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  Do you live in Zambia? Malawi? Ghana? If you could send me some African dirt, that would be amazing! (And illegal. But…

  

  /Malawian/Ghanaian dirt compares to dirt commonly found in, say... Massachusetts? Or what sort of building materials are just laying around in these countries ... machines, like in the picture? How was it? What sort of buildings do local

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 11, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Do These Numbers Have in Common? 7, 8, 12, 17, 18.

  

  bottom. Here at MIT, it's rapidly coming down to the end. In a week and a ... +humid wave hitting me in the face already - the humidity is not so wonderful ... and Weinberg, both vanguards in their respective biological fields

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 13, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Day in the Life: Weekend Edition 80% more fun and 800% more apples in one serving!

  

  tiles, and I laid in bed and watched for a while. Some mornings also ... :15 because the MIT concert band was leaving for a gig in Harvard, MA in EXACTLY ... + piccolo) below the seat in front of me just the way I was taught by

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 16, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  My Favorite Spots in Cambridge/Boston well-trodden and well-hidden alike

  

  A summer in Cambridge did wonders for my knowledge of the area. While ... some of my favorite spots in the area! Kendall Square Area 1. Dodecahedron near CambridgeSide Galleria Most people end up in the Lechmere Canal

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 19, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What can you do in four years?

  

  resources MIT has to offer for a student?" In a word, no. No matter how much ... . Sophomore year (IAP '05): Took a PE class in foil fencing. Attended a few ... that I went to because it sounded exciting. :) Participated in Mystery

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 19, 2006
• Blog / Community Projects

  Hummingbird in a Cube of Ice Singing in the shower, taken to a whole new level.

  

  you're in the middle of a problem set. Continuing in this vein (not the ... years ago, programmed some basic menu functionality in DOS, uploaded 50 emulated NES games, and hooked it up to speakers in the bathroom. He then put

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  What We Did In High School pls don't be as stressed as we were

  

  projects in the Maker Portfolio (we think she said yes, as long as you ... some variation of “What did you do in high school to get into MIT ... rising seniors in high school, so we will use it’s format as inspiration

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • July 11, 2018
• Blog / Classes

  Things I enjoyed reading in 2021 another year another book post

  

  in this honest autobiographical essay. Every story I have ever told has ... ’t quite right. That all the beginnings have endings in them. The Lottery ... this wasn't even assigned reading in class, it was just mentioned in

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 20, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  All the food in my cabinet Like an unboxing, but an uncabineting

  

  are full. I have my own big cabinet, and baby... it's like Tetris in ... semester, it will be much emptier as I eat through all my food supplies in ... tofu, fruit, and vegetables, are perishable and live in the fridge, so

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 24, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Days in lives that aren’t mine in a parallel universe

  

  I wake up at 9 AM, and it's the first time in a while that I've been ... doors to the rooms were open, and the light was streaming in from the ... placing it in the drying rack, I head back upstairs and grab my laptop

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 22, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Their Own Words (Part 3) Thailand and Israel and Columbia, oh my!

  

  one of those rare UROPs in the humanities. I am helping design a new ... will take someday. In addition, I am coding the website and software ... server). In my spare time, I work front desk at Random Hall and am a Summer

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 8, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  every book I read in 2022 all nine-plus of them

  

  everything I read in 2022. The Secret History, Donna Tartt (5/5) The Secret History is, of course, a famous book, particularly in certain circles. I ... world that Tartt created in the book, and the ease with which is sucked me

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • January 8, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Online Learning Ecology in The United Kingdom An xTalk on Amazing Programs and FREE Resources

  

  universities in the world. Are you worried that you have no qualifications to ... home. Interested in pursuing personal scientific inquiry with your fellow ... Professor Eileen Scanlon from The Open University, told us how in another

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 1, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  In which I show no restraint whatsoever But don't worry, you'll all probably benefit from it (unless, you know, you don't).

  

  On Sunday, I moved out of Senior Haus for the first time in two years ... at home ever since. I've been in my house for what I think is going on the fifth day (fifth? What day is it?? Is it really Thursday???) in a

  • by Keri G. '10
  • June 11, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Week in the Life: Optimism Edition In which I have a particularly tough, enriching week.

  

  working in studio for five hours and I hate my life but it was awesome,'" he mimicked in a higher-pitched voice and some sort of everlasting smile. It was past three in the morning and I'd just returned home from Studio 7

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  A Day in the Life (of IAP)

  

  classes earn a Bachelor's, Master's, or Doctoral degree in Charm. When I ... , but, perhaps unsurprisingly, they were in fact MIT students. Upstairs ... to my left or right, etc.). In the photo, Mitra is showing off the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 29, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  In which I “get a life” again reclaiming my childhood hobbies

  

  plenty of things I did in high school that brought me joy, fulfillment, and ... , [annotation note="especially in the narrow, and definitely incorrect sense that ... frequency in get-to-know-you questionnaires), so I was still a little

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 12, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  CP* restored my faith in the universe i read...My Immortal...with prefrosh

  

  the most fun I've had in literal weeks. I'm so grateful that I've had ... !!!! I love talking to everyone and sharing in their enthusiasm so! much ... community is. So many people were involved in this initiative: those who

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 18, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Immaterial Girl in a Material World There is an imposter among us

  

  says you’re in the EECS department – is that true?” another asked during ... mathematical computing) this semester, and I blow glass in MIT’s glass lab. The truth is, I’m actually majoring in 6-2 (electrical engineering and

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • November 1, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  dress your wounds and stay in bed self care!

  

    I learned some valuable life skills in Denmark, from how to turn on an induction stove to how to balance on a bicycle in unfavorable ... ’s December, and I’m writing this at a healthy 11pm in my favorite late

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 18, 2023