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• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer Lovin’ Had me a blast. Or, the last post I'll write from home!

  

  , though.* All this frenzy is a result of my summer dwindling to tomorrow and Sunday, which is a pretty crazy thing if you think about it ... IS taking things slow, for a MIT prefrosh? Ladies and gentlemen, my

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 20, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Things you might have wanted to know

  

  . I have only a few days left in Switzerland (I will post pictures at ... picture in your banner? As the observant have no doubt noticed, it's a ... by a friend. How did you come up with the name for your blog? This is

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 13, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  rearview reflections newly-minted cruft rambles on post-mit life

  

  career pivots, self-discovery in a new hobby, or newfound interest in ... in June,[/annotation] which has been a while, but considering how many ... I was graduating, my emotions revolved in a pretty binary fashion

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / Advice

  Parental advice, revisited… a self-referential throwback, that is somehow, still relevant

  

  themself, including whether MIT is likely to be a good cultural fit.  The ... probably even more interested in why.  It is entirely possible that your ... any particular outcome, there is value in parents checking their ego

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 12, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  REXachusetts Institute of Technology your guide to the daily confusion

  

  . According to MIT's Dormitory Council: Residence Exploration, or REX, is a ... . For the rest of you, REX is a great opportunity to find out about the ... , REX is a time to enjoy yourself, meet as many people as possible, first

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 1, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  random thoughts about choices why mit? why not mit?

  

  overheard someone ask "what is your direction right now? or are you in a phase ... one concern i hear from a lot of people on-the-fence is of mit ... say mit is only as hard as you want it to be. that is a lie, but so is

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 29, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  hold me (but not too close) on writing the full-length play

  

  people some important lesson about life. In some sense, this is a result ... in the title. Over the course of the semester, you write a play that is ... format, one page of a script is approximately one minute of dialogue. in

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 7, 2022
• Blog / How to Food

  MIT Dining Halls my controversial ranking

  

  wow students as there is with a state school or a small liberal arts ... most talked about is campus dining/food. MIT has historically been a food ... and the kitchen can only really fit people in a single-file line. Very

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • March 19, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  IAP? No.. YOU’RE AP Possibly the worst title EVER. (Also, answers to your questions, but under the worst title…

  

  help me? Right now I am in the 8th grade. And what exactly is a problem ... is kind of hard, especially in high school, because a lot of the time ... believe the 200 IM is actually used as a form of torture in some parts of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 17, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Women’s Initiative A bit about my classes - and why girls are awesome

  

  Sooo ~ MIT's back in session and life is again much too full with ... interesting in that 90% of our grade is based on problem sets, 5% on participation, and the remaining 5% on some in-class assignment that is supposedly

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 8, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Just a little advice…

  

  their application. In light of this, I'm going to tell you a story. Maybe ... own applications. Once upon a time and long ago... ...in mid ... early decision or early action to a lot of really awesome schools. So in

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 31, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT Arts Party 2010! [by Ken Haggerty '11] Now that I'm about to graduate, it's time for some fun…

  

  was in the mood for milk.) ABOVE: Pouring myself a nice big glass of 2 ... looking pretty busy (but in a very good way). Here's a preview of just some ... community. I've been sitting in on meetings, just for fun, and it's been a

  • by ARTalk
  • September 27, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  On taking a ‘Gap Year’ Consider deferring college for a year.

  

  that there is a bit of a stigma about such plans in many areas of the ... taking a gap year. My hope is that you will at least consider, just for a ... Class of 2011 deferred to spend a year in Israel, others to do intensive

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 4, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MFA Boston A trip to Boston's Museum of Fine Arts

  

  students get in free with their MIT ID Card, which is always exciting ... from William A. Koch. Who is he, you may be asking? Well, from the MFA ... companies in America, William I. Koch is an international businessman

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 16, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  November was … read until the end to find out

  

  as Avatar is in our books, it still has a lot of the same qualities ... problems, all of which combined is a very exhausting process. And we didn ... through this initial job hunt, we realized there is still A Lot for us to

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • November 29, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Perfect weekend Sun, fun, and Plymouth Rock.

  

  Biomedical Engineering and Comparative Media Studies. She is, in fact, a beast.) ... cells today.) I ate lunch at ABP, which is a special treat for me because ... ate my soup and sandwich outside in Kendall Square while reading a book

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 18, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to Survive a Nor’easter New England hath no flurries like a winter storm

  

  ; I know a few friends who have never seen snow in such amounts, let ... 'easter is a big snowstorm and a virtually seasonal aspect of New England life ... well enough. And they're right. Snow day: Any day in which school is

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 11, 2011
• Blog / People & Identities

  Fortin’ with Mimi Let’s. Talk. About. Queer stuff.

  

  So, in Massachusetts, there is a law called “An Act Relative to ... is a close friend of mine (I live in a single now :sunglasses:) He ... frequently used examples of this is restrooms. A transgender woman can’t be

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • September 18, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  best places to sleep on campus for when your bed is far far away

  

  a study is being conducted on main campus (worst → best) 1. Your 9am class [caption id="" align="alignright" width="1953"] this photo is false ... beanbag in the sun :( we hate sun it burns[/caption] 4. banana lounge is

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 20, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  C’est la Vie In which I describe my summer in words, without photos (yet).

  

  thus far. Here's a brief recap of what I did/what I have plans for in the ... short trip with family up to Nagoya, Japan in the middle of June. T'was a ... a whole summer! =D During the last week of my stay in Taiwan, I went

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 28, 2008