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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Orgo Birthday Happy birthday, Ting Ting!

  

  mainstream classes in an entire semester? 0. You get a lot more comfortable ... you can talk to them and ask questions, but in ESG it's even easier to ... submit entirely to ESG, you don't have to. It's a good way to get to know a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 14, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  the art of trying new things exploring new clubs, making new friends, and doing the things i was afraid to do

  

  council so much and I wish we were in person so I could get to know them ... afraid to do in my freshman year. One of the bigger things I wanted to do ... low self-esteem and little to no experience in the content covered by

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 19, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  3D Ping Pong Quantum Mechanics (Or why the sciences here are even better than you may think)

  

  to refract certain types of light to get not one rainbow - or even ... foil. Rutherford, of course, did it to get a clearer picture of atomic ... balls in a lecture hall. "It's considered bad form to aim at your

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 20, 2010
• Blog / Summer

  this summer a recap of sorts

  

  section of the city. MIT exists in a sort of bubble, and it's so easy to get ... months and reflect on what it meant to me. Living in Boston I spent most ... , or going outside to get an iced matcha from Caffe Nero, or just hanging

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • September 14, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freebie Part II My schedule

  

  As I've mentioned before, each semester the bloggers all get a freebie entry, an entry in which all we have to do is share with you our ... movies related in some form or fashion. It has the potential to be an

  • by Snively '11
  • February 12, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Le BBQ

  

  wanted to tie in the Olympics somehow, but no such luck there. Sorry, Paris ... Two of my dear friends, Gary & Sherveen, wanted to host a BBQ this weekend, and enlisted me to help organize. My main contribution

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 11, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fredventure, Part 1 MITWE (+ FJE and VJE) go to Brazil

  

  works for several years. In fact, the trip to Brazil would likely have happened in 2020 if COVID hadn’t appeared and disrupted everything. Thanks to ... local music and perform in a concert! Day 1 Fast forward to about three

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • April 18, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Commencement 2009 Oh hey, I'm an alum.

  

  , back in the day, we used to get our decision letters in the mail. I'm a ... the details of the day explained to us. No such luck. We checked in at a ... all stayed in the right order. Not a single thing was ever explained to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 28, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  I’m Poor!!! But I don't have to be!

  

  also worked a full time internship during the summer, in addition to ... set of instructions. Every once in a while you'll get lucky and they ... you, it's all about time management and getting your priorities in line

  • by Snively '11
  • April 5, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Things that are hard. Though not as hard as this.

  

  best color in the box. From the ages of 3-10, my life goal was to be ... to laugh when people get really mad at me. I’ve wanted to go to MIT ... Reformed Church (though I was technically born in Detroit, the not

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Yay CPW! I'm just trying to see how many blog entries we can get in the RSS…

  

  getting to meet a lot of you, but it was exhausting- I lived in the Burton ... about all of the things that needed to be done in the next x hours) and ... totally getting pwned, it's ON Laura!" in Bryan's guest blog entry.] So now

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  on anger understanding and learning and navigating

  

  courage to ask the question in the first place, I was already predicting ... the first to speak, always be the first to call out. But in recent years ... just keep the boys in and call them out?" to which she responded

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 12, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [joint post] Welcoming you to “Here at MIT” student art in the new welcome center

  

  we hadn't really done before, and to get to leave a "mark" in terms of ... filled with student art. In this post, Kidist and I teamed up to tell you ... ‘20 were very involved in!) originally founded in 2017 to paint a long

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 3, 2021
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Travelogue: Part Une Trip to Bath and meeting an MIT professor thousands of miles away from MIT

  

  assignments, I decided to take a break by traveling to Bath in Somerset, UK. I arrived in Bath bright and early around 10am. That means waking up at 5 am and walking to the Cambridge train station in sub-zero temperature, say

  • by Linh V. '13
  • February 16, 2012
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A bear encounter and a wild cow-milking contest Summer adventures

  

  's skull was going to get smashed in by a cow hoof) but two of the teams were ... that I had to get off the bike and sit on the ground. My legs hurt, my ... went to a rodeo in a little town called Hot Springs (population: roughly

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 24, 2014
• Blog / How to MIT

  THAT’S RIGHT! AP scores and computing at MIT, these are a few of my favorite things...

  

  ...haha) I came home to find the envelope waiting for me in the front hallway ... 't get- OH MY [edited for content]." Yours truly somehow managed to receive ... , you need to get some Kerberos tickets. (Kerberos is a security protocol

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 18, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  On Essay Writing A guide to essay writing for the express purpose of obtaining admittance to an institute…

  

  free to get funky with this one and try reading your essay in Broadway ... competition, get a head start in the womb!). Freshman year - sophomore year ... , even the dullest tool in the shed gets wet when it falls into the well

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • July 22, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Spring cleaning and miscellany The Brass Rat club, sending 4-inch heels to Goodwill, and picking a new food-providing graduate…

  

  , course 7, but they were excited to hear that I was doubling in course 9 ... opportunity to do a little spring cleaning. There are few things in life more ... physically capable of walking in, and c) would cause me to be approximately 3

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Campus is quiet summer thoughts and happenings

  

  we’re lame, or because there’s not much to do in the first place. It ... . It’s pretty hot in here, but I’m pretty used to it. There are a few ... ,” and I agree with him that it doesn’t have to be. I’m not sure in reality

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • July 15, 2015
• Blog / IAP

  Ciao, Italy! part 1 of art, food, and churches

  

  .S., getting on a flight to Milan was quite a struggle. All flights to the New ... finally got to the Malpensa airport in Milan, I was a little shell ... it must be continually stirred; otherwise, it starts to congeal in a

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • February 5, 2018