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• Blog / MIT Life

  the last twenty days burning out before the semester even starts

  

  One year ago, before sophomore year started, and before I became a ... "]REX[/annotation] chair for Next House. This was a stressful time—along with a co-chair and a few other committee members, I had to design and run the first and

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 12, 2021
• Blog / Residential Life

  The River Freezes Over and other nifty things about being on campus

  

  The river freezes over, but it isn't frozen solid. My roommate and I ... until days later, when the sky finally cleared, and the sun shone down, melting just a patch of ice. I could see the water rush and tumble from my

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 19, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Tunnel66 bringing the borderline tunnels online for CP*

  

  and animations, and since then, we have been part of the exec team as co ... of projects, and is now a community of people interested in the intersection of art and technology. CPW is something we, as a club, were really

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 18, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Back to back to back maybe i am doing too much

  

  ’ll continue my theme of talking about my problems in public, and I’ll walk you ... me, and I feel that, until last weekend, I didn’t really have a day ... we stored all of our class supplies. This took us an entire day and

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 27, 2020
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  Freshman Summer plans and progress

  

  Spring semester is here, which means summer is coming up soon, and while I’m excited for the sunny weather and the shorts-and ... consequence of being a professional perfectionist, pessimist and long

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • February 10, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Class of 2020 Ring Delivery we got our brass rats!..time to drop out? (also many photos)

  

  (almost) halfway point of getting through MIT. It marks many psets and exams and essays and projects. It marks low points and high points, good times and bad. It marks many late nights and early morning and some late

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 27, 2018
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Day 1: Quito Old Town The hostel, the basilica, and Embarrassing Spanish Attempt #2

  

  -shirts and two sweaters. We are at 10,000 feet, so I guess the cold temperature ... , the hostel bed is very cozy and has lots of wool blankets and a big ... Ecuador!) and gazing at Cotopaxi. t When I finally dragged myself out of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / Events

  A Splash of color! and a bigger splash of water.

  

  exactly did all that time go? That's an answer too long and boring for this post (and for maybe any post; the last few months have been either a ... systems research and development, c) exciting, by which I mean "Stargate SG

  • by Cam T. '13
  • March 4, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Our mother shoulda just named you Laika! Come on Alex, you can do it.

  

  student) and I actually bought these on separate occasions, and I think I had intended to give mine to another relative but forgot to, and so they ... like to talk about it. (I am, of course, kidding. My sister and I love

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 25, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Repilot A 10th vlogiversary for the 20th blogiversary

  

  many projects in my life. While MIT students have IAP in January and take ... former bloggers, queuing their posts, and absorbing their stories, I got the itch to write. And when Celena C '12 said that she was going to vlog

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 24, 2025
• Blog / Class Projects

  weld your own bike and other IAP activities

  

  , stands for Independent Activities Period, and takes place for all of ... between classes, people, and personal projects. I was somewhat exhausted by the end, but each of the classes felt new and valuable. I took Weld Your

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 1, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I Write Academic Papers a look into how i wrote my final paper

  

  , and while I'm not the best writer, I've found that this formula works ... and Culture class: Each paper must be an original written piece of work ... opportunity to really dig in and research a topic of your choosing related to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 23, 2021
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  portal and visit your Application Status page. There, you will be able to ... Class of 2026, and as of *checks watch* right now, we have offered early ... and sculptors, aviators and architects, poets and poi spinners — they

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 18, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  living away from home lessons learned

  

  I've had my fair share of time with roommates and friends in the past year and I've learned a lot. I lived for the first time with friends in a ... , but no one ever talks about the details and issues and real problems you

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 10, 2021
• Blog / How to Food

  A week told through food warning: lots of food pictures

  

  ? Well, dear mortals, I have perfected the art of photosynthesis and ... winter, rapidly decaying window of daylight, and my delayed sleep schedule ... blog post, and here it is. This came out as an experiment to figure out

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 18, 2019
• Blog / Events

  APPLE BAKE channeling midterm stress into baking, sculpting, and completely destroying apples for decades

  

  of Burton-Conner compete to create the best apple dishes and apple art.  The Burton-Conner Graduate Resident Tutors (GRTs) both plan and organize ... as flour, sugar, eggs, cinnamon, butter, and, of course, apples. This

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 5, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  happy palindrome week! conventions, patterns, palindromes

  

  , including how we write our dates. The [annotation note="and, of course, dropping the leading 0, so it's currently 9/ and not 09/"]convention of MM-DD-YY[/annotation] means that in America today is 9/10/19, which reversed reads the same, and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 10, 2019
• Blog / Announcements

  Class of 2023 Wait List Decisions Released

  

  , then those people decide whether to accept our offer of admission, and then we decide whom, if anyone, we want to take off the wait list, and ... accept the offer, and thus how many beds you have available in residence

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 10, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Blogger Fam Takes the MFA Photodump of semi-artsy pictures ahead

  

  Occasionally, we bloggers get together and do cool things that are off the internet. Today was one of those instances. And by today I mean ... somewhat early) and a large proportion of the bloggers were probably still

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 13, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Dream Machine Wooden slabs and oil paintings

  

  job, exercise, drink 8 cups of water, consult your doctor, and resurrect ... place, featuring life updates and interior decorating tips. It’s a new ... process, with all the tranquility and order of the Republican National

  • by Joel G. '18
  • September 21, 2016