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• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Re-Froshening A Story of Cynicism and Optimism

  

  time off from MIT. I ended up attending classes at a local university in ... I started MIT as a bubble of idealism. MIT was going to be AWESOME ... become a doctor. I was going to rock out at my classes and a bazillion

  • by Piper '13
  • August 10, 2014
• Blog / MISTI

  Bavarian Rhapsody I'm just a poor boy, I go to MIT.

  

  is just an awesome gift for somebody, but I looked at the price tag of ... challenging classes that are offered at your school and do as well as you can in them--if your school has AP/IB, you should take at least a few of them in

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

  Awesome Diva adventures When high school summer programs collide

  

  ; the police office in the basement of the student center closes at 2pm ... cleverly hidden basement offices (turn left at the bottom of the stairs, not ... machine to pop a balloon, with at least 5 transfers of energy. The Junction

  • by Kate R. '14
  • July 6, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  FIRST Robotics Kickoff Things go into Overdrive at a reception at Dean Kamen's house.

  

  Last night, after a day of reading the first batch of regular action applications, I grabbed a Zipcar Prius and set a course for New Hampshire. After battling traffic caused by the likes of Barack Obama and Ron Paul, I arrived

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 5, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Non-Blinding my junior year(s)

  

  's kind of tiring. But when I look at the list above, I can't imagine ... upcoming fall. And this is true: most of the classes I am taking are just ... . This is high school. --- Four years later at MIT, and here I am, in the

  • by Paige B. '24
  • March 22, 2023
• Blog / IAP

  A truly independent activities period A glimpse at some MIT students' IAP plans.

  

  It is crunch time at MIT. Classes are over this Wednesday, and exam ... the start of Independent Activities Period (IAP). *Cue “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year”* During IAP, students get to enjoy MIT without

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 7, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  If you’re scared of decision day Here's an exercise

  

  what people are afraid of. 3) For me, the best treatment was DISTANCE ... refreshing obsessively was masochistic and irrelevant to the outcome of the ... make the psychologically unhealthy decision of sitting unblinking in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 13, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties Update Stories from the parties today; more stories, and questions answered, tomorrow.

  

  my old top choice came. I wavered for a moment. I knew at either of the ... . Current students, new students, alumni, parents of new students, parents of ... Tonight, I'll post the first of the reports back from this week

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 31, 2007
• Blog / Residential Life

  who started the fire? (not clickbait) playing detective

  

  a community of women. To my knowledge, the only man who lived here at ... was offering the items (like the jugs of cleaner) to the next tenant ... of other MIT undergraduate women. We're part of MIT's FSILG (Fraternity

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 28, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  resources your school might offer. and of course if you have a better design ... i just finished 6.811, principles and practices of assistive ... tackles hardware, software, and mechanical solutions to the needs of boston

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

  Spoiled Milk I wrote an entry so long overdue my milk has spoiled in the process. So…

  

  they'd want to meet. (And they do, actually.) At the end of it all ... much of something that really matters out into the universe without ... Once, when I was younger, I poured the entire contents of a carton of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 24, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Murals of Burton-Conner long live BC

  

  20 different people! The ones at the bottom are by the daughters of the ... I'm a proud resident of Burton-Conner, a lovely dorm with nine floors of varying cultures. The dorm is being renovated starting next year

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 25, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Packing incoherent thoughts from move-out week

  

  to stare out at a skyline that looks back at me. 84 hours left of what ... place is taking a new kind of energy. How is it time already?  In Catcher ... It’s Wednesday night. I have about 84 hours left at MIT. 84 hours

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 18, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Your MIT ID PLASTIC! Shiny plastic, at that!

  

  your status of enrollment. If you’re at home and there’s still even the ... shiny new envelope, there isn’t a whole lot of really neat stuff. Once you ... . New World Symphony Wow, I just managed to, by way of an obscure

  • by Snively '11
  • March 26, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Syzygy, basically. uh, what?

  

  family like mine. Unfortunately all this came at the cost of 2 full days of ... . To see The coming together of things.   Then Tuesday at 1pm I ... able to do any work at all. Also, we have a totally sweet new 3-axis

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 9, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  All About The Author A bit about me and my job as Director of this site.

  

  begin by telling you my thoughts on this new portal. Lots of schools have ... get to explore MIT on behalf of all of you. I'm new around here and so ... , getting swept up in the energy of a new academic year. But this fall, I am

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 6, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  getting back in the groove 🎵groovy groovy🎵

  

  I will want to look back on at the end of the semester to see if this excitement is just first-week delusion or the start of a new chapter in my MIT ... , this was at the top of my list because: It is so societally and

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 3, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Internet is Weird My first attempt at using eBay, or, how I'm trying to profit off of sad…

  

  at ben.mitblogs.com, etc. Then, at the beginning of the 06-07 school ... here, but um...that'd just be weird. Because the rest of this entry is SO ... gets the most disproportionate enjoyment out of the most random, absurd

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 15, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  hold me (but not too close) on writing the full-length play

  

  it. During my freshman fall at MIT, one of my friends told me about a ... happens next, one line of dialogue at a time. I’d play out these scenarios ... some of my new pages to class, feeling utterly unconfident that anything

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 7, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Overheard at MIT Vote vote vote!

  

  snippets at MIT without posting any of them? Lucky for you, there's a ... "Overheard at MIT" and it's just a huge list of conversation bits that people ... competition! Thanks! One of the biggest culture shocks coming to MIT for me, a

  • by Snively '11
  • November 11, 2008