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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Fitting In Fitting in at MIT

  

  now, we're not going there. What I do want to focus on is how in an ... life that such a mixture of people works. So, how do I feel like I fit ... comfort people when they're in a new place like MIT is having people that

  • by Bryan
  • May 19, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  what i’m doing this iap 2021 a busy busy house

  

  is doing this IAP and a quick recap of our winter break! Winter Break ... week, I start a brief program with D.E. Shaw in their Discovery ... Hi everyone! Apologies for being gone. I have a lot of blogs

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 10, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Astronomy in Paradise Lost I can't resist.

  

  that in a way a particle we detect is a manifestation of the wave, but ... . Regardless of his intention, when I read that passage I saw this in my mind ... ). "Is in the habitable zone" is a very different thing from "habitable

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 27, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The sun is out but why is it so cold outside?

  

  My cat is a little ball of static lately. It can't be too much fun to be a cat in the winter time. Today I wrested the last fateful drop out ... class. Rhetoric is not a HASS I recommend for the particularly faint of

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 20, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Deadline-time Questions Omnibus Answering all of your questions. See you in 2007!

  

  . Who do i need to contact if i am a "case" that needs to take the test in ... -searching"? My guess is that I could talk about it in my essay? 3) This one is a ... essay has to be something to do with engineering or could I send in a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How Hard is MIT? A quantitative analysis

  

  measures, the most difficult exam I’ve taken so far at MIT… but all that is ... scale. Note that this is plotted on a log scale.[/caption] All numbers ... salt. Nevertheless, this post is a big step in the right direction, and

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 26, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  that time of year… ...when every day feels like 48 hours instead of 24. When's summer?

  

  things that have kept me going. And a big one is listening to this video ... it's that time of year folks, the time of year that I don't even have ... , projects, psets galore!) that I kinda wish I was anywhere but here. Summer

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 20, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  to the skeletons in my closet an open letter to you

  

  jokingly believes that you do check in on me, seeing just how much i ... comfort in. i know you didn't do it on purpose. i know that it was all in ... a blog that explains it step by step i figured id just cut to the part

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 27, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  So who is this Laura person, anyway? Hello and welcome to the single coolest blog on the entire admissions website. My name…

  

  website. My name is Laura and I am a member of the MIT Class of '09, which ... minor in Course 17 (Political Science). Now, that said, let me tell you a ... embrace that my state is one of the most-often bashed states in the country

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To stay at MIT over the summer, or to not stay at MIT over the summer…that is the question With so many summer employment options, what's the best choice?

  

  doing a urop over the summer as working at NIH? I was thinking about different options next summer... thanks." In response, I have to say that my ... far less to do in terms of taking care of myself when I'm at home! There

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 17, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  [Guest Post] A day in my life! by Callie T. '26

  

  , I promised myself that I’d attend all my lectures to avoid a repeat of ... totally lost in that class for weeks. The current plan is to work on it with ... . It’s definitely a good thing that I’ve finished econ, so that I can

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • April 1, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s in a name? Is “geek” now chic? Are we happy with the word “nerd”?

  

  love the word nerd, I was quick to post a reply that said something about ... journalists such as LZ Granderson, a CNN contributor, proclaiming that he is ... book review is suggesting that maybe us 40- somethings might be doing our

  • by Kris Guay
  • July 4, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My Disappointment Is Immeasurable And My Day Is Ruined A story about cream soda

  

  to how prevalent creme soda is as a flavour in South Africa. I grew up ... that was the United States. As a chronically online Gen Z-er, I’d already ... Ferb is a work of fiction[/caption] Notice anything wrong in this frame

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 15, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Home is Where the Heart is In which I speak only in trite cliches.

  

  things at MIT? Where to live is a subject that is frequently touched on in ... 's a place for you. That is why I don't think it's redundant to add another perspective to the mix. I'm fortunate enough to live in a place I

  • by Tom R. '14
  • December 13, 2011
• Blog / People & Identities

  what is and isn’t me (rush, part 1) and the somewhat methodical unraveling of self

  

  reminder to live in every moment I had because, well. Life is short. That one ... spent a lot of time contemplating everything that I’ve penned in these ... this is a refrain I’ve heard many times from many people at many

  • by Caleb M. '27
  • October 7, 2025
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A Day In The Life [By MIDN 3/c Robert Block '10] It is 1200 on a Tuesday during IAP, and…

  

  to the skills I have learned as a midshipman in the ROTC program. The ... future as an officer in the fleet. MIDN 3/c Robert Block is a sophomore at ... [By MIDN 3/c Robert Block '10] It is 1200 on a Tuesday during IAP

  • by ROTC
  • February 12, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I DECLARE BANKRUPTCY!! and also my major and also indecision

  

  resonated with me and something I could see myself doing that is at least a ... skills. Then I find out that a math major is proofs and I immediately lost ... all of these things! But a part of me knows that I do not enjoy poli

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 20, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT is hard Yes, yes I am.

  

  see this weird in-between age bracket that is usually absent from campus ... I got in and am doing the work. As long as I try my hardest, work hard ... 's the bottom line. MIT is still a fantastic school, I love it, and

  • by Snively '11
  • October 18, 2008
• Blog / How to Food

  Internet is Gonna Get Me In lieu of studying, I finally get around to answering your questions.

  

  asymptomatic again and the cycle repeats). So I'm in the reading room. It's a ... is going to get you? The internet is going to get me. That's why I ... powder.) (The great thing about cooking in college is that regardless of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 29, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  My Life Is In Shambles… … and that’s ok

  

  bedsheets in 351. I stayed in that bed for days at a time during my first IAP ... I’ve learned to accept that my life can be in shambles. Being a human ... night and ate a single meal a day. I lost 10 pounds in 2 months, wasting

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • October 26, 2022