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  The Tale of a Frosh once upon a cold November

  

  first time in her life (since perhaps one rebellious quarter in elementary school), the Frosh can say, “I’m not going to finish this homework,” and ... astoundingly over the college months. In August, the Frosh could have sworn that

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 30, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Be Our Guest, Take 2 Not to name drop, but... Steven Levitt, Paul Polak, Iqbal Quadir, and Brigitte Madrian all…

  

  ) and told us we would get 12:00 - 2:00 with Steven Levitt in early ... I have had the good fortune to hear several excellent guest speakers ... Quadir (head of MIT's Program in Developmental Entrepreneurship and

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 6, 2007
• Blog / Community Projects

  [guest post] Eating Your Way Through MIT The story behind Chop Stir Hack, an MIT student food magazine

  

  support students living in cook-for-yourself communities. As you'll read below, Elizabeth '13 and I were modestly involved at the beginning of that ... proof of concept. I am so impressed by where the CSH team has taken this

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 26, 2020
• Blog / Events

  The Deep Breath Before the Plunge THIS IS . . . wait, this isn't Sparta. Wha-? Aw, shoot, I took a…

  

  turns into the game and I thought it would be appropriate to fill you guys in on what's been happening. I'm not really at liberty to explain what ... working through strategy and now we're knee deep in politics, battle

  • by Snively '11
  • March 8, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  I hate the way I don’t hate you

  

  I'm in the Pacific Northwest, waiting for my Seattle Central Meeting ... Grand Theater in Tacoma. I hopped in my car and drove down I-5. The film ... on a non-working day. Well, for me, I decided I'd go catch the film

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 25, 2004
• Blog / Challenges

  Learning how to be a human being, not a human doing After 6 years of adulting post MIT, these are the things I value now

  

  When I graduated in 2018, I was talking to my partner about how lost ... quest with friends in Baldur’s Gate 3 fill my heart gauge with energy. I ... sophomore. I’m crashing in Tokyo with a friend I made through inline skating

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do you live in Zambia? Malawi? Ghana? If you could send me some African dirt, that would be amazing! (And illegal. But…

  

  On the most excellent advice of my blog-readers, I have added D ... sacrifice, right? I'm working on designing something that makes ... /Malawian/Ghanaian dirt compares to dirt commonly found in, say... Massachusetts? Or what

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 11, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Photo of the Day – Installment #1 Photo of the day #1

  

  While I try go get in the swing of things with the start of the semester, I'll begin what I hope will become a new tradition (pending the availability of interesting enough photos. Here's the first one and I think it

  • by Bryan
  • September 7, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Decision Mail Date: March 11 Hang in there guys, I know this is a crazy stressful time.

  

  . If that slips for any reason, I'll let you know. Less than a week until I get to shave... NICE Hang in there guys, I know this is a crazy stressful time. I'm thinking lots about all of you. :-)

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 5, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  624 Hours: Columbia, MO or, Things I Made While I Was Home

  

  altitude over some undetermined state in the Midwest. I’m now writing, I can ... . Here’s what’s been going on in my life: I had a conversation with a ... ; *I’m totally not anymore. Sitting in Simmons. Peace out home fries!

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 19, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  Things to do before you graduate

  

  that I've actually done, including getting published in the Tech. In ... , that's a nice reasonable list. In case you're wondering, I've done 24 of ... Every new freshman class gets, in their Orientation folders, a little

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Setbacks head hurty

  

  in the middle of Siberia. I woke up, tried to study, but ended up lying ... means that I'll have to spend more time in the next several days, yes. But ... I’ve gotten a little better at planning. I use a Notion now like all

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 1, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  The Role Of A Teacher A discussion regarding recent events in a Colorado classroom.

  

  smartest and most thoughtful high school students in the world, I'm really interested in what you have to say about this. I'm referring to the story ... discuss them. So what I'm asking you to discuss is not in regards to the

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 8, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Florida, complete I'm back in Boston now, my meetings in Florida being done. It was quite a…

  

  I'm back in Boston now, my meetings in Florida being done. It was quite a trip! We left off in Miami, where I had a great meeting before a ... , where I was due to do a meeting in Tampa. Like in Orlando and Miami, I had

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 19, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy New Year! from post-blizzard New Jersey.

  

  Hellooo I’ve been home for winter break for almost two weeks, basking entirely in food and sleep. A few days after I got home, the ... transportation in the Northeast for a good few days... And I was pretty much snowed-in

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 31, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  The Birth Of My Third Child The new admissions web site finally launches! Report any bugs here.

  

  admissions web site. I hope you like it! In October (when I get back from fall recruitment travel) we'll be launching a centralized Q&A blog, in an attempt ... middle of a discussion on Topic X when someone jumps in and posts "I got a

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 14, 2006
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Fig. 5: Zimmer- und Wohnungsvermittlung Universität/ETH Zürich aka ETH Zürich dorm tour!

  

  Hoi zäme! I'm finally back in the US of A after 6 continuous months ... .2 Schwiizerdütsch to get around on a daily basis. Random things I've dearly missed: In ... , I've been settling in to my summer studio apartment, interning the 9

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • July 18, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Art in the Infinite, Vol. 2 MIT meets King Koopa.

  

  jump up for this photo. The things I get people to do for my blog. Today

  • by Bryan
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  burning out past the finish line

  

  packing or whatever instead i am sitting and lying in bed and watching all ... i was finished with school work since about two weeks ago i have lots of things i could be doing and i am not doing any of them because i

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 25, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Disaster Relief .

  

  I haven't been able to focus at all today. I didn't really understand ... When I describe Sichuan to people I always mention the food, and the mountains, the humidity sometimes, and I always explain that Sichuan

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • May 13, 2008