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  the last twenty days burning out before the semester even starts

  

  blogger, I was [annotation note="REX stands for Residence EXploration, where ... "]REX[/annotation] chair for Next House. This was a stressful time—along with a co-chair and ... only virtual REX at Next House, not to mention the UROP I was working on

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 12, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  [Guest Post] Those Kids in Uniform Everything you didn't ask to know about ROTC

  

  .   Here at MIT we host ROTC programs for three branches of the military ... information about the rewarding experience of being a cadet here at MIT.  So what actually is ROTC? ROTC stands for Reserve Officers' Training Corps

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 7, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Simulating Catastrophe and learning to speak up

  

  for me: speak up! At least half of the comments said something like ... I don’t know if your school does this, but MIT asks its students at ... did something similar in GEL last year: At the end of the fall semester

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • April 17, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  Why I’m Baking Cookies Tonight. IAP is a beautiful time to do lots of something or lots of nothing. Or…

  

  Conner, work a few hours at night calling alumni and asking for money, and ... at Hong Kong University for the fall semester and then travel across ... help design my class ring, and have a UROP, and blog for admissions

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • January 15, 2010
• Blog / MISTI

  10:31 I wrote this entry on my iPhone about two minutes after boarding the 11:10 train…

  

  , maybe, if she didn't mind, so sorry about that. That's Japan for you. I ... ideal bus for ladies, or if the lack of apostrophe indicates that only ... everything happens for a reason. And so I'm trying to convince myself I am out

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 29, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Recollections of a Stranded Traveler IHTFP: I Have To Find a Plane. In the meantime, I reflect on happier interpretations…

  

  , revealed that “Maxwell's Equations in a Vaccuum” is an esoteric euphemism for “Fruitcake that will sustain you for two days in case of a nuclear attack ... in Random Hall's Stairwell. At MIT circa Finals Week, people tend to

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 23, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The end of an era Veronica Mars was canceled. That, or the seniors left. Interpret the title as you will.

  

  deserves to sit there and let itself rot for at least one hour per week. That ... for no reason. Rar.) I was in the floor lounge to distract myself from ... :48 PM To: conner 2 I am NOT reserving the floor lounge at 8 PM on Tuesday

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 13, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Ten Years (On Dreams) Ten years ago, I was exactly where I wanted to be.

  

  that room at all, and finally said I could have the room just for this ... . I work at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, for the ... outbreaks like this one for about a decade, starting during my MEng at MIT and

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  Days in lives that aren’t mine in a parallel universe

  

  playing, and we watch him play Country Streak for a while. We look at road ... I wake up at 9 AM, and it's the first time in a while that I've been ... first one to wake up. I curse the morning air for being too cold to go

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 22, 2020
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining As it stands now

  

  cringe when they see the title. Dining is the current hot topic at MIT for ... at me for suggesting that you avoid their dining memberships. I'm sorry ... . What I will discuss is how the current dining system at MIT operates

  • by Snively '11
  • January 2, 2009
• Blog / Events

  East Campus REX Events! welcome to the wild wild west

  

  group, are excited to have you here :) We at East Campus are especially excited for the REX events we’re hosting for y’all this year. This year, our ... East Campus courtyard and you’ll probably see at least one person walking

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 20, 2018
• Blog / Events

  I graduated My brass rat is upside-down and my dorm room is bare

  

  process what happened on Friday, so for now I'll just show you some pictures ... Track by 8:15am. I was at Johnson at 8, only to find a line stretching ... 2014 didn't look familiar at all, as well as how much affection I felt

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 8, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Day in the Life A photographic biography of a Friday

  

  , Katelyn slept for 2 hours and still had a headache at 10:54 pm, according to ... quantities of alcohol for the sake of scientific education. Because only at ... ended up looking at the sunset for about 15 seconds more than I would

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 6, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Turkey vs. Spam’s Hair Two parables of personal hygiene.

  

  things to look out for in a university, and they're all great. But there ... machines? How many are there? How much do they cost? At MIT, at least in ... Burton-Conner with loads of wash. Mitra used to say freshman year that at

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 27, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  I went to a motorcycle festival don’t worry, parents, I didn't see other MIT kids there

  

  The other day, I skivved off studying for thermodynamics and instead ... cybersecurity tech at an accident law firm. I told her that it got me through a ... Massachusetts, many of them aimed at women. Harley Davidson had a stall

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 23, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer in San Francisco Interning at PlayStation Network

  

  turned out to be everything I had hoped for. At PlayStation, I was working ... I spent this summer interning at PlayStation. The office was in San ... …and basically the first time I’ve lived like a real adult. My official title at

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 7, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Jupiter’s Moons, Doge, and a Tub of Icing how to CPW from Yuliya the Undecided HS Senior

  

  following up with Tangled at 4 am (after a Seven-Eleven store trip for ... after the start of those, “Virgin Bartending” (non-alcoholic) begins. At 2 am on the first day (yes, at night), MIT students will present a series

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Our mother shoulda just named you Laika! Come on Alex, you can do it.

  

  'll still probably pile up everything you've worn for the past week at the ... sit together on my mom's desk at work. Obviously it proves that her ... wrote my mom a poem for Mother's Day and I only made a phone call. She

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 25, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Friday liveblog Let's see how long I can keep this up...

  

  "paper airplanes" made from Athena header pages [another use for header pages]. 9:15am: I arrive at the President's Welcome just in time to see ... : "Living and learning at MIT is not a spectator sport." 9:24am: President

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 13, 2007
• Blog / IAP

  I Am Prettylatebuthere’sanIAPpost on MIT's independent activities period (ft. friends!!)

  

  ’m just going to let the pictures speak for themselves. the team was back at ... campus and NOT chill… for every friend i have whose IAP itinerary somewhat ... little sidequests, our paths mainly crossing for dinner in a dorm lounge or

  • by Angie F. '28
  • February 24, 2025