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• Blog / Academics & Research

  highlights of a hellish semester it's OVER. IT'S FINALLY OVER GOSDAIUOSDSOIJD

  

  project for CMS.100 (intro to media studies) Boston adventures ... on a Wednesday for NO REASON—it was so good lol walking to 7/11 late ... was a lot of fun...I miss being able to dance with my team in person

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 28, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Wonder what an Amtrak station in the middle o’nowhere looks like? Pulling an Anthony on you: pictures of train stations, followed by my IAP so far.

  

  nonblogging is apparently reason for you to yell at me. Please don't. Every post ... related to MIT, except for the fact that my extended visit would not have ... walked to 7-11 in the biting cold like only a crazy person should. With

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 17, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  summertime! and the livin's easy?

  

  're happy to see each other, and that's all I could really ask for. Self ... gone to and helped build for every party preceding this one, so there ... . The Simmons Gov team had to deal with [annotation note='removed this for

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • July 15, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Walk around the blogs Think of it as summer reading.

  

  student life and culture, for example, you have almost instant access to ... basic introduction to life and academics at MIT. And for the record, this ... : Mini-Guide to the GIRs An introduction to MIT's core curriculum for

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 13, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Living Meaningfully and all the things that has entailed

  

  ??? Should I be posting words when I have to actually be writing words for my ... California. For the first few months, I was flying back and forth to the East ... every day for the free lunch, biked to the wholesale coop for groceries

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / Hacks

  “futility island” socially conscious hacking? in MY institution?

  

  of just a few exceptions to MIT's preference for numbers), will now be ... It's more likely than you think! To understand this hack, you need ... to the animals and parts of nature whose voices are "silenced

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 25, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where did my Summer Go? Written 30,000 feet above the ground in a giant piece of metal

  

  to South Korea for two weeks to work on a project. In the words of one ... person let that happen!?" I am absolutely honored to have had the ... classy!! It is company policy for most companies (I think) to provide

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 15, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Living la vida lab rat So the moral of the story is that freedom is relative in science. And that…

  

  me being late to cook dinner for Adam and Ben writing me an excuse note ... wanted to see V for Vendetta because I'd heard it was a gripping dystopic ... , professors, and grad students?" The easiest question there to answer is how I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 25, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  living having the time of my life

  

  for yet another tangerine. And gradually, instead of adding purpose to ... occasional "ya dig?" and "do you guys follow me?" to check for confusion as ... personal projects also lend themselves to a lot of learning. After building a

  • by Anika H. '26
  • May 10, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Finding my place at MIT It's an ongoing process

  

  hard to build the friend group that I craved. And for my first year and ... apprehensive to go back for Junior year because I felt like I'd regressed from ... Gregor-specific term for a floor) and got closer to the people I lived with. My interest

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 2, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Watching Birdwatchers And getting into summer programs.

  

  enough. There it was: The E-mail I'd Been Waiting For. "I am pleased to ... MUCH TO POST ABOUT. The musical came and went, I registered for The Most ... THE HECK IS THAT? The woman next to me looked concerned for my well

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 3, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Answered Questions, answers, and Sam's face. This is the real MIT.

  

  I came to college, after being a dedicated PC user for probably about ... issue for Macs. While it's true that some programs that I used to use on PC are not available for Macs, it's usually not hard to find a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 11, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Raskolnikov as an Odd Metaphor on angst and deferral

  

  drained. For the high school seniors out there who are applying to college ... many healthy things to do while waiting for decisions like going to a ... , back to procrastination. Although I was Very On Top Of Things for MIT and

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 17, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dear prefrosh, a letter to you

  

  something that was meant for all of you to read. I've been getting a lot of ... friendships for a degree, but I think you have to understand there's much more ... , it was really hard for me to start asking for help and be "okay" when I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 25, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Warmth, Happiness, and Baked Goods (guest post) The best way to spend your time off.

  

  why? To get into MIT? The truth is that the algorithm for college ... have time to stop and smell the roses. Personally, pollen makes me ... are reading this post. If you are in high school, you may be looking for

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • July 25, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Sigma ChIgloo MIT Fraternity brothers engineer a 10 foot igloo while relaxing in Maine

  

  ideas for how to approximate better. Now that the math is out of the way ... his pow pow only lasts for a couple hours... Brothers begin to ... Brothers of MIT Sigma Chi retreat to Maine from Thursday -> Sunday

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • March 6, 2012
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  summer lovin’ 🎶 🎶 had me a blast

  

  existing this summer. And my actual self really wanted to go home for the ... to :D In like November/December (which seems so long ago now), the concept of summer wasn't real to me. I couldn't visualize my actual self

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • July 2, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wrapping Up First Semester Two more weeks to go.

  

  actually see the guy there in person speaking not to mention the slew of ... to say bye to some of the professors, but you are also ready for a ... Monday, my first semester here is abruptly coming to an end. I have

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • December 10, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Meet My True Love: Notion a tool for stress-free college applications (and much more)

  

  extensively used a Google Doc to track all of my class assignments and personal ... of pre-made templates for you to copy and use as your own! In this ... representation of information is a lot easier to take in quickly for me than just

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 18, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  By the numbers Who needs words to talk?

  

  giveaway that the person you’re talking to has been fully and wholeheartedly ... don’t know which one you’re on or which you’re going to (as is often the case, for me anyway), that 68 is the only building on main campus to run

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 7, 2007