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• Blog / Challenges

  The View is Worth It but you have to make the climb yourself to find out

  

  My boyfriend and I made an impromptu trip to Montana over the weekend ... who loves hiking, I was stoked. I coerced my boyfriend to wake up at 3 AM so we could get to the parking lot by 6:45 to ensure a spot because

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 7, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Little Rectangles Thoughts from Junior spring

  

  mostly like to talk about MIT as a physical entity. “Look at this cool ... the back of my mind. It started as snippits and sentences that came to me when I was walking to class or sorting books in the library. Then I

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • May 14, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  notes on hope despite despite despite

  

  easily to the strangers i pass on my way home. it's finally warm enough ... windowsill. recently, most people i've talked to have been high-strung and uncertain. recently, it has been hard to see the good in the world. recently

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 25, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  [Guest Post] A Whiff of Nostalgia Amidst the Scent of Youth by Daniel Barkowitz

  

  he likes it that way! If I ever write my autobiography, I’m going to ... moved to South Carolina (where they were from originally) and I left my community of friends behind. I plan on going back to Panama this year. We are

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 20, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  faith in the future

  

  The more I try to push it I realize gonna let go of control In my AP ... ; specifically what comes to mind is the Schachter-Singer theory, where the ... identify them. It feels a lot like trying to untangle jewelry; I try to undo

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 1, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  9.00 with no context are you a cool rat?

  

  . And thank you to Ken for linking it again and contributing to it! "When you want to take a sip of coffee, you know not only what the cup looks ... drinking your cat might lead to a furry mouth or a scratched face." "'Don

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 25, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  a tour of New Vassar also known as west garage

  

  MIT's campus. It only opened its doors to students this winter, so the ... 'd do a bit of a tour. I invite you to walk with me from the front door, through the building, and up to my room on the fifth floor. We'll start

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • March 20, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  i’m studying abroad this semester hello europe

  

  Yes, you read that title right. I'm going to be studying abroad this ... "] Budapest looks weirdly similar to MIT?[/caption] It was over Zoom, and there ... up applying to Math in Moscow, which is usually held in-person in

  • by Rona W. '23
  • February 7, 2021
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Updated MIT Groceries Guide (guest post) A requiem for Stata.

  

  always having baked goods to offer. She studies Course 6-3 at MIT, but in her free time, she blogs at FoodParsed, where she shares easy-to-make recipes with the rest of the world. If you're interested in learning to cook

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • May 4, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Boring Friday Night (guest post by Nina L. ‘19) Familiar inbetweens. Taking breaks. Things that aren't (all) sleep and studying.

  

  what to do with myself, and fell asleep on the couch. There are a lot of ... by Nina L. ‘19, about her Friday night. Tonight Lujan and I went to Harvard Square to get Dominos. We had decided we needed to get away. The

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 24, 2016
• Blog / MISTI

  Language (die Sprache) MIT-Germany student discusses language

  

  difficult, you can still learn an entirely new way to think, to communicate, to ponder. It's quite incredible really. Coming from the US, I ... , here I am, experiencing what it's like to live some place else, some

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 10, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  In which Elizabeth tries something new. (My idea of thrills is changing the location of my bookshelf.)

  

  -Things-That-Distract-Me. But on this day, Chris not only had to give me hard time for not knowing ... don't know about the giant rocks on campus...), but he even had to go as far to suggest that I might try going there sometime (the horror

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • April 8, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Disappointment I know how it feels...

  

  sweatpants. So many students are headed home :) I've decided to use this extra bit of free time to write an entry I wanted to write/post this past ... called 'To the Deferred' - and I want to now add to the words expressed in

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 21, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Coming Soon! In which I briefly account for my I-haven't-been-blogging-so-much-recently shenanigans

  

  assignments into the two to three weeks before finals) means that I also need to ... we can assume is a constant, akin to death and taxes. Naturally, almost ... taste of what to expect from me over the coming weeks: Famous

  • by Emad T. '14
  • April 28, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Entry: Engineers Without Borders Environmental engineering major Tiffany'12 fills in on international development

  

  of tests, homework, and projects that inevitably follows CPW. To ... offered to temper my usual Course VI nerditude by writing about her ... semester, it's easy to forget that there exists an entire world outside of

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 14, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Survey says… A LOT of freshmen report that they were leaders in high school!

  

  . Thanks to those of you who read and commented! I then realized I shouldn ... last November. According to this survey, 85 percent of freshmen said ... confident in their the ability to “function effectively as a member of a team

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • January 25, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Passions (No, not that kind)

  

  left the house, and then forgot to publish it. Well, here it is, a year late. And now, to hit the road for Vermont. Hope this helps with those ... -description attached to this post may have, despite my best efforts, given some of you a

  • by Cam T. '13
  • January 1, 2010
• Blog / How to Food

  Going Home We're halfway through MIT? o____o

  

  cumin and pepper, and place chicken legs, skin down, on the oil to pan-fry. 5. Once chicken skin begins to change color/aroma begins to develop, add garlic and onion to the skillet to fry along with the chicken. 6

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 23, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friendship Oh my dearest . . .

  

  flame wars and being used correctly, it's also a great way to let somebody ... 'm not just saying this to say it, I'm saying it because I just had a ... 's distracting me from 2.004 studying). Here's how it started, with an e-mail to

  • by Snively '11
  • March 28, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Writing Science Fiction [by Susan Shepherd '11] Writing takes time, but fortunately MIT gives you good excuses to…

  

  people go on to write their ideas out. The minority that does go to the ... writing takes time and time is something which you give to MIT for safekeeping upon arrival. (In theory, MIT returns your time to you upon

  • by ARTalk
  • March 24, 2009