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• Blog / Challenges

  Remembrance Another year of old people remembering things

  

  into the World Trade Center," Brian quietly informed me. Only then did I ... the second tower. The most personal part of the day for me was what we ... as the towers fell on screen. For some reason, this jolted me into

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • September 11, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 3 A Valentine's Day surprise

  

  3. 1, 2, 3, 4 - Plain White T's 4. As Long as You Love Me - Backstreet Boys 5. From Me to You - The Beatles 6. Love You Madly - Cake 7. Rescue Me - Fontella Bass The Shakespeare Ensemble e-mailed out the following

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 18, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A love letter to psets Masochists In Training

  

  . At times, you've driven me up the wall, literally. And I couldn't be ... equations and formulas that I learned in high school, but by making me apply ... force me to have a much deeper understanding of the material. Yes, you

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / MISTI

  Total immersion An MIT-Italy student finds her way around Rome

  

  stuck like glue to the bus that took me directly from the apartment to ... ). It took me a while to work up the courage to take a different bus to ... after getting on and continued waiting for my bus. But it started me

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 30, 2012
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Comfort and College Scared of applying to colleges far from home? Then read this!

  

  plagued me with these questions as I packed my suitcases to head to Boston for my graduate degree. I knew she was excited for me, but deep down, I knew she wished she could just tell me no. “Madre, voy a estar bien, okay

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • November 21, 2011
• Blog / Events

  This is the end I couldn‘t decide whether to put "They‘re beautiful, aren‘t they? The stars" here, or to…

  

  calmed me down, added a slight glaze to my eyes, and made me demand more than just trivial occurrences to get me excited ("Oh, math joke, not ... due to both. Apart from aging me a bit, MIT has also done its best to

  • by Snively '11
  • June 19, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A *Major* Dilemma Will you forgive the pun if I tell you that I just declared my major?

  

  website Basically, I decided that becoming a physicist would bring me closer to the universe, and the universe closer to me. About halfway ... -mathematical, and the idea of spending all my time in a lab or an office made me

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 22, 2011
• Blog / Events

  I Feel Cool Welcome to MIT, Mr. Gates!

  

  line at about 10:40 a.m., there were about 20 people ahead of me. Ten minutes later, there were hundreds of people behind me. Apparently, I got there at the right time. (the people in line before me) Our tickets

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

  No Pain, No Gain I wish it weren't so.

  

  This past Wednesday found me with blistered palms, swollen shoulders ... have any trouble lifting people on the stretcher. For me, every moment ... encouraged me, helped me, and stuck by me as I fumbled my way into a modicum of

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 5, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ben’s Final Farewell Thank you, Ben Jones.

  

  now. Those students playing volleyball...they made me realize that Ben ... man who showed me why I belonged at MIT - who made me realize this was the school I'd been dreaming of attending all along - who let me crash

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 18, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Strike! Strike! Strike! I. H. T. F. P.

  

  news and puts me in a good mood, even though I'm studying physics right ... me that I'll be ok!" moment. They were all awesome about it, assuring me that I would survive, that it was only one test, and that mechanical

  • by Snively '11
  • March 29, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First Day of School Fall term classes began today at MIT.

  

  Steven Pinker. For me, physics was certainly the hardest; not only did my ... for whatever else MIT would throw at me. I like that MIT doesn't just ... important than mentoring the students I teach." A relatively new name to me

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Orientation and pre-approval In which I relate orientation to getting pre-approved for a credit card in a totally…

  

  work this summer, my co-worker Nick insisted upon calling me 'Kim' (it ... certificate-ly before 'Kim', he insisted he was just calling me by my last name ... assisting me in weeding out who's a friend and who's foe, it also helps me

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 22, 2007
• Blog / Events

  MIT Calling Yo Snively - I lied. There are actually 2 admits in Oregon BESIDES you -…

  

  So both Melis AND Laura beat me to it, but last night was the early ... . Last year when Anthony called me, I flipped out. "OH MAN MIT IS ON THE PHONE. OH MAN, I HAVE TO REMEMBER MY SAT VOCABULARY, OR THEY'LL RESCIND ME

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 19, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An IAP in Texas, chapter two Week two of school away from school as I learn about and work on transportation…

  

  the freight industry. It's all new to me, coming from the passenger side ... 's been very friendly and generous, going out of their way to include me in their work activities or just to show me a specific project they

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Holiday Life's not always a picnic in Killian Court.

  

  to go right now. Are you coming?" "...Sure!" Far be it for me to let ... happens to be an amazing photographer. Unluckily for me, I was wearing sweats. Unluckily also for me, Gheorghe has friends in The Tech (the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Far and Away I was going to get philosophical, but then I thought about Hugh Jackman.

  

  me at all, unlike Spiderman 2, where the value of an eigenvector can be 4.6 electron Volts. That had me laughing out loud. Which was kind of ... .022 textbook made a cameo in Spiderman 2. 4. One thing that did bother me was

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 29, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  One wonderful day I might just make it, after all.

  

  knitted for me by Ruth '07? So, there's this report for 10.28 on the effect ... campus, saying, "oh, no rush, no rush, just send me this report as soon as you can" and "Oh, DON'T WORRY, we'll be cool if you just SEND ME a page

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 21, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Symphony 9, Op. 95 “From the New Blog” I'll to pay you to hang out with me and watch me type.

  

  district of Japan and wear funky punk-rocker clothing. It occurred to me that ... follow me around and make me look cooler. I'd like to dedicate this entry ... to Dvorak, would set me back about $20. That's just stupid. So, I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 26, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  My Old Kentucky Home

  

  couple of months in New England, somebody told me I had a Southern accent ... I interact with who have known me long enough to know what I talk like ... have a coke?" you'll be asked "What kind?" To me, this seems natural, but

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 8, 2005