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  snowfall as the snowflakes fall, they remind me of home

  

  It snowed for the first time this school year yesterday! Originally ... ) has Boston had more than 1.1” of snow in an October storm or for that ... are almost always tied to the[annotation note="MIT has a reputation for

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 31, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  SOFT HOUSE five college students doing burpees on gravel at 1 am vibes

  

  watching Harry Potter for the nth time. On a normal day, there are at least ... workouts for us. The first night I tried, we did it outside at 11 pm, and it ... house. Since I knew my dorm, Burton Conner, would be closed for

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 28, 2020
• Blog / Residential Life

  it’s not the same, but it’s still home back at MIT

  

  Dakota was, for the most part, uneventful. I[annotation note ... friend who had also fled campus for SD in March,[/annotation]so we shared ... on campus, so we headed straight for our dorm, Next House. I'd been

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 7, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  decided that was fine; i liked cooking for myself too much to risk being ... 't worth taking an LOA; i had too many plans for the year that couldn't be ... living with people as cautious and careful as i am.) so that's my plan for

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

  my freshman year in laptop stickers RIP my laptop 7/19/20

  

  . losing the files on my laptop and having to pay a good amount of money for ... stickers. i'd been saving space for stickers from all four years at MIT, so ... behind for other residents. this was the first sticker i put on my laptop

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 21, 2020
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  cruel summer ok it's actually, like, fine i guess

  

  when I slept for 14 hours a day and came out a mostly different person ... for this, and an MIT committee for that. I have a work standup, a sync ... to hop on a call? Most of my meetings are for a purpose and manage to

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • July 20, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  then and now a reflection on the very bad

  

  bad for making my parents worry. I would start going to therapy about a ... little moments where I would crack. Where I would think about it for too ... vacation in Vancouver for Veteran's Day Weekend with my mom. Simply put

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 5, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  i love this f*cking place "say this to my face when you're a junior." ~an upperclassman

  

  okay, it’s a bit early to proclaim my love for this place, especially ... ) and chilled for four months taking various online courses, studying ... latte with almond milk, being vaguely productive for a couple of hours

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 8, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  How to Perform an Organ Transplant Doctors agree! "This is really the only guide we could find online."

  

  ="alignnone" width="343"] She did it! So proud! ^-^[/caption] Step 6: Prepare for ... apart and prepare for the worst case scenario by constantly thinking about ... , ready for action![/caption] This is when everything comes into play. Make

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • August 4, 2019
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining, Dig-Ins and Dives Lady Afeefah travels across campus in search of the best eateries

  

  Afeefah and we're rolling out looking for MIT's greatest Diners, Dig-Ins and ... specials and kosher foods, the hall is open for business for most hours of ... first time eating at Baker. Even after being on campus for a whole year

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 7, 2019
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  hello seattle i'm on the west coast!!

  

  , thinking about final assignments and projects for the semester, thinking ... boxed and stored away for three months. i moved back [annotation note="real home"]home[/annotation] for a week, where i was mostly alone, besides the

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • June 3, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Nothing is perfect… and it doesn’t matter a guest post by Tommy A. '21

  

  singing group within Next House! Our main goal for the group was for it to ... actual thing. Like, for lack of a better term, W T F In the beginning, I hardly realized what she roped me into being co-president for. I

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • May 6, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Another FAPtatsic Start we're juniors?!

  

  can say for certain is that we started this fall semester again as counselors for a week-long, arts-focused, pre-orientation program for incoming ... sheets making door signs for the freshman  getting a LOT of cardboard

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 20, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  How to Meet More People a guest post from Amy F. '20

  

  strongest friendships. For example, I met my best friend (hey Alex!) four ... there for the best and worst times. People want to know you. Because that ... for others to know us, we need to be vulnerable so others will do the

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • June 18, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  The Other Side from prefrosh to cpw chair

  

  -in throughout the course of the day. All the things I’ve taken for granted in a ... . 16 events in 3 days. We’ve been planning for months. And as our CPW ... experiences for the PREFROSH! Our CPW begins with the Costco run of a lifetime

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • April 12, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  friday was a good day

  

  was that we found out what the final for the class is: DO ANYTHING and ... ’s ART SHOW in the Student Center Wiesner Gallery. For context, the Weisner ... work. Our friend got a spot for the month of November and tonight was the

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • November 21, 2017
• Blog / Athletics

  Beaver Nation An intro to athletics at MIT

  

  sacrifice academics for athletics, and very rarely the opposite, either. A big ... makes for athletics. Despite what may happen at other schools, MIT does ... appearances. Clearly we aren’t in this for the fame- have you ever flipped on

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • November 12, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Eyes Wide a scandalous, unintentionally-devoid-of-meaning recent history

  

  course 16 advisor for the first time and expressed my abject terror at ... ’s luxurious Institute mattress for the pure joy that is throwing together a ... waste time searching for like the freshman that you still feel like most

  • by Jackie M. '20
  • September 8, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fran Sancisco and Spother Oonerisms Racing tays and fighting lires

  

  Spooner, who Wikipedia advertises as "notable for absent-mindedness". This ... spoonerisms (or oonerspisms for the similarly absent-minded), and at this rate ... of rite of passage for computer science students, and I'd spent both

  • by Joel G. '18
  • August 7, 2017
• Blog / Events

  The Class of 2017 Graduates from MIT

  

  during Convocation four years ago. Tomorrow they will gather together for ... * humane, capable *and* considerate, etc. the ring is not necessary for this ... .   This is still true for me; I hope it will be true for the Class of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 9, 2017