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  Once upon a time Who I was in high school.

  

  't about being boy-crazy. First of all, this was me in high school. I think ... had 530 kids in it, but there was a small core of smart kids who had been together ever since gifted class in fourth grade. My high school was

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Answering your questions

  

  necessary for girls wanting to stay in all-girls dorms to ask for orientation ... you there and not someone who'd rather be in a coed living group ... ?" Michael Borohovski helped me out by answering: "Anonymous (re: waitlist), in

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • March 31, 2006
• Blog / Blog Projects

  where is south dakota again? and other fun questions for your south dakotan friends

  

  Back in September, when Shuli introduced the baby bloggers, they ... students attend MIT from each state in the US, so knowing that number is not ... ="myself included"]three South Dakotans,[/annotation] since we had all gotten in from

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 3, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Two hundred puzzles, fifty weeks later a post of galactic proportions

  

  that I'd imagine different people are interested in. In the end, I decided that I'm just going to write about everything I'm interested in ... are good introductions: Don't Let Me Down, the puzzle in this year

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 6, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what’s the point? on impact, art, external validation, and remembering to be kind

  

  ," at least in the way that phrase is typically meant. I think it is very ... 's admirable, in a way, to declare this the meaning of life. The world faces many ... makes the "everything else" of our lives mundane and unimportant, in a way

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 21, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Small Things I Like About Autumn A short reflection on a colorful season

  

  in Cambridge. As someone who loves scenic views to take pictures, the colors of fall leaves mixed in with the unique and historic buildings ... that I've come to fall in love with.  And recently, I've been trying to

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

  Other ways I’ve been rejected over the past fifteen years [suffering-from-success.jpg]

  

  After my rejection from MIT in my prior post, I attended Cornell for ... even a literal game to conquer, in a pressing effort to desensitize ... me, many times over. It turns out local graduates in my field are

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • January 21, 2025
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Snippets of Iceland some rhymes from spring break

  

  2024 has been quite a year for the Sun—in addition to the total solar ... geomagnetically active in its 11-year cycle"]solar maximum[/annotation]. In ... ="alignnone" width="300"] Sunrise at the harbor in Reykjavík, Iceland’s capital

  • by Allison E. '27
  • April 17, 2024
• Blog / Personal Travel

  F=-kx spring break in nova scotia, nyc, and dc

  

  Canadian road trip and spent our days chilling in the woods. Here are the ... catch the production in its final days. That was all we planned to do. But ... rides with my friends. We blast tunes, indulge in snacks, and share

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • March 31, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Week of UROPing in few words

  

  teachers and students on Course 2 work. I talked about this in my last ... interests. Back in high school, I was really interested in the art of turning ... /Course 2 reasoning behind how it worked, 2.) it can be used in a lot of

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • January 31, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  the lying lives of adults by elena ferrante

  

  bubbling in each character. My friend responded, you claim you don't know but ... by Elena Ferrante, a book that feels inscrutable. It is about a girl in ... . The narrator's high-status father engages in an affair with her best

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 15, 2022
• Blog / Community Projects

  [joint post] A Map of MIT Makerspaces ft MechE grad student and mapmaker Rima Das

  

  drills in many dorms, a wonky woodshop under EC, and even bio and nuclear ... makerspaces on and around campus. In addition, they’re able to add descriptions ... in the space, how to get access, and notes about the space’s culture

  • by Amber V. '24
  • July 1, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  born again freshman too junior for this

  

  i'm in the class of 2023. this means that i spent only six full ... three years older than me in high school, so i was always the youngest. in ... heavily on the upperclassmen in my living group and clubs. i felt

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 4, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  [Guest Post] Things to do while waiting for decisions by emily '22, alison '23, felix '23

  

  make some bad decisions Bike down the steepest hill in your town without ... inbox Look through AirBnB and save all the beautiful apartments in Hawaii ... probs have in your room Finally wash that water bottle that’s been in your

  • by kellen manning
  • February 1, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  happy palindrome week! conventions, patterns, palindromes

  

  Here in America, our vaunted exceptionalism takes many forms ... -DD-YY[/annotation] means that in America today is 9/10/19, which reversed reads the same, and is thus a palindromic date. It is, in fact, the first palindromic date

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 10, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  lessons learned this summer reflecting back on a summer that flew by

  

  my summer is coming to an end. i think shuli mentioned this in a ... . there are very few women in the game industry and this is still a huge barrier to entry into the industry in the year of our lord 2019 eating the

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 2, 2019
• Blog / Hacks

  some things my eyes saw recently (this is exactly what it says on the tin)

  

  I have seen much in these past weeks. Here is a small selection: The weather on campus turned beauuuutiful this week (just in time for ... use blackboards in Stata! (If you haven't seen it, more background on

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 24, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Murals of Senior Haus "find where you thrive"

  

  "Murals of Senior Haus" exhibit in the Wiesner Student Art Gallery in the ... undergraduates in July of 2017. The circumstances surrounding the closure were featured in various news outlets as well as on the blogs (see Joon, me

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 8, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT IS … reflections of a bright sunday afternoon

  

  , soaking in the last few glimpses of blue sky (oh no, winter is coming), it ... filled with SO MUCH LIFE. I’ve turned in a total of 15 problem sets. I ... brushless motor. I’ve finally learned how to properly breathe in Yoga. I

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • October 22, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  East Campus Pros and Cons, as Told by Residents "because EC is home 400ever"

  

  settles in EC gets flaming pink hair, nor are we all engaged in “intense ... . People can be miserable in, say, Next House just as much as in EC. It’s perhaps my favorite aspect of the Institute—the chance to grow in a tight

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 20, 2017