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• Blog / Summer

  what i’m up to this summer doing all the things

  

  should be nowhere near grant-writing or transcribing or anything that is ... interview prep. All of this is silly. Do not be like me. I’m not saying you ... analyst” starting in October, but it is good to explore professional

  • by Rona W. '23
  • July 6, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Quick Guide to Adobe Illustrator The very basics, for people who have never used it

  

  instead of trying to find time to meet irl. Illustrator is basically MS ... thing to do when you open Illustrator is to make a new document. You can ... +s after the document is made to choose a directory, save, and rename if you

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • February 19, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  Go, ninja, go. A four hour tour of Boston, with Gilligan, and the Skipper too.

  

  college and probably my best friend from MIT to this day. We got our picture ... 've come to the following conclusion: running the Boston Marathon bandit is a ... training hard enough to qualify for Boston. There's a reason that Boston is

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 24, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  How to jump out of an airplane and live We have football, pistol, fencing, and TKD. . . but did you know we also…

  

  soon realized that the MIT skydiving club is alive and well.  I ... facebook page claims that "Club membership is open to all MIT students, staff ... more difficult. In the summer between sophomore and junior year at MIT I

  • by Snively '11
  • July 31, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  to the skeletons in my closet an open letter to you

  

  , [annotation note="hello cami here. this is? a different kind of blog. ranty blog? the you is directed at certain people in my life and instead of writing ... started on this[/annotation] because there is such an overwhelming feeling

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 27, 2021
• Blog / People & Identities

  Never Have I Ever…reflected on my identity "too indian" or "not indian enough"?

  

  , this show did not meet my expectations. It did many things well and is ... it. The main character, Devi, is an outgoing and brash girl whose two ... sophomore, since I only got to do that at MIT, but damn. She has to be bitten

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 4, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Some Things I Wish I Knew Coming In in retrospect,

  

  question and work my way to the first one. Learn people's names. MIT is a ... ="maybe because this is an awkward phrase that nobody really uses"]"to see advice ... life is [annotation note="trial and error is the best way to learn and I

  • by Abby H. '20
  • August 16, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Adonde? Excuse me sir, I seem to have misplaced my pants.

  

  "Snively, Improv Everywhere is doing their no-pants subway ride at 3 o ... . . ." Since getting to MIT I've been a part of several riots and a flash mob ... -Pants Subway Ride is a 7 year tradition in New York City. Hundreds of people meet

  • by Snively '11
  • January 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Becoming a Mad Scientist a required class for all meches!

  

  … also weirdly exciting?  This is 2.671, Measurements and Instrumentation ... a semester to pursue any research question we can imagine. This is a particularly special class because it is required for everyone majoring in

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • June 24, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  DRAW TIM (the beaver) behold the artistic talents of MIT staff

  

  , honed over years of enduring awkward icebreakers as an awkward person, is ... threefold strategy is something my brain calls [annotation note="mentally stylized as Draw ______ but maybe that is bad branding"]"Draw a Blank

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • April 5, 2023
• Blog / Residential Life

  who started the fire? (not clickbait) playing detective

  

  of other MIT undergraduate women. We're part of MIT's FSILG (Fraternity, Sorority, and Independent Living Group) system. My house is called WILG ... [/caption] A lot is redacted from this paragraph, but this is the first interview

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 28, 2022
• Blog / Personal Travel

  what I did this summer unoriginal title, original experiences!

  

  -- you may not be surprised to hear -- that being an MIT student gives you ... forget it again in the fall haze of week after week of classes. I love MIT ... everything else.) There is such a specific joy in wandering the city at 6 pm

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • August 24, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Out of Context Quoteboard SFW for the blogs, unfortunately

  

  , is one of the things that keeps everybody laughing through the pain that is surviving an MIT semester. The concentration of emails sent to ... straight?" "Being a girl is great. I'm going to braid my hair and wear

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 25, 2021
• Blog / People & Identities

  senior appreciation post in which i rant about my idol

  

  give the usual spiel about how disillusioning it is to detach yourself ... deserved to walk those hallowed halls of MIT. I would NOT have made it ... niche in the giant machine of moving parts that is college? I was sure

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • June 15, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  work // life trying to figure out the balance

  

  in my case is my mentor, since my team's manager works in cambridge. my ... includes alex, an intern starting together with me who goes to MIT and took 6 ... goals i made with steven. the work building is by the lake, and every day

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • June 17, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Way We Live Saunas make me think

  

  (with its own serious Internet addiction problem to tackle), but it is ... our lives. One such distinction is the 찜질방 (jimjilbang), which refers to a Korean bathhouse. And it is my encounter with the jimjilbang that

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 7, 2012
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A Brief Retreat How a short trip to Block Island left me revitalized

  

  . It's odd to think about it in this way, but MIT is one of the last ... Freshman year has come and gone; three more years of MIT separate me ... relationship. Prior to me beginning my freshman year at MIT, it gave me this

  • by Emad T. '14
  • July 31, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Undercover Admissions Officer ...or how I saw the campus through "fresh eyes".

  

  'cuz this is MIT after all, right? So what did I learn? Lots of it I ... 's time I come clean. I had never been on an MIT campus tour. Yes, you heard me...I had never been on a campus tour...before yesterday, that is. It

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • August 5, 2010
• Blog / IAP

  IAP and Igloos This is an entry about IAP. IAP is the month of January. It's...February. I know.

  

  possibilities. IAP is the mystery bag of the Sanrio store that is MIT (but with ... (I'm gonna go ahead and spill the beans: This is an entry about IAP. IAP is another name of the month of January. Some people may be quick to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 25, 2009
• Blog / Events

  A Latino Christmas An introducción to Next House's newest student group.

  

  day', which since yesterday is declared to be celebrated every year in ... November) it is designed to raise Latino pride in Next House and was designed ... camera a.k.a. the reason why this is my first post with pictures actually

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • December 11, 2008