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• Blog / MIT Life

  Finally, a free minute

  

  always try to put too much on my plate at once: I was working full-time at ... fact, all that hard; it's a lot harder to get into law school or medical school than it is to get into PhD programs in biology. And because not as

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 5, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  I failed the Swim Test! And now you can too!!

  

  blogger to learn to swim (you’re welcome).  The day after I got to campus, literally on day two, I had to report to the pool for the swim test. At least ... get to skip the line of people attempting the test to sign up for a

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • October 26, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Pluto Flyby and how MIT was involved

  

  went over New Zealand on June 29 to catch the stellar occultation of of ... Close up shot of Pluto. (Image Credit: NASA) On Jan 19, 2006, the New ... to the Earth and begin transmit it. The New Horizons team estimates 16

  • by Erick P. '17
  • July 15, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Incoming freshmen, come to the Activities Midway tomorrow! Find a group where you can continue your hobbies and try something new.

  

  service? Want to get involved with these activities at MIT? Then, come to the Activities Midway, on Friday August 31st, 4:00pm - 6:30pm in the ... student group on campus (246 of them!!!!) We'll all be vying for your

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 30, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  Gobble Gobble Geeks with guns

  

  trying to get them to miss. I see your hand shaking! I SEE IT! DON'T MISS ... shooting the turkeys, think of it as an opportunity to focus all of your concentration on one beautifully hand made piece of artwork, an opportunity to

  • by Snively '11
  • November 27, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How Do You Mic A Stripper? [by Harrison Bralower '11] It's a great question when you really think about it.

  

  something new (I had never sound designed on my own before). But the ... individuals—-to give life to words on a page. This is my experience from ... interviewed to be the Sound Designer for the Musical Theater Guild's (MTG

  • by ARTalk
  • May 12, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  you can’t be everything to everyone you just can't

  

  to work on the hunt. so i was looking forward to it for quite a while ... steam, and i felt zero motivation to work on any of the puzzles. this ... and gets passed on, with the impending east campus renovation and all

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 8, 2021
• Blog / Classes

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

  

  : 1 hour. Count hours on timecards to ensure desk workers get paid. To ... paper and meet with someone in the WCC to get feedback on what else to fix ... sleep. Here's a list of the stuff I have to get done, and the amount of

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 3, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fran Sancisco and Spother Oonerisms Racing tays and fighting lires

  

  , which is an Amazon Echo strapped to your dog's collar, so that it seems like your dog answers your questions. Also your dog is harder to get ... previous summers UROPing on campus, so I was hyped to explore the world

  • by Joel G. '18
  • August 7, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  Anxiety Level: High A play-by-play of emotional diffusion

  

  .  You’re working on yourself, and I’m just going to call you out: You ... house sucks? What if you have to stay at home with your family?!? Me ... late! Communication was bad on both ends; you’ll get it done. And the

  • by Powers '23
  • July 30, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Paul Farmer at the Broad Lander update October 28

  

  says lunch on Oct 19th just opened up, and we immediately agree to it ... I try to attend at least one guest speaker talk a week (many of them are posted on the MIT events calendar), and they usually are are very

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Delayed Reaction A day in the life.

  

  ’d be the person who answers your frantic phone call and then tells you to check if your computer is plugged in. It turned out that I wasn’t able to ... have some block on an inclined plane or something, and you’ve got to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The fight’s begun but not yet won me vs. vista

  

  they keep the licences. Installing MATLAB on your personal computer ... what's next? Well, I'm back to where I started the day, sitting on my bed next to the window with the sun coming in, idolizing my new computer. I

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • June 12, 2008
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Why Is There No Water? One of the most important things in your life is invisible to you until it…

  

  water get to my bathroom faucet in New House? I have no idea where it ... the complexity of getting water to places that don’t have it. I was ... to understand rain and its effects on drinking water. I later realized

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 9, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  On Tour Goin' each and every place with the mic in their hand.

  

  We on Award Tour with Muhammad my man Goin' each and every place with the mic in their hand New York, NJ, N.C., VA We on Award Tour with ... Called Quest Hello All! As you can see I'm taking the fight to the

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 28, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Middle School To those who are having or have had a bad experience

  

  , yourself. On your terms. How and when you want to. You might not be ready for ... want to write today.  It started when we moved from Brooklyn, New York ... students who had just moved states, we were also the "new kids" trying to fit

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • November 16, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Trains Make Me Think Of Bringing the focus away from miles and minutes - and onto more enriching things

  

  you do what you want (or have) to do. It's the sort of thing where you're only kept awake enough not to miss your stop, yet tired enough to make you want to immediately go to bed when you get there. It's the sort of

  • by Emad T. '14
  • July 12, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  welding spiels metal hot glue gun go brrr

  

  get the hang of tacks very quickly, so we can move on to butt welds ... and getting your hands dirty all the same. There's undeniably a gendered ... in, work on their thing, and have mentors/staff around to ask for help

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 9, 2024
• Blog / Life after MIT

  throughlines some things never change (but thankfully, only some)

  

  out what to work on, feeling like nothing i was working on was ... place where i've felt settled, where i know how to get around without ... things that get done with them. i started writing that sentence, only to

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • January 27, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Back to Boston Recommended Orientation events

  

  I am flying back to Boston tonight (why do I always book redeyes?) and can't wait to meet all the new '10s. For the past couple of weeks, I ... Orientation-getting-to-know-you-ish WHEN: Thursday, August 31, sometime around

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 27, 2006