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• Blog / MIT Life

  my freshman year playlist 2/3 of a year in 25 songs

  

  them are meaningful.   let's get right to it! https ... , regardless of circumstances, get everyone on the floor hype. it was [annotation ... first heard it being played during REX and continues to be an essential

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 21, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  What Is Your LΔ? What about heart? What about determination? What about resilience?

  

  as work ethic, stick-to-it-ness, how you overcome adversity. When we ... possible. You can imagine how disconcerting this can be for a social ... the freshman application process. What is an LΔ? It is all of the

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 18, 2007
• Blog / Uncategorized

  What Should I Do Next Semester? i'm making a list and checking it twice

  

  about it), so I can travel for long periods of time if I want. I mean ... math blog, but I thought it would be interesting to write it again for a ... the list.) Fortunately, that's it; after this semester, I'll be

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • November 14, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Almost Only Counts in Horseshoes I almost did it. Rather I almost didn't do it. And all for a class…

  

  celebrated just about every week it could. These included Career Fair Week ... musical is not for the weak stomached. It involves mild acts of cannibalism and bad haircuts. Wednesday night, I braved the long lines to wait for

  • by Bryan
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / CPW

  I’m nervous to meet you A letter to the prefrosh at the dawn of CP*

  

  captions? No. Way. It took me a long time to truly accept three things: 1) my ... talk about how dumb Facebook is! And if you decide, despite it all, that ... "]CPW[/annotation] 2020, except it isn’t. It’s the first day of CP*, a virtual answer to

  • by Powers '23
  • April 17, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Intertwined Relationships — for me — have always been about choices.

  

  ? Doesn’t it ache? How someone can carry the knowledge of someone else on ... I think about how you told me, maybe it isn’t about not making those ... know how loving ends:  “Because it’s worth it.”

  • by ana~
  • February 14, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  The Art of Trying New Things V.2

  

  individual in society? How does the way society is organized affect the behaviors and beliefs of people who live in it? How can we change our ... , but it also filled me with a deep, deep regret of how I've spent my

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 2, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Above MIT The sky's the limit.

  

  . But Piper, you might ask, how can you possibly show me a new view of MIT?     I call it a Cessna 172 flying machine. I come from a long line of pilots, you see. My father was a pilot, and... yeah, that

  • by Piper '13
  • May 29, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Senior Survey (Says?) (For the record, I think that being on Family Feud would be totally awesome)

  

  , where most of what I do is staring at a computer while it tells me how ... doesn't?" It does partially bother me that my grades have been strikingly ... a joke. It's an ultra-cool door.) I'm in the middle of a tough week

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 3, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  Staying in Touch Family back home or here in Boston!

  

  front door where I’d scream, “MA, IT’S ME! OPEN THE DOOR,” so I could get back inside for a home-cooked meal, seems so long ago. In reality, it has ... not alone in feeling this. It never truly hit my until just a few weeks

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • October 1, 2017
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Happy 375, Boston! Turning 375 years old is no easy task.

  

  such seasonal favorites as Cucumber Ice Cream (yes, and it actually DOES ... how many years older than me?) And of course, who has a 375th ... , it was hot on Saturday...about 98 degrees. Fortunately, they were

  • by Bryan
  • July 1, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  My Favorite Spots in Cambridge/Boston well-trodden and well-hidden alike

  

  there for the dodecahedron jungle gym that's in front of the pond area. It ... . :) 2. Paul Revere Landing Park Another interesting park! It connects with ... . It features a spinning disk that's SO fun to whirl around on. Honestly

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 19, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Running away with the field Junot Diaz is sort of a big deal.

  

  of awkwardness just long enough to email it to the class. (Junot is ... Ysabel de Leon Assistant to Professor Diaz Um, how hot is it to have your ... with Professor Junot Diaz. I was inspired to take it by Nadja '07 and

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 10, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Oh, the Places You’ll Go(ogle) The path to enlightenment is paved with Google searches.

  

  “why is the ocean salty” are seeking an answer subtler than, “Because it ... popularity of “how to get into medical school with a low gpa” makes me want to ... from “Why can't shopping carts go 35 mph on 4-lane roads?” to "Why does

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 14, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Spring Think Some spring break reflections and thoughts

  

  trip wayyy long ago (back in the fall!) and now we’re actually going! How ... , Geneva. It seems everyone on campus was trying to get away from the ... that in years past~) Believe it or not, though I have been to Ethiopia

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 27, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  fun. the band, but also the form

  

  calm I know you feel like you are breaking down Oh, I know that it gets so hard sometimes Be calm Take it from me, I’ve been there a thousand times You hate your pulse because it thinks you’re still alive And

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 11, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  at least it’s not covid sick day

  

  've gone to a medlink, if it was worse. how much worse, though? i don't know ... class today? i only had one class, and it was 6.UAT Oral Communication ... .033 Computer Systems Engineering, had canceled recitations for the day. it would

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 23, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  A Year at MIT, by the Numbers quantifying my MIT experience

  

  Time flies. Today is August 6th, 2020. It's been 143 days since I ... workshops, one of which [annotation note="Dance Troupe does finals week ... choreographing. teaching is so much fun so i'm really glad i did it"]I taught

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 6, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  school projects aka why i havent been writing in the last few weeks

  

  of hours on composition and i think i’m pretty happy with how it ... structures that allow computers to accomplish anything, ie. how is it possible ... theory classes at mit. it assumes the ability to read knowledge as well as

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • December 12, 2021
• Blog / Events

  What If… I Met Randall Munroe? ... Something would have to blow up

  

  . xkcd is “A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language.” Its creator ... Munroe does more than draw comics: he recently published a book ... questions like: “How much Force power can Yoda output?” “What would

  • by Joel G. '18
  • September 22, 2014