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• Blog / Academics & Research

  academic struggles zig-zagging in a world of straight lines

  

  .” (It turned out we had to make a pros and cons list with the two halves ... online for several reasons: 1) I go to MIT and presumably had a good enough ... people reading this can understand this experience to some level: a missed

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 20, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  novelty the closest thing to time travel

  

  first three weeks each felt blissfully long, as if i’d found a way to ... has more to do with an inability to retrieve information than a problem ... to try recently i was reading a blog post about aging and love and i

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • August 5, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  8.021 and my favorite moments the class that taught me to love physics

  

  class really fun. He's a really down to earth guy who has been really in ... California the day before his new job and swallowed a bee that proceeded to sting him. He then had to meet all his co-workers with a busted lip and

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 17, 2020
• Blog / Summer

  The Summer Before College (what not to do)

  

  around. Yay for knee dislocations! To give you a little context, I ... to others. And man was that a heartbreaking realization. I was ... to spend a lot of forced time with not just myself, but the moments I

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 12, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Welcome to MIT, Class of 2012 Welcome home.

  

  and running to tell the rest of my siblings. I may have cried a little ... just a few things I wanted to share with all of you. 0. CONGRATULATIONS ... you can, try to be near a phone Wednesday evening, especially around 6

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 18, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Just To Be Clear: We Don’t Do Legacy anatomy of a WTF in the WSJ

  

  your parents, and perhaps grandparents, went to a particular college ... applicant admitted takes a space which could have gone to another student ... of the things most likely to elicit a gigantic facepalm is when a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 25, 2012
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Week(end) [Read: New York] Adventures Parts 2-4 I’ve affectionately named these adventures: #metroentertainment

  

  , January 21, 2011 was definitely a GREAT day to start a weekend adventure. I ... :16 pm – A train express into Brooklyn 11:04 pm – waited for host to come ... assignments, summer project proposals, and chocolate. With a to-do list as long

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • April 2, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  I Wrote an MIT Application Essay on Getting a B in Calculus College Search 2KChel, how I found MIT, and how I turned the B around

  

  Hello Internet! I had a very writing major day, which is to say that ... to my dad so I could get a second opinion on what I’d written. The ... me, but MIT is a reach school for everyone and it’s difficult to

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • October 12, 2014
• Blog / Classes

  a semester i’m excited for to the tune of "a girl worth fighting for"

  

  in edtech, so I think that this will be a cool thing to work on. This ... that's a skill that I'd like to develop this semester, both in classes ... though this class is a requirement, I'm going to enjoy it a lot. One of the

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 7, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Sue me, I’m a multicellular organism snob

  

  think it would suck to be a penguin... I'm not so much a fan of the -80 ... ! The museum, besides being a great place to immerse oneself in biology ... -track minds), had two exhibits to thrill the animal geek in me: a new baby

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogger Application 2012! how is blog formed

  

  . To be considered for a blogger position, you must email it to me (chris ... people who can communicate in a compelling fashion to our large and active ... . Send us some of your writing. It could be a link to (or select entries

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 9, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Melancholia [by Faye '11] A beautiful movie about the end of the world.

  

  that I would have had to wait half an hour to get in. Seeing a smaller ... Gainsbourg, Melancholia opens up to a surreal, slow motion introductory sequence (a la Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life) set to Wagner

  • by ARTalk
  • November 7, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Harvard Square Photoblog Complete with funny captions. At least, I think they're funny. You be the judge.

  

  mile from my fraternity house (according to GoogleMaps), I got here by a ... around downtown Boston to do a little shopping (which had the added benefit ... wireless and free Photoshop to bring you a blog entry about another set of

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 26, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m a driver, I’m a winner Things are gonna change, I can feel it.

  

  whole brevity thing." This is sure to be one of the prouder moments of my ... and organizing data to send to Andy in Switzerland so he can keep

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 26, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  getting back in the groove 🎵groovy groovy🎵

  

  appearance: 5.07 - Introduction to Biochem (MWF 9:00 AM) I was like a ... wanted to take a biochem class. I might seriously take [annotation note ... feels dissociative to be in this class. I feel like biochem has a lot of

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 3, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Interview with Emilienne: The Sophomore who does brain surgery Emilienne has been studying the brain through her UROP in the Fee Lab.

  

  going in to lab.” When Emilienne started her UROP, she spent a lot ... the varsity track and field team, I decided to take a chance with the ... while. It’s always amusing to watch a group of mature researchers

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 16, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Making the Switch: Chapter 2 Making new friends at MIT

  

  room and leaving a few posters on the wall. I was going to college. I ... course, i take a top bunk, and immediately try to piece together my ... movies, a fan, an animal pillow" [my eyes continue to wander] when i pan

  • by Bryan
  • April 7, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes 2.0 what i am/am i doing with my life

  

  Here’s to a basically mid-semester check-in to what I spend my time ... half in now, it’s safe to say that I will have learned a lot by the end ... really feeling like I have a grasp on the material to feeling like the

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • October 27, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Preparing for Pi Day MIT decisions come out this Friday: what to do between now and then...

  

  morning (Pacific time). During that time, I was scheduled to be at a day ... 't have a smartphone. I sure wasn't going to spend all day in agonized waiting for wifi access (especially on a retreat day where I was supposed to

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 10, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  Mid-May Update Q&A: Athena tips and hints

  

  installed) to download a licensed copy of Eudora. Also available at that ... -and-drop Windows tool. f) Want to put a period after your middle initial in the MIT ... say that "having a pass makes you inclined to use it." To get a pass

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • May 19, 2006