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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why was I up so early this weekend? Reaffirming my faith in humanity and destroying my confidence with computers

  

  ’s sorta sketchy, so I see the cop cars, and the cops talking to a woman standing next to her bike, from about a block away. Cops are rarely good news ... . Why’d he tell me to turn around? I slowly came to a stop and locked up

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 20, 2011
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Roman Life A.k.a. not-Greek life.

  

  a long weekend in which to get away from MIT! (Something that all you ... 've been to the Cape a number of times, so I was confident that we could get ... google maps, we decided on a trip out to Sandwich, MA for our mini

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 21, 2009
• Blog / Classes

  yo-yos, comics, and other adventures my junior spring schedule!

  

  of material to cover, and this is a CI-M; but it seems convoluted and ... II This class is a 6-unit follow-up to 2.678, a core class in MechE. I ... due to carpal tunnel. I bought a sketchbook for the first time since

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 24, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  snapshot diary an image a day keeps the psets away

  

  started looking around for things to stir thoughts in my head, a stimulus of ... . I had wanted to blog about some casual photos I had around for a while ... to them being like, "wow, I see you :O" 9/10/21 A completely different

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 3, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Day in the Life A play-by-play of my day, along with some pictures.

  

  papers to write and a problem set to start, it’s clearly the perfect opportunity to blog! I’ve wanted to write a “Day in the Life” entry for quite a ... we went to Sunny’s Diner (just up Mass Ave) for a good ole’ artery

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 11, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  CP* restored my faith in the universe i read...My Immortal...with prefrosh

  

  ! These couple of days have been a testament to how amazing the MIT ... impressive to me. I'm so thankful to be a member of this community :) As I ... line at a time to a story. It started out with "Levi was a simp

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 18, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  6.0001 is Done I learned a bit (or should I say 8-bit)

  

  The first quarter comes to a close at MIT. I am crocheting winter ... learned a lot of new ways to see exactly where I went wrong. This also came ... is across from a piano. If there was a MicroQuiz to be had, you best

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 21, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Our students, their stories. Andy Partridge in a zamboni purple monkey dishwasher.

  

  rabbit to class. A rabbit. She brought a rabbit to a lecture about Thevenin ... a cat into a modern music class to save time after a vet appointment ... wrote, "I'm coming to visit MIT as a congratulatory gift from my dad! Any

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 15, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Not an actual entry Warning: I am apparently in a run-on sentence/overuse of parenthetical statements mood today.

  

  blast, though. (I'll put a picture of me and my bro on later to embarrass ... (who is also coming to Maine) lives in Orange County, so he a) drove us ... from a plane to bring supplies to people, ie soldiers in the field), but

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 3, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Likelihood

  

  some other top colleges do." For those of you not up to speed on what a ... not go out until April. So, in a sense, I can understand the urge to not ... addition to the stress they can relieve, also can add a bit of stress to the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 19, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A lot about course 9

  

  .) Brain and Cognitive Sciences (or BCS, or course 9) is a small-to ... reading. In order to graduate with a degree in course 9, there is a rather ... Today was supposed to be my first day of lab work in our new lab

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 17, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  On MIT and Humanities I promise I will stop philosophizing (aka. sounding like an old man) in my entries…

  

  too nerdy. I question whether I would even be able to find a balanced ... self-study and proceeded to get 5's in all three subjects. For a long ... history was a real passion for me, I'll always be able to do it on the side

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 19, 2009
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  When You Yourself Are Far Away Donuts, used books, and some wonderful/terrible recipes you need not try.

  

  Career Fair is a magical time: in addition to the opportunity and the ... they run out of donuts. That day we got to get a lot of donuts to share ... the shop.        Irina left a well-attired friendly octopus to guard

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 16, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cellular neurobiology The more syllables it has, the cooler it is

  

  't have to explain to all the postdocs what a "blog" is -- but I forgot the camera. Hey, I'm not a morning person, and I can't remember to do ... remember to leave Adam a shopping list, so he could go to the store on his

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 1, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Nothing beats a wet beaver! Except, in this case, a wet Iona. Pictures!

  

  A-woo-hoo! Since the last entry was such a frickin' saga (tm Betsy Hahn 1999) of hardcore text, I thought you'd like to look at some ... polo game against Iona. I mean, it's kind of hard to take pictures at 1

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  new information about my life just dropped [ from the archive ] roses, thorns, and buds

  

  committee GSD a while back, Jinhee W. ‘26 decided to switch it up. She instead ... new. To be completely honest, I don’t exactly get what a bud is – some ... , Missouri, to Cambridge. The 18 hour drive was a massive undertaking (mostly

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • February 21, 2026
• Blog / Admissions

  Deferred Applicants Q & A Have a question about your MIT EA deferral? Read on...

  

  working hard!) as well as a text box for any other updates you'd like to ... application. The Midyear Updates form is a simple text box, similar to an essay ... application was already strong enough to make you a contender in the Regular

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 22, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Pursuing CS as a (near) beginner being a prospective CS major with little programming experience

  

  where I feel like a lot of my STEM background amounted to nothing, since ... intelligence instead. I went to a coding camp over the summer that I really liked ... school go to for pursuing pre-med. It's difficult to find a physics

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 14, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How hard is it, really? Let down

  

  indicators, MIT does its best to make sure you end up in a physics class that ... 90s. I thought that this meant I just had to work a little harder, but ... , DON'T TELL ME TO GO READ A BOOK! TEACH ME PHYSICS! YOU'RE A FREAKING

  • by Snively '11
  • April 9, 2008
• Blog / How to MIT

  New Year; New Me! (Two Months Late Oops) I’ve been thinking a lot about what I want to do in my last semester…

  

  I’ve been thinking a lot about how I would want to structure this ... post for a month now, so I didn't want to rewrite, but it felt weird to ... ’s still a surprise. [/visually_hidden] It’s strange to me when I wake up

  • by ana~
  • March 5, 2022