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  to do lists and have done lists so busy that all I can do is just stare at the wall

  

  My November is a looming list of tasks that must be accomplished. The sun is setting sooner and sooner. It's getting really cold, with the exception of the past couple of days. I've been through this seasonal dip

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 3, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Teaching at MIT we live and we learn and we teach

  

  As my second semester at the Institute draws to a close, I've been reflecting on how I've spent my time outside of class. Of the various ... solving the problems associated with creating a curriculum and breaking down

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • May 16, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Anticipation of Pi Day 2017 bloggers past and present try to make you feel better right now

  

  who knew exactly what they want to do with life. I was terrified of the unknown. And not getting into the “right” college meant that the future was suddenly the unknown. So if I had a time machine, I’d tell myself that

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 13, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Sometimes, I am invisible and other female experiences

  

  . No, this is a fancier event. The handmade cups here cost $68. And I am ... in the eyes of the vendors and I become invisible. They talk to the ... purchases to the cashier and slide my card and pay for my things, but then the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 18, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Last First Month Because I procrastinated too long to say 'day' or 'week'

  

  up for the Fall Career Fair and are interviewing with companies, classes are settling into a rhythm, the pumpkin takeover is underway, and I ... sweater and got my photo taken for the yearbook. For my senior quote, I

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 3, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Unpacking Surprises to sum up 4 years at MIT

  

  the department  It’s been exactly one month since commencement, and I don’t think “being an alum” will hit me until it’s the first week of ... how excited we were to graduate despite the rain (admittedly, this was

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 7, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Post-Thanksgiving Post-stuff and Foodstuffs In which I'm reminded I have a life, and am thus eligible to give a…

  

  've learned a number of things: At MIT, the week of my birthday has always been ... parties I've typically blogged about in the middle of October? And the exams ... because that's just how the cookie crumbled. That realization helped me beat

  • by Emad T. '14
  • November 25, 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.

  

  , the 350th day in the 50th week of 2011 and 282 days ago, no big deal. More importantly, it was the day on which early action decisions came out. (Only 23 hundredths of a year for the same time to come around already

  • by Ana V. '15
  • September 25, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  print “Hello, World!\n”; Everything you ever needed to know about me

  

  Hello! I don’t think we’ve met. I’m the girl who rollerblades everywhere. You might have seen me if you walk down the Infinite at the right ... War II and deepened by the collapse of the Soviet Union. Russia

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 8, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  07/07/07 Speaking of numbers: the number seven in particular, brought to you by the birthday of…

  

  /07/07, which of course translates to THE BIRTHDAY OF THE CENTURY. (Regardless of your beliefs about the number 7.) I took this as a challenge to transform those 24 hours into the best ever. Actually, I slept through quite a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 9, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  'm trying to put off getting to the point of this entry? Anyway, some time before finals I went to see The Arcade Fire perform at the Orpheum in Boston, which was one of the most life-changing experiences I've ever been

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

  On APs Trying to clarify the role of AP courses in the MIT admissions process.

  

  To my surprise, one of Marilee's quotes in my last entry about the ... innovative thinking are taking a hit. "Because students are so busy all the ... those AP classes and all of those activities." Here are two of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 14, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT Athletics When I picked the topic for this entry, I was cheerleading at an MIT basketball…

  

  realized that I had written something intelligent about MIT athletics the other day on CC. I really was paying attention to the game, but my feet ... 's probably not in your best interest to use the comments to wonder about this

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 13, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  B1ner Cribs come see 10+ rooms on Burton 1

  

  It's been 16 years since the last installment of Burton 1 Cribs, an ... 're Burton 1, the first floor of Burton Connor! We love the color blue, bones ... are in vogue, and we're not allowed to paint the walls anymore, but we

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 24, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  No Ceilings next steps

  

  that goal. You just, take the next step. And sure, you might have ... you can't get to the 1000th step without taking the first. Or the second. Or the 999th. When I started college, I used to think these steps

  • by Paige B. '24
  • March 12, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  SIMMONS GOT A TRAMPOLINE!!! it's awesome, possum!

  

  " align="aligncenter" width="672"] Trampoline!!!! and also the ping pong ... Hall. For the last few weeks, large boxes have been sitting in the lobby ... ). My dad tells all of us to take a turn doing something cool for the

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • December 6, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  happy singles awareness day

  

  restaurant that day. I wasn’t opposed to the restaurant, although it was ... ’t interested in getting involved in anything romantic with anybody at the moment ... ’ll invite our mutual friend Bob too” or showing up while leaning hard into the

  • by Rona W. '23
  • February 21, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  two years after my book auction in retrospect

  

  memorable than usual, because it’s the day my first novel went to auction. It was a gray day. Most days were gray that month. The pandemic had just begun to claw its way through the United States, and a month earlier, MIT

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 17, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  in transit where do i go from here?

  

  the window watching the cold concrete walls zoom by as I just sit. I ... needed to be. I've always very much been a more-about-the-journey-than-the ... the station and I must interrupt the quiet peace I've found in transit

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 6, 2022
• Blog / Personal Travel

  what I did this summer unoriginal title, original experiences!

  

  weeks. I had a pretty good time, but I was a picky eater and hated the ... had the idea to measure me again. I had grown a quarter of an inch in a week. Forgive me the tortured analogy, but this summer, I feel like I

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • August 24, 2021