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

  

  debating ketchup’s place in mac ‘n cheese. We finally had friends. We got out

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

  Little things that remind me im not home

  

  "] photo: Sv7n, from wikipedia commons, cc by 3[/caption] Using toilet paper

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 15, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  A Complicated Synthesis Question starting materials include hard decisions and uncertain paths

  

  very v e r y l o n g d a y s. And while leaving my dorm at 8:30 every

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 7, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Making friends by learning languages Welcome to the Language Conversation Exchange

  

  I really like learning languages. And MIT has been a really good place for that. I took a lot of language classes in high school, but it wasn’t really something…

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 6, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  I waited waaaay too long to get a new computer Finally, a development environment I can work with!

  

  My old computer and I had a complicated relationship. We spent three years together, and they were three of the most formative years of my life. I bought my computer…

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 8, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  January in Paris and two weeks of speaking French

  

  Bonjour de la France! Photo credit: Rebecca Grekin. I’ve spent the last two weeks in Paris with an MIT program called JSF—January Scholars in France. The students of JSF 2018…

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • January 23, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advanced Standing Exams: know your stuff, get out of a semester-long class! You should really consider taking them.

  

  MIT has A LOT of graduation requirements. Most colleges have some sort of breadth requirement. MIT, being a technical school, has a weighty 8-class humanities minimum (the Humanities, Arts, and…

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • May 24, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Trip Report: ISEF 2016

  

  Indian River Regional Science and Engineering Fair in Florida Charles N

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 13, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Recapping Trashion 2015 sustainable fashion == trashion

  

  .   Designer: Grace A., Alyssa N., Coral B-M. Model: Coral B-M. Title

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 18, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Embracing Change How I came to be a cook in a professional kitchen this summer

  

  This was my summer of new. Capital S, capital N. Definition: Going out of my way to do, see and experience things that I’ve never done, seen, or experienced before. I got a new job, worked part time in a

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 20, 2015
• Blog / Events

  REX at Random Hall ice cream, epic meals, water wars and turing tests!

  

  Storytime with Cruft "Cruft, n.: (1) An old piece of computer equipment

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • August 27, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  The Blogs Turn 10: Looking Back, Looking Ahead data and narrative, past and present

  

  Years by Kim D. '09 Fake it 'til you make it by Laura N. '09 How To

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 13, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  What happened since the end. Bringing you up to speed on life since I finished all my schoolwork. FOREVER. (You're…

  

  Scatterred throughout the years are probably dozens of blog entries which begin with my eternal apologies for their lateness, and the fact that I haven’t blogged in “forever.” (The earlier…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 28, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  MY college essay 498 words of angst.

  

  Responses to comments: Sam said: Laura, I can’t make my lab printer duplex. Can you come fix it? No. Anonymous said: SOMEWHERE… there’s a photo of a Burton-Conner room also…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 12, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hodge-Podge Random things from a random guy.

  

  you that you're doing it wrong. Don't be an escalator n00b, be courteous

  • by Snively '11
  • July 14, 2008
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Culture Clash Spain doesn't do sarcasm, and my soul is slowly dying. But then I took some…

  

  In my last entry, Meagan said, “Anyways, could you please do an entry on some of colloquialisms that you are learning? That would be awesome. :]” Yeah, sooooo, I’d love…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Machine Shops, Part 2 Really, there are a lot of machine shops.

  

  Machine Shops, Part 2 In case you haven’t read it: Machine Shops, Part 1 There are a lot of machine shops on campus, so in my massive efforts to document…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 3, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why Course 2A is Cooler than You I'm back from the dead, to tell you all about my major and its ridiculously…

  

  Yes, I’m alive. Yes, I haven’t blogged since JULY. I know, I’m a horrible person. Please don’t tell me about it, because I already know, and I feel awful about…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  The return of Questions Omnibus It's time to answer your questions...

  

  ://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/...ifestyle.shtml What MIT students do on Friday nights (Laura) http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/...n

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 21, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT Dorms: Burton Conner House Why is BC awesome? Because three bloggers live there. Plus, lots of other stuff too.…

  

  So I suck at life and haven’t blogged in FOREVER. =( But! I’m making up for it by putting tons of effort into this much-anticipated virtual tour of Burton-Conner. Seriously.…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 14, 2006