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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Library War there's nothing about war in here, that's just my fave imaginary band name

  

  I have embarked, dear reader, upon a reading tour of my own. I have embarked upon a journey — a long journey! An arduous journey! — to visit each and…

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 15, 2018
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: Massachusetts to Michigan guest post by Liz O.'21

  

  *written by Liz O. ’21 as a part of the 8,726,400 Seconds of Summer guest post series* Home Sweet Home I was not imagining coming home for the summer, back…

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 6, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Remaking MITadmissions.org we are psychic vampires, please give us your ideas

  

  importantly, their broader place, path, and purpose in life. Have people who

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 9, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Slowing Climate Change, One Steak at a Time final project for 24.03 (The Ethics and Politics of Food)

  

  the economic value of lost life. And that doesn't even include the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 11, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Tour of Phonology, Part 1 fənɛtɪks ɪz fʌn!

  

  approximants we use are called liquids: [l] life [ɹ] reef Finally, there is the

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • April 12, 2017
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A Guide to Farmer’s Markets We found lychee in a hopeless place.

  

  (life is both hard and weird without a conventional living situation

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 10, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Notes from the Road: NorCal, Netherlands, Nick Cannon, and Nerd Camp where I've been, what I've been doing

  

  life since my ISEF Trip Report on May 13th. Week of May 16-22 After a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 22, 2016
• Blog / How to MIT

  Best Free Software for College Students must haves for productivity, security, and more

  

  life, keeping my class and book notes together. I also use it as an idea

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 13, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things I Learned From Freshman Year Overanalyzing all my bad habits.

  

  When I’m feeling irritable and/or stressed, I dislike empty advice. I particularly loathe the phrase “work smarter not harder”, probably because it was said to me many times last year…

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 23, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  So the rest of your decisions are coming in and let's take a second to talk about it

  

  , and you are, and you most definitely will lead an amazing life despite

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • March 27, 2015
• Blog / How to MIT

  Dormire et Laborare Sleeping and Working at the Institvte

  

  with my life during the last two weeks--working and sleeping at MIT

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 28, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Below 48 Take under four classes, they said. You'll have free time, they said.

  

  MIT classes are assigned a number of units to roughly scale their difficulty: the majority of classes are 12 units[1], which is supposed to refer to the approximate number of hours that class needs of your life per

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  My 21st Birthday More details about the transition to Halloween than you ever wanted to know.

  

  This is Anna Ho, reporting live from her transition to being 21 years old. (Sidenote: a fun consequence of having a Halloween birthday is that whenever you go to the…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 30, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Writing is useful for science. Surprise!

  

  than) I love writing code, however - and this makes my life awesome

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 30, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman FAQs and a cliffhanger or two.

  

  such a small part of life here.  You can increase the difficulty as much

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 7, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  24 Hours From sleeping in a homeless shelter to waltzing in La Sala

  

  10:25pm, Friday. I was sprinting down dorm row from French House to 77 Mass Ave, wearing baggy sweatpants and a baggy long-sleeved shirt, clutching a handbag that contained an article…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 24, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  SCIENCE! I'm bad at it, sometimes

  

  Signs that I would someday Do Science can be traced to when I was 6 +/- 1 years old and decided to make a space-themed board game. Here’s a sample…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 12, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  A Protocol for MIT Admissions Essays Chemical SOP: Pen, paper: irritant if digested; Brains: gateway to thinking

  

  your life, and understand yourself as your own person. People who read

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 26, 2012
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Things You Won’t Have to Buy (or spend *that* much on) This one's especially for the incoming freshmen.

  

  There are some big things coming to a close as my summer begins to wind down. I've got a life update on the way, but first, I thought I'd fill you in on some of MIT's not-so-well-known secrets. No, this isn

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 18, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Giant Cows Eat Venus; Earth Next Breaking apart and growing, fireworks, and a story

  

        On the evening of June 6, 2012, a satellite with its camera pointed toward the sun sent the first 500 GB of its daily report back to…

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 25, 2012