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  Engineering Poetry we do that.

  

  because I enjoy life-pondering and expressing it, I’ve also been taking a great class—Poetry Workshop. This is a class in which we share our poems ... the evening, and each week there is a different theme for our poetry

  • by Ana V. '15
  • November 25, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Meant to Be What I've found at MIT

  

  These first 3 weeks at MIT can best described as a whirlwind of new ... , travelled to all parts of Boston in a mere 4 hours, had fun at REX events, survived a hurricane, visited too many club booths at the activities midway

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 19, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  In Defense of Peer Pressure or, why my hair is now purple

  

  Peer pressure gets a bad rap. Since elementary school you've been taught “Don't give in to peer pressure!”--an oversimplification of a ... social creatures, and learning from what our friends do and taking on those

  • by Kate R. '14
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Just My Luck The somewhat eventful story of my first EMT shift ever.

  

  spent at least an hour going through a massive checklist of everything in ... -pens, gauze pads, blankets, AEDs, nasal cannulas, and traction splints. Colorful ... ambulance from its battery-charging socket and attempted to ease the ambulance

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 12, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  I’m still here (and MIT’s still hard) The little comment that wasn't. (This isn't edited. It sounds awkward at times. Deal.)

  

  I started writing a brief response to some of the comments on Chris ... .) In response to all of these comments, I'd like to deliver a poorly ... Mr. Antunez, a new teacher who had grown up in Spain and Argentina and

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 12, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  We Treat You Nicely VOTE VOTE VOTE!

  

  you live, a visit to MIT can be expensive and a little time consuming ... . Normally visits only last for about a day so you will have to cram as much ... , right? Cramming a ton of stuff into a really short time period? I have

  • by Snively '11
  • November 13, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers To Recent Questions! Fun for parents @ CPW, enrolling questions, etc...

  

  activities for the parents other than a reception and some financial aid ... to Housing and Dining. This will be a great overview of the variety of ... interfacing with Current MIT Parents. Always a huge success every year. 8:30pm

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 4, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Browser Wars Hee. The title makes me think of Super Mario Bros. Oh how I miss my…

  

  more and more of my life. =) There's only a week left in IAP, which is a ... totally love that I started a web browser war in the comments thread of my ... for the Mac, I have come to love later versions of Safari in a way I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 27, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All About the MCATs All about the MCATs and what you need to take to prepare for it!

  

  Hello all! I've been a horrible blogger, please forgive, but I have amassed a boatload of excuses so feel free to complain and I'll send you one ... challenging, it was just a matter of learning the tricks and being consistent

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 25, 2006
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Answer these 13 questions and we’ll reveal the perfect dorm for you! What does your favorite dorm animal say about where you should live?

  

  answering questions from the prefrosh. MIT has very strong dorm culture, and ... thought that writing an interactive Buzzfeed-style quiz would be a fun way ... ?? what) A couple days later, I started the data analysis (instead of

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • May 22, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  One wonderful day I might just make it, after all.

  

  my laptop, taking it from wireless connection to wireless connection on ... you can" and "Oh, DON'T WORRY, we'll be cool if you just SEND ME a page ... this. Subject: application To: Sam Maurer From: Birgit Heil @ Bayer BBS

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 21, 2005
• Blog / Events

  RecomMITted On Ring Delivery and the halfway mark

  

  semester. I even downloaded a countdown tracker on my phone, reminding me ... . Day-of, I still had a pset due at 10pm. Delivery started at 7pm. I ... flooding in, packing a thousand or so 2019s into two floors overlooking

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • May 2, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  gallery of my notes note taking progression

  

  very least), I never really developed a proper system for organizing my ... -2 somewhat challenging classes at a time, now I had 3+ challenging ones per ... until the deadline, and you're left submitting a half-finished PSET at 11

  • by Victor D. '27
  • April 8, 2026
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  taylor swift songs as applicants emergency evermore post

  

  24 hours ago, Taylor Swift came out with a new album and everyone ... you were a mythical thing Like you were a trophy or a champion ring ... .   champagne problems "This dorm was once a madhouse" I made a joke

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 11, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  What is weather? ...and what is rain?

  

  weather. Coming from the San Francisco Bay Area, the weather out west is as ... been in a drought). Combined, heat and humidity are killer. But when you add in hot and humid rain, well, that’s like putting a kangaroo in the

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 9, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Radio Radio

  

  allowed by the FCC, Turner and the lawyers for both stations found a legal ... the WTBS calls, WMBR received $50,000 from Turner, and WMBR signed on ... playlists... here's a sampling: Marilee Jones Dean of Admissions Wednesday

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 2, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  you can’t be everything to everyone you just can't

  

  reasons. i could've made the choice either way, and from a detached, distant ... friday night was the beginning of teammate hunt, a puzzlehunt written with ... to work on the hunt. so i was looking forward to it for quite a while

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 8, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Set Your Alarm for CPW 2019 i'm entirely serious

  

  excellent time! The one thing her post is missing is a section called "how to get home when you oversleep and you have a morning train to catch" so I ... finally went to bed, I was exhausted. I fell into a deep sleep. (Even if my

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • April 10, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Is This All? how do i live without regret?

  

  understand you on such a deep, fundamental level, and then... Poof. Four years fly by and we rip that away from you. We kick you out and make you work ... -too-familiar-yet-not-familiar-enough campus. I'm just some girl who overshared a tad bit too much on some

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 3, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  and i try to find my place

  

  A couple nights ago, I cried as Raymond asked me my deepest desires ... something, to have my niche. I've been struggling a lot in finding my place ... 't doing this at all, it doesn't stop the doubts and wondering and fears from

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 23, 2020