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• Blog / Athletics

  Miscellany In which I talk about my life and Fancy sportsball DNA folk songs

  

  today, so there's still plenty of time to jump on the bandwagon and offer ... from the bottom. And because I didn't talk about anything MIT-related in the video and there has been a crazy amount of MIT-related things

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 22, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet The (New) Bloggers! I promised myself I wouldn't cry...

  

  upperclassmen as well. Over the last week and a half the blogger committee - comprised of the communications team and our Class of 2012 senior bloggers - reviewed all of these applications, and tried to sort them out among us. The

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 17, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  I wake to sleep An application to a telescope asked me why I learn and where I'm going. It…

  

  in three different states and twice as many towns. I've lived in ... , what might be my short term and long term goals, it's important to go a ... , depending on how you look at it. I was 8 and lived on the outskirts of one of

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • January 27, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Political Process For the civic-minded

  

  So, the past week and a half or so ("has it really been that long ... life. This is the first year I've been old enough to actually vote, and ... I will say that I believe politics are relevant, and in my mission to

  • by Karen F. '11
  • February 14, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I was out of bullets. Living free or dying hard in Germany.

  

  sketchy youth hostels and subsisting mostly on döner. I was planning to live ... flatbread, and it comes topped with three tons of cabbage and tomatoes and cucumbers and yogurt sauce. There approximately two döner stands on every city

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 25, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Room E51-151, Please??? By Jing, '11

  

  name, home state, and interested courses/majors every time you met ... have an idea of what my day’s schedule looks like…and if you ... , you know that didn’t work out. The Icebreaker and CPW Festival

  • by Bryan
  • April 23, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  my application essays try not to cringe

  

  ’m drawn to MIT’s unique writing department, which offers both creative and ... and relevant. Perhaps similar courses are offered at other schools; I ... It's been four years since I applied to MIT, and while I've been

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 27, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Year (In Numbers) This belated post was written in English and with numbers, the Institvte's nth language

  

  only one that offered free food.The 5.111 staff would periodically invite students to forums, where they could talk over pizza and snacks. They sought our impressions of the class and suggestions on how to make it better

  • by Emad T. '14
  • February 13, 2011
• Blog / How to Food

  Talking About Dining There's been a lot of talk on campus about one thing – dining.

  

  see, MIT currently has a rather unorthodox dining system, and by that I ... add money to a TechCash account and whenever your ID is swiped anywhere on campus – and a few places off campus – the money is deducted from

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • November 21, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I chose my classes A graduating senior's perspective; results may vary

  

  Structures), and 6.5440 (Algorithmic Lower Bounds), which are offered in a ... 6.7800 (Inference and Information, the subject of the exam and by far ... ’s often brutal and unforgiving academic gauntlet, yet also sad that I was

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 24, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  Dishwashers, parents, space: what do these things have in common?

  

  appliance in most countries outside of the US and apparently many immigrants ... electricity and the job can be better accomplished by hand washing ... cu. Ft.), I hope and pray that somehow, perhaps for Christmas, a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 9, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  DNA and How to Extract It Messy, slimy, colorful science from a class I taught for Spark.

  

  -long assortment of classes for middle and high school students organized by the MIT student group ESP (Educational Studies Program) and taught by MIT students and community members. ESP seems to contain most of my Random Hall

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • May 31, 2013
• Blog / People & Identities

  am i doing this all wrong? thinking thoughts and feeling feelings

  

  Some days are wonderful. Others are tough. And then... there are ... task harder, interaction tougher, and footstep heavier. The day feels oddly still, like time has slowed and all that’s left in the world is you

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • March 4, 2024
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  [Guest Post] The Alleyway by Isabella Y. '24

  

  side, and a certain Institute of Technology it houses, reflects the voice ... brownstones to tea and scented candlelight. Yet some are always late. They ... favorite side of the house. Well, there’s only two to choose from, and the

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 11, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  My favorite room on MIT’s campus a personal room of requirement

  

  , but you can easily deduce longitude, latitude, and altitude from the ... , reconnection to friends, and eagerness for a fresh academic term is a permeating feeling of competence and belonging. This place is my jam. I'm writing from

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • September 24, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Introducing…Stan! Passing the blogger torch

  

  )engineering, and being an upperclassman at this good old institute. ... implementation to consider, not to mention all the ethics, advocacy, and ... Tech for the past two years and know that he is not only an enthusiastic

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 24, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  Time Management Reading this article adds +15 to Time Skills

  

  some pretty awesome classes and extra-curriculars to participate in. (If ... Institute of Technology......) But one of the largest challenges, at least for me, has been finding the time to try and pset all that needs to be

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 1, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  goodbye goodbye goodbye what's in store for me?

  

  unknown, to open my arms out to it and welcome what the universe has in ... chapter of my life is done and that in order to grow we need to put ourselves in uncomfortable positions and this is a necessary step towards

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / Personal Travel

  In Japan, the Elevators Don’t Care - Sort of trying to fit in as an American in Japan - 

  

  jolts you from both sides and you realize again, that this is not a place ... 're sliders and levers. Room doors don't have hinges to open into or out of ... category of cultural differences like "toilets are heated and have a fake

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / IAP

  GTL Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 [IAP 2025] A January I won't forget

  

  can go to schools around the world during January and teach classes ... walked through the front entrance of the Shoqan School and was serenaded by ... wearing traditional clothing, and seemed to have been eagerly waiting the

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • March 6, 2025