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  Gee, my life’s a funny thing Remembering the bills I have to pay, or even yesterday.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The first person I met when I arrived at MIT for orientation was from Alaska. While in Paris this weekend, Ling '07 and I went ... ironic now. This is why I'm going to be cremated when I die and have my

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 21, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Two thousand students walk into a Zoom call summer hssp: now virtual™

  

  Last December, I wrote Two thousand students walk into MIT, a blog ... perspective will be different, because, you know, I was one of the three ... February to April. For Spring HSSP, I was in charge of dealing with class

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 20, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  From the other side of grad school Trust me, I'm a doctor

  

  . I had been given permission to call in from my office on campus. Two hours and many questions later, I had reached my last slide and was asked ... :45am my advisor texted me saying I should come back in. The chair tried

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 23, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Two thousand high schoolers walk into MIT what could possibly go wrong?

  

  I get it. There have been posts about Splash before. There have, in ... through the whole thing made me think, wow, I need to write about this. I’ll begin with a disclaimer. The experience I talk about here is how I

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 28, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ode to Freshman Days composed in the wee hours of morning

  

  I came to MIT a wide-eyed froshling. The sun shone brighter through ... the heart. I got by on 3-5 hours of sleep then. Soon, the lessons began. I learned to conserve clothing. Laundry Day became a special

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 29, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  10 reasons why MIT is beautiful if I do say so myself.

  

  Sometimes MIT gets a bum rap for not having a pretty campus.  I ... is beautiful: (1) Because I get to see this view every day walking ... ending. (3) Because in between classes, I might eat lunch in Killian

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 22, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Computers and their Programs Anecdotes and advice about owning a laptop at MIT

  

  laptops that MIT recommends: Macs, Dells, and Thinkpads. I’ve seen MIT students with all variety of these and more. I've had all three. My first ... 31. ThinkPads are very durable. I’ve dropped them from desk height. I

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 15, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Things Wot I Did Whilst Studying at MIT A tale told in pictures (and someone else's words).

  

  I've been looking at Ben's "50 Things" post recently, since classes are done, my grades are in, I've nothing to do but work 40 hours a week before my eligibility for student employment runs out, and I vaguely recall

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 27, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I put on my robe and graduation hat It's sortof hard to believe it's time for this already.

  

  for graduation. Classes were over, and the most stressful thing I had to deal with was cleaning my room. It was pretty relaxing. I didn't even have to rush around Boston saying goodbye to people and places that I

  • by Kim D. '09
  • June 7, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Today I hit my TA with a door I didn't MEAN to.

  

  It wasn't like I meant to do it. I was late for recitation, and I usually go in the back door when I'm late but today, TODAY for reasons still unknown to the universe I went for the front door, all while my TA just

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 7, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Classes I Won’t Be Able to Take also "What Is Pre-Registration?"

  

  freshmen do not have to pre-register. I panicked a little about this after an upperclassmen told freshmen me that I should do it ASAP during orientation week ... you don't get to take the HASS you want to take that semester. I

  • by Abby H. '20
  • July 23, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I Really Just Cannot Write Anymore of My Thesis I wish I can bang out essays like blog entries.

  

  Hello MIT blogs! I love blogging. I applied to be a blogger on whim almost four years ago, and interestingly enough, I am the last guy that ... fateful day in September, so long ago. So, no, I have not forgotten about my

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 23, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Be yourself or create yourself? The biggest question in freshman year.

  

  great dilemma: be yourself or create yourself - just which one is it? I ... the love of his life. Forgive me if I spoil the ending, but “Jay Gatsby ... official documents, I could’ve came to MIT and introduced myself as Chloe

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • August 10, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  smoke and spice my comfort meal

  

  Pao, Pad Kraprow, etc. "]pakaprow.[/annotation]I love it so much that it ... freshman year, it was literally the only dish I cooked. I made it 7 times, which comes out to around once a month. In times when things were tough, I

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • May 9, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Parents, Please Read Prefrosh and students, read this too, and make sure to have a discussion with your…

  

  I have finally made it home for the holidays. Let me tell you, there ... reason I write for the admissions blogs is because I really like the admissions process, I like helping admitted students learn about MIT before

  • by Snively '11
  • December 24, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  22 Tales from tEp strange sights and stranger delights

  

  beautiful summer day in Boston[/caption] I stayed in Boston last summer. For ... of other college students. I also valued the chance to try living off ... housing decision, I purposefully chose to switch things up from my academic

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 31, 2020
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  An actual day in the life It's not the most exciting day... but it's a day!

  

  (This seemed like a really good idea for an entry when I was on my bike coming home from cheerleading. If you disagree... don't tell me. I ... prospectives to a day in the life of an MIT student, I have rather uncreatively

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 27, 2005
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Avatar and Desserts Exploring Food Art

  

  . Like a lot. Please watch it before reading this. Past this point, I ... points.  ~~~  Tl;dr: I made desserts inspired by my favorite Avatar ... :) ~~~ Table of Contents The Beginnings The Planning Phase What I Made and

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • December 10, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decision fatigue an occupational hazard, and how to manage it

  

  Last Saturday night, I was in my kitchen, looking down at two Pyrex ... right was grilled chicken tenderloins. My goal was to decide which I would have for dinner. I looked to the left, and the right, and back again

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 21, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Reflecting on 10 Years and Lessons Learned Happy Birthday, MIT Blogs!

  

  Happy 10th birthday, blogs!!! I made you a cake! (With help from ... anniversay of my MIT journey. 10 years ago today, I was just about to start my ... , activities, tests, applications, decisions... If I look back and remember

  • by Kim D. '09
  • August 7, 2014