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  I Hate Superman. (I Love Superman.)

  

  always too busy distracting myself from being bored by work or the lack of ... the Great Depression, he was born out of a need for a hero. But I can ... is this behemoth titan hanging over all the weaker, new heroes of today

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • July 16, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Challenge of Public Health Sometimes science and engineering only come so far.

  

  with MIT, so be forewarned. =D Since the middle of June, I have been ... even one protest in front of the state Capitol in Sacramento. Truthfully ... under Taiwan's Universal Health Plan, I really had no sense of the great

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 4, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Thoughts from Science Bowl 🥣 a story about now-nostalgic times

  

  high school, blissfully unaware of the cutthroat competition of the South ... of a high school experience I'll never get back. Science bowl isn ... of my high school days.

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • March 30, 2025
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Things I Know to Be True: Addendum One A post I hate, and some truths from my first year at MIT

  

  artifacts of reality crashing to the floor. If it was a creature, it would ... page. For most MIT bloggers, that change is documented, like dozens of ... of timestamped posts immortalized on the internet. Because of this, I

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • June 20, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Most Importantly, No Reddit This is actually how people lived.

  

  computer the whole weekend, I was ready to take advantage of this weekend off ... was far from the most productive weekend of the term. I tried to work ... section of Singapore. I had been really guilty about not devoting enough

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • October 19, 2010
• Blog / Events

  I’m on a boat! It was only a matter of time

  

  (sorry Malcom), and as evidence I offer you this video of him shaking his ... of us humming "I'm on a boat," eagerly awaiting our opportunity to be ... stealers. Then it was time to head outside and enjoy the boatiness of the

  • by Snively '11
  • May 3, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorm Bathrooms Always look on the bright, side of life

  

  subject. Begged. We're talking knees, clasped hands, tears, and offers of ... 've gotten asked about bathrooms before and during most of my dorm tours I end ... in the comments), but I've had some experience with the bathrooms of

  • by Snively '11
  • March 2, 2009
• Blog / Public Statements

  Asking for letters of recommendation (during a pandemic) tl;dr: mostly the same as during normal times, but clarifying some points of anxiety

  

  email about letters of recommendation. A composite of these questions ... teachers know me much better in person, so I was thinking of asking teachers ... sentences might be different —  "I transferred schools, and..."; "I took a mix

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 6, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  I’m still here (and MIT’s still hard) The little comment that wasn't. (This isn't edited. It sounds awkward at times. Deal.)

  

  school too. I remember spending the majority of my sophomore and junior ... I started writing a brief response to some of the comments on Chris ... . Anyway, some of those comments are all like, "MIT is hard, yeah, yeah

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 12, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  April Questions Omnibus 1 Recent questions, answered.

  

  applying to a school that I already sent the scores to? (of course MIT isn ... pool. Some of my friends have been saying I got in because of my citizenship and they got rejected coz of the opposite reason, that's why I am

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 18, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  8 Hypotheses Like Schubert, I never finished the Eighth.

  

  % of your friends are within 2 feet of you at any time while you're awake ... to have less friends. (Especially if your friends come in multiples of ... capital of whichever Dakota or Carolina you find to be more mneumonically

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 7, 2009
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining Hall Alchemy The art of turning cereal and chicken tenders into slightly tastier cereal and chicken tenders

  

  One of the many things I love about MIT's dining halls is that they ... stopping you from getting food from several of them at once. When I'm not in a rush, I find it helpful to do a quick scan of the entire dining hall

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 11, 2025
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Reporting from… Doha! 🐫🐫 ft: the first time I ever rode on a camel

  

  Kazakhstan, and we thought the weather would be very pleasant at this time of ... for summer tourists"][/annotation] In addition, Qatar Airways offers a ... bookings in Doha. Here's a recount of my adventure! Hopefully, this will be

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • January 18, 2025
• Blog / Advice

  a blog from the universe aka me + my tarot cards + finals season procrastination

  

  flip- because who can argue against the will of the universe? heads ... of making me, the superstitious person, look ridiculous when I replied ... them out to the surface; the whimsy of it all only adds to the appeal

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • December 14, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  ISEF, BAMF, and other west coast adventures planning my next two weeks

  

  Internet filtering in public schools and libraries as part of an broader ... continuing this kind of research since I finished grad school as a way to stay ... mix of professional and personal travel. I typically blog about these

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 13, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  To Those with Dreams Deferred in which Selam of Pi Day Past rants about how things are arbitrary

  

  , but for a Set of Inexplicable Reasons it did not go up in time and has ... (and this might make a lot of people mad), whether you are an INTJ or an Aquarius or Year of the Horse is Not Important and you don't need to base

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 17, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Pre-MIT prep How to prepare yourself for life at MIT -- hint: watch Chappelle's Show. Everyone else…

  

  ) with these instead of Arabic numerals. If you don't know them, the party ... an episode and missed most of their references to it; the most notable ... trekking to an Athena cluster in the middle of the snowy night (uphill both

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / Advice

  November 1st is coming up! What not to do as it approaches (and after it passes)

  

  survive socially and academically at a school of geniuses? When I was ... of being allowed anywhere near this school. In a sort of last attempt ... school filled with some of the smartest students in the world? I knew I

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • October 26, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Report on the Status of Undergraduate Women at MIT in honor of International Women's Day

  

  class of 2016) released a report on the status of undergraduate women at ... work outside of academics. The report also shows differences among the responses of white women, Asian women, and underrepresented minority women

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • March 8, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  (Not) Home for the Holidays a very late Thanksgiving post…

  

  flurry of many things, but second most importantly, it’s been a flurry of ... ="108229" /] In honor of holiday meals at home, I want to share a holiday meal away ... ! Sophomore fall has been busy for my friends & I, which has meant no more

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 3, 2025