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  Middle School To those who are having or have had a bad experience

  

  a story that let them know they were not alone. So that’s the story we ... ="Our teacher for eighth grade U.S. History in School B happened to be the teacher ... titled “We were the secretaries of our high school’s music department” if

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • November 16, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  *Independent* Activities Period an IAP apart!

  

  -most-of-the-hours-of-the-day-apart[/annotation] but rather spending-all-of-IAP-on-opposite-coasts-apart! Here’s what ... * Activities Periods Allan’s IAP I arrived with my parents to Berkeley ... bus tour, since I was jetlagged. It’s only a three hour difference, but

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 18, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sleepless Nights And how I've been spending them

  

  there’s a way to balance the three as long as you're organized and realize ... website for MIT’s Computational Biology group. I’m really enjoying the ... -rich website and given free rein to make it as cool as possible. That’s why the

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 26, 2016
• Blog / How to MIT

  Learn Coding Before School Starts you've got one month left. go!

  

  Computational Media Design class, we used Scratch’s drag-and-drop coding to make 3 ... transfer over. I also took a seminar MAS.S64 EdibleBYTES, where we built mini ... to MIT? Nope, you don’t. It’s nice to know though, because MIT gives

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 2, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  Slippery Slope: The Story of a Frazzled Sophomore How NOT to spend the first month of sophomore year

  

  leaving things until the last minute, or a classic case of Murphy’s Law, but ... , so I’m sure you already know what’s coming next: Lectures for other ... and sell it as a children’s book. As it stands, one dog making macaroni

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • October 14, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Now and Then and Maybe Later Tying up loose ends and weathering the calm before the storm we call "Fall Semester"

  

  in a chair in Hayden Library. Although arguably, it’s just a bunch of ... interwoven into the very fabric of MIT’s culture. According to the 2014 MIT ... subject matter. When there was no response, I took an upperclassmen’s advice

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • August 30, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tales From Turning Twenty They range from "a little peculiar" to "utterly bizarre."

  

  this reflects a general trend in my life, or is just a phase) so here’s ... Heisenberg operators for position and momentum obey an analog of Newton’s ... birthday. Was very impressed with said friend’s punctuality. Sometime

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 7, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The story behind TIMtalks In other words, a story about stories

  

  of Kim Benard of MIT’s Global Education and Career Development Office ... identified a few themes that stood out—including the support web on MIT’s ... :00 am and I was dragging from a week’s worth of sleep deprivation, which

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 5, 2012
• Blog / How to Food

  42 Recipes for Surviving Freshman Year (Part 1) Feeding yourself without a meal plan and avoiding the (negative) freshman fifteen.

  

  it gets cold every year, to Miami for New Year’s and a Green Christmas ... was surprised that they are almost all very easy to make, and that it’s ... . 41. Hard boiled eggs For when you’re kind of hungry and it’s 4 am on

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 3, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Dance at MIT!!! [Collab with Ben O. ’19] hip-hop? contemp? bhangra? lion dance? MIT's got it all

  

  only one semester and Ben’s done it for years. He obviously has been ... called Footwork Movementality — an all-male hip hop dance team that’s ... Punjab; it’s lit and so is this team! MIT Mirchi — a Bollywood fusion

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 30, 2020
• Blog / How to Food

  42 Recipes for Surviving Freshman Year (Part 2)

  

  Shredded cheese Olive oil Steps: This is the hardest part. It’s actually a bit dangerous: we’re not preheating the oven yet because there’s a ... for pretty much any meal. This is my dad’s recipe. It can be extended to

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 3, 2013
• Blog / People & Identities

  everything i think i’m not (rush, part 2) and what it would take for me to be it

  

  various internal and inter-community affairs involving MIT’s 25 fraternities ... each frat sets up a table under the tent on Kresge that’s used for ... the Rush 2023 and 2024 shirts around, donned by my fellow ‘27s and some

  • by Caleb M. '27
  • November 25, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  [Guest Post] This is Junior Lab, not Junior Theory By Jorian B. '25

  

  first experimental class in the “standard” 8 path. Most 8s take it ... analysis. They didn’t say “oh that’s interesting, but is beyond the scope of ... conducting plane. That’s not a practical problem. If I instead think of it as

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • September 1, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Three patterns from the pattern language of my life

  

  Hello! It’s about 3,000 days since I graduated from MIT, and three ... me humble. There’s also a photograph from that day of me and Justin ... . I’m not saying it’s an efficient use of space, especially considering

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • January 24, 2025
• Blog / Class Projects

  in which i blog again four-ish blogs in one

  

  written in the form of a newspaper obituary. It’s inventive, moving, full of ... like a reality. I spoke with my S3 dean, and she encouraged me to pursue ... right decision.  It’s been over a month since graduation, and I’ve calmed

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • July 29, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Visual Arts @ MIT part 2 our experience trying to prepare for the animation industry at MIT

  

  independent studies.  Also, just to make it clear, in case it’s confusing in ... very similar for both. Let’s go through this diagram, skill by skill ... something we never felt limited by through MIT’s course offerings. We both

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 22, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Room Where It Happens my two year tale of student governance, up until the bitter end

  

  the Media Lab. Up until recently, it was MIT’s oldest undergraduate ... breeze felt as the tire swing flew past me. It’s the friend that comforted ... never felt like I was doing enough. It’s eating vegan lasagna and huge

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • July 13, 2017
• Blog / Classes

  tea shirt the tea and stories behind the merch in my closet

  

  saying… 9 am… that’s just disappointing. And if you are thinking that, you ... , and the lounge was giving away T-shirts that preceded Course 6’s ... everyone’s grades over unclear instructions. I swore to never do CS after

  • by Waly N. '24
  • June 19, 2022
• Blog / IAP

  GTL Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 [IAP 2025] A January I won't forget

  

  into the principal’s office to find a table filled with different Kazakh ... Kazakh snacks. It turns out it was another one of the school’s unique ... chemistry and environmental science to help clear up Kazakhstan’s atmosphere

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • March 6, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  rearview reflections newly-minted cruft rambles on post-mit life

  

  between WOOOOO I’M DONE 🥳 and [annotation note="'It’s a terrible day for ... things in college (missed)   Let’s say I want to learn how to do Pogo ... ], but that can be hard to find at first in a new city. It’s still worth it

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 28, 2025