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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ten Things I Hate About Europe Well, not really. More like, Ten Things I Like About MIT. You've got to accentuate…

  

  got an e-mail from my labmate Jacqueline '07, who's working at NIST this ... from my house to my office, and although the Rhein river is a little ... Anna's Taqueria at all. 3. My turkeys. My work with Bayer Crop

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 4, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why I do what I do A few reasons I'm still on this planet.

  

  I've gotten a few questions lately about my activities -- why I do what I'm doing and such -- so I thought I'd clue you all in on my raison ... , a theatre/band/choir star in high school. I was the only person in my

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how i (kinda) studied for finals brought to you by "a PNR mindset"

  

  If you are reading this, it means I am successfully on my way out of Boston after surviving my first MIT finals season. The verdict? Lukewarm ... of classes. Will my laziness and desire to have fun allow me to fully

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • December 22, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  setting things on fire and playing with flames

  

  . There's something primal about dancing with fire that demands my full ... teach fire techniques as they are to learn them together. One of my ... ! All of my fire-related videos live here. Below is a reel of some skills

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • May 18, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  poem snippets searching for hope amidst darkness

  

  something silly, something weightless, i want my laugh to echo and ... asking children but they are far too happy to entertain my pleas and i ask the adults but they are far too miserable to interpret my dreams and i

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • April 4, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  all the notes i took in a week riveting stuff, i know

  

  Not too long ago, my desk was covered in every variety of stationary ... …  Today, my collection of school supplies consists of my ipad, my apple ... when midterms roll around.  While I’ve fallen far from my fifteen

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • November 8, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Changes that I’m making this semester wow it's already March isn't that crazy or what

  

  Paper notes I hate taking notes with my iPad, so I went back to good ... sets on my iPad though because that makes it easier to submit the pset on ... . Without giving details, my project is to program two robots to move

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • March 6, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  girls just wanna have fun when u gonna live ur life right?

  

  My father yells "What you gonna do with your life?" Oh daddy dear ... less than 48 hours to my next 6.006 midterm, I sit here contemplating the ... . After a hard week of advocating for myself and my class and begging the 6

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 24, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  self-taught dancing: a how-to how i learned dance through YouTube

  

  previous posts, a significant portion of my free time through middle and high ... YouTube to practice dancing seemed like my best bet. as said in my ... dances became my favorite hobby, and eventually, I started filming videos

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 4, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  on being seen ...and why that might be important

  

  .  My absence is easy to explain though, having left the Institute to work ... provided sound counsel to my young charges along the way. There are a number of lessons and takeaways from my time on “the other side of the desk

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 31, 2020
• Blog / Blog Projects

  blogs that are marinating IS THIS POPULISM?

  

  going on, but I really want to write up at least some of my scraps. To ... have been floating around in my head for several months while I stressed ... only way I can experience catharsis is by putting my whole self out there

  • by Abby H. '20
  • December 31, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  A Major Crisis haha get it..cause..yeah,

  

  I'm currently on a six hour flight back to my sunny, warm, and ... heading home, seeing as I haven't seen my family since August and my flight home is actually my mom's secret surprise to my grandparents. Over the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 12, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Junior Spring Line-Up, Part 1: Classes Learning Middle English, sketching constellations, holding meteorites

  

  Last year, my class sizes were on the order of 100, 50, 60, and 20. This year, my class sizes are roughly 5, 6, 8, 6, and 25. I'm learning ... for my Science Writing class, taking field trips to MIT's Wallace

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 3, 2013
• Blog / MISTI

  Total immersion An MIT-Italy student finds her way around Rome

  

  month or so in Rome, I was in my “tentative” phase where I ... pretty empty, and partially because there was never anyone waiting at my ... was one week where three or four times, I showed up seconds after my bus

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 30, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Weekend in Kendall Square I know I work here all week, but hey, it's MIT

  

   usually do on a Sunday morning with the dog, my partner, and the wood stove ... two nights at the Marriott in Cambridge?" asked my partner now peering over my shoulder to see what I was reading.  "And weren't we going to

  • by Kris Guay
  • February 29, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To the future! and beyond?

  

  to eat and most importantly, what to do with my life.  I've had a taste ... temporary made it easier. My roommate (I live with real people too...) I ... beans and tomatillos in there. The reason this is all on my mind is

  • by Becca H. '12
  • July 13, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Mind Dump (Episode 4) What's going on RIGHT NOW!?

  

  these blogs. This is going to be my official "Mind Dump" entry. Whenever ... you a little insight into my current mental state, I'll dump it here ... 's athletics program due to budget constraints, one of them being my sport

  • by Snively '11
  • April 22, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Google Maps is NOT the best. But everything else seems to be right.

  

  of my recent entries, but I am unable to find it. Well, I'm not in Rome, but I'll leave you with a few thoughts of my migration southward. 1. Sure, I could accept responsibility for my own poor sense of direction

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So done Midterm week = loss of Mollie's mind

  

  instance, of my tendency to pick HASS classes based on what sounds ... absolutely no common sense about what classes to pick (and apparently due to my phenomenal cosmic bad luck!), my midterm weeks tend toward the crazy. This is

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 3, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You stay classy, Sam… TA, go! At MIT, I live in a basement and I don't get to watch Desperate Housewives.

  

  of each and my first impression. 10.213: Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics -- Last year, my UROP advisor, Jefferson W. Tester, taught this for ... hard." 10.28: Biological Engineering Lab -- This satisfies part of my

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 8, 2005