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• Blog / How to Human

  in a funk and salvaging hope

  

  funk. A deep funk. It took me awhile to notice. A few long months ... , but it is a lot to put into words at the moment—so I have chosen to ... and that I have the power to be a part of that change sounds simple

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • March 31, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  We bring the sketch to you! The internet is full of weirdness!

  

  that they were talking to a room full of MIT students. As it turns out, they had a friend that was just accepted to MIT EA. I'm not sure how much ... I don't know if you've heard of this website, but there's a new

  • by Snively '11
  • February 4, 2010
• Blog / People & Identities

  A Part of Me or apart of me?

  

  . Fact: Learning is a process, not a competition, and I’m excited to be ... way that I related to quite a bit: she personified imposter syndrome as a Part of Her. She (roughly) said: “I don’t want this Part of Me to

  • by Paige B. '24
  • September 22, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Bit About Me Growing up on a healthy diet of prime time television and MMORPGs

  

  Cailou (a show my young sister was adamant to watch) I'd saunter off to the ... a LOT of television to pass the time. I could hum The Simpsons' theme ... weeks were great, I was making a little money, I got to listen to as much

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • July 22, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s a puzzlement… ...or why I really love reading your applications!

  

  take breaks from reading so I used one of them to take a quick walk ... anytime I need just a few minutes of peace and quiet or when I need to clear ... getting to the end and realizing there is a piece missing. Now sometimes it

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • January 16, 2010
• Blog / Announcements

  A New Year, A New President Introducing Dr. Sally Kornbluth, the 18th President of MIT

  

  this morning and wonder why you were rescheduled to a different location ... will be a public livestream on mit.edu to introduce her to the community ... she would get to know our (quirky, unique) students on a new campus, and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 20, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  I Can Talk to Anyone perseverating with caution

  

  education, to which there are a few common responses: 1) Not following up ... small talk mode. We don’t have to have a deep conversation about math, but ... forced them to do a math competition for extra credit, or maybe they just

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 13, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  18.600 poetry compute the probability i overuse the ampersand

  

  dedicated to 18.600, a.k.a. Probability and Random Variables, which I took this past semester. special thanks to: Brice H. ‘19, for your ... poetry that tries to incorporate math always comes off as cringe.

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 25, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  Red Sox *wwooooossshhhh!*

  

  has to be a game, because I just heard the last little bit of the ... Hey, did a Red Sox game just start? The dorm just shook and it sounded like a bunch of fighter jets just flew by, another benefit MIT has

  • by Snively '11
  • April 7, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Peace Out, 2005 Saying goodbye to a great year!

  

  2005 in Review Being in college manages to teach you a lot of life ... is the worst grade to get. It means you were "this close" to an A- but ... that if I were to get a B+, I should have opted to do less work and get

  • by Bryan
  • December 31, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  self-assessment, re: playwriting notes on taking playwrights' workshop this semester

  

  find ways to drive action, create drama, all in a theatrically compelling ... classmates. It was ultimately liberating, I think, to have had a supportive ... questions to pose. Being simultaneously an MIT student and a writer is

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 9, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  A person can develop a cough. Simultaneously the coldest and hottest entry I've ever written.

  

  thing I said to the lab assistant was, "Can you give me a hand? I have no ... or something. Thirty minutes later, I returned to the kitchen to find a ... world is? Well, I will tell you. It is going to the Zesiger Center to go

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 6, 2006
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do I need a high school diploma to apply?

  completion to apply. Each year we receive a small number of applications from ... school classes, a strong academic foundation in high school both improves ... Institute when you're here. For some more information, check out What to do in
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Everybody LOVES a math joke Math jokes for a Monday chuckle!

  

  Could Lie Tangent To Your Curves!" with 42,000 members, everybody loves a ... Mathematical Society Journal, with a link to the article below). Seriously, she even told it at a Harvard party that we went to, with an audience of

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 6, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  what’s in a name mr. sushi - winner of the first annual name bryan's fish contest!

  

  In a close name contest between Groker and Mr. Sushi, Mr. Sushi edged out Groker in a 8 to 7 win, but remember we're all winners here. Katy, congratulations! I'll be in touch so you can redeem your prize.

  • by Bryan
  • July 24, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  What do you want to know? Tell me something.

  

  I could say a million things about MIT and what it's like to be here ... interest to you. So if you don't mind, post some topics you'd like to hear about and I'll try my best to write about them over the next few entries.

  • by Bryan
  • October 6, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  More about Residence Based Advising Still have questions about RBA?

  

  , including one where you get to build furniture for your room (a picture of a ... to relax at the end of the weekend and learn a little more about films. On top of the movies every week, MIT gives RBA groups a lot of money to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Decisions Beginning To Arrive How are you guys doing?

  

  't seem to get anything done. I'm working on the big Q&A thread that I ... folks (1|2|3) and deferred folks (1|2|3). Still, I'd love to hear from you ... this job - so it's nice to know what you're feeling. Ben

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 13, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Random’s 13th happy birthday random hall!

  

  a dorm to me -- it's a living space that houses some of my most ... performing a birthday dirge, as opposed to a birthday song, where we stomp and ... excursion to Lobby 7, stands in a circle, and performs the birthday dirge. I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 2, 2020
• Blog / Events

  MIT is Utopia Because the nice guys were here.

  

  a lot of fun. Then, yesterday night Wong Fu Productions came to MIT ... , so I was super excited that I got a chance to meet them. Be sure to ... The last 2 weeks have been such a whirlwind of activities. Last

  • by Celena C. '12
  • October 15, 2009