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  Applying While Transgender #InHonorOfMarshaP

  application from a student in rural Arkansas who has limited opportunities to ... about the community you come from and a hardship that you’ve had to ... A few weeks ago, I took some much needed vacation time to attend

  • by DJ Rock
  • July 17, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  Surprisingly enjoyable experiences exactly what it sounds like

  

  's a class that meets from 7 to 9 on Monday nights. It’s a discovery ... construction projects. Fanciful monsters built up from wood and screws. Less so ... fact that it’s possible, that you didn’t need a company and dozens of

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 15, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  Life Changing Classes at MIT ft. ec-discuss

  

  full funding (travel, materials, etc.) from D-Lab to conduct a completely ... next semester. This week, it's time for a slightly different discussion ... a slight overgeneralization; most people reported that these classes

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 20, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Turning the Tide My thoughts on an important report

  

  A few months ago the Making Caring Common Project at the Harvard Graduate School of Education released a report entitled “Turning the Tide ... it is a very strong report that will help prospective students and

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • June 20, 2016
• Blog / Athletics

  the Big Rocks are calling and I must go MITOC winter school!!

  

  , especially if there's a heavy layer of soft ice that just fell from the sky the ... a hard time saying through words can be said through my Big Rock pictures, which speak for themselves. The Big Rocks have a lot to say, just

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 31, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT salutes Harry Potter ...the best way we know how, with hacks!

  

  celebrated the series a number of times in the way we celebrate: with hacks. Some were grand and spectacular, others subtle and fun. Here's a rundown ... and the Deathly Hallows, a broomstick parking area, complete with

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 13, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What I just did You'll never believe it.

  

  the score from my last test. Can you say "fail?" I can! Oh, 2.005 is ... is to provide a late-night, work-free food experience to desperate ... you are presented with a list of restaurants. The menu bar serves as a

  • by Snively '11
  • October 6, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Pachyderm Photography I'll try to avoid elephant jokes. There might be one or two, though, just for…

  

  circus comes to town, and the only way to get the elephants from the train ... different emails telling me to go see the elephants- from Burton Conner, Dance ... think I may even have received an email from my mom at one point, even

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 5, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt Day 1 Liveblogging the beginning of this year's campus-wide puzzling competition.

  

  2007 Mystery Hunt will begin! I'm going to try today's entry as a ... Hunt is a weekend-long competition at MIT where people team up to solve ... finding a coin hidden somewhere on campus. The only prize for the winning

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 12, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Not in our stars, but in ourselves Or in ourselves not to see our stars... or something.

  

  I just came back from watching MIThenge, a celestial phenomenon ... it a year and a half ago, I knew that the best place to check it out ... memo too. Now, if you're going to a biannual event involving an

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 12, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  I like to break a mental sweat, too. Missed it by that much.

  

  takes a semester off from teaching 5.03: Principles of Inorganic Chemistry ... inspiring that I got the inclination to write a whole entry on them. So, if ... ! Later tonight, this will be an entry about IM Sports... Conner 2 has got a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / MISTI

  The train in Spain is ungainly, take a plane I'm an MITblogger, get me out of here!

  

  an e-mail from Ruth '07 that I lost, they are even organizing a swim ... -down, hanging from strings, and then filled it in with a plaster model. In 18 ... a catenary curve, which is the shape that a string hangs in when you

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 23, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  Jill Biden waved at me D.C. during inauguration

  

   right beside my table? As in less than a foot from me? She waved and smiled at ... masses I was watching with disgust from the restaurant? This is a common ... of January where students can take a long winter break, take unique

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • January 19, 2025
• Blog / Summer

  bay area parties well, two of them

  

  area. the first one was an invitation from a co-intern, who sent it in a group text with all the other company interns in the bay. it was a link to ... " began with names and a handshake. where are you from? where do you go to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 15, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  4 / Just *breathe* Everything is going to be all right

  

  notifications, and delete some social media apps from my phone. To watch a movie. To pick up a book from the library. To forget about school, classes, or ... ="1000"] Highlights from my schedule for the past 3 weeks.[/caption]  

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 2, 2018
• Blog / Athletics

  There’s No “I” in Team There's also no "Tennis" or "Senior Day", but that won't stop me from writing about…

  

  heartfelt speeches and gifts from the coaches, followed by a presentation of ... freshman orientation was in full swing. Practice is a daily affair from 5 ... In just four short weeks, my time as a MIT freshman will draw to a

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 1, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  19 Summers AHH I'm getting old :(

  

  from a CIA case officer to a guy doing research on parisitic infections ... Today, I accidentally dated a journal entry "18 August 2008". As I ... globe. It was a terrifying moment. Feeling old got me thinking about the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On Being an Upperclassman Less than two years left

  

  teaching me things that I will be using in my future career. It is a great ... . Having less than two years left, I have starting freaking out a bit about needing to eventually find a real job and about knowing what I want to do. I

  • by Becca H. '12
  • October 21, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Remember? A Blast from the Past

  

  from my wall, and feasted. Fifteen minutes, ten plums, and a stomachache ... me any significant pain. 8.02 (Physics) is essentially a review of high ... the best books ever: Oliver Sacks's The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 16, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Happy Birthday to m—-suck. I turn 20 and cry tears of blood

  

  little saying "Getting an education at MIT is like drinking from a fire ... entries is because I'm no longer a freshman, meaning all of my admissions knowledge and experience is now a year outdated. Why listen to me every other

  • by Snively '11
  • September 28, 2008