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  Filling an Empty Nest my parents tried to replace me with literal birds

  

  -year at Northeastern University!"]younger sister[/annotation] stayed home on ... school. The days I spent at CPW felt intense – MIT is a unique place and ... any indication that this was happening while I was at CPW. When I got

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 10, 2020
• Blog / Class Projects

  We made a website this is a filler post

  

  that one of my friends wrote. You can look at the web.lab schedule here ... .lab[/caption] At the end of week 4 is the awards ceremony, because web.lab isn’t just ... server, a hotloader, and my browser, at the same time. This isn’t supposed

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 31, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  many thoughts head full

  

  .01L lecture, I would wake up at a crisp 8:30AM, wash up, eat some ... days of IAP where I felt a little less than human. I would wake up at 2 ... drained. I've probably applied to at least thirty or so places and haven

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 26, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Library War there's nothing about war in here, that's just my fave imaginary band name

  

  looking at the stars -- small and yet enormous, alone and yet so comfortably ... west campus, at least!) But honestly, getting a tiny bit away from campus ... management, and I'd expected that I would be pretty bored by the books at Dewey

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 15, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman Year vs. Senior Year The same, but different...

  

  : Dream of the Red Chamber (at Harvard). Dream of the Red Chamber, or 红楼梦 ... project. He expects to all leave lecture marveling at our own bodies ... I was a puppy here at MIT, my job was to finish things as efficiently

  • by Selam G. '18
  • September 16, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  The Tech profiled Lydia about resilience @ MIT "I’m building my vocabulary and I’m building my mind and I’m building myself as a…

  

  "Meltdown" about the difficult time she was having at MIT. It was a beautiful ... support at MIT. I'm very grateful that she blogged it. A few weeks ago, The ... . In the dorms at MIT, we work adjacent to each other like parallel play

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 17, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  My “Normal” High School What it was like going to an ordinary high school

  

  amount of extracurricular classes taken, etc. etc. etc. At times it seemed ... terrified me. When I looked at students that got into schools like MIT I felt ... knew that there was nothing I loved more. I loved the faculty at my high

  • by Ben O. '19
  • January 16, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Calculating a Quantitative Snapshot of Fall Semester Skip to the end for a picture of peas

  

  , volunteering at MGH, trying to not fall asleep, EMS, club meetings, staring blankly at my computer screen, and many more things! Also, as a note, the ... classes at the start of the semester (a total of 72 units) and ended up with

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 20, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Painting with the Colors of the Wind reflections on the first MIT semester

  

  August. I messed up at times. Looking ahead, I can imagine few famously ... shuts down at about 5 am and yields to sleep. Not worth it (#15). Despite ... entertainment spots. My foreign nature was giddy with excitement at all the lights

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 23, 2014
• Blog / How to Food

  Healthy Eating Craze It is not difficult to be a vegetarian here at MIT

  

  . Pie will seem large and poofy. Let sit for at least ten minutes to cool ... , eating healthy and getting enough nutrients on a vegetarian diet at MIT has ... eating a meat-filled diet here at MIT, you should take a look at Michael C

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 11, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  My first music festival It was muddy.

  

  fell asleep, marveling at how "smooth" our trip had been and how "lucky ... the edges of the rain fly enough. There was a swimming pool at either ... minutes late to meet our friend, who was already at the festival. We rushed

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 5, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  We were worried An insider's look at a February tradition

  

  Two weekend ago, I spent my Saturday at a wonderful show called the ... people at the gym. We shared frustrations with our health. We grew to ... , surprisingly) sat in the second row; seeing her doubled over at one of my jokes

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 2, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Random Hall Rooms Six rooms and ten stuffed animals.

  

  Massachusetts Avenue, joined at the basement, the first floor, the third floor ... in my closet until I got annoyed at the exposed screws; I’m not sure if ... Christmas present that cost around $20, which at the time was a lot of money

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 10, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’d Like Your Help With My Letter to President Obama… What I'm up to in 21W.747 (Rhetoric) class these days.

  

  , here's my proposal: At the very least, I post this here to give you a glimpse of what a writing assignment at MIT can look like. To preface that ... amount of time on it. At the very most, you can help me (totally voluntary

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • December 1, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  About MIT Recommendation Letters Some helpful tips and guidelines for your teacher letters.

  

  At MIT, we require all applicants to send in two letters of ... one of the schools you're applying to at once. This is also a good time ... one that you may find helpful is an English teacher at your high school

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 16, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Supposedly Fun Thing That I’ll Probably Do Again On July 4th, I reenacted The Old Man and the Sea, minus the old man…

  

  transparent plastic top, this nautical party ship cost all of $10.99 at the ... my Independence day plans at 7:30 pm on July 3rd. Someone once told me ... ‚Üí people's hands ‚Üí hot dog. At 7:00 pm: Mattress inflated- check

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 7, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The MIT What?!? The Long and Illustrious History of the MITMB, as far as Kim knows.

  

  polo match, at which we featured music from "Jaws".</p> < ... colorguard now!</p> <p>At least, so I hear. I, unfortunately, have ... info, give an email to the officers at marching_at_mit_dot_edu, or show

  • by Kim D. '09
  • November 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Burton-Conner Floor Rush and Rooming How does it work?

  

  Burton-Conner is one of the dorms here at MIT. You can check out our ... , spackle, and paint. At this point we only have drywall. 2) Our TV is ... ALL the floors, not just Conner 3. At the end of the evening, freshmen

  • by Snively '11
  • August 30, 2008
• Blog / How to MIT

  Laptops! It goes on the top of your lap.

  

  attempt at helping you understand what laptops frequent campus and which you ... , then you won't be at a huge disadvantage with a desktop, but it ... discourage purchasing a Macbook air at this point. It's VERY expensive and not

  • by Snively '11
  • March 22, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I will, I will set this schedule on fire This has been a long time coming. Text- and picture-heavy! Link- and acronym-happy! Take it…

  

  on this illusion that I am working towards a dual degree at MIT, doing ... , froshlings. You. You'll all be here in two weeks. Your friends at other schools may all know what they're doing, where their classes are, and at

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 10, 2007