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• Blog / Athletics

  That wasn’t skiing, that was falling with style! Guest post by Katy Kem '16

  

  . My first year on the team, I didn’t make it down back to back slalom ... choose to take condensed classes, conduct research, work on projects, work ... prefer to spend the duration of IAP with the MIT Alpine Ski team, living in

  • by Joel G. '18
  • April 5, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Ring Delivery Potato martinis at the courthouse

  

  with the first half (2/4 years) of MIT. That is both an exhilirating and ... courthouse. Not very impressive, is it? Every guest had to pass through a ... first hour or so. See the plastic martini glasses? We had mashed

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 15, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  How To Fumble Your Way Through MIT and Still Turn Out Pretty Okay Step 1: Fumble. Step 2: Turn out pretty okay.

  

  apply in the first place – don't tell Ben or Nance; it'll go to their ... ago, I decided I wanted to be a doctor when I grew up. (A brief introduction for the uninitiated: My name is Keri, I used to write here, and as a

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 8, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  I wrote a whole post on Halloween and forgot to publish it So here's 2 months of blogging in one post

  

  excited to share them with you First is a mounted snake skeleton, look how ... night I wrote this post and forgot to click publish so I'm going to add a bunch of CROMBUS content and some other stuff to the end and put it up

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • December 26, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Presenting…the 2008 Brass Rat!!! As the only sophomore blogger, it is my duty, no, pleasure, to describe the unveiling…

  

  , as we are the one hundred forty-first class to graduate from the ... As the only sophomore blogger, it is my duty, no, pleasure, to ... really dreadful rodent problem. To draw attention to this ever

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 11, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  walking, walking, walking walking and/as coping

  

  from Kendall/MIT to Charles/MGH, is named as such because of this poem ... -internship was only 25 hours a week, I found myself with a bunch of extra time to do essentially whatever I wanted, which is sometimes hard to find at

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 31, 2021
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Welcome Back! a fresh coat of paint, and a fresh batch of bloggers

  

  welcomed people to the "new" MITAdmissions.org, the one you would have seen ... . It seems odd, reading that post, to do it again, and for much the same ... , and so we decided to share the same design agency (which ended up being

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 13, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two answers on a Saturday night Because SNL's a rerun and we just finished our movie from Netflix

  

  the "A+". Well, first, the ex-boyfriend thing... it was supposed to be a ... Question One Elizabeth asked, I have one... I was talking to my dad, trying to make decisions about this whole college application thing, and he

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 2, 2006
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  making things a blog about being a meche major

  

  Maybe my favorite part of course 2A is sitting next to my friend in 2 ... intro circuitry class, where we are given schematics and sent out to ... E. This is why I choose it, every day I come to class and try to pay

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 20, 2021
• Blog / Advice

  a small moment in time on failing...*very long sigh*

  

  chapter of The Prophet when I first read it. I held on to it for a future ... My first truly colossal failure feels like it happened yesterday. I ... to walk through. In my head was a mix of regret, anger, sadness

  • by kellen manning
  • October 20, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  Around the world in 30 days ...ok, maybe more like I'm Traveling a Lot this IAP

  

  limit and carry-on backpack, I was ready to embark on my first stop -- San ... 2018 is turning out to be quite the adventurous year. I kicked off the year by packing up all my stuff in Boston, hauling most to storage

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • February 15, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  January Book List Oaks & Poems & Baldwin & Biss

  

  The snow is quiet and deep. I hope all the people who want to read ... phone service, and no problem sets. I went to Powell's, brought my old ... described them to a friend "like stacked rocks." They are delicate and hard at

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • January 27, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another New Semester and A Lot of Cats Call me the crazy cat lady

  

  other members of MIT EMS to receive the first Collier Medal.  It was a ... friend Claire L. '17, and I know that we have it in ourselves to do well.  We just have to show the world! Other than all the stress of passing

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Test Time! All my classes managed to schedule tests within a week of each other.

  

  pretty manageable. I studied as much as I needed to and went to bed by11 or ... stressing out about trying to understand physics and chemistry, I also get to ... Tuesday with my first MIT test ever, in 8.022, also known as “Physics II

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 5, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Schnitzer Prize Winners! [by Ken Haggerty '11] Buildings with eyes, a drum for the people, and a house…

  

  doles out various awards and honors to those who've made significant contributions to MIT life, culture, and academics. In the realm of arts@mit, this ... * FIRST PRIZE: Richard The (G) SECOND PRIZE: Jaekyung Jung (G) THIRD PRIZE

  • by ARTalk
  • May 24, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Week in the Life: Optimism Edition In which I have a particularly tough, enriching week.

  

  agreed to this plan. The first night, I cried. Right now I feel okay. I ... welcome my first final review in 4.112 (Integrated Architecture Studio). I ... for that project made me a half hour late to 4.42J/2.66J/1.044J

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Daniel Guillen Our football coach gets a surprise in Daniel Guillen '10.

  

  Guillen taking advantage of chance to attend MIT, play football By ... best a student-athlete could ever hope to receive. Guillen, a four ... to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), which is located in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 29, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Guess who can legally drive alone in Maine now? Learning to drive on hard mode (i.e., in Boston)

  

  Airbnb months in advance, creating an itinerary of trails to hike, and even planning each meal down to the ingredient – until one big question remained: Who would do the grueling five-hour drive from Boston to Maine

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 19, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Guest blog: “Me, Marvel, and MIT” Jade's experience working on a SHASS UROP for me

  

  ; Marvel in a cool way: UROP! To set the scene: It was my first IAP. I was ... restaurant (Chik-fil-A) in the first line of my email “to demonstrate that I ... 's really good and you should go read it. If you want to learn more about what

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 2, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  New Year, New Semester Celebrating Lunar New Year and a new spring schedule

  

  banquet. For $10 ($8 for members), attendees got to sit at round tables, eat ... wow and dazzle them on stage. This year was the first time that I had gone (they host one every year), so I didn’t really know what to expect

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 15, 2016