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  Things I Know to Be True: Addendum One A post I hate, and some truths from my first year at MIT

  

  if I ever encountered a stormy sea at MIT, which I often do, I could ... behind it. I don't like the blog at all. I take some pride in saying this because it means I am a different person than I was in September. For many

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • June 20, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  i [don’t] have covid?? in conclusion, i am the absolute worst at managing stress

  

  back at home instead of my new place in Cambridge. I think it's ironic ... figured that I'd inevitably gotten it from him. That night, I danced for ... fun I've had in a while. But it also was the first time I'd moved for

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 17, 2020
• Blog / Events

  To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before: P.S. I Love You THANK YOU LSC

  

  talked to the lady at the front, saying we were here for the early ... chat this: HELL. FUCKING. YES. For those of you who don't know me ... movie on Netflix at least 14 times over, if not more, and read the first

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 5, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  unquantifiable growth progress that can't be measured

  

  easy to measure my life at MIT by courseload units, GPA, hours slept ... with quantifiable successes—exam scores, for example. And sometimes this ... quantitative measures of growth. I first realized my tendency to quantify at the

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 5, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Art of Waiting how to burn some time

  

  elusive skill of patience – waiting for the bus, waiting on a friend at a ... feared the finality of it, all at the same time. I find the act of ... into a deep thought spiral. Then, sitting at the coffee counter, I start

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • March 13, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Lego Heroines interview with the amazing Maia Weinstock!

  

  the deputy editor for MIT news and also helps manage MIT’s social media accounts, so if you ever find yourself laughing at a funny MIT tweet, you can ... South America, but she managed to squeeze in some time for an interview

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • April 4, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Virtual Reality, Startups, and Donuts in a particular order

  

  for lunch and just wait for dinner. -Minutes later- I was walkin ... little thing in front of me: Ain't No Rest for the Hungry. After taking ... fresh quinoa. There were at least five tables full of food and drinks. The

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 15, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I Am Excited a day in life of a student

  

  necessary to marvel at its results and review the pages of in-class proofs ... it later on here boosts the thrill, for I am a wanderer of the ... will appear at the back of my consciousness. It will be vivid and

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 23, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  Don’t Forget These I forgot to bring them when I first came to MIT.

  

  to pack extra pants. When I went home for my birthday, I remembered my ... new room at my fraternity giving you a list of things you need to make ... that reminds you of home. Your dorm is your new home for the next eight

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 19, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  More Milk Please And a cookie too. If by cookie you mean an awesome metaphor.

  

  overwhelmed by the barbarians (thank you Dictionary.com for your invaluable sample sentences). Maybe overwhelmed isn’t even the word I’m looking for here. Is there a word for being utterly thrilled, pleasantly surprised

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 7, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Exhibitions@MIT [by Leah Brunetto '12] Something different amidst displays of scientific progress.

  

  programs and activities, for-credit visual arts/music/theater arts classes, non-credit Student Art Association classes, and opportunities for cross ... ’ve been able to pursue at MIT one way or the other. I especially am

  • by ARTalk
  • May 12, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Really, I don’t feel like thinking of a title right now Now there's a title cop-out you can only use once. Good thing I saved it…

  

  'm hosed beyond all imagining, but as it's basically my LAST WEEK AT MIT ... officially graduate and should probably stop blogging so...be prepared for that ... of dignity. I do it all for you, dear readers. So, entry number 1

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 11, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Oh the Places You’ll Go! Did you know Dr. Seuss was a SigEp?

  

  at MIT. ----- Discovery. Discovery for me came in many forms - I ... . Discovery is finding out that I needed to draft a study plan for my courses at ... , telling me that we're going to school (for some odd reason, I never used an

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 27, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  Hack Study Break MIT is home to some very dedicated gamers.

  

  I am two days away from finishing my first semester at MIT. How did that happen? Most of campus is already cracking down in preparation for ... across the east side of campus for my UROP (more about that later) when I

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 11, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On being a lab rat I flail around trying to explain what I do at work every day.

  

  Lander's lab for several years now. Almost all professors take UROPs at ... talking about my UROP (and for those who don't yet speak MIT, my lab job). A ... the results of that project is currently being reviewed for publication

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 17, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sometimes a whale is just a whale Humanities classes make me roll my eyes sometimes.

  

  weather and went out to Chili's for dinner, then shopped a little at The Pru ... ) paper. This 13-page masterpiece (cough) for 21A.260, on cross ... about biomedical ethics. It wasn't a bad concentration, but it's tough for

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Brass Rat

  

  MIT Class of 2007 class ring. (Thanks to Mitra for the invitation!) Each class year at MIT officially gathers three times -- once, at the beginning, for the freshman picture; once, at the end, for graduation; and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 28, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wooo Summer The goal as usual is to do ALL the things

  

  . I really have learned a lot during my freshman year at MIT.  I learned ... study for math, although I never mastered studying for physics.  Physics ... myself for doing the best I could. I also learned that HASS (Humanities

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • July 15, 2013
• Blog / Events

  What if You Didn’t Like CPW? is MIT still the place for you?

  

  got into Reddit (bad idea at this time of semester), especially r ... kiddie kid stuff for little kids. He went to the informative events, but ... kiddie things for fun but he didn't share those interests. Even though I

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 21, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Diabolo, Pandora, and Bad TV Shows You figure out what they have in common, 'cause I sure as heck don't know.

  

  Now that things have calmed down a bit at work, I finally have some ... front page of the Boston Globe was an article about two brothers at MIT who perform (juggle? spin? What's the correct verb for this?) diabolo

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • June 22, 2009