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  Where You’re Going, Where I’ve Been CPW! YEEAAAH!

  

  narrow my decision down to two schools, and there is no better way to get a ... to pick a song to introduce and play live on the air. I think that is ... major news on my end since the last time we caught up is that I got my EMT

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Recollections of a Stranded Traveler IHTFP: I Have To Find a Plane. In the meantime, I reflect on happier interpretations…

  

  stairs to soak up the rising founts of ambrosia for the ears, by which I ... glucose, which is sweet in a non-metaphorical way, which is dependent on ... insanity native to jungles clotted around the siren shores of Winter Break

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 23, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  oh, the places you’ll go (reprise) my first ever technical interview

  

  . I don't know what a stack is...or a heap...or any of those data ... when it comes to coding. This is one of my most toxic traits, I'd say ... , for his teaching style being too blunt or coarse (which it is), but I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 11, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

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

  

  desire to rock out, so we get 6 units of credit per term - just to bang on ... the greatest benefits of coming to a university like MIT is that it tends to attract some truly incredible people, and Lamine is one of them

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 6, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ack, finals!

  

  Sorry for my lack of posting lately. This is just a notice to say ... appears to be broken, which makes me sad, especially since I had cute pictures of the new 5th East kitten on it. While I am busy in testing hell

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 19, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Future of Work How can people and computers be connected so that—collectively—they act more intelligently than any individuals,…

  

  of people in hundreds of different professions from hair dressers to ... Professor Tom Malone's book The Future of Work. The title alone is enough for ... through the 20th century. Now as the first decade of the 21st century is

  • by Laurie Everett
  • March 6, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Share the joy

  

  on what is really important or enjoyable to you without the time ... school Class of 2006) that you know and encourage them to expand their mind ... ; Computer Science] Department, and allows girls to explore through hands-on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 8, 2004
• Blog / Athletics

  Hidden Treasures @ MIT: Pistol Think Pistols Are Cool? Wait Till You Meet Mike Conti

  

  First thing I want to do is apologize for not blogging in a while ... . To which I'd reply, yes, but it's not the actual class that makes ... beginner pistol first quarter of my freshman year because I wanted to start

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 4, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Comments 3999 & 4000

  

  professor Henry Jenkins on Star Wars fandom: Henry Jenkins is perhaps the most ... --based on the big content producers' original characters. This is uncomfortable for some in the culture industries, which aren't accustomed to this

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 25, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer Season Taking things into my own hands.

  

  or inspiration to have anything to say. But ah well, so it goes sometimes. Thankfully, the semester is over and it's on to bigger and better ... decided to strike out on my own and dedicate the time to working on some of

  • by Chris M. '12
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Immaterial Girl in a Material World There is an imposter among us

  

  the year when CPT is allowed to take effect at MIT. Because of this and ... the class structure, but it also made me want to do something more hands-on ... the properties of things and how to engineer new materials with the

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • November 1, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  shifting seasons something reflective

  

  eaten or lost to the tides of time. one item in particular stuck with me ... to get a series of them yesterday. i listened to them on my walk to ... my high-speed data for canada, there wasn't much to do on my phone so i

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • January 15, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  Blogger’s Block a hiatus from writing (but not memeing)

  

  before, the feeling of overwhelming stress is no longer constant or mind ... could really be. Of course, "I'm not sure" is a valid thing to feel. Life ... . Each time something got a little better, another sector of my life would

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 23, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Urinetown I blame my absence on musical theatre.

  

  Musical Theatre Guild was putting on "Urinetown", which I had never heard of ... . You work together to put on a production. One person's gaffe is everyone ... 't sing at all) but you don't have to be the best of the best, or have lots

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 13, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  random thoughts about choices why mit? why not mit?

  

  one concern i hear from a lot of people on-the-fence is of mit's "grind culture" or "questionable mental health". mit is hard. some people say mit is only as hard as you want it to be. that is a lie, but so is

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 29, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Still Alive! sorry, this has nothing to do with portal

  

  around to playing Braid, which is sort of like Portal in that it involves ... expended on these was negligible compared to most of the other items on this ... this post had nothing to do with Portal, but that's sort of like stating

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • October 22, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  DRAW TIM (the beaver) behold the artistic talents of MIT staff

  

  ,"[/annotation] which is a direct rip-off of my pal Valerie's recent Zine projects. The ... to the best of your ability," where X=bike or car or Shrek or Tim ... 've had to come up with. [annotation note="is this too ominous? or the

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • April 5, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Perks of Being a Humanities Major and downsides, too

  

  of featured authors, I begin to repeat their words or divide my ... Read Read Read Read Read Read Write Such is the life of a HASS major ... Surrogacy.” There are readings on the history of education methods and

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 23, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Visiting MIT this summer (part 1) It is now high season for visiting colleges. I plan to do a series of…

  

  It is now high season for visiting colleges. I plan to do a series of entries on how to visit MIT and Boston this summer. For those of you who ... also suggest some good places to get lunch or dinner on campus or in the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 21, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Story of Tim Tebow My friend Steve '11 wrote a blog for the not admitted.

  

  with Steve many nights (or rather, him talking to me) about football, and ... 'll give you two sentences to stop reading. The rest of this post will be ... success. You can go to a community college and still end up at the top of

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 16, 2010