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  plastic knives spraypainted silver and other poems from 21W.762

  

  I appreciated having a non-judgemental environment to experiment with ... paper. A dream come true, even. Once it actually started, I quickly felt ... part of me still fears not being able to hold down a Real Job in the

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 26, 2022
• Blog / IAP

  I’m Awesome (at) Parkour! and other fun things i'm doing this Independent Activities Period

  

  meals, I tried out a new chicken marinade (it's the first one on Google ... excited to sign up for this class. Turns out, of course, that learning a new ... the IAP acronym, and then spending a quarter of an hour trying to come

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 22, 2019
• Blog / MISTI

  A Day at the Races Read this entry. It will rock you. I promise!

  

  way to find a store was when you know what street it was on but not in ... up the extra day that I had hanging out on my Eurail pass and take a day trip down to Montreux, Switzerland. I AM SO HAPPY. I've been a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 26, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The ratio of people to cake is too big.

  

  . It goes out to Meder! Solve it to understand why...) Today was a ... also very hard). A few questions to be answered... From NY asks, "As ... send anything else in its place or a form waiver etc." Nope, no need to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 13, 2005
• Blog / Announcements

  PSA: anyone in the world can stream this MIT class about pandemics and plagues in history 21H.000: History of Now: Plagues and Pandemics

  

  Pandemic, a biology lecture series on the coronavirus that anyone in the world can freely attend. One of my colleagues sent me a notice about another new ... impact on human and non-human history. The course will have a roundtable

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 11, 2020
• Blog / Advice

  The Art of Juggling please take away my balls

  

  that I'm meant to be here. That I can make a positive impact on the ... summer, I'm usually a ball of anxious energy just waiting to be released ... done this to herself? I entered MIT with a job, a web-based research

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 23, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

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

  

  up? We wouldn’t want him to be overwhelmed by a new environment.” She ... ?" "Isn't Black Lives Matter just a hate group? Shouldn't we be working to ... you. Here, I want to try my best to share a few moments in my life that

  • by Ben O. '19
  • July 11, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Crazy admissions stories A story about craziness from both sides of the college admissions process.

  

  College in Maryland in the fall. One Saturday morning on a small New ... admissions staff. "He was hoping to make a memorable impression on us, but it ... it was all a joke. Mr. Lazar decided to attend Cornell University this

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 5, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Behind the scenes of Glamour: Part 1 Two MIT students were chosen as Glamour's Top 10 College Women

  

  ’s typical to neglect your appearance after working on a problem set until 4 am ... , accomplishments, inspiration, secret obsessions, and more. Until we all went to New ... got to spend a fabulous weekend in Manhattan; they got us rooms in a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 9, 2007
• Blog / How to Food

  sourdough start & restart & starter this is and is not a metaphor

  

  novel hobby, in certain circles, to have begun a sourdough starter during ... good thing, since there is not a lot else enjoyable to think about right ... too warm? Did I need to cycle my heating lamp on and off? He grew, but

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • June 19, 2020
• Blog / Events

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

  

  were forced to take a quick break from our tournament since they were ...   It was an epic battle, a tournament to the death. Tens of ... batery failure in a sudden death one-on-one round (a clearly unfair call by

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 30, 2006
• Blog / Classes

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

  

  sleep. Here's a list of the stuff I have to get done, and the amount of ... : 1 hour. Count hours on timecards to ensure desk workers get paid. To ... , storyboard, and make a sound list for a scene in 4.354. To be done by Tuesday

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

  creative lockdown: low points of a virtual fall Part 2 of a fall semester recap

  

  a toll on me. My only chances to talk to people outside of my family ... spring. Being able to live on campus now, I feel a bit more comfortable ... this post and moving on to the 5000 other topics on my to-do list, but I

  • by Waly N. '24
  • February 27, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  To the 2024s: Wishing You the Most don't be scared of growth

  

  approximately where you are now. A summer of waiting to start at MIT had finally come to a close and I was trying out my shiny new label of "MIT student ... Hello 2024s. I'm about to go on another blogging hiatus, but I wanted

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • September 1, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  like a freight train a schedule post

  

  ."]main thing[/annotation] on my mind, and I've been meaning to write a schedule ... to actually write a blog. Life has been good, but busy. I’m taking ... like about my classes, the reasons I'm excited to take them. I’m on

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 19, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A for the Waitlisted Some (hopefully) helpful questions and answers for waitlisted students.

  

  aiming for a class of about 1,040 students this year. Based on our ... -- approximately 5.5% of applicants -- a spot on the waitlist. Not all of those students will choose to remain on the waitlist. Can you tell me where I am on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  HackMIT: Coding over Cookies sights from the hackathon [pictures inside!]

  

  motivated to build the skills to become a hacker by next year's HackMIT. New ... flocked to HackMIT to crowd themselves into a gym for 30 hours and make ... a steady flow of snacks that ranged from burritos to late

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 13, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  so i guess fall is happening kinda hard to believe, huh?

  

  everyone is on the precipice of something new, feeling around on a dark ... a rising junior computer science major with the luck to have a good ... whatever shortlist of people were invited back to a de-densified campus. i

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • August 23, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Review of “Shopgirl”

  

  to see "Shopgirl," a movie based on a novella by Steve Martin. Claire ... kiss or sitting in silence outside of a movie theater on a date just to ... someone you see everyday and have been introduced to on numerous occasions

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 5, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Delicious Things Mmmmm.

  

  commit a...healthy...amount of time to extra-curriculars, but outside of ... . Ooooh. But the magic wears off after a couple weeks, to be honest, and soon "free food" isn't a good enough reason to walk across campus for a 2

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 26, 2008