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  7 Reasons MIT Is Special reflecting on the Institute at the end of four years

  

  exposed had that effect. But I was in a rush when I moved out. Plus I’d ... ’s why I stayed at the Institute, and why I’d recommend it to other nerds

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 15, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Mas33h Hall A quick look at life in the Castle

  

  ) You need your MIT ID to access the stairs/elevator. This is petty and I ... my ID and being trapped in the lobby for all eternity. 2) White walls

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • April 9, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  College Life Changes, Described by a Frosh Yultide Day 3

  

  mind of what I wanted to do. I expected to learn more about the field I’d ... was speaking about old friends. I’d been terrified of physics in high

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 28, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  A Texan’s Guide to Surviving a Boston Winter it's possible

  

  . This is what the East Coast looks like from an airplane window: I’d ... . I’d like to think that I’ve finally nailed it. So for those of you

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 9, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice for the Applicants I was in those stressed and anxious shoes last year.

  

  provided me, and I’d go to McDonalds for the Wi-Fi, where I would learn all ... your passion and personality. I’d be happy to hear your decisions in

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • November 24, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Three More Tales of Junior Year the sequel to Three Tales of Junior Year

  

  because I’d miss the First East random lounge craziness, and the gorgeous ... else—with a spice of the technical in the liberal arts. I'd miss seeing

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 31, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Some F Words ****!!!

  

  time, I thought I’d just dwell on some words I’d been thinking about

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 15, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  My Summer Reading Challenge Read with me!

  

  Inevitable Re-Read: 5. Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe I’d really like to ... can’t emphasize that enough!! Another comment I’d like to make is about

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 14, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  November summary: books, playlist, gratitude

  

  fundamental and rigorous. I imagined I'd read some classical philosophy this ... April I started to miss all the dimensions of my personality I'd thrown

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 25, 2015
• Blog / Events

  This Particular [T-] REX Tuesday (No actual tyrant lizards in this blog post.) Frosh come chill with me!

  

  The young kids are now the age I thought I’d be when I thought I’d be old (I’m not): the people running REX events are the people REX was for when I ran REX events (still not). This year I get to experience R

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 1, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Español Foreign Languages at MIT

  

  last 6 years. You’d think by now I’d be at least vaguely proficient, but ... forge onwards (though I guess even if it wasn’t interesting, I’d have to

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • March 23, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s 2015! Happy New Year

  

  Haram. And so I’d like 2015 to be about something different. There’s a ... a single unending line. I'd like to think that leaves a lot of

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 1, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

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

  

  ) security was so tight no one was allowed to walk around without an MIT ID card, and of course that day I couldn't find my ID card - so my VP, one

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 11, 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…

  

  very delicious! I'd recommend trying the feta and watermelon appetizers ... stuff happen, I'd definitely know that cooking and lab work are analogous

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

  Adventure’s Out There….. in Boston! Summer shenanigans at MIT

  

  Finally back on the blogs, and it feels so good! (I'd normally start out my blogs apologizing for my lack of blogging, but I think I've said ... understand more about myself and where I'd like to go in the coming years. MIT

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • July 20, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

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

  

  very least, the roads. Each time, I winced at the effort I'd need to put ... before 7 - much to my surprise. I had made this the day on which I'd start

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

  Why was I up so early this weekend? Reaffirming my faith in humanity and destroying my confidence with computers

  

  check ID numbers, amounts, and check numbers. In one sense it’s all ... problem! I’d done all the setup in advance, and apparently that worked. The

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 20, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Moves and Music(als) Illustrated with tons of images and a video, and not *as* many words

  

  MIT ID. Once you have it, if the Boston Symphony Orchestra is set to ... yanked from the audience and covered in bubble wrap. (I'd show some photos

  • by Emad T. '14
  • November 24, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  One Year After Michael Jackson An out-of-place tribute to the King of Pop

  

  talk radio. All of the stations were talking and confirming what I'd ... enjoyed remembrance of the emotions I'd felt driving one year ago, and I

  • by Cam T. '13
  • June 30, 2010
• Blog / MISTI

  10:31 I wrote this entry on my iPhone about two minutes after boarding the 11:10 train…

  

  the street, where I'd run past a bus ticket counter. I thought about ... walked awkwardly away, and just like I'd read about in the "stages of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 29, 2009