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• Blog / Athletics

  Profiles in Courage My neighbor could kill you or save your life with her bare hands.

  

  blog entries recently over the past week. Let's just say that today I ... way home at 6 AM without my help, to Kristin R for her wonderful (if ... chance to meet over the weekend when I wasn't slaving in lab, passed out on

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 12, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  self care define it or perish

  

  , it helped me discover and focus on the things that make me feel like a ... as i've previously mentioned on the blogs, sophomore fall is wrecking ... 't exercise (oops) or read or explore Boston like i did this summer

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 2, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT gave my pod free art supplies!! and despite being hosed, we used them

  

  expensive they are. I settled on gouache and acrylic paint bundles ... proposal was a bit all over the place, so the folks at MIT Student Art helped ... to explore painting in different mediums. The final budget went to the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 7, 2021
• Blog / Personal Travel

  We Wear Matching Hats Very nearly one year ago, I wore the hat you're all wearing this week.

  

  chatted either on the phone or using online voice conference tools. For most ... been focusing on that admission decision for months. It occupied my every ... lot of my interests, the things that really defined who I was, on hold

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  i feel completely fine and maybe that's okay

  

  and explore the city and "live a little." The rule I ended up setting ... , both in the sense that I haven't appeared on the admissions blogs for a ... everybody who I have left on read this summer; I promise I'll get back to you

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • August 12, 2022
• Blog / MISTI

  Publishing abroad A taste of an MIT-Russia student's blog

  

  potentially explosive story released today on Al-Jazeera - that elevated levels ... first published on http://dfactorial.tumblr.com I wrote an article about ... ;congratulations on your debut!” There appears to be some sort of argument of

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 17, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Knitting and Playing Tetris Through the End of the World guest post by Salma Islam

  

  the main thing that has helped through the ends of my world. Whether it ... pixelated designs on my laptop to recreate in fabric. I couldn't stop. I ... watch. I picked up needles again to help me through this hell of a year

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • April 17, 2021
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Uh Oh Joke: What do you get if you divide the circumference of a bowl of ice…

  

  . National Ice Cream Day was on July 16, 2006. Even though I did not go get ice cream on Sunday, I will celebrate this holiday belatedly. The ... distance of the 'Tute. Get the Scoop here. Joke answer: Pi a'la mode.

  • by Bryan
  • July 19, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  In the News An NYT article on gifted education.

  

  ] speaks of the importance of being able to be "on the failure track for a ... says he is convinced, depend on "exposure to the unusual, to the diverse

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  last minute application panic for the procrastinators

  

  working on your college applications instead. But since you’re already here ... date; it can be helpful to add them to a calendar app or spreadsheet ... apocalypse might show up on your doorstep asking for a charitable donation

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 22, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  “What Should I Bring To College?” (partly) answered my everyday carry

  

  title wouldn't fit on the image below. Paper and pencil Antiquated, I ... .  Equations, diagrams, and graphs are no fun to try to reproduce on a laptop or ... , futureproofness, value. I've found my retina MacBook Pro 15" (2012 model) to be

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 23, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Majors

  

  exploration at MIT and if MIT has its way to help people find interests and in ... , what you wrote on your application has absolutely no bearing on what ... a major? There are many ways MIT will help to expose you to your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 2, 2005
• Blog / People & Identities

  HAPPY THANKSGIVING!! 🦃 Yara has a peath sign on her head!

  

  Whenever someone wishes me a Happy Thanksgiving, I can’t help but respond “Yara has a peath sign on her head!” At around age 7, while playing ... , and she wanted a cute video to send to the family group chat. So, I put

  • by Hala K. '29
  • November 27, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions Omnibus 2 I should probably stop stealing entry titles from Matt McGann.

  

  people living in the dorms had pets. So, are we allowed to keep our pets on ... everyone on the floor, your GRT (like an RA, the graduate student that lives ... fraternity in Boston where I'm living for the summer - so I apologize if this

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 3, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Spontaneous 5-Minute Classes on Whatever You Want These are too good not to share

  

  : it's called "Spontaneous 5-Minute Classes on Whatever You Want," and ... -minute lesson on it! Bring your wackiest topic suggestions, and watch us embarrass ourselves as we teach you about them on the spur of the moment

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 14, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Robots, Space, and the Stories In-Between Using Sci-Fi to Procrastinate

  

  /10 Current Status: In progress (on ep 8) Concepts/Themes: Space Exploration ... catching up on a lot of science fiction shows that I've been saving up during ... of episode 1 is all you need to be hooked on. Trailer: https

  • by Richard O. '28
  • July 30, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Two Truths and a Lie Because we all definitely love playing icebreakers

  

  could even be your birthday today, in which case HAPPY BIRTHDAY!  Truth is ... today.  Now, I was being thrown into this boxing ring called MIT where I ... center, and proceeded to explore this mysterious jungle known as MIT.  I

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 17, 2013
• Blog / Personal Travel

  chasing the aurora a celestial hunt

  

  the beautiful is one I can't pass on. [caption id="attachment_100807 ... student)[/caption] research group chat All evening, my [annotation note ... solar geeks are on this list I thought I should share… it’s a [Kp9] night

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • May 13, 2024
• Blog / Events

  Random Hall REX! Residence Exploration events at Random Hall. Your orientation booklet is WRONG. :D

  

  friends! Please come visit us at Random Hall, and come live or hang out here ... Residence Exploration period, starting with those you might not have already ... 21:47-22:47 youtube! From autotuned news to vlogs to Minute Physics to

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 26, 2012
• Blog / Residential Life

  who started the fire? (not clickbait) playing detective

  

  For the last few years, I've been living off-campus in a house full ... , Sorority, and Independent Living Group) system. My house is called WILG, short for Women's Independent Living Group. Last summer, there was a fire

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 28, 2022