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• Blog / MIT Life

  the last twenty days burning out before the semester even starts

  

  . First, I had forgotten that this REX would be the first in-person REX in ... .  Running REX was terrifying. With only seniors having previously run an in ... just did not have. The first event, in particular, was quite an

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 12, 2021
• Blog / How to MIT

  [joint post] the MIT picture scavenger hunt or, how to drive yourself insane by looking at floorplans

  

  in real life, who has this really impressive, almost encyclopedic ... still remember when it happened. We were in some random building after ... first twenty or so images in the collection seemed fairly reasonable, and

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

  goal setting and organization how i organize my life!

  

  while I'm not the most organized person in the world, I thought it'd be ... progress in my life. Progress tracking is a huge part of my life. I really ... ago, maybe in the middle of this past spring semester, I invested in a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 4, 2021
• Blog / Advice

  applying sideways, beyond admissions a rendition of Petey's hit blog

  

  odds of me getting in panned out, and in some wild reality I actually ended up going here, things after that would simply fall in place. My ... ’s Applying Sideways blog still remains, in my opinion, the most pertinent

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • April 22, 2021
• Blog / Residential Life

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

  

  until eight, I saw someone running outside in a t-shirt. She looked rather ... ;)[/caption] We're still in Q-week, which means we're supposed to stay inside ... for up to one hour. It feels like being in limbo — everything should be

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 19, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Thanksgiving a different way All the cool kids call it "Friendsgiving" now, right?

  

  move out). In the days leading up to our unprecedentedly luxurious break, I got more and more excited. We were in the twelfth week of the ... ,[/annotation]and I was t i r e d. I was ready to sleep in! To relax! To have fun! Well

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 2, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  transferring student culture online virtual rush? it's more likely than you'd think

  

  In the past few weeks, I've been pretty busy with [annotation note ... happens in the week first-years get to happens"]REX.[/annotation]Then, frosh were placed in dorms based on a ranking form they filled out. From Aug 31

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 8, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Piercings! sorry mom

  

  in my dorm went and got piercings together. Their excitement and joy ... of them: Chameleon Chameleon is a body art studio located in Harvard Square. I went to Chameleon back in January 2019, bundled up in a coat

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 17, 2020
• Blog / Advice

  a love letter to rice cookers and a recipe

  

  " align="aligncenter" width="256"] Here she is in all her glory[/caption] This rice cooker holds a special place in my heart compared to our other ... would get drier as the leftovers spent more time in the fridge. This

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • August 16, 2020
• Blog / Class Projects

  Final Project Demo Roll if only they were more helpful to the world at large

  

  though everything was online and the motivation loss was real. In light of ... constraints of the class that would have been helpful to the world in times like ... together with your friends! You can watch the demo video linked in the

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 1, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  An Origin Story Or how I learned to stop worrying and love the Jinchūriki

  

  lot of sense considering I’m in the middle of reading applications for students who are about to start a new chapter in their lives. So, where’s my ... too busy drowning my sorrow and leftover stipend money in milkshakes

  • by kellen manning
  • January 28, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  2020 vision new year's resolutions

  

  accomplish this year: Cherish my close friendships. I entered MIT in September ... graduating this year. I can't wait to see them do amazing things out in the ... seemingly have less in common with. You know that awkward moment when you run

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 1, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  FOMO: Fear of Mis-Optimizing ice cream teaches me a thing or two

  

  -optimizing” (FOMO) in a conversation with Scott Alessandro, the Director of Undergraduate Education at Sloan. i was connected to him in my first week on ... guidance on my prospective major(s). he told me two things: 1. in my case

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 18, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  Holding pattern undergrad | me | graduation

  

  basketball, as of late March. Our season ended in the first round of the NCAA ... ) mechanical engineering class, and (1) thesis in order to graduate. And that ... Short Stories 2.002: Mechanics and Materials II 6.UAR: Seminar in

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • April 6, 2019
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  living the dream: UROP edition! in which i run experiments on children (well, kinda)

  

  In my New Year's reflections post, I mentioned that over the winter ... details yet. Now, I'm two weeks into the semester and in the thick of being ... semester, in one of my many existential crises, I started to think seriously

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 22, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  3.A03 Metalsmithing Throughout Time come to MIT, get to forge metal with your bare hands!! (and a hammer)

  

  At MIT, every student has an advisor -- in fact, throughout their time here, every student will have multiple advisors! It starts in ... selections, so that you can introduce yourself, get acquainted, and check in

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 27, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Quizbowl adventuring knowledge is (*) power !

  

   quizbowl." (In fact, there may be more in the future!) If you already know what ... quizbowl is that you form teams of 4-5 people, and two teams sit in a room ... . Quizbowl at the high school level comes in a lot of different formats, and

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 29, 2018
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  韓国人として習った本当の日本 an essay about understanding japan

  

  私はアメリカで生まれましたが、両親と祖父母の生まれはソウルです。祖父母から戦時中の貧しい暮らしや、日本政府によって大変な思いをした話を聞いたことがあります。今でも親戚のおじと話すと、その頃の感情が続いていると感じます。去年の夏休みのあと、おじとこんな話をしました。 「ジュンホ、夏休みどうだった？」 「楽したかったです。MIT で研究したり日本に旅行したりしました。」 「そりゃいいね！でもなんで日本に行ったの？他の国の方が楽しいじゃない？」 おじのように私も韓国人であることを誇りに思っていますが、日本について否定的な意見が持っていません。「国際的な現代に、なぜ親戚は日本のことを誤解しているのか」とよく考えました。そして、日本の歴史と文化を習うため、日本語を勉強しようと決心しました。 両親は戦後の生活を経験していますので、おじと同じ考えを持っていました。でもある日、両親は韓国で結婚式に行く時、私が日本語の勉強を始めたことを聞いて、日本にも寄ることにしました。旅行のあと、両親の心が変わったとすぐに感じられました。「ジュンホ、日本の自然は美しい！それに日本人は礼儀正しくて韓国人より丁寧だよ。」両親は褒め続けました。私が日本語を勉強し始めたことで、両親も日本に興味を持つようになり、その結果、心が変わったのです。 去年の夏休みに私は両親と日本に旅行しました。今でもその思い出が私の心をいっぱいにします。私たちが駅で迷った時迷わず手伝ってくれた知らない日本人。旅館でアルバイトをしていた韓国語専攻の大学生。旅館のおばあさんが一生懸命作ってくれた和食の朝ごはん。新幹線からみた美しい景色と感動。 この旅行を通して、日本人は助け合いの心を大切にしているということ知りました。私たちが今住んでいる世界は戦争のあった頃の世界とは違う。日本は完璧な国ではないが、私の両親を見ると、韓国人も本当の日本に気づけるはずだと思います。時間がかかるかもしれませんが、いつかおじの心も変わると信じています。 （ボストンの日本語スピーチコンテストのため。前川先生、文法や構成について直してくださってありがとうございます。）

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • March 16, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT and Slavery a developing history, and a live webcast

  

  ’s advice on how MIT could best explore its historical connections in this ... , meeting in the MIT archives. In December, the students presented to me what ... outlined more comprehensively in this MIT News story and accompanying video

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 16, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Gingerbread Gone Horribly Right "run, run, as fast as you can..."

  

  people in the images have graduated, some are seniors, and the fresh ... the people in the photos, Kristen Y. '19, now a The Committee member ... . This time, people could also get involved in the baking process! And it

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 8, 2018