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  Sentimentality a.k.a. Why I'm So Glad I Picked MIT.

  

  really fit in at MIT? I attended CPW hoping to find the answer to this ... desperately to curl up in a hole and wait for time to just pass me by. When Camp ... very same Walker Memorial in which I have endured many a painful midterm

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 9, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  Happy Valley and the Sandusky Scandal Penn State, Joe Paterno, State College: the stories you've heard and the town—my hometown—behind them.

  

  destined to do great things," a quote from Joe Paterno, sewn in white into a ... to them in a measured, respectful way, without drawing weird and ... live in a rape culture. If we are lucky enough to have never been raped

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 5, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Of Dancing and T-Shirts (Guest Entry) Who had fun at CPW? I did!

  

  was great, students were tossing a frisbee, and music was blasting in ... managed to find my way back to Sidney-Pacific for the night. My host Tina ... sorority called Kappa Alpha Theta, temporarily housed in a graduate dorm

  • by Snively '11
  • April 22, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Art Imitating Art well, at least blogs.

  

  awake one morning to find the zombie apocalypse hath begun. You are in ... told him to bring his guitar. My plan? To defeat the zombies with a logic ... enough to cripple the living. I took a gamble by thinking death metal could

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 5, 2010
• Blog / Announcements

  An MIT Community Vigil for Black Lives

  

  ;feature=youtu.be In my last post, I wrote: On a day like today, I find myself thinking ... to say about the struggle for racial justice in America today, they ... On Tuesday, the MIT Institute Community and Equity Office hosted a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 4, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Airplane boy strikes again Adam writes about his UROP.

  

  have a test tomorrow?] So I, the gallant boyfriend, am stepping in to ... , and in that picture right next to the bed is a model rocket. My first ... find a UROP," I was watching Cartoon Network and trying to score free

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 12, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  summertime! and the livin's easy?

  

  as the ~American Intern~. This year, it was very hard to find a body of ... 've been in a bit of writing rut but, as I was reading through an email I sent out to my friends, I thought: oh! this would be a cute blog so that

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • July 15, 2024
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Three patterns from the pattern language of my life

  

  newborn.  In the 3,000 days, I moved to Washington, D.C. (for a fellowship ... food people have brought to me. Life with a small baby is rich in ... messaged me, and on a whim I invited him to visit me in New Mexico, and he

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • January 24, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Illusion Of Validity look inside your heart. you know it to be true.

  

  on the telephone; chess players find a strong move in a single glance ... -the-cuff judgments deserve to be taken seriously.   In other words, if you have a ... . In fact, I laughed a little at Kahneman's reference to "true legends of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 2, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Disco balls in space From an antique bookstore to Drive-By Truckers, and back

  

  ." I had previously listened to a grand total of Zero alternative country music, so when they came to perform in Charlottesville last Sunday, I was ... up in the entrance. Curious, I stopped a guy from walking in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 5, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  2009: Let There Be Bloggers!

  

  you'll contribute to the program.‚Ä® Short answer #2 - In either a ... Blogger application? That's a silly question, isn't it. In the annals of ... . It's not a perfect metaphor. All MIT undergraduates are encouraged to

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 4, 2009
• Blog / Blog Projects

  seven questions with youtubers the mit side of youtube

  

   & Solo Roadtrip to one of the hottest places in the world Kyle: Here’s a ... years--was knowing that I was making a difference in the lives of hundreds ... day to write a long, thoughtful, and very personal email about how much

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 14, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Astronomy in Paradise Lost I can't resist.

  

  to light for a deeper kind of sight, in my favorite passage of the book ... hanging in a golden chain This pendent world in bigness as a star Of ... means by "magnitude." In astronomy, we use the word "magnitude" to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 27, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Orgo and physics and math, oh my 57 units of academic fun fun fun. Now with humanities!

  

  the fact that I was taking classes I was genuinely interested in, plus a general excitement to begin my second semester at MIT (keep in mind this was ... 's true: even though you spend far less time actually in class as a college

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 26, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  made some art about the iberian peninsula featuring a long winded unedited rundown of the month of january +/- a week

  

  Christmas Day, but we managed to find one Chinese-owned store open to get ... down a week later to spend a long long weekend extending my hospitality to the MIT Mystery Hunt team I run and orchestrating a series of

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • February 22, 2026
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Name in Flashing Lights Or maybe just mitadmissions.org

  

  Did you ever try to call in for radio shows? Ever want your five minutes of fame? Well here's your chance to be a blogger. Last year, I piloted an effort to capture CPW through the eyes of a prefrosh, and this

  • by Bryan
  • April 1, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Fall Formal My Saturday evening.

  

  swing, the party moved back upstairs to engage in a more traditional dance ... looking for something to do, you virtually guaranteed to find something ... chairs, the rest of the house always pitches in to set things up and ensure

  • by Paul B. '11
  • September 24, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Magic of Those Ivory Keys (Guest Blog!) Part 2 of 3 of "Why I Declared a Humanities Major at MIT" series!

  

  /ensemble/piano accompanying, and giving a solo recital in the spring. In order to audition for ... This week I bring to you a guest entry from a very talented musician ... times when I felt pressure from my parents to practice piano. In the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 27, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogging About Blogging CAPTAIN FAFSA!

  

  for another, I was actually interested in what they had to say. It ... comfortable a cape would be if it had to pass through your mouth. Probably not ... something important to say at the end of this entry. Here's a quick

  • by Snively '11
  • February 6, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’ve got questions, I’ve got answers

  

  Orientation?" You know, to refresh my memory, I created a thread on College ... the ROTC program - for many students, this is a great way to make MIT ... to accept persons like me outside ur community as a member or as friend

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 9, 2006