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  [Guest Post] A circle of shared breaths rediscovering synchronized skating at MIT, by Eleanor L. '27

  

  planning to make it more accessible for anyone in the MIT community to try it ... synchronized ice skating, I was VERY excited. not just because [annotation note="in ... skating culture in general is lowkey underrated!! and also Eleanor is so

  • by Janet G. '27
  • April 14, 2026
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Seniors let's talk

  

  Life has drastically changed in the past few months. You’re in a ... life-changing. You started in one place and will end up in another. You ... open yourself up, in essay after essay, decisions become really REALLY

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 17, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fantastic Course Numbers and Where to Find Them A List of Ways MIT is like Hogwarts

  

  struggling on deciding what exactly this is a metaphor for in my personality ... things, which has manifested itself in... A List of Ways MIT is Like ... corridors in order to get around campus without walking in the rain outside

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 30, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Checking My Calendar I know I'll eat my words come late September, but I'm looking forward to three…

  

  The New York Times has had an interesting set of articles over the past couple weeks about vacation time in the U.S. versus Europe. The ... is a snapshot of a week in February 2009, when I was at MIT, while the

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • August 17, 2010
• Blog / Advice

  CPW Advice 2k19 come party wildly and/or play wii and/or perceive wonders and/or...

  

  right for you. In particular, don't feel pressured to go to tons of events ... Students' Weekend. Admitted high school seniors flood MIT for 3.14 days and all of campus puts on a bazillion fun events for them!) I wanted to

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 8, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Out of Context Quoteboard SFW for the blogs, unfortunately

  

  that is surviving an MIT semester. The concentration of emails sent to ... split us all up - funny things are mostly only funny when they're said in ... emails in my inbox that were sent to this mailing list and pick out some of

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 25, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  First Post A little about myself.

  the privilege to be an admissions officer for nearly ten years at three terrific universities (including MIT). I never aspired to have a career in admissions. To tell the truth, I didn’t know one could have a career in

  • by mitblogs
  • September 14, 2005
• Blog / People & Identities

  New Things I’ve Tried mostly experimenting with some looks:)

  

  hair was moisturized and remained that way for the whole week I had it in ... faith in my ability to grow and become a great artist. Music is an ... better improve in this art form. For now, I’ve been asking friends with

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • January 9, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  climbing and becoming a perspective on moving to the US for MIT and the slow journey towards adulthood

  

  . [annotation note="In the end I'm confident this was the right choice for me, but ... This summer, I became obsessed with climbing. Climbing is an exercise in creativity and fitness originating from a very simply defined

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • September 16, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  talk to people! from the person least qualified to give this advice

  

  post.   Can I interest you in some background information for the ... about it? This is an image from one of my favorite Twitter accounts ... whole our entrances are facing backwards thing yet. (Tip for visitors: if

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 11, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  it’s ok that it’s not ok sometimes things will happen, and you have to just let yourself be.

  

  had An Episode, for the first time in a long while, and felt in every ... patch of 3-in-1 oil that he used for model trains, hitting his head, and ... minimized it for them, mentioned it in passing, made it sound like I didn

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 4, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Neil Gaiman: The Liveblog "This is a land of fire and dreams."

  

  's giving was even featured on the MIT homepage for today, which is how you ... Julie Gerberding and Compton lecturer Tom Brokaw, for example. We've also hosted the infamous Ollie Smoot '62 (for a lecture about Smoot's Ear

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 23, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tomorrow is MacVicar day! Tomorrow is MacVicar day. See poster presentations by MIT students who have made an impact…

  

  I got an email today about the MacVicar Day event this week that showcases student research in our labs here on campus and in the field worldwide. It should be an exciting celebration of student achievements in

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 2, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Radio Nerd Shenanigans i wrote this in october and forgot to post it oops

  

  note="stands for Amateur Radio Emergency Services. I still miss them a bit."]ARES[/annotation] for fun. When I was in high school, everyone I met in ham radio was either old, white, or a man, and often a

  • by Anika H. '26, MEng '27
  • February 25, 2023
• Blog / Events

  FUP!!! I spent my first official week at MIT as a FUPPER!!

  

  My first week at MIT was absolutely INCREDIBLE!!  There was an ... at MIT a week early to participate in FUP, or the MIT Freshman Urban ... on familiarization with MIT public service through participation in

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 29, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  Marathon Monday A Boston institution.

  

  Yesterday was the third Monday in April, meaning it’s Patriots’ Day (a holiday celebrated almost exclusively in Massachusetts and Maine). The third day in a four-day weekend, it also marks what has been a

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • April 19, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A Half-Century of Hacking MIT's original hackers are still alive and well, right on campus and just a short…

  

  explains an ingenious use of Simpson's Rule for locating specific trains ... hand in hand. But what you might not know is that MIT's original hackers ... Nickel Plate." Anybody at MIT can join right in, even freshmen, and get

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 16, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Admissions Decisions and Mystery Hunt A few thoughts and a lot of puzzles.

  

  . Happiness is not a place. In the following months I went to CPW, shopped for ... end of the weekend, the puzzles culminate in an on-campus run ... decision for me and I might have hunted for wifi at intersections. When we

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 12, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  conversations with friends so many different ways to feel lost

  

  : boston/cambridge/mit really does feel like home right now because in my mind that's where i'm going back to i'm just here in nyc for a bit _____ m: since i’ve gotten ... feel to be back in the city m: kinda weird it's nice because i love nyc

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • August 21, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  yet i maintain composure manu tenere “i hold by hand”

  

  ’re not prepared for. last thursday, a little past 5 pm, i got an email ... . i go to an advanced class for squares, and we dance for two hours or ... into preparing for cpw— on friday, i go to an interview, and then i go

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 9, 2020