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• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s Making Me Happy This Week: Week 1 Spider-Man, Nina Yuen, and More!

  

  (I realize this was a few weeks ago but it's still making me happy), thanks to ... Garfield has Spider-Man on lock. How to Win Friends and Influence People A few weeks back my future boss sent me a few books to check out before I

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • May 2, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  existential cubes a daily encounter with Ernő Rubik

  

  scootered over to Walmart with one goal in mind: acquire a Rubik’s cube. We ... world were jello and it’s a slog to move through any of it. So, in the ... hard as we made it out to be in our heads—we just patiently followed the

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • July 14, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  telling the tale some thoughts on acting, change, and meaning

  

  city. a whole city to explore and live in, trying to find ways to be part ... to Hell, Hadestown in a song that introduces the cast of characters ... how to portray emotions like loss and worry in a genuine way. doing this

  • by Phi A. '21
  • August 3, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Aquatarkus Why I turned in a half-finished 10.37 problem set.

  

  ! Anyway, so, uh, last Saturday? my floor decided it would be a good idea to ... request a total of $3300 to plan trips with one another. It's a way to ... gets to pretend she's a real pirate for a little bit along with first

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  When Friends Become Family How MIT has become my home (with some beautiful pics to accompany)

  

  become genuine. It is wayyyy to early in the morning to keep up a “oh hi ... of being in a fraternity when the time comes around, but to your ... thing about finding a family in a fraternity is that having cool brothers

  • by Ben O. '19
  • October 12, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  What are French House residents doing this summer? Round 2 Microsoft, brains, British accents, hiking in the Alps, weightlifting, HIMYM

  

  SO cool. We'll have to have a reunion in England when I go back home ... (majoring in Course 2: Mechanical Engineering) Geez, we have a lot of Course 2 ... ; knit a scarf I wish I knew how to knit. Anything else you want to say or

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 30, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Fortune Favors the merits of not working too hard

  

  for it to do so. In a few days, the Class of 2012 will graduate from ... path to his success: I was 28 years old. I had a career, a little fame, a ... telling me I was born to be a writer. This was absurd. Even I could see

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 5, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Replay… Who says you can't go home again? Or at least go back to school...

  

  also knew the every other floor rule for finding a restroom in an obscure ... prepared to take on my sophomore year having declared my major and settled in ... to the place although I really didn’t have a spot to call my own on the

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 11, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  Just Run With It Never waste inspiration, even if you're running with it for the first time (in years)

  

  the racers in a 400 meter dash, it felt invigorating to know nothing but ... a Couch to 5K program, my first foray into running in over 5 years ... advice in his remarks to MIT's newest graduates. The whole speech is

  • by Emad T. '14
  • June 9, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  here i go again i have watched Mamma Mia! seven times this year

  

  titled "THIS MAN FLEW TO JAPAN TO SING ABBA IN A BIG COLD RIVER." The story ... together in the dark to "Mamma Mia" can be described as a mere in-joke']a ... lean into whatever absurd obsession you happen to find yourself stuck in

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • July 9, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  every class i went to during the first week of fall all *checks notes* twelve of them

  

  I went to a lot of classes in the first week of the fall semester ... worry about finding a group for projects. Again, this class is supposed to ... decided to go, since I've always wanted to take a class in the Women and

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 11, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Pursuing CS as a (near) beginner being a prospective CS major with little programming experience

  

  school go to for pursuing pre-med. It's difficult to find a physics ... could’ve had to gain experience in programming. It's a pain, but I can ... fox will make sense later[/caption] I want to major in computer science

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 14, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Premed and Me (frankly speaking) MIT is hard, but MIT premed doesn't have to suck. Here's why.

  

  easier to enjoy and justify to others than things I find to be a chore. You ... . But I didn't want to be the guy who was estimating my position in the ... fastest guy when a bear is chasing you, but only faster than whoever's in

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 29, 2013
• Blog / Residential Life

  [Guest Post] All About the MIT Panhellenic Association how some MIT students found their "home under the dome"

  

  (APhi) “I chose to join a sorority in order to find a support community ... 't want a weekend of wandering around campus trying to find someone to talk ... mysterious package in the mail that turned out to be a steamed bao ambient

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 27, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Cacophony of Coats Also, my courseload for this term!

  

  most awkward conversations I'd ever been...well, witness to. There's a ... in social situations with acquaintances. Two women waiting next to me ... outside. They established that coats were, indeed, useful to possess in the

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 10, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  glassblowing & me a series of memories

  

  The other day, I had a little epiphany that came to me in the shape ... a whim, with no plan in mind, I find myself writing a poem called "who ... am trying to make a solid blue cup in glassblowing practice session. I

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 18, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I’m Kind of a Big Deal Leaves and famous people alike think so.

  

  nerds who have no life. Is that true? Can you have a stronger interest in your liberal art courses and still have a good chance of making it in MIT? A NERD? Why, I've never been called a nerd in my life! Good heavens

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 22, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Adventures at Trader Joe’s i think i might have joined a cult

  

  . Miso Ramen Soup It's really hard for me to find ramen that doesn't use a ... really good and I was very happy to find a vegan ramen option. Chilli ... nearest Trader Joe's to campus is a quick six minute ride on the MIT Shuttle

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 30, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  it’s thanksgiving or something and other things happening in my life

  

  finding a way to teach a socially distant shooting class. i've been working ... -pressed to find another place to stay in, and that's something i'm grateful for ... today, of all days, i feel it's appropriate to begin with a land

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 26, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Thoughts for the New Year, part 3 is third time the charm??? questionable

  

  my cave of despair to blog again! I've made this post two years in a ... grad student for a while. At minimum two years, even more if I get in to ... master's degree. Cons: Might be hard to find a TA-ship (which is how

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 31, 2019