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  Global Languages Freshman Learning Community engaging frosh done right

  

  Studies, visited the class to show everyone how to make a German apple cake ... COVID-19 Panel We learned about how culture affects responses to the ... semester, is designed to offer freshman community and expose them to new

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 6, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  farewell, first semester p/nr-ing just hard enough

  

  memory-saturated period I’ve spent on campus brings me to wonder how much I ... understand my emotions and needs better.  I’ve learned how to deal with ... people but not much to do.    Now that I’ve been living in Cambridge

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 19, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  fall ’19 catalog is out! and a summary of sites we use to plan semesters

  

  primarily use. it's an indispensable way to quickly see how your schedules ... for lack of better things to do. michael from 2E is part of the dev team ... -and-hopefully-improved-but-probably-not-yet courseroad 2.0, successor to blogger danny b.d. '15's courseroad which has many

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • April 25, 2019
• Blog / Events

  The Class of 2017 Graduates from MIT

  

  , just a moment, to think about how you will make the world suck a little ... ; Of particular interest to our office are the Class of 2017 ... years, we, as MIT staff, have come to know and work with so many of them

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 9, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What can you do in four years?

  

  . Question: "What about Are Four years enough to get advantage of all the resources MIT has to offer for a student?" In a word, no. No matter how much ... . Was a chapter editor for How to GAMIT. Wrote an article for Voodoo. Am

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Crazy admissions stories A story about craziness from both sides of the college admissions process.

  

  rolling their eyes. The mother wanted to know how students would get food if ... it was all a joke. Mr. Lazar decided to attend Cornell University this fall, for reasons unrelated to the pseudo-kidnapping, which took place at

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 5, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  snippets from a semester minus academics, of course

  

  conner floor went to some random town in Maine for three days. our Airbnb ... concerts firefly — four friends and i went to Dover, Delaware for three ... . the music slapped though dance kinematix — i biked to Northeastern

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 21, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Looking Forward and Backward 10 Memories and 8 Resolutions

  

  must find Tim. 8. Learn how to walk better on ice. Simple enough... I ... back at how much my life has changed in just twelve months. It has, by far, been the most exciting year of my life to say the least. Last year

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • January 2, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Re-Froshening A Story of Cynicism and Optimism

  

  I started MIT as a bubble of idealism. MIT was going to be AWESOME. Everything was going to be AWESOME. I was going to double major in biological ... going to UROP and I was going to be a Medlink and an MIT blogger and then

  • by Piper '13
  • August 10, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Admissions Decisions and Mystery Hunt A few thoughts and a lot of puzzles.

  

  the scenes I used to only see in photographs, and I remember how ... were released. On the drive home I considered calling someone to check my ... got home I brought some luggage in to delay the inevitable, or maybe I

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 12, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Breadsticks and Business Just remember, undergrads are like puppies in the eyes of an alum

  

  restaurant hangout for the students at Lima High School. I am here to say that ... cross country team dinners; it’s where MIT students say they’d like to order pizza, but then ask for a bag of those famous pizza dough rolls to

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • May 24, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’re 18, But You Aren’t Invincible Impressions of my first month at MIT -- both sobering and exciting.

  

  given. Mildly disappointing is how some choose to take advantage of it ... being a freshman is learning how to balance your time commitment to ... yet. College is supposed to be about freedom. Discovering yourself is

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 1, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Pop quiz, Viktor I finally discover what happens when you rapidly cool hot metal. Now my life is…

  

  explains exactly how the climax of Fantastic 4 works. So, to rectify this, I ... ... this seems to be supported by how they just don't let him melt. I ... According to my favorite website ever, StatCounter, somebody from

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 4, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  12 / Let’s try law school What's a computer scientist doing in DC?

  

  TO SET THE MOOD: EX MACHINA SOUNDTRACK [caption id="attachment_45168" align="alignnone" width="1000"] Trying to say something that sounds ... working computer, and some free time to go through my photos from the

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • July 17, 2019
• Blog / Uncategorized

  an unnecessarily detailed normal friday finding things to blog about when you're swept into normalcy

  

  sentences into a story about how i was late to class and it's bad. well ... seconds to annoy[annotation note="my roommate"]caleb[/annotation] as i go back to sleep without even thinking. eventually, though, it's 9:30 and i

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • April 27, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sophomore Slump and an unexpected summer

  

  look like, and to see how off the mark you are. So I took a stab at ... My second year of college just ended. I’ve been trying to think of a good post to write on the occasion, or some significant reflection on my

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • June 2, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Just some potpourri Zoo! New computer! Cooking! Books! Spine-crushingly tedious work at the lab!

  

  allowance" to incoming students, I decided to apply that money to a new laptop. I got my old laptop when I came to MIT (although, really, "laptop" is ... equipment), and let's just say that the past four years were not kind to it

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 22, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  infinite corridors can’t believe there are no posts with this title yet

  

  figure out how to think about feelings and communication more clearly, i ... doing something you don't expect or trying to remember how you fixed ... corridor” has taken on new meanings for me. at mit it refers to a long

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 27, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  work expands to fill the space available

  

  how having too little work to do is actually bad for my mental health ... parkinson's law asserts that work expands to fill the time allotted to it, like a gas does. so i'm telling myself that i need to get this

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 28, 2023
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Adventures at Trader Joe’s i think i might have joined a cult

  

  apprehensive when trying these because how could you ever do justice to the OG ... 'm finally here to enjoy all of the great things it has to offer! For all of ... nearest Trader Joe's to campus is a quick six minute ride on the MIT Shuttle

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 30, 2021