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  can’t stop smiling a time capsule for freshman fall

  

  October, and kept working on it for the next few weeks. And then months. And ... . I did some actual psetting for a while, then checked the time. 7:30 pm ... entrance to Baker. I couldn’t stop smiling as I waited in line for food. I

  • by Allison E. '27
  • February 12, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  Skill Issues (spoiler alert: i've got them)

  

  probably will be for a while. It’s easy to interpret that as lazy. And maybe ... ’t have the patience for you. You’re petrified of slipping up, perpetually defending yourself from mild jeering after every mistake, and for some reason

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • June 29, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  ambition finding direction

  

  more about doing specific kinds of good for the world than doing the most ... are many other ambitions - for instance, to be the best possible ... be god, formless light fed through wire? All I pray for in the next

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • November 10, 2022
• Blog / Advice

  Lies in MIT, lies about MIT these are the lies that i tell myself at night

  

  of junior fall, I lied to my advisor for the first time. He looked at ... these ways, MIT isn't hard because I chose for it to be hard, it just is ... ’s definitely bad for you but you love it anyway. —Adira B. ’21 This is the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 27, 2022
• Blog / People & Identities

  fall semester in the form of those modern poem books you buy for $15 at Urban Outfitters

  

  desperate for sun. there was nothing to eat that wasn’t smothered in grease ... did a sub-par essay. I sat here for two hours, thinking of characters ... was just after 1 am. We’d gone to all-you-can-eat sushi for three hours

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 30, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Homecoming some musings on memory

  

  for a couple days, the bulletin boards begin to look familiar. You ... MIT for you to explore. You’ll eventually know where each path will go ... for the first time. Please, I've never left MIT, not since I came here

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 13, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  walking, walking, walking walking and/as coping

  

  i'll omit for now."]trusty Spotify playlist.[/annotation] The walks ... ="61573" image4="61574" /] I always have a destination or objective in mind for my ... windy, and I had brought the wrong jacket for the circumstances. The first

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 31, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  and i am afraid of falling a long winded chess metaphor

  

  . Why was I embarrassed for losing a chess game with no stakes nor ... resign." "It'll be good for you. You'll learn to deal with failure." It ... 'm good at. "Cami, that's not how things work." For the past few hours, I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 21, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Deciding to Live on Campus a 4 month long emotional rollercoaster

  

  't quite a whole plan, but it was clearly what we had been waiting for ... for us to read. I still haven't got around to reading about the storage ... that, we're required to quarantine for a week - like, serious quarantine

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 26, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Be Social awkward and anxious

  

  out of here. Shit, where did she go? I frantically look around for my ... conversation. "Hey! Sorry, lost you for a bit." "That's good, have you met ... myself to do it, thinking naively that I could be her for a night, but all

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 26, 2019
• Blog / Residential Life

  A man’s reach should exceed his grasp My roommate and I built a lofty heaven!

  

  that for another time.) One of the reasons I was drawn to MIT was for its ... what? I built a loft from scratch!!! Been sleeping on it for two weeks ... ) are able to take some of the wood and reuse it for their own ends. When

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

  The Last Five Days aka How I Spent My Summer

  

  spectacle. So what can I do in this home for the last five days? How do ... GiantMicrobes.com. For those who wish to own an adorable pink syphillis ... that I loved math and science for what I call the “humanities side of

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 11, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s been 3 weeks the firehose is still alive and kicking

  

  , three expectedly busy weeks. I’ve gotten sick for a brief period, seen ... (turning in p-sets and the like), prepared soup for everyone. It shouldn’t be ... storyteller I possibly could be. High school was a period of full bloom for me

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer on the West Coast A visit to the west coast to see what life is like on the other…

  

  . '15, who is working at Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) for the second ...  on its neck and a plaque thanking Howe & Ser for its wonderful moving ... a giant playground for grownups where people could swing and do these

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 19, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW at Random Hall! While the science gets done, you can build a neat fort with the Settlers drinking…

  

  recognized me and asked for a sticker because of something I said a year ago ... Nitrogen Ice Cream!! I scream, you scream, we all scream for 77 Kelvins. 18 ... . Come tuck into a meat-free feast prepared for you by Randomites. If you

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 11, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Never Mind The Score Insights from the National Poetry Slam - for both MIT students and hopefuls

  

  remember while at MIT. For those of you who are incoming freshmen, I invite you to read some of these pointers. They'll set you up well for your ... always down for burrito breaks; another who loves crepes, musicals, and

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 17, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Weekend Off What happens to an MIT student when the firehose gets turned off temporarily?

  

  my plans for the three-day weekend. Sorry, Chris Columbus. I’m actually ... long for just one Saturday morning without a race on their mind and a ... got moved to Friday? So essentially all I had to do was study for my

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • October 12, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  OCTOBERRR NOVEMBERRR will NOT be my next entry, promise.

  

  was just in love with it. It has developed for itself a spirit, so that ... prompted me, hungry for more text. The slightly chilly breeze is blowing in ... completely different to what I studied for. In fact, I seriously felt like I

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 31, 2009
• 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…

  

  oil, unlikely to be mistaken for water." Might I provide an ... I said, 'Why pay for a yacht when we can just make a giant flotilla of ... to register for PBIE happens to be June 28th; I happened to be making

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 7, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Info Session Courtesy of Ben Jones

  

  , getting a feel for the demographics. There are no international students ... " He's talking about how, for example, in Eric Lander's Bio class (human ... undergraduates because it allows a chance for young students to get research under

  • by Snively '11
  • March 28, 2008