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  Mostly Harmless Rifle. As in, the phys ed class. As in, I fired one.

  

  target, and then we fired practice rounds for the Top Gun competition ... the border between black and white. We had five minutes for five rounds ... ’t think I could make. I asked Coach Conti what advice he has for

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 22, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why My 5.13 Problem Set Took All Day Moral of the story: Don't procrastinate, or I'll never talk to you again.

  

  possible way for me to get done before 4 AM. Here's exactly why it took me so ... fourth floor of building 3 for really excellent Indian food. Crack open the ... , and decide to make quick pasta for dinner with Phyo, another TA and '10

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I Miss the South Musings on a secret Instagram account

  

  for college. There are some socioeconomic factors to this, but I’ve come ... for fifteen years, goodbye. Then, I got on a plane and came to Boston, a city that at the time I couldn’t point out on a map.  I am so guilty for

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 1, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Colorful a response to “how’s MIT?”

  

  , which you take to earn credit for an MIT subject without taking the class ... , or I revise for an ASE, or I’m walking over to the other side of campus ... this mess of overcommitment. Here’s another thing that’s new. For the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 5, 2019
• Blog / Advice

  Enjoy Life Farewells and New Beginnings

  

  summer, I’ve been thinking about what to do for my last blog post. I ... is a long one and remember that life is meant to be enjoyed. Thanks for

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 5, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  50 Reflections on 50 Things thinking back on The Blogfather's wisdom in my senior year

  

  , some “friend turnover” is unavoidable. We’re all here for a limited ... . Meet your high school friends over break. Oh, and brace yourself for an ... , for example, 10am biology lectures with Erik Lander, the Biology God

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 20, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Race Against Myself Learning how to walk

  

  . Math Competition X that I never made the cut off for. Oh and Math ... trouble and for the past three and a half years, I missed opportunities to ... . Forgot what I was doing for this code assignment and totally lost? STUPID

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • April 16, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Upside Down Gnomes From Wisconsin Always look up.

  

  when I left for college, which had been laying on a shelf since August ... weighed my options, called my mom, and dropped the class. For the past two ... be a good week. I’m going to bed. No, really. Really, for real this

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 26, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  This Bathroom Ceiling Some science, some fiction: traverse the space and time of our bathroom ceiling.

  

  blue sky for walls, and in this space the three floors above us are ... naturally tenable position for a whale, this poor innocent creature had very ... for things if I want to make any headway in what for the sake of what I

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 12, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Things Wot I Did Whilst Studying at MIT A tale told in pictures (and someone else's words).

  

  before my eligibility for student employment runs out, and I vaguely recall ... classes that have nothing to do with your major(s), purely for the fun of it

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 27, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Don’t Change A few lessons I have learned

  

  I initially wrote this to my little brother. I debated for a while ... entire language for a regional accent. The language we learned didn ... me that for me tattoos meant gang affiliation, criminal behavior, and

  • by Ben O. '19
  • October 31, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Class of 2020 Ring Premiere! from two perspectives

  

  enough seats next to each other for all of us. And when we finally sat down ... Bezel is a tradition (I'm not sure for how long, but at least since the ... corners on campus for three hours in a room with one piece of paper and a

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 18, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ideate, Model, TEST! A long, behind-the-scenes look at 2.009 like, really long.

  

  ways for exploring ideas. It’s not cheap to have such a big focus ... . A quick, functioning prototype for a foam wire cutter.  Mocked up ... $6500 for the three months of 2.009. Most teams will use all of this

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 10, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  5 Historical MIT Videos looking back on what we left behind

  

  Department and the Institute for Systems Research at the University of Maryland ... . This resonated with me – from when I first arrived on campus for my FPOP ... grading first-years on "Pass/No Record," for which I am very grateful. The

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 4, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  50 Reflections

  

  . I wouldn't trade them for anything in the world. MIT alums often ... which I am not grateful for the privilege of having been a part of that ... no road map to follow. I'll be forever grateful for Matt's willingness

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 6, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  You Are Here a list of things i can't make myself do, and a few i can

  

  I had just weeks ago. I try to ignore it for the most part, giving it ... underside of my nose, to grabbing the cup on my desk that’s been empty for ... ’ve taken before. The workload for all of my classes has been reduced by a

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • April 19, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  actual conversations i have definitely had with freshmen during orientation

  

  what's up FROSH: just waiting for a burger ME: yeah those burgers are ... is my fifth ME: child FROSH: i felt bad for not eating vegetables ME ... for other groups too FROSH: well ME: specifically mine ME: the toons

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 30, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  It’s Not Me, It’s You How to kiss goodbye to a school that rejected you

  

  out pretty well for you, didn't it, Washington? The statue in the ... command was something he had long envisioned for himself and driven towards ... ’t control what traits an admissions committee is looking for, or what mood a

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 29, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Midsemester Night’s Dream Technically an All-Nighter's Dream, but hey, close enough

  

  finished a 7.012 Biology pset early Wednesday morning, I wrote an essay for ... .02 Multivariable pset this morning as well as study for the midterm exam tomorrow ... all time - and I’ve been eagerly awaiting its arrival for months. I

  • by Joel G. '18
  • November 6, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Every now and then, my mind = blown. Thanks, Science!

  

  upon (actually, not really. My professors for 20.363, Biomaterials

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 11, 2012