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• Blog / Summer

  my summer! a belated blog

  

  for shirataki noodles! I snuck in vegies in my dinners! And I actually ... subway in…  NYC   Before this summer, I went to NYC once with a friend ... naively thought that I could see all of NYC in 3 days and was quickly

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 18, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Machine Shops, Part 1 Yay, power tools! A look at places to find them around campus.

  

  In response to a request from a current applicant, I'm proud to ... for you, I've been taking photos for my lab reports in 2.671. This ... to machine with other methods) but I was surprised to find one in the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 5, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  I failed the Swim Test! And now you can too!!

  

  in a pool deep enough for me to have to swim since I was, like, 8. So ... a pool that was deep enough that I would be forced to actually swim ... I wasn’t in the worst boat—some kids didn’t even know there was a swim

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • October 26, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Which I Get Schooled By My Professor This video does not contain an improvised song, but it does contain Peter Reddien.

  

  on genetic silencing. And yes, in case you were wondering, I thought ... came after I turned my camera off. See, a lot of you are probably in the ... ’ve ever had… ever. I can’t exactly pinpoint anything in particular (aside

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 22, 2010
• Blog / Classes

  every class i went to during the first week of fall all *checks notes* twelve of them

  

  I went to a lot of classes in the first week of the fall semester. According to my iCal, I have spent nineteen hours in class in the last three ... happening in the background so I was slightly losing my mind. It was very

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 11, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  January in Paris and two weeks of speaking French

  

  got to chat casually with a Paris opera star. I'm in the same picture ... modern and traditional architecture in Paris. For the next two weeks, I ... Bonjour de la France! Photo credit: Rebecca Grekin. I’ve spent the

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • January 23, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  hello deferred applicants, i, again, don’t know what to say, but i can try

  

  was to get deferred. i was expecting to get deferred, really. i knew, in ... that they would be shocked if i didn't get accepted. there's something ... deferred again, i wouldn't react in the same way? many of my friends reached

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 20, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  i’m back .gif not an undergrad, not a grad student, but a secret third thing

  

  ="attachment_83349" align="aligncenter" width="300"] in case i get a new avatar, i ... in the in-betweenness of young adulthood. As we drove away, I felt ... are just a part of growing up. And it's somewhere that I thought I would

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 7, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  last concert

  

  choice because we didn’t know which groups would respond in time and weren ... the concert, which would’ve been painful and would have resulted in very ... different locations would hear different mixes. then i had the idea of setting

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 26, 2023
• Blog / People & Identities

  dating while asian to love & be loved freely

  

  that I was a little loud and a little awkward in high school. I spent ... , but like, I see that you are Asian, but where exactly in Asia?” I could ... told him China. I did not ask if he would have posed this question had I

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 30, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Mechanics of Blogging How do I do it?

  

  One of the biggest things that bugged me about MIT before I got here is not knowing what things looked like. I kept hearing about "Athena" but had never seen it. I knew MIT students had e-mail accounts but who

  • by Snively '11
  • August 16, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Faith Embracing uncertainty as the world changes around us

  

  peace in my cozy little hospital room. I drifted into a deep sleep. I ... minutes, I gave in and pushed the orange button. The nurse fluttered into ... disappeared underneath the skin on my left arm. In a few moments I was relieved

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • October 24, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Spring Think Some spring break reflections and thoughts

  

  know or learn the language). People in my high school would forget that I ... MIT in Barcelona, Spain. Several friends and I planned this spring break ... B. ‘18. I was traveling in a group of five, and we ran into people at

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 27, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  my gap year of nothing and everything certainly something

  

  . Instead of spending time in school, I’d have to find other things to do ... years ago, while in the early months of it, I kept being asked why I was ... for me to read. I found it was a good way to check in with myself

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • December 26, 2023
• Blog / Personal Travel

  My Old Kentucky Home

  

  . Compared to most people in the South, I certainly don't. But in my first couple of months in New England, somebody told me I had a Southern accent ... ". I promise I'm not making this up. In the South, "coke" isn't just a

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / MISTI

  Publishing abroad A taste of an MIT-Russia student's blog

  

  English that I wrote it in to the typical Russian they publish in, but the ... thinking about an article about foreigners living in St. Petersburg. So I ... first published on http://dfactorial.tumblr.com I wrote an article about

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 17, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  everything is actually going okay and i think that's pretty cool

  

  it stayed in java i would not be a 6-3 right now. i love typescript ... would've enjoyed it. i keep wondering, would i have liked it more? and in ... what if i overshoot, what if i adjust too much in the wrong direction? in

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 30, 2021
• Blog / MISTI

  go alone or you may never go at all

  

  in the moment. It's also nice being able to think "I would like to do ... glow. I’m sitting on a cold concrete slab, where the tides would normally ... often think things like... How would I want to spend time with my best

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • January 6, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Are YOU Up To This Summer?! (2010 Edition) Happy summer!

  

  7 countries in Europe :p) but I know there might still be awesome pics ... 'refrigerator'/blahblah I will post selected entries in a complete blog to come! You'll have at least 2 weeks to send them in. :) Will post when I get

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 10, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ode to the New, Part 2 Slowing down time in the Land of Enchantment.

  

  . I noticed that my first two weeks in Albuquerque - when everything was ... work alone. I walked two and a half miles in the dry Albuquerque heat ... cracker jacks and funnel cake for the first time. I fell in love with green

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 9, 2010