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  An IAP in Texas, chapter one Reporting on location from Fort Worth.

  

  greater-than-walkable distance... can you tell I'm rediscovering the joy of ... (Only in Texas can you legally drive 80mph on an Interstate highway!) This week, I drove about 1200 miles from my house in Arizona to the Fort

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 2, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In which brains are awesome Neener neener neener.

  

  hosed again, here's a picture of an otter for you." (Oh man I love otters ... of the best. Twice a week, Richard Wurtman stands in front of 40 ... figure out how any one man can have that much information in his head

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Our Essay Questions i am havink qvestion

  

  ? Now, I'm on record as saying that the college essay is often one of ... . However, I also know that many of you will be very busy with your academics ... Update: this list is no longer accurate as of 8/18/2015. But the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 1, 2013
• Blog / Classes

  20 Things I Learned In 2020 from a course 20 who is in her 20s

  

  NEVER fully understand what other people are going through, but I sure can do my part in trying. A smile can go a long way. It is not my job to ... really great hijabs. I hate running, but I can get through short interval

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 1, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  What Your Campus Wheels Say About You skrt skrt

  

  athlete in a fraternity. You ride the scooter in packs, with three of your ... usually park them in piles outside of the locker room or outside of the ... scooter battery is currently being held in place by a roll of duct tape

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • April 20, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  Things I enjoyed reading in 2022 (ok, i didn't enjoy all of it)

  

  and poetic and pretty. I'm not quite sure what any of it means or what's happening, but it's certainly an experience. I am cut off from the passion of ... the same man. Exercises in Style (60k words). I've written about this

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 21, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Candies and Costumes and Pumpkins and CATS Princess Leia and Orphan Annie ran around with laser guns and threw candy at people.…

  

  of costumes worn during the day around MIT's campus. I personally was ... weird being out of the norm. It's strange that I still feel that way, like ... . Regardless, I covered my costume, went to a really cool meeting in the morning

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 3, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Semester of poetry

  

  grows as I bounce off ideas and memories. In this initial phase, I can ... a different kind of rigor here to make things stand together in an (i ... somewhat crowding the stage. In highschool actually, the professors I liked

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • November 24, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Humans 101 @ MIT introductory SHASS classes this fall and recapping the lightning talks

  

  film As an alumnus of (and occasionally lecturer in) CMS, I've always ... ; HASS-H  | D. Fitzgerald STS.026 History of Manufacturing in America; HASS ... Subject: History of Women in Science and Engineering (New) | M. Weinstock

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 26, 2017
• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 4) notes from the last day

  

  kindness of bringing me some In-N’-Out and some bread and cookies. I still do ... of a thesis stuck together, which I am excited about. I can also turn ... nearly complete. It has been quite the time, and I can’t say that all of it

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 14, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two Days in the Life In which I overuse Instagram.

  

  . SENIOR. I walk down the halls of Simmons and see freshman frantically p ... n00bs" and then immediate proceed thinking, "Wait I'm not one of you ... reality when I inevitably run into the door frame. I wake up in the morning

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 15, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  italy research in pompeii

  

  there, I took this chance to briefly lock the frosh up in one of the ... I possibly can. It felt like a maze that was impossible to get lost in ... corner of the garden”, and for good reason I think. There were fish in the

  • by Anika H. '26
  • June 18, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  confronting the self i am the captain of my soul

  

  to you all the time. that the reason i was in your life was because of ... was there not alcohol involved? cj: well— alan: i can't think of any ... : and, i guess, i pretty much wasted a year of my life, in that respect

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 30, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Sunday in the Park With chemistry

  

  spots. Now, take the sum of everything that I've just written, factor in ... stampede of Nike-shod joggers, you can congratulate yourself by turning left ... that I'm conspicuously irregular in my sleep schedule, and I say this

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 26, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Thinking Outside of Absolutes A short thought piece on thinking about thinking

  

  lot. And I think this is something a lot of people can relate to. There ... ’ve started to realize that I tend to trap myself in this view of the world ... touch with reality and lives in a world of illusions.”    For me, I

  • by Richard O. '28
  • April 30, 2025
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Adventures at Trader Joe’s i think i might have joined a cult

  

  up buying the spicy version because I prefer having a bit of a kick in ... 'm told that these are one of Trader Joe's most popular items. And in fact, most of the times they were sold out in the store. I'm not sure where to

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 30, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  In a little while, I’ll be gone This is not a blog entry. I'm not here, this isn't happening.

  

  Act of 1957 by speaking in from of the Senate for 24 hours and 18 ... three days of finals I packed my entire life into about twelve boxes and ... person that I ever knew in high school. On Monday I'm headed for the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 27, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

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

  

  changed my major to 2A and decided to concentrate in product design. I was ... though of how everything around us was “designed.” I took 2.97 during IAP of 2011. I am currently more and more involved with classes that

  • by ARTalk
  • November 5, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what i learned from classes spoiler: not what i expected

  

  problems — but in the end, we did end up solving many of them. I can ... ) clubs I’ve been a part of (both by being in leadership positions, and in ... . Because of Baby Rudin and 18.100B, I can now say that I've stared at a

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • May 27, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Institute of Contemporary Art College Night #2 of 3 Boston Adventures

  

  developments, I will soon gain access to the front of my cerebral cortex, where ... birthday wishes in class. One of my neighbors, F. ‘17, resolved to congratulate me every time I passed, which was often. In the evening, my friend

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 27, 2015