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  Dance ‘Til You Drop 53rd planning a 53-year old party i've never even been to

  

  March and hoped to complete it before the party on April 23rd. First, we ... . The actual building commenced in the first week of April. We needed to ... .[/annotation] The party is open to the entire MIT campus and features a hack and a

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 3, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] How to Revise a Paper in 5 Easy Steps Claire H. '20's urop experience TM

  

  2016. Today Claire has achieved her dream and is goin to share this ... unpredictable, as things usually tend to do here. Here’s the unfolding of my research, from an organized beginning to a furious blur at the end. Step 1

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 9, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  “i’m not depressed!” haha

  

  i had an awesome long weekend, where i went sailing with a friend and ate dinner with other friends on friday, and i got to play my first assassins guild games in a while on saturday, and i got a lot of work done on

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 17, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Thoughts on Snow quick notes from the journal.

  

  The first substantial snowfall was yesterday, December 9. Things about snow: Don't welcome it with a fire alarm and evacuation at 9 ... waterproof to it as you thought. Silly: how grass looks like a bad shave when

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 10, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  Sneak Preview

  

  Coming soon: An entry on The Tech Nomads But first: 26.2 miles of awesomeness Interseting story: My mom was seated on the plane next to a couple with a newborn baby. They all (well, except the newborn) chatted about

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 15, 2006
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What programs fall under the School of Architecture & Planning?

  Architecture was one of the four original departments at MIT, and it was the first signal that MIT would not be narrowly defined in science ... discipline, the department has long contributed to learning in the arts and
• Blog / Uncategorized

  oh, the places you’ll go (reprise) my first ever technical interview

  

  have) to help me with my Microsoft interview. At first, I didn't want to ... health again. (I am back to normal! Thankfully.) I have my first ever ... to be in the same post since they had different tones kind of so

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 11, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  I’m more than twice as old as when I started my blog Rumors of my relevance are greatly exaggerated

  

  In 2004, I applied to MIT.  It was a paper form, the first part, and ... over, trying my best to be legible.  I was 17, and I thought this sort of thing mattered.  It was the first year of the MIT Blogs, after all, and I

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 20, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Making my Ring Delivery Dress and some reflections

  

  hallmates and I first took pics on campus prior to leaving for the Ring ... about how I was going to make my dress for senior prom. I had never used a ... desire to be quirky with a nonstandard prom dress. Unfortunately, my senior

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • May 21, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two Classes about the Brain That Blew My Mind and I just had to share

  

  On the first Friday of my last semester, I had a choice between two back-to-back 3-hour neuroscience electives. I only needed to register for one… I chose both. It’s Week 5 now, and I've gotten used to taking the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 6, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Working at a Toy Company! I promise you, my job was cooler than yours.

  

  pictures of all the bikes to share. First was Speed Racer, the team Shaun ... to be fun time at MIT. I wrote a large chunk of this entry back at the beginning of the semester in August but never got around to finishing it. I

  • by Snively '11
  • January 6, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finals Week, from my perspective My finals.

  

  SO MUCH to study. Oh, wait, quick sidetrack. On the first day of finals ... was used to. I complained about "drinking from the fire hose" since that ... was hard. We're talking miserable hard. It was a test of will, to be

  • by Snively '11
  • December 20, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do You Have A Core Curriculum?

  

  college fairs in New York City this past week. It was a fun week! First was ... classroom to which MIT was assigned. Next door was a nice colleague from ... hour event. Each college fair I do seems to have one question that gets

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 9, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  I am lethally bored in the airport boooooo

  

  I am coming to you live from the coveted Boston Logan International ... -out and needing to be at the airport. I could push my 4 bags around the ... latter. So if you ever wanted to find out how to do the airport

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • May 22, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  (Guest Post) how can it be home when it’s not finding a sense of belonging away from home

  

  , i missed home. a lot. to the point where ‘i just wanna go home’ was ... difficult for me that it physically aches. that it is difficult to focus on ... going through similar things made it easier to talk about it and easier to

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • March 19, 2022
• Blog / Summer

  The Summer Before College (what not to do)

  

  to look like. Instagram feeds filled with beating rays of sunshine. Swimming pools and ice cream sundaes.  Long road trips to new places. Countless visits to the local diner to savor every last bite of your favorite

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 12, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  iPhone. in our first iteration, we tried to bust open a few ... tackles hardware, software, and mechanical solutions to the needs of boston area clients. i can't even begin to summarize everything i learned this

  • by Connie H. '15
  • December 4, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Optimal Solution It doesn't exist

  

  My first two weeks of GEL kicked off to a great start. I really like working (some would even call it playing) with my team. To help us get to ... to me was: What do you want to work on during junior year? Junior Year

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • September 30, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Polar Vortex or my third IAP, and how externships work

  

  You might wonder what possessed me to go to Chicago for the month of January. The weather forecast for my first day of work. Granted, this ... to the Midwest, so I was expecting the Windy City to greet me like this

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 16, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Meaning of August It's time for classes, moving, colorful dorm rooms, and new bloggers.

  

  What does August mean to you? For me it used to mean that school was ... that I want to take, classes that I find interesting. August is exciting ... haven't seen in 3 months are coming back to campus. This is what August

  • by Evan B. '10
  • August 15, 2007