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• Blog / How to Human

  many thoughts head full

  

  days of IAP where I felt a little less than human. I would wake up at 2 ... I've been hesitant to write things since my mind has been a bit of a ... 's a feeling of too much and not enough going on. During the days where I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 26, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Our loving, our friends, and our labor This entry is based on Aaron Copland's opera "The Tender Land."

  

  DID YOU KNOW? "The Canticle of Freedom," written for the dedication of Kresge Auditorium at MIT, was the only piece Aaron Copland ever ... to stop growing until we deprived them of oxygen, at which point they

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 22, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  incoming how i’ve been spending my iap yes get ready for like 8 of these in a row

  

  This past week and a half I've been slowly adjusting to life at MIT again. I spent the two whole weeks of break just complaining about ... myself busy and attempt to be an actual college student. I made a lot of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 16, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Questions and answers

  

  of science and engineering courses it offers, and the fact that most of ... where you want to be? How much of this was unique to MIT as opposed to ... . It's a bit of a tough one because my goals have changed substantially

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 23, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Residence-Based Advising Residence-Based Advising WILL NOT allow you to change dorms during your freshman year.

  

  at Pixar, which would be formatting and finding information for the artwork of Pixar's 20th Anniversary book - happy 20th anniversary, Pixar!.. (three years ago! ahem..) Working at Pixar is kind of like working at a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 9, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  For Newtown

  

  and every one of them. But we offer these things up for them - the only ... Last Friday afternoon, I - like many of you - learned of the awful tragedy that had occured that morning at Sandy Hook Elementary School in

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 18, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP, CES, and other acronyms I spent my MIT IAP with a CEO at CES in LAS, and now I…

  

  I managed to be at least as busy as I was in October or November ... personal health, just in time for me to start the spring semester at the tail end of a prolonged battle with the flu. * I’m actually not sure about

  • by Joel G. '18
  • March 9, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Lies, damn lies, and statistics

  

  university, and win at the ISEF international level. Notice how I had none of ... because on the rare occasions I visit it, so much of what's on it makes me angry or sad. A bunch of the parents were very skeptical that you don

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 7, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Roombaaaa The longest trip I've ever taken in my life

  

  Robot?). At the end of the conversation, the wonderful representative that I was ... My story begins a couple weeks ago at Career Fair.... As I attempted to make my way through the hustle and bustle of suited up MIT students

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 21, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  Winter Sports at MIT a sneak peek of: swim and dive, squash, and men's basketball

  

  has your experience been as a student-athlete at MIT so far? Swimming student-athlete: “Being a student athlete at MIT has been an incredible ... part of the team here. Some of my closest friends are on the swim team

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 12, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Semester II: v. hosed tl;dr: *loud screaming*

  

  the top of my lungs. UROP I have a really cool UROP at the Scalable Cooperation group at the Media Lab this semester - after a semester of ... write about your classes. Seriously, look at this mess. (Realistically

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 14, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Decision Day Eve Making your decision by May 1.

  

  you're declining our offer of admission (it's okay, we know you ... concerns? I am available, as are all of the bloggers, to field questions ... online reply form at MyMIT. You have three choices: tell us you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 30, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Recap; New Bloggers Announced Philly, Jersey, Wilmington. Jess, Keri, Lulu.

  

  , although it's only been a couple of weeks. Lots to tell you about. Fall ... close), I left for the first leg of my fall recruitment travel. As to not completely bore you with the details of my trip I will compose them in haiku

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 3, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  Another Journey Planned How to go abroad 101

  

  at the forces affecting the development of cities around the world. If accepted, I will be travelling with a group of about 30 students to Detroit ... . At the beginning of my sophomore year, however, I decided I did want to

  • by Becca H. '12
  • February 21, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Night at da Opera A Jolly Splendid Time!!

  

  Goddess” at Jordan Hall in Boston. Luckily, it wasn't four hours straight of ... ! At the end of the play, in true Deus Ex Machina fashion, the gods ... class looks at moral and social questions concerning the human experience

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • March 1, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  an album a day the only new year's resolution i've ever completed

  

  my last attempt at a New Year's Resolution. in my junior year of high ... thought this would be a good idea because I enjoy the entire process of ... ,  and organizing any noteworthy finds into one of my 150+ carefully

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 2, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  CMS.621: Fans & Fan Culture the class that changed my career trajectory?

  

  shifted over time. At first, listening to this new wave music was an act of ... 've never been the best at argumentative papers. I researched a lot of ... I usually reserve these kinds of posts for life-changing classes, the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 17, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  Skating or School? Why not both?

  

  've received stipends that cover only a fraction of the costs. At one point ... alums of all backgrounds and interests come together every morning at 8am ... the rink, in and out of the classroom, offer a social component to an

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 21, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ingredients for a black hole: 1. Hydrogen 2. Soda 3. Bottle Irish pub-lic outreach

  

  of meteorites. At the end of the hall, there's a room with a projector ... 's missing one of his front teeth. The typical eight-year-old's look. "I'd just ... two weeks ago, at a McCormick observatory public night. McCormick's 26

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 20, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  Navigating Offcampus Housing 101 finding housing is a fucking nightmare

  

  community. I went home until the end of the semester and moved in mid-May, so I wasn't involved in the process of finding an apartment. I'm told that it was a hellish six hours involving four tours, lots of walking

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 11, 2020