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  CP* restored my faith in the universe i read...My Immortal...with prefrosh

  

  bring the same energy to virtual events as they are to live ones! I ... the most fun I've had in literal weeks. I'm so grateful that I've had ... !!!! I love talking to everyone and sharing in their enthusiasm so! much

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 18, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  3.A03 Metalsmithing Throughout Time come to MIT, get to forge metal with your bare hands!! (and a hammer)

  

  get a major-specific advisor (or two if you double major :0). I like ... advising seminars, because I am in one and I like it a lot! The idea is that ... [annotation note="Technically, they're 6 credits, or half a class, but I would not

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 27, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Three Tales of Junior Year Accidental Harvard Class, UROPs, Experimenting in College

  

  longing for lessons past” way. I discovered 5 classes like that junior year ... UROPs plus a summer job. All four were incredible. The fifth class I ... letter-intensive name). I got into it through an embarrassing accident

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 10, 2017
• Blog / How to MIT

  Places to Sit at MIT and study

  

  I came to MIT with an ambitious goal: to sit everywhere on campus. Oh yeah, and to get an MIT degree. After four years, I've completed neither goal. Never fear, I'm taking another semester in the fall to finish my

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 19, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Photodiary now with 0% instagram, 22% my cat

  

  Weird and/or neat things I saw around campus this week, brought to ... pictures: As I was leaving East Campus for class, a squirrel with a full ... survival instincts, or it was wondering if I was made of the same material. I

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 9, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  Seatbelts, Everyone! Interrupting Radio Silence...

  

  speaks the truth. (for those confused, i must point you to the wikipedia ... television of our youth. guilty as charged). Because I graduated a little over a week ago, I feel compelled to at least pretend I have some salient

  • by Alina G. '11
  • June 13, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  An Open Letter Employers love students with dorm desk experience.

  

  easy to multi-task. I am one of said desk workers at Baker, and early last month I made the terrible mistake of taking one of the 8am-10am shifts. I have no problem waking up that early; it’s just… well… that

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • October 8, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My New Hobby…. It's Giga-cool.

  

  The other day my roommate and I decided that there was a flaw in the English language. I'd point out flaws in other langauges, but my mastery of them leaves quite a bit to be desired. On a tangential note, I've been

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 4, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snacks on a Plane And other minor horrors of leaving MIT for the first time in a year.

  

  Yesterday morning, I woke up half-dreaming of the scriptural ... after a night of post-finals merrymaking (i.e, a plate of brussels sprouts ... -up-the-stairs-without-knee-bending contests; watching math majors play Guitar Hero while I pretended to be

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 20, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In which brains are awesome Neener neener neener.

  

  Snively would call this the bloggers' freebie post. I would disagree ... before. I'd say the freebie post is the inevitable "sorry guys, I'm super hosed again, here's a picture of an otter for you." (Oh man I love otters

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorms The closest I'll get to an entry about the different dorms

  

  I know enough to stay away from trying to describe the different dorms because unless you've lived there, you can't describe it. Sure, I ... . Even if I described my own dorm, a lot of people would probably disagree

  • by Snively '11
  • June 24, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Inherent Asymmetry Around.

  

  I'm not going to grad school next year, but I am taking the GRE's in physics this saturday. Few things I'm doing to prepare for it: sleeping < ... all the physics I learned freshman/sophomore year, starting a week ago

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • April 2, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  College The path to self-discovery is lined with my blog entries.

  

  of junior year, I got into MIT. “Got into” is here used idiomatically in the superficial sense, bearing no deeper significance than that I ... student if I wanted to. (I am, of course, blatantly ignoring the huge mass

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 21, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sorry, no dorms yet but… ya wanna see some classes?

  

  I have tests in all my classes in the next few days so I thought it ... coursework at MIT (maybe it's not, I don't know, I'm running on empty here...). I probably won't take my SLR to snap away clickclickclick during

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 16, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Return of QBert Whack-a-mole, a piano player, and a whole lot of fun. All in 24 hours or…

  

  This Sunday, QBert, a long-lost friend of my Nintendo days, and I ... . So Saturday afternooon, I was en-route to a surprise dinner with my newest little brother in my fraternity. I departed from home at 4 pm in an

  • by Bryan
  • November 6, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Boston Calling Everything I know about having a phone at MIT.

  

  great new cell phone I got, because I'm really excited about it. Well, I ... I'm not premed anyway), but my experience was that in high school, a ... , suddenly, when I got to MIT, they became completely ubiquitous. The first

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 3, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Amy Perez Name: Amy Perez; Job title: Assistant Director of Admissions; Hometown: Lubbock, TX

  

  , Bachelor's degree in Marketing Favorite things about MIT: I love the MIT Dome ... Office. I also love getting discounts as an MIT affiliate at the Boston ... being witty and down-to-earth. I am never afraid of talking about my loves

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 14, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back From Paternity Leave I'm back! A few words on the Harvard Admissions Institute and such.

  

  . It's truly something that I'll keep and refer to in the coming years. I wrapped up paternity leave last weekend and have been at the Harvard ... and I usually don't get home until after 1AM. Each day, there are four

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 22, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Speaking of mu…

  

  I love MIT, because starting a sentence with "Speaking of mu ... : I love living in a city, if for nothing else but the food. Last night, I had dinner at a Spanish restaurant, Iruna, and tonight, I had dinner

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 17, 2004
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why I do too much stuff at MIT 1)My mom doesn't have a problem with it.

  

  Near the end of winter break, I was sitting in an uncomfortable ... 't actually have anything to do with MIT, although I do constantly feel like the ... ! Wait, what was I saying? Ah. Yes. Right. I was about to embark on a

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 13, 2008