decided to keep it cool because I ... store. The whole nicolas-cage-was-here was obviously a joke (or IS IT

  • by Linh V. '13
  • February 16, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Average The benefits of challenging yourself in high school

  

  something or by defining ourselves with certain characteristics. For example ... of whatever high school that they went to or the best in an activity or ... best of the best will definitely cause some serious burn out. Accepting

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 16, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Sorting Hat of Sorts Where you live may be one of the most important parts of your time here…

  

  voodoo. I seem to remember that most people get their first or second ... insultingly shallow and biased descriptions of the dorms, each in 144 char. or ... speak of, since this will be the first year it's open! EAST CAMPUS: Older

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Outside the box In which I start a new life at pika, etc.

  

  influences of Mark and/or Shania Twain. (Can you feel my enthusiasm for ... at least four times (see above), watched Will Smith drive a motorboat ... authentic Star Wars bedsheets. Twelve year-olds everywhere will tremble in

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • May 25, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Steer Roast 2008 We Sport Death like it's never been done before

  

  will most definitely have you convinced: Steer Roast was this weekend ... ; instead of getting a band or two to perform, we hire a dozen bands to play ... from this year's Roast. Captions will appear if I feel like it - that is

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 5, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  That’s right, you’re sick Thank you, nurse, for stating the obvious.

  

  senioritis or my loathing of AP Stats and yes, I would go see my doctor if she ... ..." If the Flaming Lips don't get you through the day, nothing will. Really ... later, after waiting in an exam room and wishing I were dead or passed out

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 8, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Some Megaphone, Pressed Against An Insect’s Brain That is what this blog entry resembles.

  

  proud beaver preserved through the miracle of taxidermy (or maybe it ... Futurama clip and laughed for like three or four days straight. But then I ... , the milkshakes will make you feel like my high school friend Allison

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 21, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Overnight Program Come play with us!

  

  . And we, the MIT students, get to show off our lives to a willing ... Student Center. I'd personally advise Anna's Taqueria or Alpine Bagel over ... -level classes like 18.01/18.02, 5.111/2, 3.091, or 8.01.   Stay up

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Questions about Blogging Some friendly advice.

  

  will consume. Do you think that, even if I got the position, being a ... student activities, or spent less time with friends, in the spring. It ... club or activity because you turn out to not be quite as interested in it

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 30, 2008
• Blog / Travel

  clownazoo part 2 this post is two years late

  

  In case you have not seen part 1, I posted it near the end of my freshman year. I am now going into my senior year. I think I may have procrastinated a little bit. In total, we ended up spending around 9 hours on

  • by Anika H. '26
  • August 1, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Too busy to write a blog, check out my playlist instead stuff I listen to when I code

  

  [caption id="attachment_88319" align="aligncenter" width="768"] (not by me)[/caption] https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7gPMHAyVIzQRXAkjHDbxty?si=d3d2d64a8f1d48bb Explicit lyrics. Don't play this in front of your

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • April 14, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  International students @ MIT (+life updates) Just a hodge-podge of shtuff.

  

  1. Watch this first: <br> 2. Watch this second: <br /> (Not much text today, because that is my cheap way of making you guys watch my videos instead!)

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 7, 2011
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Forum for those Not Admitted

  

  With a 17% increase in applications, this year was once again the most competitive ever for MIT admissions. Admitting only 1 in 10 applicants from our amazing applicant pool means that we had to turn away many

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Happy New Year! And so two thousand nine begins...

  

  Happy new year everyone! I’m hanging out at my sister and brother-in-law’s new house, enjoying the snow and festivities. (By the way, for those who always seem surprised when they…

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • January 1, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words Therefore, this is a REALLY long entry.

  

  Who: Chris M and Snively What: A picture Where: My room When: Last year at the end of CPW Why: We needed a picture together How: How did we end…

  • by Snively '11
  • November 6, 2008