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  20 Things I Learned In 2020 from a course 20 who is in her 20s

  

  vaccine to low-resource communities? How do we counter the economic and ... are so freaking capable of adapting to drastic life changes. It might ... to use. Cartography is still very much a thing. It's okay to not be

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 1, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  The CPW Weather Machine Strikes Again a frivolous day in the sun and grass

  

  procrastinated long enough to contribute mint-lime-honey-rolled strawberries and sweet potato fries, which I've been wanting to make since I read this MIT alum's article about how he backward engineered McDonald's fry

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 18, 2012
• Blog / Hacks

  Fall Hits MIT… in the form of a Giant Spider! I promise I'm not a blog-hog, this is just too good!

  

  couple babies! But how did the little spiders get all the way to Lobby 7 ... Let's cut right to the chase: THERE'S A HACK IN 6C! Natanya ... a web! I've decided to name him Lucifer. He's huge! He has the

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 28, 2010
• Blog / Hacks

  A Fool’s Holiday How MIT celebrates April Fool's Day

  

  the campus will move to Orlando, according to hackers who altered the MIT homepage. Hey, anything's better than trying to work in an Athena ... broke into the MIT web server and changed the MIT home page to indicate

  • by Bryan
  • April 1, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  An Atypical Saturday That followed an atypical week.

  

  certainly an unusual place. Case in point: no one really asks how your day is; they ask how your week is. That's because most MIT students take this ... will be sleepless nights. There will be weeks you have to choose which

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • September 30, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ack, finals!

  

  Sorry for my lack of posting lately. This is just a notice to say ... quite a lot, and I have three finals in the next two days. Blah. Oh, how I ... appears to be broken, which makes me sad, especially since I had cute

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 19, 2005
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  [Guest Post] STARS@MIT: A Year in Review By Claire S. '25

  

  on how well you pitch yourself (you don’t need to be pitching yourself ... ?” “What does MIT do as part of it?” and “How can it help me?” Well, the ... STARS (Small-Town and Rural Student) Ambassadors, to give you a quick

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • April 23, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  I’M BACK!!!!! (and MIT is hard)

  

  idea of how to approach it. Luckily for me (and for some of you), MIT ... valuable trial run on how to do classes without the finality and stress of ... valuable and influential thing I learned here is how to be a good student. I

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 11, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  I Hate Change but at least, I'm creating it

  

  used to how quickly life can change, even if the anticipation for the ... walking back home. MIT has been teaching me how to say No. No to commitments ... impossible. So now, I get to start of my days writing in bed as opposed to

  • by Paige B. '24
  • February 17, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  FWACC! and some small thoughts about kindness

  

  senior who taught me how to prepare a turkey and run a kitchen for ... 'm excited. I'm nervous. Most importantly, though, I'm happy to see how far I ... burst onto the stage to welcome everyone to the [annotation note

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 25, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Somewhere in between Trying to find out where I belong at MIT

  

  to take on the world really makes me appreciate just how far we have all come and how long we have been at the institute. Before coming to ... how my life has gone but to any 2019 that is reading this, MIT isn

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 13, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Escaping MIT Maybe if I just get far enough away, my finals will cease to exist!

  

  ’M ON NETFLIX It’s finals week. On Monday I have two exams back-to ... , it came to an abrupt end, and I’ve been left staring dejected at my ... ’t yet, but I’ll keep trying. Thursday morning I spontaneously decided to

  • by Joel G. '18
  • May 16, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  Life, the Universe, and Everything I’m significant! …screamed the dust speck.

  

  process to being on campus, when you are starstruck. Starstruck by the ... the slight urge to huddle under a blanket with a warm cup of tea and mutter to yourself, "what have I even done with my life?" Oftentimes, this

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 13, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Rambax MIT On Rambax, MIT's one and only Senegalese drumming ensemble. Also known as MIT's best Senegalese…

  

  , for a Christmas special on how much it'd actually cost to buy all the ... -y - maybe it's that I keep listening to Christmas songs, maybe it's that we ... your hand. Now combine it. See how much imaginary fun you're having? I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 6, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Acting, Writing, and Roleplaying: A Match Made in Heaven [by Susan Shepherd '11] Guild members have infiltrated the KGB, made first contact with aliens,…

  

  during this whole process, in order to show your constituents how calm you ... , learning how to fit everything together or actually writing their first game ... in order to create something fun and new. For example, painting skills

  • by ARTalk
  • March 28, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Political Process For the civic-minded

  

  ?" etc etc) I've gotten more exposure to politics than I ever had in my life. This is the first year I've been old enough to actually vote, and though I realized there were other ways to get involved without actually

  • by Karen F. '11
  • February 14, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s going on inside my head It might not have been so very important.

  

  and kind of learned how to skate from Moria '06 and Joe '08. I was also ... about how he's going to kill himself because Lucie was unfaithful. Then he ... another aria about how he's going to kill himself for like ten more minutes

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 7, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  “That is NOT an ice cream flavor.” wasabi + ginger + ice cream = disaster

  

  I think FUN would be a good way to describe this weekend. THURSDAY Thursday night, my friend Diana and I went to a free showing of Forrest Gump ... The Patriot which is a movie I have yet to see in it's entirety

  • by Bryan
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The most beautiful class schedule yes. good

  

  , including how much I don’t know and what I really, really want to learn. So ... , as sort of an introduction, went on to describe how social behaviors ... yourself that you’re positive this is the semester where you’re going to

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • February 3, 2016
• Blog / Events

  The Stuff of MIT Legend I'm about to tell you a super cool story. It happened two years ago, but…

  

  just goes to show you how cool he was. To fully appreciate this story ... could demonstrate to my students how sound is created through alternating ... 's like the COOLEST STORY EVER. I don't quite know how to summarize it

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 23, 2008