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  Take Off Gate '21 Calling for Departure

  

  It’s been two weeks since I’ve been on campus. Two weeks since I left behind my home in Texas to make a new one here. In these past fourteen days…

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • September 6, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Advice from Graduating Seniors to incoming freshmen

  

  Orientation has begun. Convocation starts in less than an hour, where the Class of 2021 will gather and President Reif will give a welcoming address. At that time, the Class…

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 28, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Reasons I haven’t blagged… hint: "I'm Busy" isn't one of them

  

  Like all great creative people, from Claude Monet to Steve Jobs to Franz Kafka, we bloggers too suffer from “writers’ block” or creative blocks and periods of crushing inability to…

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 29, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  c/o 2017

  

  last friday a lot of my friends walked at commencement after a speech from tim cook and a ceremonial turning-of-rings. this class especially — “my” class — carries a lot of…

  • by Allan K. '17
  • June 12, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  why mit

  

  things that are uncategorizable but still important and life-altering. 3

  • by Allan K. '17
  • May 1, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Language What Learning Chinese at MIT has meant to me

  

  tangible impact on my life. However, I have found this to be as far from the

  • by Ben O. '19
  • February 26, 2017
• Blog / Athletics

  weather and stuff a Californian’s first experience of fall and also other things on my mind

  

  I do not own any fall clothes. It seems that this is going to be a problem for me. I Iive in a triple. One of my roommates, Claire, is…

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • October 2, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A typical first semester more or less

  

  impossible right now. Life is now mostly a choice of how to spend my time the

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 22, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Boston Book Festival #3 of 3 Boston Adventures

  

  Boston Adventure #1 at the Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair here. Boston Adventure #2 at the Institute of Contemporary Art here. **** Last fall, my friend and I went to the…

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 14, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  happiness springs, songs, sheep

  

  social interaction. today i feel like my life is worthwhile; like i

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 24, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s Pi Day, Pi Day the infinite is alive with the buzz of drones, and the 2020s bake pies

  

  . In my life, I've applied to nine graduate programs. I've been admitted ... probably the most transformative experience of my life, and I never would ... life experiences. If you know that, one day, you want to be a part of the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Harvard Social Enterprise Conference with a virtual reality demo that showed me the communities of Nairobi

  

  pick only two between academics, sleep, and social life, but I was damn

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 11, 2016
• Blog / Community Projects

  Guest Post: Simmons Hall Finishes 18,239 Piece Puzzle in 40 days and 5 hours

  

  The following is a guest entry by Patrick L. ’17 Just before 9 pm on February 28th, the 18,239th and final piece was placed into the puzzle in private dining.…

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 29, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blended Learning at MIT benefits of technology in MIT classrooms

  

  time for simple demonstrations of course content in real life. More

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 23, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair #1 of 3 Boston Adventures

  

  (See #2 Boston Adventure at the Institute of Contemporary Art here) As part of my weekly Boston Enrichment Trip, I ventured today to the Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair. Located…

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 15, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Monday (in Snaps) and my longest Snapchat story ever

  

  (Take a look at “My Monday” by Yuliya K. '18 for her day in the life at MIT post)   8:45: Wakeup. For real this time, after 10+ snoozes. 8:53: First snap! Of a TMAYD MIT (Tell Me About Your Day MIT

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 28, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: Who You Vote for May Not Matter that you vote most certainly does!

  

  That you vote most certainly does! The following is a guest entry by Cody C. ’14 When it comes to politics, there is one argument that I have heard almost…

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 13, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  So what makes a successful MIT student, anyway?

  

  It’s Career Fair season, and that means hundreds of companies are swooping down on campus with brightly-colored t-shirts, cheap plastic goodies, and oddly-formatted emails.  I’ve been reading a lot of…

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 21, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  Rowing at MIT: a guest post by Connor M. ‘16

  

  Rowing at MIT The heavyweight men near the Museum of Science. PC: Igor Belakovskiy ’02. Hi! I’m a rising senior studying Mechanical Engineering, and one of the most awesome experiences of my life has been rowing

  • by Connie H. '15
  • August 26, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Jigsaw Puzzle of Opinions Ramblings Of A Spring Semester Senior

  

  this is related to MIT or college life in general, or at least I hope

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • March 25, 2015