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  Unwinding how i destress

  

  Recently on @mitadmissions I asked what kind of blogs people wanted to see and one of them suggested that I talk about how I personally ... Gamer Men I simp for. [caption id="attachment_58795" align

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 20, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  [Guest Post] Duolingo Champion How to immerse in education while learning nothing

  

  is like an older brother to me! he did something that i can't tell is crazy or stupid or maybe even a little bit of both and i b e g g e d him to write a blogpost about it. here it is! I think I have to provide

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 29, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tales From Turning Twenty They range from "a little peculiar" to "utterly bizarre."

  

  A week ago today, I turned 20. It occurs to me that something weird ... (utterly bizarre) Wednesday Oct 31: I turned 20 ^ Definitely a 10. Thursday Nov 1: I learned from Alan Guth that “you don’t have to have a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 7, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Valentine’s Day Special Featuring calculus, people who hate me, and a picture puzzle

  

  Today, I will dispel two common misconceptions about MIT: 1. MIT ... cardinal numerical order, I will start with #2. Around this time of year, an ... Hawking. I'm a huge fan of conservation laws (you know, like mass and energy

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 14, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Senioritis We'd fight for a cure if we weren't so lazy.

  

  I'm not going to lie; being a senior pretty much rocks. I'm only ... almost entirely on tests... so basically I have three tests, a pset, and ... school only cares that I actually graduate, and is completely uninterested

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Antics! The title is pretty self-explanatory, isn't it?

  

  Since I haven't updated all week, this entry will be super jam-packed to make up for it! This will be easy to do, since I had a pretty jam ... ...it could be that I just don't remember it. But Wednesday night I was working

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 11, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  September Questions Omnibus 2 Questions Omnibus is the place to come for "official" answers!

  

  ! Melissa wrote, "Should I call you Mr. Matt, or just Matt? Anyways, I'm in my ... Session. Mad props! It was definetly something I'd attend again, even though I'd be hearing the same information over again. Anyways, it was

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 23, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  church gardens some paintings!

  

  I spent my IAP in northern Wales through Global Teaching Labs, a ... schools and nights preparing last minute lessons. I'll hopefully write a separate blog about that soon.  Thankfully, I got weekends to hop on a bus

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • February 3, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  extraordinary and everyday beauty the city in fall is my city

  

  I got up a little early this morning thanks to the time change and ... "world's smallest" Trader Joe's across the river in Boston (which I would say is honestly pretty reasonably-sized for a grocery store). As I left

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 4, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  500 Days of Summer (or 104 days, if you believe that phineas and ferb counted correctly)

  

  aren’t 500 days of summer, but I was too lazy to count how many there ... student, because I’m not really sure where it started and where it ends. Did ... REX/Rush? The last day of REX/Rush? Reg day? I have no idea. But I do

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 17, 2018
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: A Smile Worth 1,550 Words guest post by Mariam D. '20

  

  ’s a myriad of expressions on their different faces that I’m trying to ... children had just lost their parents, their homes, and their country. I ... translator, “I’m happy because I’m learning to memorize the Qur’an.” He then

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / Blog Projects

  A Comprehensive Guide to Vending Machines at MIT Because it needed to be done.

  

  On Wednesday evening, right before the first 8.01 midterm, I had an inexplicable desire to drink soda. As in, I had to drink soda immediately or I would fail my test even harder than I was already going to fail it. I

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 2, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Next House Thanksgiving 2016 (sort of a guest post) A (very late) recount of last Thursday’s celebration

  

  "Delicious food" "Better than home" "My favorite dorm event" "I was so hungry and then I wasn't hungry after I ate the good food" "Juicy" "Best cooked meat I’ve had all school year." "Amazing people" "Yes

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • December 1, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Week 1 ...of Year 2.

  

  Here’s how things have been going lately: I run a lot, I eat too much free pizza, and I’ve spent three of the past seven evenings at Harvard ... three different paint jobs. Today, I put sunflowers on the windowsill, and

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 14, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Roundup Some Links to Summarize this Summer

  

  scientist.   Photo Credit: Robert Mesa   I haven't learned much yet. My teacher is Rob, a photographer I met in a coffee shop ... a limitless light behind it. I kept stalling out. "Chill OUT," Rob

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • July 3, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Back to Boston My summer plans! And some things I wish weren't a part of them.

  

  I've spent the last seven days at home, eating my favorite foods ... books. I can officially say that I have recovered from Finals Week. Just in time to head back to Boston/MIT for the summer :) This is where I

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • May 29, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  It’s here! The post you've all been waiting for, or at least until you saw Snively with…

  

  Some of you may remember that a few months ago, Snively and I, as ... it under wraps until its official release. Today, I'm finally able to ... and the i3 DVD has gone out to the class of 2014 everywhere. For those

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 25, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  FINAL TERM ATTACK Like a black light attack, only it's not like that at all.

  

  On Monday, I managed to trip and fall down half a flight of stairs while running down to the Senior Haus lobby to pick up the Indian food I ordered. Three hours later, I tripped over my own shoes and fell up a flight

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 10, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sights and Sounds Only at MIT.

  

  Some weeks ago, Jeanne '13 and I embarked upon yet another of our ... college cards. I haven't actually had the chance to use mine yet, but at the ... . Wait, it's free?! I'm getting one ASAP." And thus, it was decided that I

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 5, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Start of Something New Please forgive the High School Musical reference.

  

  More than a month ago, I stepped drowsily off a Southwest Airlines ... . After what seemed like forever, I arrived on the MIT campus, duly ... -chat excessively with friends I’d already begun to miss. I haven’t had much time for

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 2, 2009