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  Home sweet violet capital of Ohio We didn't see a stuffed whale, but we did see a bunch of primates. Nonhuman…

  

  assured that you can't find it in Boston. We made a trip today to my ... -graduation trip to the Bahamas -- he's been raised in a hard-core ski family, and ... to make a casual remark in the hallway to a professor and he or she

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 30, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  [Guest Post] Next Haunt 2024: The Haunters what it takes to scare MIT students

  

  was now a grad student, so we had to start from scratch to find someone ... unable to continue fulfilling their role, so we were scrambling to find a ... , so we didn’t get too many people to help strike (I had to pull in a

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 27, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  Hello Blogosphere! My dirty little secret...(I've never taken calculus)

  aversion to STEM continued as I went to college and pursued a major/minor in ... in under-resourced countries or finding new ways to study underwater ... 's not wrong. If you rewinded back to high school, a younger me (still just

  • by DJ Rock
  • December 8, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Boris Alexeev: Solving Graph Theory Problems Boris Alexeev spent five months working on a math UROP with Prof. Daniel Kleitman.

  

  the program, we spent two days presenting our research to a panel of ... a booth right next to Boris'. Despite spending more than fourteen ... 's just that smart. When I sat down with Boris a few weeks ago to hear

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 28, 2005
• Blog / Class Projects

  I DON’T NEED YOU ANYMORE. the making of my final video project

  

  something to fill that space, finding Tumblr and using One Direction as a ... some shots where I thought it would be a great addition to zoom in, or to ... spent a good chunk of time trying to find an adequate representations of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 23, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  College must-haves My advice on what to get for college!

  

  't live without my fridge in Next. You might be able to get a used one, I ... 'll probably have to store your bathroom stuff in your room or in a little cubby in the hall bathroom. It helps to have a little basket (one that you

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Little Rectangles Thoughts from Junior spring

  

  need to find a way to understand. Freshman Taylor did not get this at ... to me in the setting of Rockwell Cage. However, it’s a bit harder to ... mostly like to talk about MIT as a physical entity. “Look at this cool

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • May 14, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  last first day (take 3) there are so many other blogposts with this title

  

  . Every minute that passes by feels crucial, like not a second is even to be ... month of this year in Europe, studying abroad in Madrid before going on a ... missed being in a proper routine. This semester I am taking the most

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 8, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I failed an exam last week and it will be okay

  

  support systems, and I want to curl up in a ball and demand "why don't I get ... grades, and calculate whether I might be able to scrape a passing grade in ... , with about twenty minutes left and a blank exam in front of me, and then

  • by Alice L. '24
  • November 21, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Blogging Scholarship I'm a finalist for a blogging scholarship - now I need your help voting.

  

  later) scrambled to borrow a laptop and sent in an application. And - I ... .") In essence, you’re asked to squeeze your entire identity into a couple ... : Applying to college is a terrifying process. The applications are all filled

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 8, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Let’s do a puzzle. Ready to flex some cranial muscle?

  

  appearance.) You force yourself to concentrate on finding trends in the ... finding out which feast day corresponds to a saint with a particular ... converting the numbers to Roman numerals. I'll be frank: never in a bajillion

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 24, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On Being an Upperclassman Less than two years left

  

  needing to eventually find a real job and about knowing what I want to do. I ... It’s hard to believe that I am now in the latter half of my college ... teaching me things that I will be using in my future career. It is a great

  • by Becca H. '12
  • October 21, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Healthy reflections… I never know what to write here.

  

  mulberry trees in a little park-like setting right next to an industrial ... : Where did all the glorious IAP time go? This seems to be a popular ... -walked along the Charles to put in some minutes for getfit@mit. I was happy to

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 31, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things that Scare Me 1) Mornings.2) Psets.3) Exams.4) All of the above.

  

  to a time no earlier than 2 PM. Unfortunately for me, that will ... . And now I somehow have to get up at 7:30 AM five days a week. (If you ... unless I'm being paid to do so. When my alarm clock goes off in the morning

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 19, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  throughlines some things never change (but thankfully, only some)

  

  . but i think in the last year, things have started to take a bit more of ... . and i'm there multiple times a month, and it is a joy to keep him in my ... many of y'all aren't there). i do find a very, very deep personal joy in

  • by Phi A. '21
  • January 27, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  How to not love CPW but love MIT (for the most part at least)

  

  prefrosh have a “need to find a best friend/roommate/friend group now or bust ... therefore interest in the topic so it felt like listening to a lecture in a ... feeling disenchanted by a place that had been previously shrouded in a

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • April 30, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Day 7: Philly Part 4 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  . You're in spot A-12." Okay, I thought. A midsize instead of a compact? Great, whatever. Then I reached spot A-12. Sitting in said spot was a ... in Philly so I'm staying with her to save MIT some money (and sleep in

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 26, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Burton-Conner Floor Rush and Rooming How does it work?

  

  works. In some respects that's tricky to answer, but I can give it a shot ... would like to live in them (1 = I WANT TO LIVE THERE! 17 = I'm a guy, you ... choose to either stay in the dorm you are temped in or readjust to a new

  • by Snively '11
  • August 30, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  positive and negative energy revisiting midnight gospel

  

  . similarly, there was a period in college where i was focused on trying to find ... in a week of widespread nausea, largely because i kept expecting to ... wanting to found a startup despite not having any problem areas or causes in

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 5, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  ILGs at MIT They're independent! (Guest post by Sondy '07/G/awesome.)

  

  ovens, a sink big enough to bathe in, and more flour ... . pika has 30 students ranging from sophomores to grad students, in a ... out in the living room. If you need a shoulder to cry on or help

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 5, 2009