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• Blog / MIT Life

  Winter/Summer/Where I’m From

  

  for the past four months. Winter in PA is grey trees against a warm ... there for a few minutes, letting the July sun pulse warmth into my skin ... night falls the pink streetlights light the forest from behind, the snow a

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • May 6, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Art Imitating Art well, at least blogs.

  

  dramatic monologue. "Wait...beat! That's it!" I called my friend David - a ... told him to bring his guitar. My plan? To defeat the zombies with a logic ... enough to cripple the living. I took a gamble by thinking death metal could

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 5, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Take THAT, Microsoft Firefox rules.

  

  've known you for like a year and we've never actually met." "I know, you ... -shaped paper cut-outs in a complex word pattern. For those of you who are ... was last night, which is always a lot of fun. I was in class until 9 PM

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 19, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Out of Context Quoteboard SFW for the blogs, unfortunately

  

  is just a synonym for horny." Bonus subcategory: Lesbians snaps ... whiteboard were a number of (SFW) out of context quotes. Well, as it happens ... that people say on a day to day basis, whether they are drunk or sober

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 25, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Why So Serious? On Keeping Life in Perspective

  

  It's been a while since I've had time to sit down for a long period of time and blog. I promise I have a good reason though! Most people at ... . Make a difference. Class of 2016, you're in for the journey of a

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 25, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  ideas. A restlessness that keeps me searching. And above all a love for ... , what might be my short term and long term goals, it's important to go a little ways back in my history (what history I have), not too far, just a

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • January 27, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  my semesterly planner mentally preparing for the trials ahead

  

  schedule Next in my planner you'll find a page for each month of the semester ... In less than a week I'll be hopping on my flight back to Boston, and ... [annotation note="is this okay to say in a blog? let's hope so

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • August 18, 2025
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why I Haven’t Been Blogging I, uh, don't really have an excuse

  

  stop typing for more than 7 seconds.   This works to cook up a ... right flavor. I bake my post to perfection and let it sit for about a day ...  police for getting too close to the front while both my friends met Tim Cook

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 1, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Design in Boston [By Doug '14] Events that showcase the creative capital in and around Boston.

  

  . If you are a web designer this book will be your bible for internet ... [By Doug Sanchez '14] After taking 2.97 (Design for People) I changed my major to 2A and decided to concentrate in product design. I was

  • by ARTalk
  • November 5, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  IHTFP Warning: Bitterness Ahead! (And why IHTFP can mean so many different things.)

  

  There is a whiteboard in Ben's office which was apparently once used for admissions work, but for years it has been taken over by students ... with a bat." -Christina '10 "It must be finals week!" -Ben Why am I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 20, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  FIRST POST! You guys are totally right.. that WAS really tempting.

  

  I would love to take credit for the brilliant entry title, but ... comments are so genuine and thoughtful, and it really makes a difference to ... longer a freshman, which entails five exams, three papers, and a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 7, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Build awesome What to do if you like to build stuff.

  

  for inspiration? Let me introduce you to a few really wonderful ... stuff, if you're a budding engineer or inventor, what can you do? It's a ... look around MIT for lots of examples of cool projects, like: Disco

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 11, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  There’s antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium… ...and hydrogen and oxygen and nitrogen and rhenium...

  

  contents of the periodic table for a quiz. This basically means that everyone ... !) just in time to help the 213 suite put together a study break. Every Thursday, some group of people on the floor puts together a late night snack

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 15, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  USA Wins 2nd in International Math Olympiad Three MIT '09s won Gold Medals.

  

  team members are tallied for a country team score. This year, the top ... international math & science olympiads. Competitions are held for such ... themselves here). The problems are stated in a straightforward fashion, making

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 18, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  to now and forever

  

  prepare for a different kind of reunion. I used to mention Aiden a lot in ... complications and side things, Aiden was doing his own thing for a good chunk of ... been my friend for the past thirteen years, came and spent the weekend at

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 15, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Defying Gravity

  

  (Source: leslieland.com) Man, I feel excited for you guys! *Wipes ... don’t remember much what happened during my Pi day; I think I went for some retail therapy and watched a few episodes of Friends to distract

  • by Linh V. '13
  • March 12, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  everything is actually going okay and i think that's pretty cool

  

  . things are okay. things have been okay for a while now. i go to bed and ... homesick for a place that isn't home. but now that i think about it, the feeling of homesickness isn't really about a place. you're homesick for

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 30, 2021
• Blog / Personal Travel

  [Guest Post] The Southbound Train by Kylee C. '23

  

  This is a guest blog post by my dear friend (and first person I ever ... euphoria as a southbound train. There ain’t nothing like slowing down to ride ... passenger train receives woefully little love in the US of A, but it

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 10, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection-time Questions Omnibus

  

  be accepted." For many applicants (especially those doing IB or A ... 't sure exactly what the test was, and mistook it for a different math ... 't important, we wouldn't ask for it on the application. It's a holistic

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 22, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  what i talk about when i talk about running with apologies to murakami

  

  a slight incline, but then it's quick dash down the straightaway for ... , even Boston University has a janky bridge. Justice for MIT - equal bridge ... the hypercompetitive environment of gunning for grades and a good

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 21, 2025