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  2022 Ring Premiere! ring alert: it SHINY

  

  to the presenters even for just a brief moment), everyone got a raffle ... Class of 2022. Here's how it went for me, and what our ring looks like ... really fun to see everyone from our class all together, and realize how

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 3, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  Save a tree… ...eat a Beaver. MIT makes me fill out lots of paperwork. Get it? Beaver? Oh…

  

  especially for freshmen- so if all freshmen were required to take a CI class ... about how many pages of paperwork the MIT Athletics Department (DAPER) is forcing upon me. As a new MIT athlete, the first thing I had to do was

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 2, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hope My reflections on the death of Amaud Arbery

  

  to find who had killed this man, and how they were going to be punished ... HATE HOW THIS IS NORMAL. HOW WE KNOW WHAT TO DO. HOW THIS IS JUST LIFE ... version of myself has come to realize that this will not change anytime soon

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 8, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  INT to the INT to the IN(s)T i3 Videos! woo!

  

  (when you come to campus and check out the dorms for yourself), the highly ... actually cut off, for some reason by Youtube, meh) (psst, Steve is my ... Interactive Introduction to the Institute (i3) (n.) - a DVD you will

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 26, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Obama to speak on clean energy, visit MIT energy labs today You can watch the speech live... or wait for the bloggers' account of it!

  

  processes and no toxic materials for synthesis — and one that adds no harmful ... and, from 1995 to 1997, as Associate Director for Science in the Office ... While bloggers Jess, Paul, and Snively will be listening to President

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 23, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  trips and transit i'm spending obscene amounts of money on uber god dang it

  

  [/annotation] and get to work around 8:20 so i can [annotation note="for free because ... 't want to be late for the marina fireworks![/caption] [caption id ... perform a LOT of cost benefit analyses. do i want to pay 7 bucks for an uber

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 10, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Quad Life four girls become roommates, hilarity ensues

  

  paired up for their room assignments within Baker. "Want to be my roommate ... and hello panda) -- and it's not easy to describe. (For those of you ... issues, and all I can say is that we figured out how to be friends. Fancy

  • by Connie H. '15
  • May 13, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  A Jaunt Across Europe (Part 2) 12 hours of coastal biking and other Spanish adventures

  

  and said we could select 3 to take home for free. I asked her why she ... for the night. We made this decision mostly because we didn’t know how ... come up. It would’ve been disappointing for us to book housing and plan

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • February 11, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  4 Years advice from a freshly minted alum

  

  ' diary for tidbits of wisdom and then will go off to freestyle rap or ... -- embrace the diversity they have to offer. Learn how to forgive people, too ... both of you!) It's crazy to think about how many things could happen

  • by Ana V. '15
  • June 8, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In Which I Feel Old Senior year? Already? #indenial.

  

  Things to Do Before I Graduate finish the requirements for my two majors ... to computer science but also to real life. 6.046 is notorious for being ... teaches Course 6 students how to communicate and give effective

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 10, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  FOMO: Fear of Mis-Optimizing ice cream teaches me a thing or two

  

  tangible ways. for now, i’m just going to take Scott’s advice and do ... shoulders sag against the railing behind me and throw my backpack to the ground; it falls with a feeble “clunk.” exhaling, i attempt to mentally

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 18, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Evaluate your MIT Student Experience Dear {{FIRST_NAME}}, Every four years, MIT surveys all undergraduate students about vario...

  

  , what we can do to make it better. For example…  Are you able to balance ... how to answer this one. I'm thankful ... [annotation note="this email came on monday, and i had time to kill

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • February 27, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  MIT vs. Chuck Norris Ever wonder how many math and science Chuck Norris jokes exist in cyberspace?

  

  , a number I like much better. Feel free to add any Chuck Norris facts ... noticed an article about a commercial that Chuck Norris filmed for Presidential Candidate Mike Huckabee. This got me thinking, "I wonder how many

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • February 5, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Idol A selection committee fantasy.

  

  : Dog, it was just okay for me. You want me to keep it real, right ... you'd like to vote for this applicant, call 888-MIT-IDOL or text MIT on ... In a few minutes I'll head over to the committee room to begin Day 7

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 22, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2009 note #1

  

  , you add me to your list of friends on Thefacebook ;) Your important task is to choose a username for yourself. Yes, MIT believes in letting ... still refer to me by my username. However, when I started to apply for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP of Coding time to catch up

  

  weeks. I couldn't begin to fathom how many other people are going through ... place and how it slowly has grown and changed over time and I'm excited to ... soon since I convinced my brothers to apply for Spark in March. Once I

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 5, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Activities, humanities, question-ities Will you have time to be in an extracurricular at MIT? Yes, you will.

  

  everyone how to stunt and cheer and dance, but it's really more for ... -the-waitlistee) '10, who asked, How many hours a week did you/do you dedicate to cheerleading and how has it helped/hurt your grades, etc? [I'm uh, asking for a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 14, 2006
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What are GIRs?

  foundation for study in your major. In your second semester, you might add subjects to help you explore your anticipated major. MIT’s GIRs ensure that ... social sciences to getting rigorous training within their area of
• Blog / Challenges

  Donate for Eric and Ann Whalley Please give to support the parents of a 2010 alumni, both victims of the bombing,…

  

  Hi everyone, The short version is this: please give anything you can to support the parents of a 2010 alum, who were both victims of the ...  http://bit.ly/whalleyrecovery. My name is Jess Kim, and I'm a 2010 alum. I've tried to make sense of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 17, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  emails to self & the long goodbye

  

  beginning to get the hang of how to be at MIT, how to make the most of the resources here, how to be someone how can let this place change their life. it ... the other hand, i keep learning just how little i could do to cause the

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • March 27, 2025