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  first week class reflections i am home

  

  my first semester experience. mit is a challenge unlike any i've faced ... , is companionship. mit challenges us to show that some things simply ... yell into mit confessions for help with an 8.01 pset: it is collaboration

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 11, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Home, not just a Haus fighting the good fight

  

  affects the entire MIT undergrad population is truly disappointing. I am a ... Picture this, it is the summer time, and I am finally free from the stresses of MIT. There are no more PSETs I must frantically worry about

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • June 12, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Give the girl what she wants Ruth '07 wants pictures, she can have them.

  

  : Several people have wondered about taking AP and college credits to MIT. Is it a good idea, is it a bad idea, will I fall behind if I don't take ... , my last few days at MIT were a blur- I had 3 exams and lots of stuff to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 14, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Unremarkable things are you "jaded" yet?

  

  . Being a junior, I know that living through MIT is not much like the ideal ... that “MIT is amazing” and “MIT is hard,” that some days you feel like you ... word here before, like it’s a thing - becoming jaded with being at MIT

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 25, 2016
• Blog / Events

  2015 Brass Rat finally unveiled!!!

  

  our sorority sisters.                RING PREMEIRE!!!!! MIT has a very ... references! On the Bezel's sidewalk is a footprint, commemorating the life of ... in the future. ~Kirsten Also on the bezel is the green building, how

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 24, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Complementary in Kinetic Typography Posted with permission from the author. Meet Rishi '14!

  

  a ton of MIT internal email lists that I am on. I proceeded to get ... it a few days ago! (Sorry Rishi!) Anyhow, this is certainly one of the most creative stories I've heard. Just gotta share this. :) "MIT, for

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 23, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Big News The next chapter in the life of Ben Jones.

  

  into the MIT family, but one is no less significant than the other. So ... years here, I'm going to be leaving MIT in July. I'll also be leaving ... , it needs me - in many of the same ways that MIT did four years ago - to

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 15, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Melis and the AXO Chocolate Factory AXO Fondue was last night!

  

  we had the opportunity to open our house to the MIT community. The ... students in attendance! Background: There are five sororities at MIT, four of which have houses. We help our party at the AXO "Mansion," which is

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 5, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  Another hack Snow and hacks and exams.

  

  hack: This poster is a spoof on The Evolving MIT Campus, the name given ... to know if you have to buy the TV, or do you rent it or... ? The TV is ... to be up super early to go to drill sessions for MIT-EMS. I knew it was

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 21, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2018 Diaries what the weekend was like for me

  

  -prefrosh question time! The host-prefrosh bond at MIT is a special one. My host turned ... after this weekend.   BONUS: Is CPW Representative of MIT? On a ... be true. Once you get a feel of what MIT is truly like, and if your gut

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 17, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Arma virumque cano: a guest post by Quynh N. ‘15 Why you should take Old English at MIT

  

  this minor, the first response I usually get is, “MIT has humanities ... ’s definitely been a huge part of my time here. I’ve realized that MIT is more ... Hi guys! My name is Quynh, and like Connie, I’m a crusty old senior

  • by Connie H. '15
  • May 11, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Fail: Part 1 Dealing with failure and trying to move past it.

  

  You know what I thought I was good at after getting into MIT? You ... at is English. Being good at failing means not being phased by it, and ... constructively, no matter how bad it is, picking out whatever there is to learn

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 21, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  One new blog, three post-college thoughts just popping by to say hello

  

  be wondering: who is this girl and why is she talking about astronomy? Does she even go here? The answer is no, I don't go here, BUT I used to ... : I have a new blog now. Here it is. and now, here are three thoughts

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 1, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Imbibing the Nostalgia Punch More akin to jumping on the bandwagon than drinking the kool-aid in that it is…

  

  College is generally held to be the last enchanted shore of youth. My ... into the present and, lest MIT spontaneously implode, many more strange and distant future presents. Her energy is unfamiliar (if I got only

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 9, 2014
• Blog / Events

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

  

  demanding. I think I might have found myself running on the MIT treadmill a ... understand more about myself and where I'd like to go in the coming years. MIT ... , "experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted" (Randy Pausch

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

  Feedback Works Warning: analogy ahead

  

  cheering squad, and MIT is no exception. I had the pleasure of being one of ... weekend, MIT's Cross Country Team raced at the New England Division III ... Championships next weekend. The thing is, no matter how many times I told myself

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • November 14, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day in the Life… [Biochemistry] Life as a biochemist at MIT and Cambridge

  

  . Nevertheless, Cambridge is a wonderfully refreshing break from the hectic MIT. I ... , at MIT and Cambridge." I think the best way to illustrate the difference is to give you a portrayal of what a typical day is like in both

  • by Cambridge
  • May 1, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Take Me Back to Tech (Guest Entry) So hurrah for technology, 'ology, 'ology oh.

  

  Drinking Song, but there is another traditional MIT song (this one in the ... is a lot like saying west campus people are normal (they are, for MIT ... from MIT - I need more of MIT… soon. This is partially my fault. I

  • by Bryan
  • April 20, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Andi and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week :(

  

  severe enough that I decided to get it checked out at MIT Urgent Care. I ... "]first time going to MIT Urgent Care[/annotation], but the experience was surprisingly frictionless. Until it was time for the diagnosis, that is. The

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 3, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I’ve Done (this summer) or Why I Haven't Blogged in a Month

  

  -long wait until the next one. The Medical Center is similar to MIT: its ...  The New York Times article “Why College Rankings Are a Joke,” MIT is ranked ... ’s headquarters, takes over an hour. There is exactly one other person who gets that

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 4, 2017