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• Blog / Admissions

  Application Advice v2.0 How to survive the application process without losing your mind.

  

  So, by a show of hands, how many of you are stressing about college apps? OK, well I can’t see you if you’re raising your hand, but I bet that’s…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Unfolding of Language Your high school English teacher may hate it, but "gonna" really is a word.

  

  So, here it is, the inaugural post in my new book review blog idea. The whole idea was in fact inspired by one of my random “pick a book off…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Where are you going with this? The ponderings of an ex-frosh.

  

  My Mets are seriously kicking some you-know-what lately. I love it. Omar Minaya is my hero. =D Simone said: now that freshman year is over, how would you describe your…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 18, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Psets from hell Sometimes learning can be painful

  

  thekeri said: And to Laura: update? Please? I’m suffering over Spring Break here? I know, I have failed you all. Please accept my sincerest apologies. =( So here it is,…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 18, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Congratulations! You got the job. You start in 6 months.

  

  *Sigh* So I went and wrote this whole entry about women in engineering that was based off of my initial comment that I’ve never experienced anyone directly saying that women…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Academic Marathon If Mollie's boyfriend can complain, so can I.

  

  So you guys. MIT is hard. No, seriously. I figure you’ve probably heard this once or twice before, but I think it’s worth mentioning again. Plus, there’s a lot of…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 15, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Conversations with graders And other ramblings of a frosh...

  

  As promised in my last entry, it has been quite a week! Tuesday night I completed the machine tools class, which means I finished making my corny little flashlight: Now…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  And now for the feature presentation… ...IN STEREO.Don't ask. It's an LSC thing. I don't really get it myself.

  

  I have been so busy lately, and I’ve definitely been neglecting you guys and only writing short updates. This makes me sad. So today I have a feature length entry…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 28, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  It rocks to be me. I put on my Sunday clothes and see the whale!

  

  from the hat, we knew it just had to be "Mitra Lzhpb*n!xobile" (name

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 16, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Playing Doctor… Are people REALLY impressed by big words? You be the judge.

  

  Almost forgot… In all the laziness surrounding my vacation, I almost forgot that I had pictures from the last few days of the semester to share with you guys. I…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Application advice Read this. Now. It's important. Promise.

  

  [Productivity! This is my second entry of the day. Be sure to check out the first one for some Q&A.] Last Thursday night, Ruth emailed the floor, asking for people…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Week of Chocolate and Octagons Some thoughts and some pictures.

  

  you'll be n months down the road. Luckily, these things always have

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 23, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A Part II Why the Media Lab is cool. Bonus: A great "You Know You Go to MIT…

  

  Time for some more questions: MIT App Mom asked: “Maybe it’s just me, but I am confused about your title “Tecker.” My son is on a trip with school right…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 25, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  So who is this Laura person, anyway? Hello and welcome to the single coolest blog on the entire admissions website. My name…

  

  Hello and welcome to the single coolest blog on the entire admissions website. My name is Laura and I am a member of the MIT Class of ’09, which means…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  sophomore spring there will always be regrets

  

  Shakespeare Ensemble production of Julius Caesar. Prajna N. '25 was producer ... people. Prajna, Jyotsna N. '25, Margaret Z. '23 and I had a lowkey Taylor

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • July 6, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  it’s always day 1 a meticulous account of my last first day

  

  a few minutes longer, before ditching to go to my next class in 14N ... of 14N-112, where a surprisingly large number of people—including two

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 7, 2023
• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 4) notes from the last day

  

  kindness of bringing me some In-N’-Out and some bread and cookies. I still do not understand the West Coast obsession with In-N-Out—as far as I am

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 14, 2023
• Blog / Residential Life

  what’s on my wall too many postcards, that's what

  

  !" This one features a work of art by Duane Michals. The text reads "ceci n ... the words "ceci n'est pas une pipe" (this is not a pipe). I bought this

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • March 1, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bad Grades and Big Screw-Ups Pulling back the A's, B's, C's, and P's to see what's inside

  

  : Intro to Acting Dropped before COVID Grade: N/A    6 ... : N/A   Ok. Now let’s get to the juicy stuff.   21W.755

  • by Powers '23
  • January 14, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  if only I cad more time… Diving into software, ft. a bad pun

  

  . I was finally done. F i n a l l y. Except I didn’t finish due to

  • by Waly N. '24
  • October 30, 2020