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  Little things that remind me im not home

  

   rice with forks? How are you going to scoop it into your mouth? The default of ... ’s the rest that make no sense to me. Miles are bad. Yards are worse. And ... isn’t what makes me feel like I’m not in the Philippines anymore

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 15, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  highlights of a hellish semester it's OVER. IT'S FINALLY OVER GOSDAIUOSDSOIJD

  

  Cambridge at 1 am never fails to make me feel like the main character ... . that part wasn't fun making bad decisions—like going on Omegle to tutor ... okay, so, sophomore fall was brutal. it went from manageable to

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 28, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Home Sweet College Surviving first semester.

  

  amazing things, and then, maybe, one day, I’ll go to Ethiopia and make sure ... Wow. So this is what official blagging* is like. It’s nice to meet ... admissions blogs myself, and so now I feel like I’m obligated to post something

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 29, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Top of the World If I have seen farther, it is by standing on the roof of the Green…

  

  when he was making his models - it almost seems to make sense. The ... might crash your browser. :) For even more photos, feel free to check out ... lab to the tennis courts on the other side of campus to play a quick

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 3, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Musings on Colorful Balls (CPW Guest Blog!) from Ramya '14!

  

  ]) Before I write about my experience at CPW, I have a disclaimer to make ... to make contact with the balls represents how much I was overwhelmed by ... Weekend, but you're wrong. CPW really means "4 days of Pure a

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 13, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Spring cleaning and miscellany The Brass Rat club, sending 4-inch heels to Goodwill, and picking a new food-providing graduate…

  

  entertaining than making a pile of clothes to give to Goodwill while singing ... . I got to hear stories about my UROP professor as a graduate student (I ... members who are MIT alums -- they all asked to see my Brass Rat. (One walked

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  resource right at my fingertips. You see, MIT offers free MATLAB to its ... . The catch is you have to be connected to the MIT network, that's where they keep the licences. Installing MATLAB on your personal computer

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • June 12, 2008
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Did MIT invent hacking?

  American Heritage Dictionary and is included as a unit of measure in Google
• Blog / Blog Projects

  ASK US (the MIT Bloggers) ANYTHING! YES

  

  them answered. (You’re able to comment anonymously, but use this power ... questions as we can. You can address your question(s) to all of us, or to ... you’re also confused or just want to hear about the different things I

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • April 18, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Thoughts from Science Bowl 🥣 a story about now-nostalgic times

  

  “Fiona, next round, you should use your thumb to push the buzzer, not ... your thumb above the buzzer, so you’re always ready to buzz in.” “Okay ... tiny. “Who’s your favorite supervillain?” We buzzed in to give our

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • March 30, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Engineering leadership: the one-hour edition President Hockfield makes a surprise appearance!

  

  , you have my permission to put down your AP study books and take a look ... trying to invent a different way to make the helium blimps they saw race ... even faster - as they had decided to make a 'robotic' arm from their

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • May 6, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Weather Sensitive I know you think that I don't care, but I really do.

  

  , it gets cold in that wet, drippy way that makes you feel like you're ... said, I present to you three pictures of the view from my window. Early

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 27, 2006
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  A Year away from home An intro video rant to my time in China

  

  Lunar New Year!!! I finally made it around to making this video about my ... figure out what was the best way to make this video, and settled on doing ... . As of right now I have two big posts I want to make, “being black in

  • by Ben O. '19
  • February 5, 2019
• Blog / Events

  DME SoccerBot Championships 2006 (Or, How Does Justin Timberlake Live With Himself?) All we are saying is give Pluto a chance.

  

  in Freshman Leadership Program you're not going to swim back from the island to hone your creative writing skills). When you all get into MIT ...   It was an epic battle, a tournament to the death. Tens of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 30, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thinking Positive Sophomore year was kind of awful. But there were happy things! I'll focus on the…

  

  easier way to put that. I wrote about my first semester in my post called ... allowed me to stay calm, I started seeking help to manage my stress, and I ... 't have anything to do, I felt guilty - like I should be doing work or

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 17, 2014
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Livin’ la Vida Española (Pt. 2) Where the music is richer.

  

  system in Madrid. Puts the T to shame. 9. I love the Starbucks employee who would always give me free muffins just because I'm Taiwanese and I try to ... have on the Metro with Chinese emigrants to the city. 7. I love the 75

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Living la vida lab rat So the moral of the story is that freedom is relative in science. And that…

  

  your competence to a greater degree, so good luck just walking into the ... , professors, and grad students?" The easiest question there to answer is how I ... to be my biology advisor (if you have two majors, you get two advisors

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 25, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

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

  

  to recognize your face and recommend drinks. [annotation note="i think ... seconds to annoy[annotation note="my roommate"]caleb[/annotation] as i go back to sleep without even thinking. eventually, though, it's 9:30 and i

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • April 27, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  DO YOU WANNA BUILD A SNOWMAN?? I KNOW YOU DO

  

  ="106857" /]   Of course, I had to make an obligatory snow angel: [caption id ... semester ends can do… things… to your sleep schedule. Also it was the weekend ... consider it my sacred duty to announce the [annotation note="i.e. the first

  • by Allison E. '27
  • December 13, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Above MIT The sky's the limit.

  

  frequents these blogs! * The word "prospective" doesn't distribute to parents ... really, don't plan out your child's future that far in advance, dude. Wait ... Admissions blogger. If you want to read a little bit about me, you can check

  • by Piper '13
  • May 29, 2011