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• Blog / Challenges

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

  

  universe and did the impossible and fell in and out of love in a million ...   With her nails painted black and the whole of the world Turning ... got shorter, the angst got angstier, and those headphones got stitched

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

  MIT Medical: A Freshman’s Story Worth sharing.Worth reading.

  

  discharge. We learned that MGH and MEEI are two different institutions, with ... documentation and patient advocacy within the Institute BUT you’ll need to ... 's medical system, and medical facilities around Boston. They thought that

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 14, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How MIT students are trying to change education by biking across America.

  

  week (more on that soon) and am here to spotlight an incredible project a ... . Who: 9 students from MIT and UC Berkeley What: Biking across the ... Plants” and “Eyewire: A Game to Map the Brain”) Images from the Spokes

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • June 10, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  hike the desert pretend i am a lifestyle blogger

  

  ‘everything is closed’ part and instead drove up to Cataline State Park, about ... [annotation note="Josephine ‘24 and I led our group through the mist after ... clambered over boulders until we found the peak, looked out over a wide and

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 21, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  That time MIT was almost rebuilt on an artificial island in the middle of the Charles River we were THIS CLOSE to being a pirate fortress university

  

  ," which allowed it to move to Cambridge and build the core of the ... of the Institute wanted to make a new interconnected technology complex ... undeveloped, unappealing, and industrial. “So it made some sense from a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 22, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Perfect Match? because the right CPW host can make a huge difference...

  

  have thought that another institution was a better (gasp) match for them ... work for everyone, up and running by CPW) But I digress. As I am sure ... specific things that you would like to do, and have already made all the

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • March 30, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Setting up a Global Warming Research Center…in Antarctica Meet Zahir Dossa ’08 (Courses 6 and 15; Nu Delta), who could sell you your…

  

  -fledged business proposals, submit them to various Institute competitions, and ... with that logic. Meet Zahir Dossa ’08 (Courses 6 and 15; Nu Delta), who could sell you your own shirt and convince you that he’s going

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • October 25, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  defining the future stop being vague

  

  words. We want it comfortable, we want it just, we want it innovative, and ... current world is not good enough, and we need to strive for change, and we ... used to cling to regret—I wish I could go back in time and do MIT all

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 22, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Global Languages Freshman Learning Community engaging frosh done right

  

  (FLC) hosted by the Global Languages department and MISTI (MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives). The FLC, which began this semester, is designed to offer freshman community and expose them to new

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

  Surviving My deep thoughts on surviving and thriving at MIT, straight from three years ago.

  

  haved like 30 celsius degrees all over the year and I must admit I do not ... just about three years ago this week when I was a freshman and still sort ... school backgrounds, and freshman year was pretty hard for me. So the fact

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 11, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  I’m Poor!!! But I don't have to be!

  

  students who call alumni and solicit donations to the institute. A third of ... summer between junior and senior year of high school as a carousel operator ... school year, and then worked the summer between high school and college. I

  • by Snively '11
  • April 5, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  my first spring break!!! 13 MIT students take San Diego

  

  , and we were flying back to Boston to be greeted by 19 degree weather! it ... weeks before spreak due to the pandemic, and i've had no opportunities for ... group of [annotation note="all junior, sophomore, and freshmen bombers

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 10, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Piercings! sorry mom

  

  've got four piercings on my right ear, and two on my left[/caption] This ... in my dorm went and got piercings together. Their excitement and joy ... gained from going to college and getting my first paid (on-campus) job

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 17, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Underground An ode to the MIT tunnels

  

  degrees is "freezing cold" and we break out our winter coats. Unfortunately ... symbols on the tabs disappear and you have no idea where you are clicking ... uninformed self, they seemed foreign and special and important. I was under the

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 8, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Construction Thoughts on a major.

  

  to do) was mechanical engineering. I liked to build things and create things, and I thought that led me to being a mechanical engineer. Fast forward a year, and I've had some new thoughts on the matter. I've always

  • by Cam T. '13
  • December 26, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Doctor Who?

  

  the time, donuts and coffee would be served at a 10 AM thesis defense ... , and Rocco try to figure out how to prepare their chicken tetrazzini ... --including breathmints, a moist towelette, and an adorable miniature bottle of tabasco

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 30, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Gerald Fink’s “What Is a Gene?” one of those cool talks that happen at MIT all the time

  

  In 1981, Gerald Fink was a professor at Cornell and a member of a visiting committee at MIT. At the time, MIT faculty and administration were ... research facility on campus that would be known as the Whitehead Institute

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 11, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Update Some things to do now if you were admitted to the MIT Class of 2014.

  

  distance of MIT -- driving and parking in Boston is not a good experience ... nearby campus as Providence, Rhode Island, and as far away as Singapore ... , Dallas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington (both the state -- in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 18, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  it’s only a matter of time a post for the deferred

  

  another blow to my confidence. I went and hid in a corner of the university ... [annotation note="And, now that the semester is over, that tin can truly is ... offer my congratulations, and a warm welcome to the MIT community. For the

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 20, 2020
• Blog / MISTI

  Out and about in the fog at the edge of the world

  

  I like standing at the edge, stopping there and looking down at the ... world – it's been ethereal and intense and beautiful. And now I just ... months to settle back and see what it's like being here and meeting other

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • March 13, 2025