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• Blog / People & Identities

  549,033 words how do you measure, measure a year?

  

  is not a particularly interesting age, and the past year itself has ... might usually have. There's still something about the turn of the year and ... reflect on the past year, and look forwards to what's coming next. Where are

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • May 7, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Nance Nance Revolution! (+ My CPW Recap) New art and new memories.

  

  great state of Hawaii. (Embarrassing moment coming...) Star, you are so ... perfect fit for MIT and I can't wait to see you as a freshman this fall ... , Marie, Daniel, Muhammad and Ryan (just to name a very few of you). For

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • April 25, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Overnight Program Come play with us!

  

  which I cheered and Sam trumpeted -- and, due to a malicious ball of ... ) in late September, and that I was outside from 2PM-5PM, I'm pretty sure it's physically impossible for anyone but me to get a sunburn. And yet

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Good Will Mystery Hunting 63 hours of puzzle solving: a classic part of the MIT experience

  

  butter and jam, sodas and juice, cheese, mustard, apples, oranges, cheerios, granola bars and a box of organic alfalfa sprouts that appeared in no ... sustenance of a third-grader who ate nothing but lunch and slept off the sleep

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 21, 2009
• Blog / Uncategorized

  “So, what HAVE you been doing?” less sad shit lets get a lil more hype in here

  

  ...my human-ness? I guess. And so it was just so lovely to be in that state all ... there's also a lot of incredibly fun and freeing things that I've been ... keep my blog life and, I guess, like, party/hookup culture life separate

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 25, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  winter in Brazil adventures in WGS.245: Race, Place, and Modernity

  

  This IAP, I’ve gone to Brazil!  I’m taking WGS.245: Race, Place, and Modernity. It’s a class focused on Afro-Brazilian and Indigenous Brazilian culture, with tons of readings, movies, and museum visits each week. The

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 10, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fanboying at the Career Fair SpaceX, CubeSats, and free stuff, oh my!

  

  your role models. They are rock stars and movie stars and talk show hosts and the fabulous glamorous divas of popular culture. Got it? Now imagine that they all convened at one place to throw a huge concert, and

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 21, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Movie A Day… the only way to spend your PNR

  

  , something especially appreciated at an institution notorious for being one of ... simultaneously is a blessing and a curse -- it takes the pressure off of work much ... Boston roughly once a month to go out and eat and explore the city. But

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 17, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Shelby’s Amazing CPW Adventure A CPW Guest Entry by Shelby '13

  

  This past weekend was the legendary Campus Preview Weekend at MIT and ... went.) I was instantly stunned by the campus and the intriguing ... getting settled in my host's dorm at New House 2, I was pumped and ready to

  • by Snively '11
  • April 29, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Public service announcement One stereotype that I just won't accept.

  

  , most students take the General Institute Requirements and learn that the ... lately is that MIT is a competitive and cutthroat place, and that ... instance, many people in Boston do like the Red Sox and say "ah" instead of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 31, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tests of the non-standardized kind Stop thinking about the SAT and start thinking about 18.01!

  

  's something to write about on a very cold rainy day, and b) I have some really ... and solve problems. Although a lot has changed since White was a grad ... takes away from the Institute. Hence tests. In Laura's entry, Eric asked

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 12, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  childhood and disney world trips

  

  the parks and have a lot of fond memories there from my childhood. I ... and remember some vague things about it. I remember staying up til midnight in the timeshare, sleeping next to my aunt and eagerly showing her

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 25, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Second Semester Senior What you should do after submitting your application to colleges

  

  academics, such as planning and executing a water project in Ethiopia, becoming a founder of a new FSILG, and playing with robots but that is all queued for a later post (in an attempt to spread out my blogging and be

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 22, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  dealing with loss it ain't easy

  

  . however, in the past few weeks, I've been confronted with more and more ... , my host grandfather passed away, and two weeks ago, my cat was put to ... my host family's house, so I'd visit him and my grandmother whenever my

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 5, 2022
• Blog / Summer

  what i’m up to this summer doing all the things

  

  and for all. For the last several summers, I’ve floundered in a soup of confusion and unease when it comes to my future. I taught in New Zealand and ... the disastrous combination of boring and detail-oriented—but every year

  • by Rona W. '23
  • July 6, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A HASS[le-free] Semester Stay for the videos!

  

  2008 United States Presidential, Senatorial, and State Elections. Key ... one that lulu took), Japanese III, and Macroeconomics (14.02 - falls ... things about MIT HASS (by the way, it stands for Humanities, Arts, and

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I Learned This Week notes and lessons from new classes

  

  🦖 RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!! 🦖 And we're back, coming in blazing with a fire and a vengeance! And a whopping three (3) weeks into the semester ... , psets and exams are experimental/lab based, so I have to learn how to run

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • February 15, 2026
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Toy Design Wrapup What am I going to do with all of my time now?

  

  . Following the advice of the scientists and heading towards 6-120 you may have ... busily, people running around in lab coats with clip boards, and caution ... final prototypes to an audience of industry representatives, parents, and

  • by Snively '11
  • May 16, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Catalogue of Fridays Like the unsolicited kind you get in the mail, but with more pictures!

  

  life and the universe instead of vector cross products and tumor ... Fridays are sneaky. Theoretically, as the last day of the week and the only thing standing between you and two glorious days of freedom and

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 10, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Welcome Home Like what we've done with the place?

  

  doors, new carpets, new paint, and everything. Mikey's gone on vacation ... couch, and put my feet up on his desk. The downside, I guess, is that I no longer have my protein shakes and favorite notes from applicants

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 11, 2011