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• Blog / Personal Projects

  a novel excerpt in honor of the friendly toast

  

  ’all. It made such an impact on me, I even set a scene there for my novel ... , [annotation note="It’s a first draft, so please forgive any awkward sentences. I ... of a coffee machine somewhere. Quirky knick-knacks dot the lime

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 3, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Look Ahead The fight's begun but not yet won.

  

  summer means I get to do research! About a week ago, I officially confirmed ... Theory. It wasn't a bad class, all told. Circuits are pretty cool, and I ... ) - but there is a big difference between knowing something in theory and

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 19, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  a night in hannover one of the most chaotic travel experiences of my life

  

  This summer, I'm doing MISTI-Germany and living in Berlin. I've been enjoying it a lot for a number of reasons: not least because in Europe ... , and I have a bunch of weekend trips planned for myself. Two weeks ago, I

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • July 13, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Over here things are different. Life is about the same.

  

  I took a picture today that pretty well reflects the mood around this place at the end of finals week. Last night there was a dance party. Today, all gone, gone, gone. I woke up this morning to a quiet

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 19, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Answering my own questions My perspective on the MIT student mentality about working hard.

  

  't get a good sense of proportion there, you do get an excellent sense of ... 't work for me. I do consider myself to be a "self-starter" (you almost have ... A few nights ago I insinuated that there was a list of questions

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 10, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Chicken Burrito for the Lab Rat’s Soul Because a personalized blog entry is just like five dollars.

  

  ... let's do it the harder way." Still, it wasn't a day to remember. I didn ... gazed heavenward and opined, "Someday somebody will do a favor for my sons ... was a most busy and miserable day that can be summarized in one sentence

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 14, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  the runaround a star-studded event twenty years in the making.

  

  So on Sunday, I turned 20. I am now OLD. Now since I have a summer ... friends, so clearly since I had the opportunity to do so this year, I ... 's Wok and Noodle Diner for a birthday dinner. Betty's is right behind

  • by Bryan
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Events

  A Burton Jew Thanksgiving Because I'm game for any excuse to eat stuffing.

  

  have anything to do with Thanksgiving? Well, okay, a few things you ... , hence our being known as Burton Jew. One suite even has a Kosher oven and such. I am not Jewish. I’m from the Midwest- I had a Jewish neighbor

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • November 27, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Anxiety Level: High A play-by-play of emotional diffusion

  

  remember the last time you felt like you could do this. You dropped a class ... anxious. For a little bit now, I’ve been taking stock of my anxiety levels at the end of every day to see if I can find any patterns. I take a

  • by Powers '23
  • July 30, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Not a Real Entry I wrote it in the imaginary plane.

  

  edge of the top bunk and feeling mildly superhero-esque in a thrill ... attempting to fall asleep, having heard stories of people doing this at times ... a class (Harmony and Counterpoint I) and added another class (Harmony

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 10, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Week of UROPing in few words

  

  The first month of the year is a beautiful time for students here: no every-day classes, no problem sets, no only a few last-minute, late nights ... /Course 2 reasoning behind how it worked, 2.) it can be used in a lot of

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • January 31, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  These are a few of my favorite things Silver-white winters that melt into Newbury Street shopping.

  

  majors do in their UROPs, but a list of helpful hints from the physics ... Newbury Streets; both are streets with a high concentration of shops, restaurants, and salons (read: girly girl paradise). I bought a cute skirt at

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 22, 2006
• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2020!

  

  For the last five years, I have started this post with a jaunty list ... prefrosh and Selam I have built a pandemic platform for lockdown ... be bloggers to share your garbage with the world https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgNBgyziNrA

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A Seemingly Stressful Survey The Tech publishes about stress at the institute

  

  Now I get to mention something cool that I do with my life here! It ... a News Editor for our campus newspaper, The Tech. For me, that means one night a week in our office on the 4th floor of the student center

  • by Stanley G.
  • December 7, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  May we offer you a drink of water? Because you're just so thirsty for what I have to say and all.

  

  . (Only 23 hundredths of a year for the same time to come around already ... was accepted to The Institute. I do often like to speak in analogies, and it has nothing to do with the fact that the word contains my name, I

  • by Ana V. '15
  • September 25, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  on regression the to your shitty high school self, and not linear, kind

  

  , i'm satisfied since i'm doing something purposeful that has a tangible ... 's gone, time has slowed to a crawl. my area issued a shelter-in-place until May 4th, which means that i won't see him or any of my friends for a

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 7, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  nuisances of airport security, circa Holiday Season, post-2001 A.D. At 7 AM after a night of post-finals merrymaking (i.e, a plate of brussels sprouts ... , except that it starts with a strategic and misleading adverb. One of my

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 20, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  a salmonella saga weekend outing tingz

  

  , however, I spent a good chunk of my free time exploring Boston, and made a ... campus going forward. something that's less feasible? going to a four ... Lizzo and Megan Thee Stallion....a [annotation note="you know the stress

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 17, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  majoring in 21E: frequently asked questions what it's like to study humanities at a stem school

  

  . What are you doing in 21E? Like Danny and Allan, I am a 21E major with ... did you choose to do 21E? I spent a lot of my time going back and forth ... minor in CMS, or double major in CS and CMS, or do a major in CS with only

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 23, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  diversions from what is otherwise a never ending trello of things to do

  

  with items from my to do list is not a very healthy mindset and that i ... things i've done this semester, which is a thing that i do when i think my ... have to do a lot of classwork, i always feel really sad because i could

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 1, 2019