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  dress your wounds and stay in bed self care!

  

  decisions I made for a week or so in Copenhagen would have long repercussions ...   I learned some valuable life skills in Denmark, from how to turn ... ’s December, and I’m writing this at a healthy 11pm in my favorite late

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 18, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  questions remind me of a time when I was coming out as gay in my 30s, when I ... hand, and their scooters tossed on their sides in the driveway, and I ... until recently. And I suspected, not in a very clear light when it did. It

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

  Ich Spreche Kein Deutsch. Apparently that's how you say "I don't speak German"...not that I would know.

  

  . This would seem an even better idea when you'll be spending six weeks in said country, which in my case would be Germany. Too bad I don't know ... In general, it would be considered a good idea to know more than just

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • June 3, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why I do what I do A few reasons I'm still on this planet.

  

  glad that I totally switched gears in college. I think I would have been ... 'd excelled in high school; I would have been all "oh, I remember the time when ... what I'm doing and such -- so I thought I'd clue you all in on my raison

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Dreams How MIT has helped me keep a life long promise

  

  , I would eventually run into an interesting word. I was in middle ... would begin in February after IAP. It wasn’t at the Koch like I wanted ... would be a great place for college all the way back in eighth grade when I

  • by Ben O. '19
  • August 22, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How to Make a (Short) Movie in 15 Days give or take

  

  an amazingly framed short film, i discovered as we screened it in class ... film. I've had a blast in this class all semester, even if lugging heavy ... This past semester, I took 4.354, Intro to Video and Related Media

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • December 24, 2019
• Blog / Events

  2022 Ring Premiere! ring alert: it SHINY

  

  is a Brass Rat? Well, it's a ring that comes in gold, silver, or ... tradition.  Every freshman class has a Ring Committee, who put in tons of time ... specific set design). In February of sophomore year, the design is announced

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 3, 2020
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Post-Finals, Pre-Graduation almost done...

  

  -campus and away from a computer so that I couldn't sit in my room refreshing ... council for the year's graduating class buys a whole bunch of group tickets ... lottery in for tickets. The website is here, in case you're curious and want

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 5, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A word about the humanities It's sort of a long, multi-section word.

  

  humanities at MIT is non-trivial. In fact, I have just proved this fact in such ... that the humanities don't unfriend me on Facebook. In my endeavors, I am ... requirements. By assisted, I mean something more like “forced to comply in order

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 25, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music in Springtime and MIT [by Ken Haggerty '11] Music at MIT can be both beautifully melodic and destructive, and…

  

  cloudless and the temperature was 73 degrees Fahrenheit. I had only two recitations to go to, so I decided, being the music lover that I am, to head ... . The answer: a loud and resounding thud. EPIC FAIL!!!! But I'm being

  • by ARTalk
  • April 25, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  my first year, in slices ft. ruminations on the freshmen friend group

  

  and push, know they would otherwise atrophy.”    I wrote this ... , with my hometown chapter tied neatly in a bow, I felt- quite honestly ... formed.  Even for those bonds that didn’t last, I’m a firm believer in the

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • September 18, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy Thanksgiving! Happy Thanksgiving!

  

  So I'm about to cook a turkey for the first time in my life, but before I foray out into the world of basting and boiling, I wanted to wish ... this guy, many Americans would be feasting on their national bird over

  • by Bryan
  • November 24, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  majoring in 21E: frequently asked questions what it's like to study humanities at a stem school

  

  humanities major at MIT. So I thought I'd wrap it all in a neat little blogpost in an attempt to talk about it. What is 21E? I am not the first blogger to major in 21E, nor will I be the last. I actually decided to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 23, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Integration Bee If this were televised, nobody would watch the Superbowl.

  

  towards sleep at -9.81 m/s^2. In 12 hours, I will be in class. For now, I ... I never thought of writing in public, only one integrator remains. He ... Name I Will Insert Here After Someone Recognizes Him in the Comments

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 2, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  No Ceilings next steps

  

  shaped by MIT). But I would've taken the next step. I am now in my final ... :  (metaphorical) There are no ceilings. When I was in high school, I knew (in some ... for me, regardless of where I ended up. In hindsight this was true, and

  • by Paige B. '24
  • March 12, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  I am Treasured :) Graduate school visit #1 (Updated)

  

  Mission Log 3042007 It's 6 o clock in the morning, and I ask myself ... onto the floor below without awaking my roommate. I put my contacts in ... then the whole scene would freeze except for him? Yea, I experienced that

  • by Bryan
  • March 6, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Be A Blogger 2015! TAKE THE PLUNGE

  

  It's summer in Cambridge, which means three things: 1) I'm ... basically variations of "where to buy industrial sized vats of SPF 50 ... and I send to all the new bloggers during blogger training: The

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 14, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Entry: A Yankee in Cambridge Math, exchange programs, and why we love MIT.

  

  complete undergraduate experience I would look back on most fondly in 20 ... motivate that step in a blog post leads to insights I would never have had ... a moment, I would say that the biggest difference between the culture

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • May 1, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  Procrastination in the Time of Corona i have so much time and so many ways to procrastinate my work

  

  that I started watching in an effort to make myself stop watching Love is ... decent bit growing up - I was in some combination of cross country and track from 1st to 6th grade. I tried to get back into it last summer in LA

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • March 24, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  how not to be a mathematician on taking time & not running away

  

  , if I would have been better off someplace else. In classes, I ... school preview in many ways and I wanted to find out whether I would like ... part in terms of math academics, I had fallen to believe something

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • September 15, 2024