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• Blog / Athletics

  walking into the MEng thoughts about a 63-mile trek

  

  year of undergrad, I chose to live in a double, because I really liked ... first steps on a 63-mile walk from Maine to Next House, an Odyssey which ... , in a sense, they're both oversold—the truth, I think, is unsatisfying

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 8, 2023
• Blog / Events

  On Latin American Things Hablas español? Do you want to?

  

  , because I'm leaving for Mexico in a few hours and I have yet to pack and ... Taco Bell. It’s really, really weird. It used to be a little skeptical ... be a very good kick-off to many LUChA trips in years too come. I

  • by Karen F. '11
  • March 21, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Skill Issues (spoiler alert: i've got them)

  

  , and I’ll probably try to continue playing chess once in a while, too ...  like that, though. When I was a freshman, many of my friends used to play a ... interminable, since in order to successfully win a game you have to get through

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • June 29, 2023
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  high schools, highway miles, and an MIT story waiting in rural ohio ft. Max B. '24

  

  best to welcome everyone.[/caption] There are a lot of things I expect ... one visit in rural Ohio (one stop on a trip through Northern Appalachia ... students where they are, trying in our own small way to make MIT (and other

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • April 30, 2026
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Musings of My High School Senior Self bring your best cringe face

  

  listen to a single beat of "Best Day of My Life." I wish I believed in ... to myself in my freshman year of high school for a class assignment. My ... zoom call with someone I haven't talked to in a while every two weeks

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • February 16, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, Decisions…..*sigh* Is (Fill in the Blank) University the right school for me?

  

  Japan, or majoring in sociology. Whatever, you NEED to have from a college ... college search process. She is the first in her family to attend college and although she has been a marvelous student in high school, she was really

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • April 22, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  Learning how to be a human being, not a human doing After 6 years of adulting post MIT, these are the things I value now

  

  When I graduated in 2018, I was talking to my partner about how lost ... .   I’m 18 and a freshman. I don’t have time to waste on video games ... , listening to killer vaporwave beats from a murder mystery, and completing a

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  seattle (again) home and away

  

  . somebody always finds things to do together on weekends. this is a nice ... time for a summer update. i'm in seattle! again! this time i ... go to, and where the bus stops are, and there are a couple

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 15, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  how can i keep from singing? a midpoint check-in

  

  hard time finding the exact phrasings I want to use. In my struggle, I ... that I’ve been able to sing with a large ensemble in person, and it is ... is also a curse. In these moments, I need someone to catch me as I fall

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • July 22, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vast Oral Tradition Bela Bartok, a fluorescent rabbit, and Helen Keller walk into a bar. Stop me if…

  

  include in my presentation. My strategy for my oral was to use humor to ... down to desk and I helped him out with that. Then I passed out in a fetal ... tickets to the BSO through the college card program. They were doing an a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 10, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT OpenLabWare: an interdisciplinary collaboration A day in the life of MIT research... on the Internet. A story of how…

  

  dorm room -- a machine that used to serve as my phone switchboard in the ... scientific questions can evolve to real findings. George had a number of ideas ... think they've got a high chance of taking off. I agreed to meet him in the

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 1, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  back to high school except now I don't know what I'm doing

  

  Charter School, signing in to get a "VISITOR" sticker, and slipping into a ... want to teach in a saviouristic way, and I become a little more hesitant ... allowed us to use shortcuts as long as we wrote a proof and taught it to the

  • by Alice L. '24
  • November 5, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Pick My Halloween Costume! Mm, crowdsourcing.

  

  feel like finding a new costume. Fortunately, I already have a bunch of things on my closet that I could use as costumes (blame the Assassins' Guild). Unfortunately, I'm hosed and indecisive. Conveniently, I have a

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 28, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  Broken I'm broken I'm broken I'm broken I'm broken (but not actually)

  

  technical classes at MIT. I'm a crazy person. So I tried to find ways to ... spent a couple of hours in the morning waiting to be seen by the doctor ... , and I went to sleep. However, a pulsing pain in both of my feet kept me

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 8, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Reality is merely an illusion… Ben : The OC :: Sam : ?? . Oh wait, you took the new…

  

  be of age. Then I just need to find a partner. I need somebody who can balance out my weaknesses. That is, you need to be able to: 1. Drive like a ... "...albeit a very useful one." --Albert Einstein I think I found the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Physics in the MIT No bacon apple pies here.

  

  Today I neglected to bring a jacket to class. As the afternoon waned ... symptoms of tuberculosis. On the flip side of the burger (to coin a stupid ... -recently-visited-by-Quentin-McArthur emailed me a laundry list of excellent questions that I could answer in less

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 1, 2009
• Blog / Classes

  CMS.621: Fans & Fan Culture the class that changed my career trajectory?

  

  having to read Powers' ATLA blog in class, which I thought was a cool ... videos for me so I could use them in this blogpost so huge thank you to him ... to the cursed platform in 7th grade. Becoming a fan of One Direction

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 17, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Your Early Action Deadline Questions The deadline is this Monday, November 1.

  

  achievements, can I send in a resume as a supplement to my application? If so ... wanted to participate in a math or science competition. I didn't get a ... : In the self-reported course work section, are we supposed to put a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 29, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  it’s always day 1 a meticulous account of my last first day

  

  seem to be a lot of graduate students in the room, or maybe just ... course," she says. "It used to be the first lab in the class...it messed ... great. I am a little saddened to know that there are a lot of classes in

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 7, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pie No, not pi.

  

  best way to find out. You're in for a good time! I'll see you guys in ... 'll actually get to experience these types of adventures in less than a year, and ... a giant party that you get to be the guest of honor at. Soak it in

  • by Snively '11
  • March 17, 2008