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  There’s No “I” in Team There's also no "Tennis" or "Senior Day", but that won't stop me from writing about…

  

  In just four short weeks, my time as a MIT freshman will draw to a close. Boxes will be packed, old psets that I will probably never look at again…

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 1, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Out There kicking off spring break with some Chinese food, some anime, and some media studies

  

  --it really changes the way you go about your life. I've found myself wondering

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 22, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2 Classes For 0 Credit: Beethoven to Mahler and Paradise Lost That can be rearranged to say: Paradise lost to Beethoven and Mahler.

  

  were executed for treason. Being an acclaimed poet saved Milton's life

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 17, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hwæt! Did you know that you can study Old English at MIT? The language of Beowulf and J.R.R. Tolkien's Rohan

  

  up by those behind. The procession is very long and life is very short

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 9, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Poetry Prescriptions Things I've Made and Consumed. Sophomore Fall, All of It.

  

  , the best teacher I've had in my entire life aside from my dad*. I loved ... prescriptions. "Tell me your problems and your life, and I'll give you a poem to

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • January 13, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How MIT students are trying to change education by biking across America.

  

  It’s summertime @ MIT! I’m relaxing at home after graduating last week (more on that soon) and am here to spotlight an incredible project a few of my friends are…

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • June 10, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  A last-minute barbecue for hundreds of people New House: mobilize.

  

  Last month, tragedy hit MIT. That week was chaotic and emotional. Rhythms were broken, routine thrown for a loop (or many loops), and I spent way more time in my…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 11, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2013…The Parent Experience!

  

  live with current students and their life at MIT is somewhat different ... & Sessions About Residential Life and Dining. Our on ... will be a discussion covering life in residences, residential support

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 10, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  Guest Entry: MIT Cycling Team Training Camp Hundreds of miles of riding and thousands of kilojoules spent.

  

  This blog post is by my brilliant Randomite, computer scientist, and cyclist friend Matt R. ’13 (used to be ’14; pictured below), who recently joined the rest of the MIT…

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 18, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Class Crossover Using engineering leadership while stuck on the wrong side of the internet

  

  During the first week of IAP, I took a class known as ESD.054 – Engineering Leadership. It’s a short class required by the GEL program, and basically a crash course…

  • by Stanley G.
  • January 20, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Post-Thanksgiving Post-stuff and Foodstuffs In which I'm reminded I have a life, and am thus eligible to give a…

  

  , not a crippling imbalance in work-life matters and how I deal with them ... , friends, and relative fortune I've run into this far in life, I'm also

  • by Emad T. '14
  • November 25, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  Just Run With It Never waste inspiration, even if you're running with it for the first time (in years)

  

  -satisfaction overcame every barrier to living that sort of life, including the initial

  • by Emad T. '14
  • June 9, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  The Real Deal no impostors here

  

  A few days ago a young man posted a confession to the Class of 2016 Facebook group: I know I’ve been *admitted* to MIT, but I don’t know if I…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 27, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Systems and Light [by Miren Bamforth '15] Even MIT's art scene is a little nerdy.

  

  process take over your life. Remember to spend time with your friends (or

  • by ARTalk
  • October 28, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  print “Hello, World!\n”; Everything you ever needed to know about me

  

  Hello! I don’t think we’ve met. I’m the girl who rollerblades everywhere. You might have seen me if you walk down the Infinite at the right time of day. My…

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 8, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Trumpeting for Assassins I get to watch each presidential assassination. Live. Over and over again.

  

  In fifth grade, everyone at my school had to pick an instrument to play in either band or orchestra. We had “tryouts”: we took a shot at playing every instrument…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 26, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  19 Summers AHH I'm getting old :(

  

  MIT life). Like CTY, I made friends here who I'm close to even now - and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The 12 Step Plan don't pack too much, you probably wont use half of it anyway.

  

  your first experience test-driving real life. I say test-driving because ... to the "freedoms" of college life.  As exciting as these summer ... your own, living the life might sound, in reality, you are there to work

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • July 25, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  A Three-part IAP sababa* in more than one way

  

  Maybe I should preface this by saying “do as I say, not as I do”. I guess I’ll come out and say it: I skipped the first week of classes.…

  • by Becca H. '12
  • February 17, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  Feedback Works Warning: analogy ahead

  

  So, as I mentioned in my previous entry, my GEL classes don’t have p-sets and rarely have tests. Sweet, right? No homework sounds great! Aha! But I didn’t say there…

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • November 14, 2010