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  2020 vision new year's resolutions

  

  or people who resembled blobs because I forgot to wear my glasses. Foresight can be 20/20, too! All myopia jokes aside, here's what I'd like to ... graduating this year. I can't wait to see them do amazing things out in the

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 1, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Teaching at MIT we live and we learn and we teach

  

  computer science. I first learned to use Scratch in high school in order to ... As my second semester at the Institute draws to a close, I've been ... came to MIT, but I had few opportunities to formally pursue it. This

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • May 16, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another take on pass/no-record and some other stuff. Hey look, I haven't pontificated about anything in a while.

  

  statement to go unchallenged. It's not that it's untrue, there are certainly upperclassmen who say that to freshmen. But to me, there's really nothing more ... . More than not there's some aspect of selfishness and self-validation to

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Productive, yes. Appropriately productive, no. You would think that my activities the weekend before finals might include studying.

  

  each subjects according to the department subjects? As a first ... I sold several old textbooks back to the Coop, sold a few more on Amazon Marketplace, and got stopped next to the Stata Center to take a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 21, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making it work. In which I just carry on. Where's Andrae when I need him?

  

  to determine the structure of organic compounds. This is about as significant as coming up with the idea of using a spoon to eat soup. Back in ... to get a UROP and do research as an undergraduate. Margaret Mac

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 3, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  telling the tale some thoughts on acting, change, and meaning

  

  very first song. See, someone's got to tell the tale Whether or not it turns out well Maybe it will turn out this time On the road to Hell On the ... — is emotional storytelling first and foremost. And for that emotion to

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • August 3, 2023
• Blog / People & Identities

  butterfly season the very tired caterpillar

  

  'm listening to the first episode again, passively interested and not yet ... 've been paying attention to my Zoom classes. The first time I released my ... home—back to Iowa. June was spent in a transitory state. Slowly packing

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • July 31, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Living Off Campus I moved off campus last year and rented a house with some friends who were…

  

  here all along -- I just had a busy fall semester and decided to take a break from blogging. I'm here now to talk about one of the big changes I ... were graduating (and thus, had to move out), I realized I didn't want to

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 24, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  “i can only draw stick figures” musings on learning to draw

  

  observe things a lot, and hoped for the first portrait to reflect that. The ... to the lines that connected to it first. The bend of your leg changes ... the horizon, I’d embark on a long bike ride over to the complete

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • June 4, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Beantown. sketchbook showcase!

  

  a tourist visiting Boston for the first time. BTW that's supposed to ... if I was going to go on some grand tour. I only ended up going to like ... a great time! [You can click on the pics below to enlarge them

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • March 31, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  “But I’m not cool…” Dr. Suess but shitty? Dr. Suess but angsty?

  

  "] Me on my actual first day of high school! T-minus two months to the ... to my head, blasting My Chemical Romance in-between every single class ...   To the things that other people say to me when they probably meant

  • by Powers '23
  • August 18, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  A Year at MIT, by the Numbers quantifying my MIT experience

  

  one for Japan. I applied to the first three programs and got into Israel ... had to leave MIT. I spent around 190 days at MIT. 185 of those days ... hours a week during IAP to prepare for our annual show...those hours stack

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 6, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  end of semester reflections in conclusion, online school Ain't It

  

  My first year at MIT has officially ended!! That's crazy!! Spring ... would've churned this out in no time, but writing The Words turned out to ... paper in over a year, so it was nice to revisit the HASS part of me that

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 15, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Our Room (formerly, THE Sal Khan’s Room) is Being Converted into WiFi! we made this post just for the title

  

  .100 (Intro to Comparative Media Studies). The professor handed out ... email got sent out to the both of us and to two others who live in a ... counterpart to our wing, Danger Third Rail). One of the two in the Safety Third

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • May 29, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  happiness springs, songs, sheep

  

  contemplated going back to sleep and worked on my urop instead. then i took a shower, got an early lunch, and took the 11am bus to wellesley. i caught up on my email and read some articles and flipped through the first

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 24, 2016
• Blog / Personal Travel

  retreating and proceeding favorite thing about mit's campus? leaving it

  

  facilitators. This is a great opportunity for first-year students to get away ... 'estaloam', which can be stretched to mean 'this soil' in Spanish. As in 'Mira ... don't think I have to detail the personal benefit of travelling, but I

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • April 13, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet The (New) Bloggers! I promised myself I wouldn't cry...

  

  - reviewed all of these applications, and tried to sort them out among us. The ... me introduce to you our new bloggers! Class of 2015:  ... station that allows you to select "play", "pause", or

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 17, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Going Social Thinking about MIT Admissions and social media.

  

  I remember the first time I ever heard of Facebook. I was donning my cap and gown and preparing to walk at my high school graduation. Pomp ... - my life. This was ages ago - long before the first Rick had ever been

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 14, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Characterization This might or might not enrage you.

  

  way I want to change the world!) :D But first I need to a Master ... being convinced that it was the most boring thing I've ever had to read ... family. "80s are good enough," my grandma once said to me in high school

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • August 28, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Warning: Contains Biology This entry may be unsuitable for children, liberal arts majors, and mathematicians.

  

  've planned on being Course 20* since before coming to MIT**, MIT students tend to all take the same core curriculum as freshmen. This not only ... too early too. But now that I'm a sophomore, I get to start taking

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 14, 2008