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• Blog / MIT Life

  East Campus Hall Rush: 1E So many packing peanuts

  

  convince the freshmen that their hall is a good place to live in. We bought ... Hi friends! I'm Jamie and I'm a new blogger. I'm a senior in 2A-4, (flexible mechanical engineering with a concentration in design

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • September 14, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Incentive to Drop Out Two MIT students get $100,000 and lots of opportunities in a two-year fellowship.

  

  has a blue belt in Tae Kwon Do. Jeffrey is also a sophomore, majoring ... centuries—at the very least. She started working in a biogerontology lab when ... harmful effects of inflation. I can add a little more about each. Laura is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 26, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Big Questions and Small Scientists The kids I volunteer with are magical.

  

  . I was taking a bath (not really sure why this detail sticks in mind ... head in. Lisa: Anna, does being born on Halloween mean that you're a ... accused me of witchcraft, I was a sophomore in High School, tutoring a seven

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 27, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  I’m more than twice as old as when I started my blog Rumors of my relevance are greatly exaggerated

  

  In 2004, I applied to MIT.  It was a paper form, the first part, and ... career behind me, I wrote a reflection post after being out in the real ... with a 15-year run (and counting) in my chosen field, peeking behind the

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 20, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Killer Mike, Lupe Fiasco, and the Dancing Body of the State five gatherings of many people

  

  This week was surreal, like turning pages in a book of moving ... and more, it seems, and that self is actively engaged in black social ... 'm qualified to be here because I am a black man in America, and that does not

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • April 27, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Dig if you will a picture. My name appeared in The Tech; now I am immortal.

  

  school newspaper is in the sports section. And hey, you saw it here first, faithful readers. Actually, I think the task is to "have a letter to the ... even cooler name. 4. You might think Xena is a funny name for a planet

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 10, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Rudolph Family Weekend Better late than never, right?

  

  Rudolph, the set of parents of those students is a subset of the set of ... first one is funner to say. (Funner. It is a word. (Also, nested ... . For some reason it uses a different service than phones do now, so it is

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 24, 2010
• Blog / How to Food

  ode to grocery stores the loneliest sweet potato

  

  . This is a fairly common thing that students do during IAP, because it ... channel in particular, delicious day. It's a very fitting name, because it ... list: Put in the ingredients that you currently have. Put in a bunch

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • April 15, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Recap of My Junior Fall stream of consciousness

  

  critically about the games I'm playing. I learned to view games not in a vacuum ... me realize that the idea of pursuing an PhD or Master's in media is not ... thinking about this a lot. This semester I was pretty successful in my job

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 31, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Credit for Reddit i am internet and so can you

  

  together in a room and figure out what the heck is happening. I feel very ... kinds of popular platforms. And the real cultural story is that a place like MIT, and a department like CMS/W, is willing to experiment

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 29, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ode to the New, Part 2 Slowing down time in the Land of Enchantment.

  

  the campus bubble. It's too easy to go from Activity in MIT Building A ... work alone. I walked two and a half miles in the dry Albuquerque heat ... Frisbee game. I was in a wheelchair for a day. Then on crutches. I learned

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 9, 2010
• Blog / Uncategorized

  A Fashion Free For All like the hunger games but we love each other

  

  wrench a cute skirt from the hands of some other vulture. It was, in fact ... really refreshing to be in a community so supportive and kind! My roommate ... come in and get clothes for absolutely free. From formal wear to scarves

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 26, 2019
• Blog / Uncategorized

  just do it don’t say you’re gonna do it!

  

  in 2.008, a meche class known for its final project: to manufacture 50 ... -yo making process in full some time down the road. This blog is about CAM ... basement makerspace with lotsa big machines"]LMP[/annotation] in a typical

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 23, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  LIVE BLOG: see MIT through my eyes On a very normal, inconsequential day

  

  convenient to work in between classes + I think is overall good vibes for a ... to do a "day in my life" blog for a while, but kept waiting for the ... makes NO sense. I should be showing you a normal day in my life - not some

  • by Hala K. '29
  • March 9, 2026
• Blog / Challenges

  IHTFP Warning: Bitterness Ahead! (And why IHTFP can mean so many different things.)

  

  There is a whiteboard in Ben's office which was apparently once used ... . It is now covered in graffiti such as witty poetry and linear algebra ... is hard you're all in it together with your classmates. Then you will

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 20, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Wangoballwime?” C'mon. You know what this entry is about. Check out the title!

  

  first place winner is in a couple of freshman core classes with me, so it ... ...I live in Burton-Conner (W51). Akash lives in Simmons (W79). That's a pretty big neighborhood. That athletic field is a whole lot bigger than it

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 18, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Infinite Corridor, set alight or, why dozens of people were crammed into a tiny stairwell at 4:19:53 PM EST

  

  a HASS major) on campus, the Infinite Corridor is an 825-foot ... hedges", which was a commonly used debate tactic in the 2012 United States ... written about on the blogs, though, and this is one of them. The central

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 10, 2012
• Blog / How to Food

  REX and the City New York, New York, and other answers to your other questions, too.

  

  final dorm, the in-house lottery occurs, which is a similar process in ... think a vegan would survive? I am in fact a vegetarian at MIT, and I ... , which isn't exactly easy in between problem sets, but it can make for a

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

  Your Profile On The Web: Can It Hurt You? Responses to questions on Facebook and other internet profiles and how they can affect college…

  

  A rising high school senior who is currently in a prestigious summer ... in general?) Do you believe someone could be rejected from a school ... use them as the latter is, in my opinion, not terribly ethical

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  the hardest you’ve ever worked the firehose strikes again

  

  . “You work harder in high school than college,” she said; she had, as a math major at a tech school in the ‘80’s. When was the hardest that I ... *everything* else to make up for it, that this is my one chance to take a lot of

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 14, 2022