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  a semester customary end-of-semester blog post: sophomore spring edition

  

  MIT’s newest foreign language offered: Korean) I’ve covered most of ... of it, not a mere tourist or spectator of the rush hour crowd. I go to ... the sense of overwhelming relief. MIT has been home, sure, but it doesn

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 30, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Music Scene by a non-musician

  

  exist, I can confirm). It is the one form of art where I am perfectly ... that music is one of the most relaxing things, ever. Whether you’re strumming a guitar wistfully pretending to be in a 90s kids coming-of-age film

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • December 23, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Uncreative Post with an uncreative title

  

  complete all those hopeful post beginnings, reenact the thrill of days long ... the essentials of IAP and Spring semester.   During IAP, I took ... of an educational video on fractals. I see fractals everywhere now. It

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 1, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Poker, Mountains, and Magic The four words of this title have no other exact match on Google

  

  beautiful, inspirational maxim: Nearby were posted similar words of wisdom. Clearly, I’m not a fan of trite platitudes. I got a collection of ... finished redecorating my dorm room to constantly remind me of my

  • by Joel G. '18
  • February 6, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In which brains are awesome Neener neener neener.

  

  sort your mail. I offer up your daily dose of snark. It's a rockin' good ... , having never taken advantage of the "hey kids, look at my schedule!" post ... hosed again, here's a picture of an otter for you." (Oh man I love otters

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Brain Dump News and updates for admitted students from the last few weeks, in no particular order...

  

  (i.e. how many admitted students will accept our offer of admission) is ... Marilee perform with my band at ZBT's fifth annual Battle Of The Bands on ... is lots of fun with a variety of interesting threads (this is my

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 28, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  what’s happening on campus tl;dr packing up & freaking out

  

  follow the path of an exponential function, info here) and research into ... had already put enormous amounts of time and effort. All the national ... of times, when you're not frantically trying to say a too-early goodbye

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 11, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Eastward ho! Don't US people normally go to Canada or Mexico before they cross an ocean?

  

  world am I? Two days ago I won a prime cut of meat by winning a game of musical chairs against a group of about 40 people (the majority of whom have their PhD). Yesterday I apprehensively put the equivalent of almost $450

  • by Stanley G.
  • July 20, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Not in Kansas anymore A brief look at your third '15 blogger

  

  third freshman blogger, class of '15, and I thought I would take a second ... and left for the States at the ripe young age of 1. From there I enjoyed ... The Wizards of Oz(aka my parent's old friends) had a huge impact on

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • September 9, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ode to the New, Part 1 Seeking adventure.

  

  started “The Digging Club”: I led two friends to a patch of grass on the ... . Now, instead of using fitted sheets as capes, I buy fabric from the ... and take my first steps into the world of “we don't know why this

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 28, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW-related whatsits Just some things you might want to know before you arrive tomorrow!

  

  think all or most of us signed up anyway. We like helping.) Actually ... lots of people at MIT interested in helping you make your college decision. I would really encourage all of you to ask lots of questions this

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So I said to Einstein… ...think of a name for my new theory while I go talk to my relatives.

  

  .. "I think of MIT as a samurai school," said Jones. "It is preparing you for the highest work of advancing civilization. You have to find a way ... course of my job of turning turkeys into oil, there are long periods of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 19, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Women’s Week 2005 Learn about both the mission and events associated with this year's week-long promotion.

  

  's Women's Week. Check out the variety of events that are going on. Women's Week 2005 November 5th-10th "To promote a model of femininity that incorporates and embraces the properties of intelligence, competence,and ambition

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 9, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The mail, and more

  

  lot of mail. At least a dozen buckets of mail came in this morning, on top of yesterday's already heavy mail . The records office staff are ... MIT Tracking System, though this could take upwards of a week. We make no

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 4, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  seem very nice; the lady offered me one of her crackers. We're flying ... , listening to the Prince of Egypt soundtrack (Hans Zimmer AND Stephen Schwartz ... of Mountains In The Continental United States, so I stopped a random

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

  Talking about a difficult subject Answering an FAQ.

  

  Every so often, during the Q&A portion of an MIT information ... hair-pulling by even the brightest students. But in the rare cases of ... students study science and engineering. This shows a lack of understanding of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2010
• Blog / Events

  DEAPS 2005 Yellowstone freshman year.

  

  of time/money? they ask. As someone who they'd heard had participated ... graduate of Hamden High School, #6 in my class, good grades fine scores ... the tether of this place, there's something about these walls, something

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • June 25, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  California Love a week in the life of an admissions officer on the road

  

  students about MIT. The goal of these presentations is to demystify the ... about my journey, and I thought I'd share some of them with you all to see ... direct to LAX. I spent most of the flight napping and reading back issues

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 12, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  (An Incomplete Guide to) Summer Opportunities for MIT Students Pantsuits, stress, hyperlinks.

  

  for something related to your education, MIT offers a lot of ... of companies send recuiters to set up booths at MIT. It fills up an ice ... 's preceded and followed by a lot of info-sessions, panels, networking events

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 27, 2015