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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Senior Survey (Says?) (For the record, I think that being on Family Feud would be totally awesome)

  

  back, it absolutely has been. I've had a show at the radio station for ... passion for teaching, and even learned a thing or two about brains, all ... A couple of days ago, Snively wrote, "I have a theory that bloggers

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 3, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  Spreading yourself too thin At MIT, the saying goes that you can work, sleep, or play, but you have…

  

  only has space for 5 activities! This is not a coincidence… I’ve known so ... what’s *really* important to me. For example, I was invited to join the ... The beginning of a new term is always accompanied by a mix of anxiety

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 10, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  30 questions with my roommates! I had writer's block so I forced my roommates to make content for me

  

  representative for SAAS(South Asian Association of Students), a member of the Mech ... . i was looking for a show that requires absolutely zero braincells to ... for context) 11. Last text you sent Fatima> “yea sounds good” to my

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 16, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Why Leadership? (guest post) Inclusive leadership and vision-building at LeaderShape 2018.

  

  have but as a universal possibility for all. Leadership is the courage ... only one responsible for my own growth as a leader, and I need to seek ... another for fear of offense. But this was a space where that was okay, where

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 21, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Breaking Normal From Freshman Spring Archives

  

  , dragging pajamas on in a hurry before jumping into the softest bed for a nap ... I may be tempted to position myself in the lounge for a while, to talk ... developments or see a musical Tesla coil. Though, really, I should study for my

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 22, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  More on balance Some parameters for self-improvement

  

  and a sundress. In less than 48 hours, I will be in Houston, both for ... becomes pleasure, but often you have to grit your teeth for a long time ... then I finished reading The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri. It's a novel about

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • October 7, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  Adventures on the Charles Aka we go outdoors sometimes

  

  “trained” for half an hour to compete in a mock-race. Everyone was super ... weekend, we signed up for a canoeing trip and picnic lunch along the Charles ... through intermittent sun and rain, stopped for a picnic lunch and chat, then

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • June 15, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Talk to Strangers you might want to keep what they have to say forever

  

  for those of you that will eventually sign up, it's a class you can take ... for simply listening to what they had to say.         When you hold a ... infinite and ask if they have a few minutes to talk about this without, well

  • by Ana V. '15
  • July 22, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Memory Quilt insert many sobbing emojis here

  

  around with a picture of their own face on their shirt??? - so for a couple ... were basically just walking advertisements for the movie. Still, it was a ... make a meme generator for like an hour, and then bailed to play pool at

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 27, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  work thoughts on productivity and a post-mortem of my spring semester

  

  calorimeter was actually a pretty good analogy for my life, and then I decided I ... I resorted back to work-as-a-coping-mechanism for the spring.   ... a CI-M for both 20 and 6, so I’m knocking out two requirements in one

  • by Alice L. '24
  • July 5, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Comments on A Boring Friday lItErArY aNaLySiS

  

  Spoilers for A Boring Friday, you should check that first ... 's a heavy-handed metaphor for how you don't notice time passing until it ... is behind you. Relationships. A big theme of the game is how important

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 13, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  The American Astronomical Society’s Winter Conference: 2013 Edition THIS IS SO EXCITING I THINK I'M GOING TO CRY

  

  came up and slipped a card into my hand. Bewildered, I looked around for ... I figured I ought to make a friend. Me: Hello! I guess you're here for ... hanging onto it for her. Me: Oh, a student? Are you a professor? Guy: I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 15, 2013
• Blog / Classes

  Pre-Sophomore Year in anticipation of the sophomore slump

  

  ; 17.307 Excited for a class is a... strong term... but I choose to have ... Policy for Washington Interns, which is a small class in coordination with ... can for sure say that I feel the most confident I've been, which is a

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • September 1, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things I Regret… less-than-optimal decisions I've made in college

  

  graduate for my Mech. E degree. I probably would have had a better academic ... longer before making decisions. Ask more people for a different perspective ... ’ve made while in college...   1. Trying to go for the computer science

  • by Selam G. '18
  • August 4, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Scary Tails and College Essays Three bad puns, two bloggers, one post.

  

  application cats. Also, last night we discovered a new qualification for ... the aforementioned Lucy to go for a drive. Driving by muscle memory led ... . Look at what we do for you. We almost fell prey to a demon

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 31, 2010
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Reflections from the “other side” of the desk Even when you are gone, you can't really get away

  

  It has only been a couple of months since I left MIT Admissions for a ... official member of the broader MIT community, I find that it is difficult for ... Kendall/MIT stop on a daily basis, and I no longer spend my days with the

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 5, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Class Crossover Using engineering leadership while stuck on the wrong side of the internet

  

  didn’t end in .mit.edu, except for Google and a few random others. Late ... interview somebody for a news story, we have to look at the entire situation ... During the first week of IAP, I took a class known as ESD.054

  • by Stanley G.
  • January 20, 2013
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Haiti Day 2: DINEPA and mosquito bites

  

  stopped for lunch, after which we wandered around town for a bit more. We ... us that there isn't a great feeling for the government here. Many ... organization that has a series of programs for the XO. These people had

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 27, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Digging through old bookmarks time for some blasts from the past

  

  somebody in the UK dreamt that a loved one had died, only for that loved one ... instance of Gnod all is about music. Gnod is kind of a search engine for ... While I'm working on a longer post, I wanted to write a quick post

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 18, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Four years, four summers The stuff I've been up to every summer at MIT.

  

  stuff in the back, and we drove home. I was home for a week, during which ... she struck a deal with me that we'd share payment for groceries, she ... for genetic changes linked to different types of addiction. After a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 14, 2006