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  [joint post] we visited every station on the MBTA and the Logan Airport Rental Car Center

  

  some parts of the path, there were even options for us to take depending ... : We sent Kevin our plan, and he had some advice for us. Start earlier in ... motivation for what we did? Alan: …not really. But there is, at the very least

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • November 29, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Burton-Conner’s Renovation: A Saga on friendships that transcend shitty infrastructure

  

  frustrating at times since no matter how hard the team fought for us, it seemed ... panels for us to paint on, but...it won't be the same. Preserving culture ... throws a party that has 50+ years of history. TT helped us locate space for

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 6, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Comprehensive Guide to Crying on Campus It’s right about that time of year.

  

  us know your favorite locales for a good semi-public cry. And post ... ’t just have been you who did bad, right? You want to sleep, preferably for ... and nobody will judge you for it. So if you ever find yourself in need

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 16, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Underwater Dreams (from a distance) A reflection on immigration, student activism, and civic engagement at MIT.

  

  doing that. It’s all of us, letting it get there. And so for me ... . Everything’s gonna be different for him, because he has papers. I’m glad he ... , and he’s here. DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) granted

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 10, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  turn out the lights always the last one to say goodbye

  

  filled with memories too large to contain any of us. It is the end of my ... spill from my fingertips: dropping a class for the first time, changing my ... people left on campus were those who had exception housing, for one reason

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • May 31, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Thong I Should Be Wearing [UPDATE] Sexy sexy undies.

  

  , by the way, if you aren't at MIT, you can still vote for us, so head over to their website and vote for us! We can do it! ... Victoria Secret was having for their collegiate Pink! line. They had a list

  • by Snively '11
  • November 1, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An actual day in the lab Hectic is my middle name.

  

  bed and get ready for work. It takes a long time. I am not what one ... ShuttleTrack and decide that I would get to work faster if I wait for the ... made out a detailed schedule for the week yesterday, so I already know

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT Gangnam Style Yes...........this exists.

  

  came into my room who had never seen it, and I had to educate her. For ... bloggers, letting us know that the MIT Korean Student Association was filming ... Influential People in the World" in 2012 for his liquid metal battery research

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 27, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Two hundred puzzles, fifty people later ✈✈✈ (pronounced whoosh) ✈✈✈ (pronounced nyeowww)

  

  entire spice rack" in. Lillian baked cookies, enough for each of us to have ... . Charles made dinner again. Bless his soul for making us so much dinner. I ... it seemed impossible for us to finish it by six. I felt that it was a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 22, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  how to change policies at mit [joint post with Rona W.] our CUP of tea

  

  good for us to restrict the credit load of this small minority? Or were ... student government, the UA supports students by advocating for us in MIT ... academic policies for incoming first-year students! Starting next school year

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • May 28, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Feeling Many Feelings :) and :( and everything in between about decisions

  

  your journey. To all of you, thank you for trusting us with your ... dollar for every time my mother told me to lower my voice, I could probably ... fit for MIT, and I think the program she started is cool. I like her

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • March 16, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  (Bitter)sweet home meeting high school teachers again, and visiting my hometown for (probably) the last time

  

  that this is probably going to be the last time I’ll be in Alabama for a ... , but they all somehow remembered us from their classes. The conversations ... mostly asked us. How has college been? Was it hard with COVID around? What

  • by Jenny B. '25
  • January 12, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Parents, Please Read Prefrosh and students, read this too, and make sure to have a discussion with your…

  

  I have finally made it home for the holidays. Let me tell you, there's nothing quite like being at home, even if it is just for two weeks, and even if it's so snowy that nobody can leave/come to my house for anything

  • by Snively '11
  • December 24, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  REX at Random Hall Pancakes, LN2 ice cream, board games, game theory, math, raves, staying up entirely too late,…

  

  glowsticks work? Why bread browns when it's baked? Join us for the answers to ... morning. I was on my own for the first time and not feeling alone at all ... . One of my best friends Ami G. ‘14 is out to find yellow paint for the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 23, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Bleary-eyed Some thoughts and reflections on this year's admission cycle - particularly for those not admitted.

  

  's like for us on the other side. Whether you were admitted or not, or ... , and even more at MIT as an undergrad (many for studying/academic reasons ... out with friends). When mixing and producing albums for my a cappella

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 16, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Classes, by the Group Chats and their potential replacement, Interstellar!

  

  group chats for most of my classes. These group chats are somewhat helpful for: Resolving confusion about class policies. Getting hints about ... inspired by "Stellar," which is MIT's platform for learning management. On

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 27, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  How Wrestling With Snapping Turtles Can Get You Into MIT A student profile of an aspiring limnologist.

  

  different technical persuasions did for fun, until I came here. Let me ... beguiles me into poring for hours over topics like subtle differences in the ... kind enough to do a Q&A for my blog, so enjoy! ---------- Did other

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 27, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  What’s the big deal about 40^2?

  

  highlighter for, circle in big red pen, make it the focus of your case. In fact ... with "the magic 1600" is not implicitly better to us than a student with "the spellbinding 1400." Scores are one tool we use to help us in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 20, 2004
• Blog / Advice

  how to sail against the wind on tacking

  

  , to his boat for a sailing trip. in the hours before we set sail, we ate ... us. he took three chopsticks and arranged them as he explained. one along the length of the boat, and two for the sails. he took the pen he

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 22, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Reverse Culture Shock Catching up and counting down

  

  with my dad in New York. He had traveled to the US for a program called ... wanting to create words and stories. So I imagine that for the both of us ... simply typing up words whenever an idea for a story comes to mind, but

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 17, 2014