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  On Greatness

  

  . So for those of you in high school, wide-eyed and unsure of how to get ... : "MIT is full of amazing people, I don't think I'm all that amazing, how ... to is: No one has become great by wanting to be great, greatness is a

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 11, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  NM – u? Sometimes there just isn't that much crazy in my life. Splish splash.

  

  , meetings - and spend my nights awake with worry about how little I have to blog. Last Wednesday, I knew it was supposed to snow pretty much all day ... interesting things about which I can't wait to blog. The rest of the weeks

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 23, 2007
• Blog / MISTI

  I jumped into the river ...black-haired Asians swam with me.

  

  line up to surf in it. Kind of like the swan boats in Boston Common ... headed over to the Garden stripped down to my underwear, and, well ... pictures). Well, it seems okay to me and my gigantic jaw. Oh my God

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 30, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  New Year Resolutions in Fall An ambitious list of things I wanna do that probably won't get done

  

  whole Pset in one sitting with no breaks Actually learn how to spell ... story Take the time to learn how to solve a Rubik's Cube Take part in ... With the school year coming back around, it only feels necessary to

  • by Richard O. '28
  • August 31, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Skullhouse Road Trip Seattle, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Austin, New Orleans, North Carolina, Delaware, New Jersey, and New…

  

  mission that we chose to accept is to visit the hometown of every senior brother going on the trip. This means we have two weeks to travel to Seattle ... , New Jersey, and New Hampshire. We're travelling by plane to Seattle and

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 9, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  choosing the abridged version

  

  how i decided what to do after graduation. this is a condensed version ... that much of the world yet. how am i supposed to know how much i actually ... research, and how am i supposed to understand the value of each of those

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • March 20, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Thoughts on coming home With guest appearances by MIT's Dean for Student Life, the communist dracula, Roman lasagna, and…

  

  ascent to 10,000 meters or so of altitude. The night before, I had primly planned to go to bed before midnight, as if MIT were some sort of fairy tale ... apparent reason, starting to go out for pizza with friends before remembering

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 29, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Learning about the ABCs Apple Bake Competition, At Burton Conner

  

  bake us goodies and check up on us to make sure that we're being ... . It’s a competition where people bake a lot of goods with apples, to celebrate the bountiful fall harvest of apples and give us all a reason to use

  • by Janet G. '27
  • October 29, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Introducing MIT Illuminations at the Welcome Center

  

  standards of what looked good, but also thoughtful notes on how to think about ... learn how to make cool and beautiful things themselves, and that will ... now home to the admissions office and plays host to our visitors, I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 19, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  since i’ve been home

  

  pass, trying not to think about how the last four years have come to an ... convenient with respect to the current situation we all find ourselves in. if you currently own a nintendo switch, are willing to spend $60, and think

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • April 3, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Seven Early Evenings it was a good week

  

  being drawn back to the ice. Isabella and I are both amazed by how our ... some things that New York just does better. I had forgotten how ... evening, I left New York on an Amtrak to back to Boston. After getting off

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • December 3, 2018
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Studying At Cambridge 101 An Expert's Guide To Tackling The Revision Process

  

  is how I prefer to do it. Go through all of the notes and summarize ... Disclaimer: This blog post is fairly specific to Computer Scientists ... your benefit and doesn't contribute to your final grade. With that said

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 8, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Class size A response to a comment brought up on Ben's blog.

  

  down the page at this point) about increasing class size at MIT, and how this would merely require more students to live in uncomfortable living situations. I was originally going to post this in Ben's blog... but it sort of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UROP Deadlines and Openings The deadline for Fall Direct Funding is September 15, so hurry up and find yourself…

  

  options when doing a UROP: - UROP for Pay: Up to $1,250 per semester, which works out to $9.00/hour, when you are funded by the UROP office. Need to ... to apply for one of these awards, just write that you are applying for

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 7, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  i was sick when i wrote this :( a largely unedited post where i ramble about getting covid

  

  January"]IAP[/annotation] when I was just about to prep materials for my spring classes, I got a positive test last Wednesday and had to quarantine in my room. I feel a lot better compared to the first few days of

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 7, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wrapping Up First Semester Two more weeks to go.

  

  Monday, my first semester here is abruptly coming to an end. I have ... challenge! On the most exciting note to me, I have spent the past three ... from just one to now having two full shelves! So, initially, when my

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • December 10, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Odd Jobs How non-seniors can occupy their time before and during graduation

  

  days, see how the institute has changed, and go to snazzy events together ... into a lot of part-time jobs. I’ll need something else to occupy time ... science and media. But, in waiting for the summer session to start, I

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • June 8, 2014
• Blog / MISTI

  Language (die Sprache) MIT-Germany student discusses language

  

  difficult, you can still learn an entirely new way to think, to communicate, to ponder. It's quite incredible really. Coming from the US, I ... , here I am, experiencing what it's like to live some place else, some

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 10, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Disappointment I know how it feels...

  

  sweatpants. So many students are headed home :) I've decided to use this extra bit of free time to write an entry I wanted to write/post this past ... called 'To the Deferred' - and I want to now add to the words expressed in

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 21, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Passions (No, not that kind)

  

  left the house, and then forgot to publish it. Well, here it is, a year late. And now, to hit the road for Vermont. Hope this helps with those ... -description attached to this post may have, despite my best efforts, given some of you a

  • by Cam T. '13
  • January 1, 2010