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  Getting Through a Difficult Month Study, Study, Study

  

  ’m improving as a person both in and out of the classroom. At the same time, I ... March was the busiest month at MIT so far. It truly felt like it was ... belief. Now, as Spring Break comes to close, and the month of April has

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • April 1, 2018
• Blog / Athletics

  Thanksgiving Nostalgia if MIT == home

  

  inordinate amount of time sitting at my desk. As a student studying computer ... driveway as I had done thousands of times before (driving was weird in and of itself), it felt foreign, nothing like walking through the familiarity of

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • December 1, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wish I Joined the MIT 100K as a Freshman four years of this would've been great

  

  Natalya Brikner and the judging panel   At the beginning of this year ... I look at the clock - it's 5 am. I started working at 3 pm. What just ... very few undergrads (Now I'm excited a lot more of my undergrad friends

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 8, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Candies and Costumes and Pumpkins and CATS Princess Leia and Orphan Annie ran around with laser guns and threw candy at people.…

  

  of costumes worn during the day around MIT's campus. I personally was ... weird being out of the norm. It's strange that I still feel that way, like ... dressed out of the norm. Wearing just a flannel shirt is out of the norm

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 3, 2014
• Blog / Events

  MIT International Or how a local Model UN conference broke molds and expectations by going abroad

  

  falling under the term: every branch of engineering - from aeronautics, to ... seemingly only a science in a purely semantical sense, is a hidden gem here at the Institute. More importantly, in ways, it's a bit of an art, too

  • by Emad T. '14
  • February 11, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Just A Small Town Girl Blogging in an awesome world.

  

  of being back and Matt McGann and Chris Peterson have already called me ... (biological engineering) sophomore (whaaat, I'm not the baby of campus anymore?? Crap.) here to tell you about life at this "quirky and special" place. I

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 17, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  Hello, Layover (Part Two) Electric Boog-a-loo.

  

  Due to an Act of God, I am in the shiny new JetBlue terminal at JFK ... informs you of the options you have, at which point you can decide what's best for you. I know you're all getting a ton of stuff thrown at you now

  • by Keri G. '10
  • June 23, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  Excitement I'll take things that cause it for 800.

  

  watching 230-lb guys (who can also throw a ball at 99 mph) Irish step dancing in their underwear. Who isn't a fan of that? Seeing as I fall into neither of these categories, I put off of grading 5.112 problem sets (which

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Pimp my sukkah. I really can't think of a better blog entry title than that.

  

  -Hamentaschen debate. Some kind of party held at the height of Nelly's popularity, which ... : Pimp My Sukkah. Hello everyone! FYSH (first year students of Hillel) is ... decorating the Sukkah in the most fantastic of ways (think Pimp My Ride meets

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 5, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Western Union A celebration of marriage, nanotechnology, and acrophobia in Seattle, WA.

  

  nature of these photographs.) Since eating seafood at an overpriced ... the way down, we wanted to stop at the restaurant (Top of the Needle ... to celebrate the wedding of one of my floormates. She met her husband

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Bed arrangements in dorms, and beauty on campus

  

  and paint it back at the end of the year. Just so my readers know, I ... couple. :) Nicole R. asked: "Do most of the dorms have bunk beds or two seperate beds?" I can't speak for every dorm, but at East Campus, most rooms

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 8, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  what to expect when you’re expecting a bad grade, that is

  

  pointless, but not so hard that most of the class couldn't do it. 'Twas I who ... walked out. In light of this, some serious cheer is in order, and so I present to you a list of things to do if and/or when you find yourself in a

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 29, 2025
• Blog / MISTI

  alone in cologne homesickness, better late than never

  

  at MIT, my mom couldn’t contain her tears. Holding my hand, she was the only one of us truly overcome with sadness. She’d squeeze tighter and ... her?”   “Of course I’m going to miss her, but why would I be sad

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • June 26, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sentimental Objects (part one) random trinkets from freshman year

  

  -every-birthday-card-in-a-cute-box-sentimental type. More like borderline-hoarders-that-have-to-assess-the-potential-value-of-a-random-reciept-sentimental-types. We’ve always kind of been like this, and it wasn’t a problem in high ... and decided to give us a bag of things she no longer needed, but thought

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 29, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Time Flies… especially when you are having more fun than you could possibly imagine.

  

  150. At the same time, I bid the Class of 2011 goodbye with the promise ... to even realize…ways that will be a part of them when their time at MIT ... I’ve found myself being reflective recently about a lot of things. A

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • June 6, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  The Curiosity Instinct Every MIT applicant should ask a question - but not necessarily just "How can I…

  

  Even though I'm now two years out of high school, I still keep in touch with one of my favorite English teachers - indeed, one of the best teachers I've ever had the privilege of taking classes with - from time to

  • by Emad T. '14
  • November 24, 2011
• Blog / Class Projects

  Mind and Hand My first CNC project

  

  ! One of my classes, 2.008, focuses on manufacturing and machining ... fair share of building since I've gotten here (plastic bottle pirate ship, 4 robots, an Olmec, etc) but all of that used skills that I really

  • by Snively '11
  • October 10, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2008 Summer (Pics!) Photo overload. eep.

  

  night. Saw the Fourth of July fireworks LIVE at Boston's Hatch Shell ... , relaxing after a year of MIT. Took a short family vacation to Nagoya, Japan ... dealing with the genetics of Caenorhabditis elegans, a microscopic nematode

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Danger Danger! Listen to Burt, duck and cover!

  

  MIT, being at the forefront of a lot of things, is a very neat place ... there is high voltage on the other sides of those signs, right? That ... thick, they also have another type of sign for high voltages: If you

  • by Snively '11
  • January 23, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  winter things a sampling of IAP plans around campus

  

  if I keep at it for a few eons, I'll start getting the hang of it. In ... spent the first week or so of IAP at home wrapping up some driving ... (notable mentions include a production of Titus Andronicus at the Globe(if you have

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • February 5, 2023