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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  ILGs at MIT They're independent! (Guest post by Sondy '07/G/awesome.)

  

  's a post on MIT Independent Living Groups (ILGs), another alternative to ... 's offer to host this entry. Thanks Keri! I've visited a few of the other ... identify ourselves as part of a fraternity, we recently decided to be

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 5, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s like a bag of sand! I go on a quest to legally obtain music and movies.

  

  of some less-than-important recent events, I decided to put up a short ... twelve different authority figures telling us not to kill the kids and a ... absolutely riddled with issues. See, this gift was a $40 gift card to Virgin

  • by Keri G. '10
  • June 29, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Falling in Love with a Language at MIT interviews with two of my inspirations

  

  the world, and also because it connects the speaker to a rich history ... to sound more authentic was definitely a big factor. How much Chinese ... Chinese over the last few years. I've gotten to a point where it's not

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 10, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ask Yourself Can you really LTFP?

  

  pursue a career in advertising, then you might be able to find someplace ... all: What are you going to study? Would a degree from MIT really be ... need to decide on a major (sometime during sophomore year) and then study

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • November 2, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life, the Universe, and the Energy Content of Gasoline "Don't Panic. It's the first helpful or intelligible thing anybody's said to me all day."

  

  right from freshman year, I came up with a plan to help me to stay calm ... suddenly remember how to breathe. I got a 68 on that take-home exam. (Learn ... Remember that epic pset I told you about? Well, a few days after that

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 16, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Soldering Things pronounced "soddering"

  

  work. I applied to this UROP because I wanted to work in a Real Science ... become a surgeon. She stopped after I said I wanted to cut up rockets ... control airplanes to fulfill missions for a national competition. Design

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 25, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What is an Incomplete Grade? ABCDF....I? How to use MIT's grading system in dire situations

  

  Spiral of Doom? Never fear! It’s similar to what a lot of us used in high ... credit limit of 57 units. I used that opportunity to explore Course 1 in a ... field trips to places like a wind turbine blade testing facility, Cape Cod

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • September 7, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Finally! Pictures from the Conner 2 holiday party! Yes that was a month ago. Leave me…

  

  obviously only applies to for-credit subjects) and a few other restrictions ... will be pretty necessary. I've found a team to join annd I'm definitely looking forward to it. Of course, I'll be taking a break only a couple of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 12, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Greetings from Honduras: D-Lab students in the field D-Lab students Chelsie, Miho and Nina report from Honduras

  

  main projects this trip will be to try and provide the community with a ... , we are working with a rice cooperative, who are trying to start a micro ... people, from young to old, including men and women. They currently have a

  • by OEL
  • January 18, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First day of classes What some MIT freshman schedules look like.

  

  MIT before choosing a major. In order to provide some real, concrete ... my "friends" (names removed to protect the innocent). Here are a few ... .00: Introduction to Psychology (HASS, with Prof. Jeremy Wolfe) 22.A06: Nuclear

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 8, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Oh the Places You’ll Go! Did you know Dr. Seuss was a SigEp?

  

  managed to get one percent higher than what I needed to get an A for the ... 's worthwhile to jot down a few of my thoughts before they fade into obscurity ... . Discovery is finding out that I needed to draft a study plan for my courses at

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 27, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  My Rejection Resume working up the courage to look failure in the eye

  

  advise you that learning how to deal with those feelings in a healthy way ... of those failures to heart, even though I was minorly salty about a few ... 's pause for a second to unpack that. It's definitely not true that every

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 12, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  One year later MIT is like a surprise birthday party, but without the birthday or the party.

  

  the hotel failed to serve bagels in the morning. I did a campus tour ... no bagels. I woke up on the floor of a dorm room the next morning to a ... minutes later, a wonderfully carbonated feeling began to bubble up inside me

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 29, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  A Picture is as much as Ten Hundred Words This is in fact a story that does have pictures.

  

  went to that baby college down the long water road. There's a lot of ... is hard to not look like a little baby city new person when you pull ... -making it up! During Eye-A-Piece, we don't have our favorite place to eat. So

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • January 26, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Announcing New Bloggers for 2010! A digital debutante ball...

  

  to land a job as a blogger than it is to get into MIT in the first ... guitar. My plan? To defeat the zombies with a logic bomb. We'd play death ... stood. That'll show my mom not to call my drumming a nuisance

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 16, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  the luxury of bad art nothing but the truth

  

  Recently, I’ve been trying to record music. I have a mic setup thanks ... time approaching music as a creative outlet, and to be honest, I’m not ... I don’t have the voice to ever become better than a mediocre singer

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 11, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Life, or Why I’m Afraid Of It 1) Isn't everyone?

  

  when I need to get a solid amount of work done, even though it usually turns into a marathon Futurama-watching session. I'm using my IAP time to ... applied to Teach for America in October, and I received the book as a gift

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 18, 2010
• Blog / Uncategorized

  cute date ideas or like. hang out ideas

  

  to waltz is a very useful skill if you’re determined to break it out at ... -classical concert :0 Man am I a sucker for museums! MIT provides free access to ... to Macy's and tried on a bunch of expensive suits and dresses and also

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • November 11, 2025
• Blog / Hacks

  Giving Laura an assist

  

  on a roof or behind a door that is supposed to be locked does. however ... major updating is supposed to be done soon, though that's been true for a ... to me. If you think you're such a l337 h4Xx0r who could do so much

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 24, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Questionable Views Questions and views, and questions about views. The views are not necessarily questionable, although you…

  

  allowed to live in a single room?" There are actually two people in the ... means people are forced to "crowd" a room by turning a double into a ... face a maintainence fine because someone else has to dedicate a few hours

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 18, 2005