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• Blog / Advice

  it is okay to not know a note for hs seniors (and others, too <3)

  

  summer, I felt the need to hyper-optimize my time in ways that would be ... an “uncommon piece of advice that I had heard or given”. And in that ... to get into MIT”; I could tell you the things that I did in high school

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • December 30, 2021
• Blog / Events

  REX at Random Hall ice cream, epic meals, water wars and turing tests!

  

  there would be like. REX is already in full swing at Random, and this is ... Pancakes: I'm a delicious warm pancake smothered in maple syrup. Bite me. We ... live. I chose Random Hall, a decision I've never regretted. MIT's REX

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • August 27, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  Fall Sports at MIT Roll Tech!

  

  stats for the first time was wild, but in no way was I surprised — our ... coaches when you reach out. I would recommend doing your homework to understand the team’s style and where you would fit in."  What is an example of

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • September 15, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  how can i keep from singing? a midpoint check-in

  

  life would be sustainable in Boston without an auxiliary income. I try to ... . Tenors are always in short supply, so I sign up. It’s a pretty good gig; I ... that I’ve been able to sing with a large ensemble in person, and it is

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • July 22, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  looking at old journals gap year chronicles, ft thoughts on science, art, and moving through the world

  

  not specify a time frame in which I would read those 12 books. I’ll read ... , etc etc. In hindsight I had consumed a Monster at 9pm ... States. That day, I'd gone running in Flagstaff, then secured a free trial

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 23, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Seasons of Spam Next up: a Nostalgic entry about my frosh year. After Finals. Maybe.

  

  refuse to buy an iPhone - I didn't even own an iPod until just a year ago), I felt like I should go and partake in the festivities. So I got to ... store and the dozens of iMacs and Macbook Airs they have lined up in the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 16, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  You always have been hi everybody!

  

  surprise to me, too. I never thought I would ever run in my life. Ever. And ... Dear Reader, I'm writing this in the Wordpress portal and this is an ... allowed? One time, in my sophomore year, there was a blogger meeting where I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  fictional coping mechanisms learning to love unapologetically

  

  in love with it. Not to the point where it was what I was thinking about when I brushed my teeth. In fact, senior year me was a little proud ... a badge of honor. But in all honesty...that's pretty sad. And I think

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 11, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT is just another place An article from The Tech - MIT's school newspaper

  

  the first three terms, I treated MIT like most upperclassmen have in the ... and objectives; then I would find something that I wanted to learn that could run in parallel to the course material. For example, I took 2

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • February 29, 2012
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to survive your first winter: a college student’s guide written by a transplant from sunny Los Angeles

  

  midlayers! (1) Baselayers When I'm in the city, I usually just wear cotton t ... ItForLife, but I think that particularly with coats and boots, buying quality items ... ^ how not to do it.   "Help! I'm from [Los Angeles

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 12, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  finding good what i look forward to

  

  events of the past week. But to sum it up I thought I'd put it in short ... would do. I managed to nearly calm myself down and came to terms with ... . How I felt in those moments. How I talked myself out of it. Etc. Etc

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 4, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  liquid nitrogen and everything else 🐸

  

  About a year ago, I posted a blog about what I thought would be my last year of Mathcamp. In hindsight, it’s no surprise that I applied to ... way I could spend my summer ceased to exist. In June, I learned how to

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • October 9, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  CRACKED [by Sadie Scheffer '10] Part art-support group, part studio, part community, and part activist.

  

  , with whom we would perform at CAVS later in the term, although we didn ... Davis Square in Somerville to Harvard Square in Cambridge. As I mentioned ... giant paintings in giant frames, buying giant food, baking a giant cake

  • by ARTalk
  • May 29, 2008
• Blog / Blog Projects

  a time capsule of east campus multi-media, community-built

  

  i've been in a funny little writing rut, far away from the keyboard and tightly wound up in my thoughts. this blog overwhelmed me because i ... world, and people sent in truly wonderful digital artifacts, so i

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • November 12, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The coolest spring break ever? Visit a College Campus!

  with our check-in process, I get to see many of you who come to Cambridge ... enroll in is a college where they would be happiest. Finding a space where ... COLLEGES DO! At a previous institution I worked for, we would provide notes

  • by DJ Rock
  • February 26, 2019
• Blog / Blog Projects

  A recipe for disaster Behind the scenes of the "giant pie" video

  

  , where we made a giant oven and cooked a giant pie in it. Kristen and I ... the opening of the oven, the “door” that the pie would go in through ... ’s me laying in it because I’m 5’2” and the pie was 6.28 feet in diameter

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • March 11, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Building the Yearbook [by Ken Haggerty '11] An inside look at Technique 2010 (shhh!!!)

  

  ), but this year, I intentionally cleared my schedule so that I would have ... you can buy it at our booth in the Student Center in early May for $65. ... year's yearbook might not actually get done, I can confidently and quite

  • by ARTalk
  • March 29, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Doctor Who?

  

  UROP advisor) look just a little nervous? In a "I better give this guy a ... sauce. In all honesty, I'm sure that Russ was awarded his PhD not ... much about engineering I've learned from Russ in just the past nine

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 30, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Good Stuff yeah, man

  

  a lot of other math majors would be (Random). I figured I would have ... of people. I've definitely succeeded in that goal, both at Senior ... , right? So let's see how I do. Feel free to ask in the comments for

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 22, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Senior Spring a little life update

  

  Finally, finally, I’m in my last semester of undergrad. I need three ... readings, in-class discussions, and essays). I really like Prof. Campbell ... suck less.  In general, I really like taking public policy classes. I

  • by Alex M. '21
  • February 23, 2021