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  I Feel Cool Welcome to MIT, Mr. Gates!

  

  to the microphone, introduced herself, first asked a legitimately ... today! And thanks to the MIT Admissions Office, I got a ticket to see him :) (Thank you, Dave!!) He was scheduled to speak at 11:30 a.m., but the doors

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  California, Here I Come… I begin my Fall Travel by heading to the West Coast

  

  to Sacramento for the first central meeting of my California trip. Over ... Sacramento, CA) I left Boston on Wednesday last week to head for the West Coast. After an early morning trip to the Manchester, NH airport (that 4

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 28, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Marking time Somewhere between the end of classes and graduation...

  

  housing lottery, it's a good idea to pack a suitcase with about a week's worth of clothes so you don't have to unpack and then repack your temp room. It's also a good idea to pack light and buy as much as you can once

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 30, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  22 Hiatus Adventures stories from my time away and my first semester back!

  

  2020 to finishing my first half marathon in May of 2021. [caption id ... Cambridge. I cried my first night there because I felt both proud to have ... . For the first five months of 2021, I lived right next to the Museum of

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 2, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Day in the Life But make it four

  

  than usual) to get ready for FDOC (First Day of Classes)! G: Taking out ... some work. G: Walking to my first class - 4.501 (Tiny Fab: Advancements ... little montage where you get to see the live comparison of how each person

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • February 10, 2026
• Blog / Classes

  Misconceptions initial thoughts from a first-gen college student

  

  I first stepped onto MIT’s campus in the summer of my junior year, and it was my first impression of what college life could truly look ... school, and my parents also didn’t go to college, so I couldn’t ask them

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • September 30, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  i saw twenty one pilots at td garden in boston live music is very much alive and here to stay

  

  ' first concert so I was so excited to witness that. Eventually, the lights ... I wanted to share that with you all. trigger warnings: talks of suicidal thoughts, depression, etc. background I started going to concerts

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 28, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Touching grass scenes of spring

  

  ago. I tried to reproduce the first picture in the post I linked. But ... Last week I saw someone screencap my blog post and post it on /r/ApplyingToCollege. I'm flattered for something I've written to get 211 upvotes, and I

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 18, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  born again freshman too junior for this

  

  months on campus before getting kicked off due to the pandemic. now i ... . this is disconcerting for numerous reasons. firstly, i feel like i don't have enough experiences to warrant me being a junior. why am i perceived

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 4, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lambda Tea Two words: BOBA MACHINE

  

  meantime, current students should drop by First East at East Campus to try ... There are times when I feel incredibly lucky to exist in close proximity to so many creative and amazing individuals, and right now is one of

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 4, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Aliens, Bitcoin, Camps now i know my ABCs

  

  antsy, so I wanted to make a quick post and point your attention at two things. First: some of you may follow alien/human (and MIT PhD student ... illustrated story of a lonely alien sent to observe Earth, only to meet all

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 19, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Good Morning, Sportsracers! *erases introductory post draft for the umpteenth time in the vain hope that he'll stick…

  

  to taste, and I live in East Campus.") but I feel a weird level of pressure trying to summarize myself in a few sentences. Should I mention the weird accumulation-of-facts thing that I do constantly? Am I going to be

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Events

  2015 Brass Rat finally unveiled!!!

  

  apparently the class of 1999 was the first to have the Hacker's Map on the ... calls it the Brass Rat). Basically, every class gets to choose a committee to design the class' ring. For such a small piece of jewelry, it has so

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 24, 2013
• Blog / MISTI

  Another year has begun Welcome to my world

  

  read purely for pleasure, time to learn a new language, adventures in the mountains of Colorado and even time to be bored, it is nice to get back to my ... boarded a flight bound for Mexico City, ready to start my summer in Mexico

  • by Becca H. '12
  • September 17, 2010
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Replay… Who says you can't go home again? Or at least go back to school...

  

  fun. I survived that first year, passed all my classes and came back prepared to take on my sophomore year having declared my major and settled in ... to visit the campus. Alumni Leadership Conference, Campus Preview

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 11, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Dorm Companion #1: Art MIT loans out 400 pieces of famous art each year from its collections to its…

  

  distributed on a first-come, first-served basis to any student who lost out in ... Loan Art Program allows MIT students (and only MIT students) to borrow ... annual fall showing -- before it is loaned out to students -- is open to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 9, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes.

  

  , back to the first line of the post. I can steer myself any direction I ... You can steer yourself, any direction you choose. Today was my first day at work. Due to a lovely and thick stacks of nondisclosure

  • by Snively '11
  • May 27, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  Keep Holy the Month of IAP For It Is a Time of Rest

  

  happened more recently first. So obviously, I need to cover what I did over ... sophomores get to see what our Brass Rat looks like for the first time. Lots of ... keep a list in my head of what topics I want to blog about. But I think

  • by Evan B. '10
  • February 15, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  The Abominable Snowman If you can't see the Yeti, make the Yeti.

  

  .) On Sunday when I heard there was going to be yet another snow storm ... the midst of a multi-part snow battle. The first two battles involved ... morning 6 inches of beautiful packing snow graced the MIT campus - ready to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 16, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Windy city

  

  to Dulles International Airport (designed by Eero Saarinen, who also designed MIT's Kresge Auditorium and Chapel) and discovered that due to ... cancelled and I'd have to stay overnight in Virginia. Of course, all of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 9, 2005