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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Re-introduction A summary, for those of you just tuning in.

  

  boring part) and in terms of making me happy to be alive and able to get ... opportunity-laden time as college. If you're going to take the easy road now, you're going to be taking the easy road for the rest of your life. Ugh

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 26, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  2024 in Review the things and stuff of 2024

  

  others and destroys your lucidity. Instead I have been trying to, mostly ... , de poésie, de vertu, à votre guise. How is it that I get to live every ... this world? That I get to think about the unbelievable beauty day after

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • January 13, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Apple Juice Liberation! Something very important happened to me when I came to MIT a few weeks ago.…

  

  up to any class you’re interested in on the first day with an add ... Something very important happened to me when I came to MIT a few ... all drank as much as we wanted to, there wouldn’t be enough. The result

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 17, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Parks and Relocation a finale and a premiere

  

  -of-age movies. When I decided to take a gap year, I wasn't sure if I'd get that ... encapsulate the feelings I get whenever I have to say goodbye to a chapter of my ... run, there's still time to change the road you're on and it makes me

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 21, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  living having the time of my life

  

  like cat piss, but either way you’re getting a balanced meal. [caption ... upperclassmen to look to for guidance. “You’re only a year older than me.” “I ... to me like being parented by upperclassmen. The freshmen here don’t get

  • by Anika H. '26
  • May 10, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  There is no solving for x thoughts on moving to and away from Maine

  

  Context: I wrote a post in March called "I Moved to Maine" . You can read it if you want, but tl;dr: when COVID hit I went to live in Maine ... in with my parents. About a month ago I decided to go back home for the

  • by Powers '23
  • June 29, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vacation = Relaxation, right? What I do over vacation...

  

  really motivated to get a lot of stuff done. But then Christmas came. And ... more panic once I get back to Cambridge. Oh wells… I mean, I’ ... counts for pretty much your whole grade. While this is not such a big deal

  • by Cambridge
  • January 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making the hard decision a couple of brutally honest stories from friends here that had originally wanted to study…

  

  would like to get in contact with them to ask further questions, please email me and I can try to get you in contact ^_^)     ... stopped saying, “You can do everything you put your mind to!” and instead

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 17, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Into the Unknown with bravery

  

  take a gap year, or scramble to find a job. We didn’t get to participate ... The precipice of change is an unsettling place to be. We were there ... of you are there now. We find ourselves here again, trying to figure

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 17, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  Fifty Shades of Break or things to do other than pressing F5

  

  (assuming that you're a high school senior and you never again want to figure out how to condense your life into 100 words or less), I'm assuming you're ... 's something you've never tried before. It’s an amazing time to get a head start

  • by Connie H. '15
  • December 12, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Two households, totally unalike in dignity…” On picking majors and following your dreams, Romeo and Juliet, Twitter, Sherlock, and the future…

  

  different environment. And then in the third phase we get to do whatever kind ... between Tybalt and Mercutio? If Romeo’s trying to get in the middle of them ... have that make it ideal for telling this story this way? We wanted to get

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 21, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Junior Spring Line-Up, Part 1: Classes Learning Middle English, sketching constellations, holding meteorites

  

  our solar system, and getting a broad introduction to the universe using ... the verb. Connecting verbs to subjects can get VERY confusing.) After ... take a science writing class. Learning to communicate your work to the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 3, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  how dorm structure shapes social life in more ways than i can count, actually

  

  retreat to your single at the end of the day to get away from socializing ... and elevators? does the act of getting from one place to another utilize ... past the laundry room/TV lounge/gym, get to my floor, and walk all the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 11, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Failing” at MIT for the record, this isn't

  

  answers excitedly on their way back to Baker House (i didn’t get any of ... ’s just pass/no record, another girl thinks to herself after getting her ... way it works is pretty simple: for your first semester at MIT, you get

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 2, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  All these days I spend away What does "home" mean to you?

  

  to get a head-start on - in four of my five classes (the only class ... 's your chance to discover if you really want to become part of MIT - part ... , ranging from ever-welcome three-day weekends to (most beloved of all) the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 25, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Mocktails happy new year new you

  

  , microwave-safe cup. Helpful tip: If you can't get the powder to dissolve, try ... your 2017 isn't as anticlimactic as my attempt to pop the screw cap off ... It's 2017 now according to the Gregorian calendar. I'm a frosh.5 (RIP

  • by Abby H. '20
  • December 31, 2016
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Vlogging, Tweets, and a Riddle The sum of three cats is a dog. Explain.

  

  when I’m hosed. If nothing else, hopefully it will add to your brain ... prefrosh. I’m curious to see how your view of me changes once I start talking ... you can only see it if you want to and you highlight the text:  

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 21, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Post-wedding update

  

  encourage students to get used to talking with them, they'll take any kind of ... to catch up with many old friends, and of course to see my old roommate tie the knot. If you're wondering what a random sampling of MIT alums 3

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 26, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Life of a Black Person A followup to the amazing Black Lives Matter Post

  

  and families in order to get a better education, so that my siblings and ... to me. However….. That meant nothing right now. “NO! WHERE IS YOUR ... I would like to preface this by saying if you haven't read Vincent

  • by Ben O. '19
  • July 11, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Inside/Outside words/pictures; I really don't know what to put here... haha

  

  $25 to get a blank Moleskine cahier sketchbook, which you're supposed to ... of faces and experiences makes it all worthwhile. * Came home to find my bed upgraded from twin size to full size (!!); makes me scared about

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 5, 2010