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  The First Four Days of the Next Four Years (Guest Entry) "STUDY. SLEEP. PARTY….pick two"

  

  extraordinary for Cambridge, since it had been cloudy and drizzly for a while) a ... Airplane (how psychedelic): For me, Saturday was mostly a dorm tour day ... the advice I received from an MIT alum a while back. Throughout my time

  • by Bryan
  • April 17, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  What I’m taking this semester! senior fall

  

  'm not looking forward to! Which is also a first for me. There was always at least ... excited for this class. Plus, I could end up becoming a cool super villain ... now it's 12:45AM. I haven't done a "what am I taking this semester

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • September 4, 2024
• Blog / Announcements

  Celebrating Indigenous Peoples’ Day with AISES + NASA

  

  (Ojibwe) is a youth robotics inventor, activist, and advocate for youth who ... Celebrant, and a Candidate for Unitarian Universalist Ministry. Most recently ... undergrad, is a program leader for Stanford’s ADVANCE Undergraduate Institute

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 11, 2021
• Blog / IAP

  As the City Slumbers thoughts while walking in a park

  

  everything takes place at night; only those with a special disregard for sweat ... pilgrimage to Eegee’s, which is a Tucson sandwich chain named for its fine ... graphic novels from a squat library. I gave a wide berth to a mom with her

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 21, 2021
• Blog / IAP

  Ciao, Italy! (Part 2) late post due to usual MIT firehosing

  

  spent a night in the town of Bergamo, famous for its split-level upper and ... Part 2/2 documenting my Italy IAP trip :) Enjoy! Day 15: A magical day in Bologna, especially after chancing upon a fellow group of

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • February 17, 2018
• Blog / Classes

  Pre-Sophomore Year in anticipation of the sophomore slump

  

  ; 17.307 Excited for a class is a... strong term... but I choose to have ... Policy for Washington Interns, which is a small class in coordination with ... can for sure say that I feel the most confident I've been, which is a

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • September 1, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things I Regret… less-than-optimal decisions I've made in college

  

  graduate for my Mech. E degree. I probably would have had a better academic ... longer before making decisions. Ask more people for a different perspective ... ’ve made while in college...   1. Trying to go for the computer science

  • by Selam G. '18
  • August 4, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Scary Tails and College Essays Three bad puns, two bloggers, one post.

  

  application cats. Also, last night we discovered a new qualification for ... the aforementioned Lucy to go for a drive. Driving by muscle memory led ... . Look at what we do for you. We almost fell prey to a demon

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 31, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Physics A short novel.

  

  have a chance a college. In the end, it's what you did for the love of ... 've heard great things about it. For example, there's a lot more support ... a pleasant experience. You all smile about this whole firehose analogy

  • by Karen F. '11
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  39 windows and 2 friends a love letter to simmons's architecture

  

  ’m struggling on a pset problem or an essay late at night, when i’m stressed for a ... last year, i lived in simmons hall. simmons is known for many things ... you think simmons is a masterpiece of postmodernism or an aesthetic

  • by Boheng C. '28
  • December 2, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  a conversation with my mom at 1 am about cacti, writing, meche, and chess

  

  , not for more than a few weeks, a traveller passing through her old ... for a saguaro.” I looked and saw that she was right. I told her so, and ... chemistry and a spectroscopy lab under my belt, but no shop classes. Lucky for

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 11, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  hold me (but not too close) on writing the full-length play

  

  ?” The problem is: I’ve always been a bad fiction writer. For starters, I ... certainly. For a play to be satisfying, though, that uncertainty has to be ... act I: prologue When I was a kid, I used to dread going to sleep. I

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 7, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  what the f*** am i doing this summer still don't know if i'm going abroad or not lol

  

  it in 2021. my acceptance transferred over a year, which made for an ... February, I interviewed for a microscopy company and was offered an ... a bit during the virtual week, which I was SUPER hyped for. in the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 12, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Playing Doctor… Are people REALLY impressed by big words? You be the judge.

  

  Thursday for all of IAP in a classroom. As long as I pass all of the tests ... pretty useful for my summer job as a lifeguard. Yesterday's class was long ... for such a simple device, so people are either really unnecessarily

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 10, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  the hardest you’ve ever worked the firehose strikes again

  

  *everything* else to make up for it, that this is my one chance to take a lot of ... applied for many classes which historically had low acceptance rates: a ... discussing poetry. I made a sword with a dragon head for a hilt. I read about

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 14, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Hitchhiker’s Guide to CPW DON'T PANIC.

  

  're not trapped in a Vogon airlock (or are you?), but I do have advice for ... ^_^), your host is a great resource to ask for advice about choosing which of ... , and Jordan), then you've probably just made a friend for life. There

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 5, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Temporary Band Entry Title And we hope we passed the audition.

  

  tonight and give a free midnight concert all over campus except for Building ... that a brief concert for the residents of the dorm were in order. Hey, it ... 's time for a bonus entry.

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 1, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT-vangelion: Behind the scenes! how we made the Pi Day 2023 video!

  

  end. I was definitely going for a cyberpunk vibe with the tech dude ... turd.” Here’s a couple principles for doing 2D animation that are ... . To generate anticipation for a certain action, you generally want to

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • March 12, 2023
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  We Stan Matt Parker i'll try not to mention the parker square

  

  -variable calculus at my local community college. I began to feel like a real college student (at least, for a high school student). But I remember sitting in ... dimensions. For example, to picture two dimensions, simply imagine a piece of

  • by Paige B. '24
  • February 2, 2024
• Blog / Personal Projects

  in Black Valley Hostel journal of my third day in Ireland

  

  there’s a charity event for it. Folk come from all over the world. He ... made valiant efforts. When I asked for a word, they switched to English ... train, read some Neil Gaiman, and got off in Killarney. I fumbled for a

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 9, 2023