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  5 Historical MIT Videos looking back on what we left behind

  

  . To begin the cringe, the video opens with two students in a lab. They ... in their room. This is funny because this continues to be a common ... the video, from a comment referring to the Head of House apartment in

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 4, 2020
• Blog / Blog Projects

  150 years of MIT course catalogs the mit history you want to know

  

  German". In particular, all undergraduates needed to present a thesis of ... to correspond to 48 hours a week, and in practice corresponds to ... textbook: "It is not at all unusual to find that the adjustment of a single

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 15, 2021
• Blog / Events

  If the Obama were a unit of measure . . . . . . what would it measure?

  

  grabbed some lunch and went to lab to crank out yoyos. A once in a lifetime ... , undergraduates, and graduate students had to share 200 tickets. In the end, 50 of ... Obama's address. Needless to say, the MechE student who doesn't have a

  • by Snively '11
  • October 25, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Although of course you end up becoming yourself on choosing a college, and realizing one of many possible futures

  

  , like a misunderstanding about whether MIT students have to live in a dorm ... they might get in. I said I'd of course tell them to take a shot and see ... that was good advice and I ought to follow it myself. In March, a week

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 29, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Race Against Myself Learning how to walk

  

  activities I could only dream of — I was overwhelmed trying to find my place in ... trouble and for the past three and a half years, I missed opportunities to grow, to believe in myself, to fail and learn from it because I Truly

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • April 16, 2018
• Blog / Class Projects

  Avatar and Desserts Exploring Food Art

  

  childhood shows like SpongeBob or Dora. A lot of channels I had access to in ... . I thought this was just a laughing matter, but I was shocked to find ... a conclusion became. In the end, I decided to list all my favorite

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • December 10, 2020
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Applying to College vs. Applying to Jobs yes you heard me, the application process NEVER ENDS

  

  walk around and talk to reps from the companies in a desperate attempt to ... about 20 [annotation note="you can apply to multiple positions in a ... colleges in a very similar way - I only applied to places that I [annotation

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 6, 2019
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  3 weeks in northern Italy Global Teaching Labs and MISTI-Italy

  

  that in Santa Fe. In Santa Fe I slept on a beautiful couch carved out of ... Shasta. My sister’s Bolivian mother-in-law taught me how to make batido ... start a jar of lacto-fermented sauerkraut. In Italy, in an overcast

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / Classes

  how to change policies at mit [joint post with Rona W.] our CUP of tea

  

  wonderful experience, and I wanted to continue in a broader capacity. Paolo ... interact without masks in a 'pod' of up to six people"]pods of students ... Program (CUP). Two weeks ago, MIT faculty passed a motion to change

  • by Phi A. '21
  • May 28, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Boomeranging The day before classes start is Registration Day. It’s also the day we welcome readmitted…

  

  find things they have in common, to bond over the places they went and ... to a place enough times, all your visits start to blur together. This ... halfway through a botched sophomore fall to receive treatment for clinical

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear My Old Friend, This is quite possibly weirdest way to introduce myself

  

  desperate to find a home again.  My therapist told me, last semester, that my actions were a reasonable response to the situation I was in. Can I claim to ... ? there's a bluebird in my heart that wants to get out but I'm too tough for

  • by ana~
  • September 24, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The joys of web development or: how i learned to stop worrying and love the web

  

  , that I didn't find in competitive programming. It's a feeling I felt even ... the hacker to a painter, as people who are both invested in creation. In ... , I've written things in JavaScript and TypeScript, to the point that

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 9, 2022
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  MIT Academics (you know, the REAL reason why you're coming to MIT )

  

  MIT's challenges). Here's a few things to keep in mind as you begin ... *. There is no shame in not majoring in engineering**. It is okay to fail a ... After Graduation, I now have a lot of time to "reflect upon my MIT

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 7, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  There are no imposters in the Class of 2018 Strength in networks

  

  . Posts include "It's an honor and a privilege to be in here with you all," "I can't wait to meet you," and "I already feel a special love for all ... , MITES, ...) There's a whole thread dedicated to sharing research

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 17, 2013
• Blog / Blog Projects

  All the Bloggers’ Personalities! A post about personality tests, part 2!

  

  test in a different mood”, which to me highlights a key flaw in any kind ... (it took a lot of effort not to resort to a clickbait-y title like ... (n embarrassingly long) while ago, I wrote a post about personality tests, in

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 12, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  17 Things I’ve Learned in the Past Year growing, growing, grown

  

  question to a class, I’m more willing to participate in my own classes. 10 ... different day.) 15. How to do a bunch of puzzles I dabble in puzzling, and I ... plan to not have spring break plans, but I feel like I have a lot of

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 30, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  actual conversations i have definitely had with freshmen during orientation

  

  ME: let me take you to shallow goodale ME: the best salon in boston ... : are you in a frat ME: no ME: ME: well i'm in the toons ME: ME: we ... FROSH: where do you live? ME: east campus! i love it a lot, actually

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 30, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Your first last day all my life has been about / waiting for people to go

  

  months, I knew this room was a place I was guaranteed to stay in for a ... , and I had to take a break on the way there. But it was fine. I was in no ... took the elevator to the new room, which is in 5 East. It’s a rather

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 21, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Hard MIT Class ...or is that redundant? And yes, hiiiiii.

  

  do a lot in the water. I was able to move around, fin-less and floater ... seconds in ninth grade and a lot to do with the self-perpetuating myth ... wishing I could linger in a bit more, nothing seems to matter but that. The

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • May 10, 2015
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Beacon Hill in the Fall More door.

  

  ’s favorite place to go when we need an escape, especially in the late evening ... in a city. Vines reach up into the darkness. Trees whisper above us ... Furniture Hardware, in the fourth photo, has a vast display of doorknobs

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 17, 2016