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  CPW 2008: So I think I’ll go to Boston (Guest Entry) More pictures than your body has room for!

  

  passed time by throwing out logic puzzles for each other to solve, and math ... would do tomorrow. We agreed upon getting up around 8:15 (blasphemy!) to ... 2 AM, and I headed back to McCormick to get some sleep. The next day

  • by Snively '11
  • April 20, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Sentimentality a.k.a. Why I'm So Glad I Picked MIT.

  

  it quits. Accompanied by two friends, I made my way back to Mc ... desperately to curl up in a hole and wait for time to just pass me by. When Camp ... Last night, I went to bed at 5 am. This morning, I woke up at 9 am

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 9, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  on knowing what I’m doing in which I decide to go to grad school

  

  academia. I am actually surprised at the degree to which I am surrounded by ... understand these things: there's so much more math I want to learn, or get ... might want to get involved with. I have found a road to follow, and I will

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • July 3, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  What I want to be when I grow up Did I go with the baseball announcer idea? Or the Daily Show script writer? Read…

  

  When I was in preschool, we had to make a crayon drawing of what we wanted to be when we grew up. My classmates drew astronauts and firemen. I ... 't remember why I wanted to be a mailman, but I guess it just seemed like a fun

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 6, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  fictional coping mechanisms learning to love unapologetically

  

  to me to risk judgment by other people. The fact that there are things ... able to enjoy things without getting obsessed the way I used to felt like ... video game. To reject that younger version of myself by consuming media at

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 11, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  the art of trying new things exploring new clubs, making new friends, and doing the things i was afraid to do

  

  backgrounds. I was a little intimidated by them, but after getting to know them ... low self-esteem and little to no experience in the content covered by ... rejected by them, teehee. Essentially, I wanted to join a business club

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 19, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Great Gatsby In all its pixelated glory

  

  , you should go out to the library and get a copy now! It's a great read ... by the Book, which can be found on the second floor of Hayden library. If you're a little sad that you can't actually be on campus to enjoy

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 17, 2012
• Blog / Events

  2024 ring premiere! amogus??

  

  's a tradition to get your ring in your sophomore year to commemorate being halfway through your degree. And it's also been a hot topic to blog ... around 7:30, RingComm stood up and it was time to get the ball rolling

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 13, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friday vacation An atypical (but more entertaining than average) day in the life

  

  means that I get to wander around and run errands and do fun stuff (like ... curl my hair before class, but today I had to bust my rump to get into lab by 9 AM -- I needed to run some gels and generally be a productive

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 30, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Questionable Views Questions and views, and questions about views. The views are not necessarily questionable, although you…

  

  means people are forced to "crowd" a room by turning a double into a ... sticking my head out there to get a better camera angle. As you can tell ... . Please feel free to ask me questions, either by commenting on the blog or

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 18, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  the mortifying ordeal of being known embrace the care that lies within you (my attempt to soothe pre-decisions anxiety)

  

  ."]PhD[/annotation] programs.  Well, I don’t really have to make a decision until if I get in ... voice, stories, and dreams are going to be perceived by the committee of ... out by the mortifying ordeal of being known. Being vulnerable to a bunch

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 14, 2023
• Blog / Personal Travel

  I who have nothing Darling, 'tis I who loves you.

  

  't get to go around Europe hearing about people's awesome jobs and taking ... , that way you won't get screwed by airport exchange rates" plan. So I have ... .86 in Euro. Then, in reference to the quote, "When I get a little money, I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 28, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Our loving, our friends, and our labor This entry is based on Aaron Copland's opera "The Tender Land."

  

  meeting for my UROP (the turkey one) just to get free apple pie 2. discussed the finer points of Food Network with Alicia '06, who actually gets to ... . Now we get somebody else's letter and have to reply to that letter as if

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 22, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  [Guest Post] An Overthinker’s Guide to Finishing Your Transfer Application by Warren K. ’27

  

  resilience just by applying. To all the folks who are working full ... The fall transfer application deadline is coming up. I tried to ... -time, so I had to budget my time carefully. I made the plan to do most of my

  • by Jeremy W.
  • March 4, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  I asked people at MIT what they were doing for Pi Day 2025 something is rising... 3/14/25 at 6:28 PM ET

  

  't know about. So, I went around campus to get the scoop on how students and ... ’re getting off track! Just stick to the original question! BEATRICE: The ... [email protected] and someone from the MIT Admissions team will get back to

  • by Jebby B. '25
  • March 7, 2025
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Decisions, Decisions decisions!

  

  give it to you in the form of a short poem I found recently by Piet Hein ... ’re hampered by not having any, the best way to solve the dilemma, you ... extent, it doesn't matter. If you're good enough to get into MIT

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • April 26, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  an unnecessarily detailed normal friday finding things to blog about when you're swept into normalcy

  

  . the rain started to get worse and by 8pm, lightning crackles in the sky ... note="i left next house at 9:50, it takes about 15 minutes to get to ... ."]rate[/annotation], but i might as well try to get there sooner than later. [annotation note

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • April 27, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  12 / Let’s try law school What's a computer scientist doing in DC?

  

  be traced to individuals; that it be secure; and that police get a ... getting access. When a city contracts with a vendor, they must also abide by ... TO SET THE MOOD: EX MACHINA SOUNDTRACK [caption id="attachment_45168

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • July 17, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  soulsearching / naubos na in which i ramble about purpose

  

  impossible for me to get something to do over the summer. I remember thinking ... I’ll procrastinate on doing work if it means getting to spend a couple ... touch with my friends, or about getting to do puzzles and play board games

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 22, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  How Are You? because it's not just a simple question

  

  never really fully get to know. Because while small talk and conversations ... go from midterm to midterm. If we’re lucky, they go from pset to pset ... lives. We see that one kid that sits behind us in lecture. And to all of

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 19, 2017