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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  MIT HSSP and Stanford Splash! Seven fundamental questions, and a field trip to the west coast

  

  At MIT, I've taught for two Splashes, three Sparks, and two HSSPs. My classes have evolved with my interests: Spark (Spring 2011): Rockets and ... MIT alums...to the point where most of my dinner table was wearing a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 4, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Reading, Thinking and Igniting Innovation Rational optimism about MIT and the future

  

  it! So I`ll share what`s on my mind. I guess this is a book report ... Optimist" and I love it. I picked it up soon after returning from my 4 month ... I saw this book that promised to inspire me, to reignite my passion

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 5, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  40 Hours in Cape Cod Take note, I typed this entire post with a broken shift key. Please appreciate the…

  

  On the first night of my mandatory vacation, I walked to the beach with the taste of fresh complaints in my mouth, trying to wrestle down ... hideous polo shirts. I peered across the pier with my peers, homonymically

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 27, 2010
• Blog / Events

  tEpikazoo Thoughts on cooking and gratuitous prefixes

  

  In the past three months, my relationship to cooking has swerved from ... too much work to do, or hilarious mistakes in my problem sets, or what ... thoughtfully, “This tastes like detergent.” That's how I lost my fear of cooking

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 4, 2009
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A Woman and Her Lute An epic tale across three centuries. (includes poor fanfic-style prose)

  

  want it to be with my lute. Vieni, let's go to my performance first ... are you doing?" "Oh, a paper for my Art History class." "What school ... complex (ha), so here goes: When I was on my way back from Central America

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 25, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Celena in CPW-Land (Guest Entry) Skipping school to have fun, duh!

  

  times. I guess I'll start off with an introduction.My name is Celena Chan ... was so excited that my body felt as if I had been resting all my life for this weekend. I received my CPW folder (which included the Bible

  • by Snively '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Holy Grail of Classes Think of the coolest class you can. Then think of one that's a million times…

  

  Yesterday marked the beginning of classes, but today marked my first ... quickly surprised by my classes today. First off, before I get too far ... Why was I surprised by my classes? Let's start with 18.03, Differential

  • by Snively '11
  • February 6, 2008
• Blog / How to Food

  Internet is Gonna Get Me In lieu of studying, I finally get around to answering your questions.

  

  Last week I had my first exam, shortly to be followed by two others ... : RANDOM GUY: (enormous sneeze) ME: Bless you! MY FRIEND MATT COHEN, AND THE GUY NEXT TO MY FRIEND MATT COHEN: (stare) ME: I mean.. uh.. (barely

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 29, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First term freshman year A horror story, I guess... but one with a happy ending

  

  This is entry #2 in my series "entries that need to be written ... , we have the privilege of dissecting the first term of my freshman year ... for an 8.01x (physics) test which was to occur the next morning. My

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Home sweet violet capital of Ohio We didn't see a stuffed whale, but we did see a bunch of primates. Nonhuman…

  

  assured that you can't find it in Boston. We made a trip today to my ... primates are my favorite kinds of animal. (Maybe even more favorite than H. sapiens.) Tomorrow I'm making a trip to my old high school to visit the AP

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 30, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Congratulations! You got the job. You start in 6 months.

  

  engineering that was based off of my initial comment that I've never experienced ... ? =P So Momchil, here are my thoughts, short sweet, and to the point ... , right? I don't think I'm going crazy. On Monday I had my first shift on

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 24, 2006
• Blog / Travel

  [liveblog] morbing at the airport the flight is delayed for several hours because of toilet issues

  

  dead. i am dying. on my grave it shall read anika huang, death by airport ... , but if my current flight doesn't get cancelled, then my bag would still ... . then again, i'd rather not get my hopes up in case things go to shit

  • by Anika H. '26
  • June 1, 2025
• Blog / Summer

  a year of counting fish the shape of real work

  

  project wasn’t worth it—my research advisor was super amazing and supportive ... one of my longest friends at MIT through this research. it just ended up ... designed machines and built things with my hands, but then I ached for the

  • by Kai V. '25
  • September 11, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  We’re So Back a collage of preseason

  

  when I got into a tackle that broke my foot and ended my junior season ... , where I get to explore with my friends and get to witness a glorious ... , Boston has nestled its way into my heart and joined one of the many places

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • September 2, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Week of UROPing in few words

  

  teachers and students on Course 2 work. I talked about this in my last writing (with more words), but my work builds upon some of my high school ... image1="96896" /]   On my first attempt, I set the power too high

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • January 31, 2024
• Blog / People & Identities

  requiem for the desert as temperatures rise higher

  

  ’s my job to step in whenever someone complains of the heat and say, “You ... gets in Arizona in summer. I expected the wet towel in my room to dry ... ’t built for it. My dorm, Burton Connor, has no AC, and outlaws window ACs

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 30, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  ways of saying goodbye joint post with CJ '23!

  

  from something better: 'Cause all my life, I've seen these skies It ... outside again from waves: I watched my wild youth Disappear in front of my ... I the one always packing up my stuff? For once, for once, for once I

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  well, well look who's inside again

  

  'd be locked inside of my home (aah) i would've told you a year ago ... a waste of my time" or "Yeah I really should've gap yeared but oh well ... effect on my life, so it's no surprise that I spiraled into a disarray of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 11, 2021
• Blog / How to MIT

  nothing really matters or does everything? a tale of epiphanies and a crisis

  

  an Existential Crisis. It was basically me walking through my career in ... ."]digital communication[/annotation] in higher education from my time as a grad assistant to ... portion of their time on Earth? Then, at the pit of my despair, I had

  • by kellen manning
  • May 6, 2021
• Blog / Uncategorized

  And tomorrow brings a new day

  

  . I will try my best to keep this short, as I'm sure this is a sensitive ... and confusing period. I was incredibly lost and stressed and nervous my ... time as you need to process. Here are a few of my favorite You

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 15, 2021