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  Thoughts on coming home With guest appearances by MIT's Dean for Student Life, the communist dracula, Roman lasagna, and…

  

  airport, a rhapsody in grey shattered once by an outburst of sunrise over ... (incorrect) arrows for a few J-pop-filled hours in the Random Hall basement ... see a play at the American Repertory Theatre in Harvard Square. Harvard

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 29, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Some Useful Things Things that greatly enhanced my chance of survival quality of life at MIT, and lots…

  

  passed and I didn’t die and I wasn’t scared anymore. Sleeping in a loft has ... an open window I get a cool breeze at night and the light of the sun in ... without an alarm between 7:30 and 8:00. The result is regularity in my sleep

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 23, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You’re Still Our No.1 :) less than 2 days left!

  

  , this is a great commencement speech. So is this one. --- So it's a week before spring break. I'm super stressed. I don't know what is going on in ... in the blanks. And my history classes cheered me up. :) BUT LIFE IS

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 12, 2010
• Blog / Classes

  bucket lists, grocery lists, and a li(s)tany of other things this is actually just an excuse to make people list-en to me talk about minecraft

  

  or in my head, a bit of tidying up is in order. CATEGORY TWO ... a system during your first semester at MIT in which passing a class is ... /or watching people play Minecraft is a hyperfixation that can consume my

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • November 3, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ask Yourself Can you really LTFP?

  

  weird now because my boyfriend, a sophomore in mechanical engineering, has just taken a leave of absence. Taking a break from the Institute is not ... pursue a career in advertising, then you might be able to find someplace

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • November 2, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Final Forty-Five Still somehow worse than last term

  

  have had a longtime interest in transportation, this is my first ... Add Date -- the last date on which you can add a class -- is this ... is supposed to cap off your four-year experience in Civil and

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • February 28, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  *witty title here* (Guest Entry) You want awesome? I'll show you awesome!

  

  airport in approximately 30 minutes. In a moment I'm all too familiar with ... . My suitcase is unpacked-in fact I haven't even brought it down from the ... our flight is a blur, mostly because I slept. When I woke up, we were

  • by Snively '11
  • April 21, 2008
• Blog / How to Food

  I’m a food blogger now enjoy reading through 700 words of personal digression to get to the recipes

  

  solids. But this is a dirty trick! The so-called solids are in reality ... food in a pan Almost exactly twelve months ago, I had never cooked a full meal in my life, if you don't count boiling a hot dog, pouring

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • July 26, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  real things on tangibility, mistakes, and community

  

  people in the boston area. this is part of a conscious effort to take a ... records in central square has a few cases of $1 records at the entrance, but ... place and eating a really delicious pastry with marzipan in it. this time

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 5, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Ending it's the last day of classes and I am having some feelings.

  

  sentimental farewell to our five graduating seniors (this is in a 17-person a ... . In about a week, I'll be home in California again--in three, I'll be ... my total time in college is coming to an end. I suppose this is

  • by Allan K. '17
  • May 15, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  So, What Exactly Happens? y'know, over IAP?

  

  could try (and likely be unsuccessful in) compiling a list of activities ... the lands of Foxgrove on 3West (a wing in the dorm Next House). We ... with a friend in MacGregor. We started and completed two 1000+ puzzles

  • by Paige B. '24
  • February 2, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Free-est post! un-free schedule

  

  intentionally by taking eight classes a semester so they can graduate in two years ... the CS/math majors I know are in this class, including a '14 down my ... up at MIT every once in a while. The assignments so far have consisted

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 28, 2012
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  On Being the “Dumb” Friend and the freedom from comparison

  

  A lot of people at MIT were probably seen as the “smart” friend in ... ” friend is a weird mental transition, and I think most of us instinctually ... average basketball player in the NBA is 6 ft, 6 in (199 cm) tall. More

  • by Allison E. '27
  • October 2, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  snowfall as the snowflakes fall, they remind me of home

  

  matter in the entire month…until Friday," to which I say, "weak sauce"']a ... . [annotation note="in sOuTh dAkOtA"]At home,[/annotation]the snow starts in ... ="incidentally, admission is free for MIT students"]Museum of Fine Arts[/annotation]with a

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 31, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Our students, their stories. Andy Partridge in a zamboni purple monkey dishwasher.

  

  's what's been going on in my life. Yesterday in 6.002, somebody brought a ... From Monty Python)" only lifted their spirits. Hockey is actually a ... decorate with myriad Union Jacks. Continuing in this tradition, our suite is

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 15, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Snippets of Iceland some rhymes from spring break

  

  2024 has been quite a year for the Sun—in addition to the total solar eclipse, this year is also a [annotation note="when the Sun is at its most geomagnetically active in its 11-year cycle"]solar maximum[/annotation]. In

  • by Allison E. '27
  • April 17, 2024
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Comfort and College Scared of applying to colleges far from home? Then read this!

  

  you bear to be without them? Can you imagine embarking on a journey in ... ’ perceptions about letting their kids go far from the roost for college. It is a ... to my alma mater in only a matter of 45 minutes! It was this road that

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • November 21, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Sometimes, I am invisible and other female experiences

  

  . No, this is a fancier event. The handmade cups here cost $68. And I am ... class at The Ohio State University and I am one of three females in a class of 30? 40? When I visit MIT and sit in on a similar math class

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 18, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Sixth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 2PM on 12/22/05.

  

  file. There is no need to give us a heads ... CBSE system...also...i had a very high precentage in our class 10 public ... as both an 85 and a 100 are considered A+), so should i send in my

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 22, 2005
• Blog / Class Projects

  MIT Brings You Unwanted Attention You want to be popular? Really?

  

  't. Ok, maybe not "held to a standard," but people do look at you in a ... news. It was as an editor that he received a letter in the mail. The ... honest, we all sat around in my suite reading this letter and had a jolly

  • by Snively '11
  • May 17, 2010