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  Commencement 2009 Oh hey, I'm an alum.

  

  Now that it’s been almost three months since I graduated, I figure it’s about time to blog about it. Turns out I’m just as bad as blogging things on time…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 28, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Challenge of Public Health Sometimes science and engineering only come so far.

  

  that begin with the last 13 letters of the alphabet (N-Z) (articles and

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 4, 2009
• Blog / How to MIT

  Making money: my campus job "Hello, MIT Computing Help Desk, this is Laura, how may I help you?"

  

  Lots of students make money during term by working in their UROPs (Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program), but it’s worth noting that there are lots of other jobs out there, some…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Island Paradise That's where I live. No, seriously.

  

  So, remember how back when I blogged about all of the many varied things I might want to be when I grow up? Well, I think “interior decorator” is going…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  What I want to be when I grow up Did I go with the baseball announcer idea? Or the Daily Show script writer? Read…

  

  When I was in preschool, we had to make a crayon drawing of what we wanted to be when we grew up. My classmates drew astronauts and firemen. I drew…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 6, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  Wiimote Fun in Spain What I'm actually doing with my time over here, when I'm not learning Spanish insults…

  

  So I shared my blog entries with Alicia, the MISTI-Spain Program Director, and she basically said, “Wow, that’s awesome, but do you think you could mention the MISTI program?” Uh,…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 25, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I My Spanish adventures!

  

  Como vosotros debéis saber, voy a pasar el verano trabajando con Telefónica en Madrid. Pues, llegué el sábado pasado- entonces, hace dos semanas enteras que he vivido aquí. Tengo una…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 9, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Upside-down and Reversed: Photography at MIT [by Biyeun Buczyk ‘10] I came to MIT thinking I’d put art aside for the…

  

  Program. It lives in building N52. The VAP has nice equipment (cameras of

  • by ARTalk
  • March 23, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What do you want to be when you grow up? Worst. Question. Ever.

  

  Now that I’m a junior in college, I’m supposed to be almost an adult, or something. I’m not very far from “the real world,” as they say, and apparently, this…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 2, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Religious Discussions Yes, there are non-atheists at MIT. But they still like science jokes.

  

  IAP, as you might have heard, is a fun and exciting time to be at MIT, because there are about a million events going on every day. I’ve been checking…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 24, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Trip to India ...to the slum children who smiled at me even though it seems that they have…

  

  ways that she'll probably never know; and all of the SuMmErFuN folks, who

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • January 23, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Semi-Real Time Mystery Hunt Update v. 2008

  

  Okay, so Bryan just started a Mystery Hunt LiveBlog, but I’m being immature and want to do it too, so you guys will just have 2 entries to read to…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Comments, UROPs, field trips, and OMG HP7! The most awesome blog entry ever. Because...okay it's probably not. But it's all about how…

  

  Responses to comments: Aaron said: Actually, Anna Lucia was killed off because of the negative audience reaction to her. I think if you watched the show from first airing you’d…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 20, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  What the end of the semester does to Conner 2 For one thing, no one does the dishes. And I mean no one.

  

  Hello readers. Happy Holidays to everyone! The term is over and I’m happy to be getting lots and lots of sleep in my FULL SIZE (!) bed at home. Almost…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 27, 2006
• 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