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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Why I Love Taylor Swift I finally explain the reason...or at least try to...

  

  Right before an exam at MIT, I usually spend ten minutes walking down ... times, it’s an exam I’m nervous about. In past years, the class average was probably something like a 50% (I’m looking at you 6.046). There

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 6, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  See, I Am! (CI-M) Communication-intensive economics research. (If that sentence doesn't make you want to read this entry, I…

  

  See, I am here! Sorry for the gap in my posting. My CI-M (TLA!! Sam ... CI classes in your major: CI-Ms. I invite you to join me on this ... maximization). As you may have guessed, 14.33 also requires a lot of work. I

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 19, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  168 Hours and how to spend them

  

  A/N: This post is coming out weeks after I intended for it to; please ... dread about the passing of time and a lurking fear that I am wasting my life. So, there. I’m a big fan of Saturdays. I often have a PSET due

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • March 21, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  day one welcome back

  

  stepped away from MIT during the pandemic, like me. I'm taking mostly computer science classes this year, but today I only have a single lecture ... sessions today. In the morning, I realize this means I can sit in whatever

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 9, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  highlights: high points of a virtual fall Part 1 of a fall semester recap

  

  head, so many things I want to blog about, but I have seemingly struggled to get them out in any tangible way. So I continually pushed blogs aside until I saw the days I had gone without blogging continue to

  • by Waly N. '24
  • February 2, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  Screaming on a page (kinda) about 6.009 Please excuse what's about to follow

  

  I. Spent. AT LEAST 15 HOURS ON THIS GODDAMN CODE. Endless stretches ... FRACK was wrong with my code. I wrote in so many print statements; I ... a mile long. But still, for 15 hours, I was stuck in the exact. Same

  • by Powers '23
  • April 12, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  “Take care of yourself.” "Can you post something positive please?" - my mom

  

  trigger warnings for mentions of depression, EDs, and anxiety I don't quite know where to start with this post. In fact, I've rewritten it so ... Press right now. I think I'm just intimidated because it was something very

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 19, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  the joys and frustrations of 6.009 this class will be the death of me, and i love it

  

  I texted my friend, "I feel like my frustration with 6.009 over the ... .009 makes me (and how I can't stop thinking about it). Sorry it's been so long[annotation note="The flu isn't fun, kids :("]since I last blogged

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 4, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Turn around and pretend it wasn’t you Words of Wisdom

  

  I am happy to report several things: 1) I no longer have swine flu 2) I am now 21 years of age 3) Spectrum wrote an article about me 4) The ... published some instructions I made on how to build a loft. ANFSCD This last

  • by Snively '11
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ben’s Final Farewell Thank you, Ben Jones.

  

  Today, as I was walking down Mass Ave after work, I saw some Aero ... quad, and I couldn't help but be reminded of last summer. It was my last summer before I came to MIT, my last summer home, and the one thing I

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 18, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Toga, Toga, Toga On being in a fraternity (info for parents too)

  

  "You're joining a fraternity? What?!?!?!?" I think this is what a lot of my friends back home thought to themselves when I told them my freshman year that I had pledged, but I never really heard them say that. So

  • by Bryan
  • June 14, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  I had a terrible week Also, I think that making puns about the President is Obaminable.

  

  th left much to be desired. I will elaborate on the details of “much” once I finish therapy. *Recently, someone I was talking to managed to ... conversation of otherwise forgettable nature, by which I mean that I completely

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 26, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Hi, I’m New Here The requisite introduction.

  

  This past Sunday night, my friend Hanna '10 and I did our first radio ... "fixated" - now it sounds like there isn't anything wrong at all! Perfect. I promise, I'm not insanely worried about everything this way. With that said

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 19, 2006
• Blog / Community Projects

  [guest blog] y(I)APping nothing crazy just another IAP blog

  

  first friends I made here at MIT and my favorite "homegrown ... contain multitudes. I really hope you enjoy learning more about what a January at MIT can look like—I know I sure did :) Hi, I’m Heidi Z. ‘27, a

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • February 13, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What I’m Up To distractions

  

  Since everyone's doing these kinds of "what i'm doing ever since my life got turned upside down", I figured I might join in with the chaos ... hours, too. Also, thank you for your lovely responses to my last post. I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 28, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Reasons I haven’t blagged… hint: "I'm Busy" isn't one of them

  

  a modern twist. This post is a very meta post about why I haven’t been posting--or for a more dramatic flair, The 7 Capital Vices I Have Oft ... .”   2. HUBRIS (aka, Biting Off More Than You Can Chew). Sometimes I

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 29, 2017
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Yes, I am still alive My fourth of July in America's hometown

  

  Well, I spent my 4th of July in Plymouth with Adam's family and my family, and we had a lovely time. I made snickerdoodle cookies and blueberry pie for the family's annual gathering, and Adam and I made our

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 6, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  i stole a vhs player! and other old things i’ve acquired over the last 2 and a half weeks

  

  [annotation note="Ok, it's like 3 now, but i'm not going to change ... , but I was [annotation note="and i absolutely still am"]in the trenches[/annotation] with homework and exams. I have a lot of half-written blogs that I want

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • May 3, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I don’t like SPAM! Technology to the rescue!

  

  I know you’re already thinking to yourself, “Where is Dave going to ... tech like a computer or iPod? Or will I unexpectedly shift gears into a ... much to bear. You can relax, because today I’m taking the high road

  • by Dave McOwen
  • October 6, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So I said to Einstein… ...think of a name for my new theory while I go talk to my relatives.

  

  .. "I think of MIT as a samurai school," said Jones. "It is preparing you ... the top ten things I have ever read. But I digress. Sometimes in the ... waiting, like when I want the reactor to heat up from ambient temperature to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 19, 2006