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  Katrina I can't stop thinking about it.

  

  too). It's a feeling of helplessness - other than donating money I don't know what to do other than watch and hope. And I keep thinking "did this ... whatsoever, do not hesitate to call or email anyone in our office. As you may

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Summer Reading List The exciting hobby that I never have time for during the school year...

  

  find summertime a particularly good season for the things I used to do ... the Boat by Eddie Huang A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again by ... . I chose A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again by David Foster

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 5, 2016
• Blog / Blog Projects

  A Person Studying Persons… ...and why the Myers Briggs test is invalid

  

  hang out with people; I was a stereotypical nerd. Second, all I do every ... lodged “MBTI” (the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator) into a closet in my head for things I don’t pay attention to, until I recently talked to a few

  • by Selam G. '18
  • August 23, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  branches was it easy to let go?

  

  could've applied elsewhere for work. in another world i could be doing a ... to me and i want to do something about it. because mit isn't a place ... . different people do different things for fun. last semester i took a class

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 12, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  In the News An NYT article on gifted education.

  

  Times makes for a great gift. Even in this Age of the Internet, I do enjoy ... , this time a long and insightful article in the Sunday Magazine. Take some ... fourth most emailed story of the day -- maybe people really do care about

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Photodiary now with 0% instagram, 22% my cat

  

  pictures: As I was leaving East Campus for class, a squirrel with a full, lustrous, white beard waddled across my path and stared me down for a full ... entrusted us to level set and record using a massive set of equipment

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 9, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  an album a day the only new year's resolution i've ever completed

  

  thought this would be a good idea because I enjoy the entire process of ... curated Spotify playlists. I was, however, a bit hesitant about the prospect of consuming 365 new albums in a year. what if I found it tedious

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 2, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Entry: A Yankee in Cambridge Math, exchange programs, and why we love MIT.

  

  other topics with my supervisor, and I've gotten a lot out of doing this ... experience will make available to you. Maybe you'll find a professor to do some ... of Qiaochu, a critically acclaimed math blogger (yes, blogs can be

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • May 1, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  how to become a morning person a matter of willpower

  

  in the laundry basket. Doing this is just a lot of effort, especially ... . Besides, it gives me a lot of insight into my personal data: when I fall ... me whether I was a morning person or a night owl in high school, I

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 12, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  cookies life lessons through six scrumptious sayings

  

  believe it just a little. Eventually you do have to start making a choice ... , you do it anyway because a part of you just likes it and it helps you in ... tired. You would rather be doing a lot of other things that most teenagers

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 13, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Thanksgiving a different way All the cool kids call it "Friendsgiving" now, right?

  

  Thanksgiving at MIT has always been just a paltry two days off, Thursday and Friday, to make a four-day long weekend. This year, breaking ... classes is actually, uh, not a break, even if you don't have any class. My

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 2, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  SCIENCE! I'm bad at it, sometimes

  

  first time was a step towards doing it right the second time." He was ... Signs that I would someday Do Science can be traced to when I was 6 +/- 1 years old and decided to make a space-themed board game. Here's a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 12, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Home, not just a Haus fighting the good fight

  

  days where I lose sleep worrying about how I’m doing in school. My stress has melted away into a newfound excitement for the future, for REX week, for living in a suite with friends next semester, and adding new

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • June 12, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Typical Friday Night Done with 6.046 exam, time to chill

  

  As you might have read in my last entry, I had a 6.046 (Design and ... just kind of shut down and didn't do anything productive for the next 96 ... school was just that (1) everyone was a genius, and (2) no one did anything

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  A Beautiful Day

  

  It's really nice in Boston today. I've just returned from a walk along the Charles River. Lots of people running along the river (doing a ... together a guidebook, and answering a giant stack of email. It's going to be

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 30, 2005
• Blog / Class Projects

  We made a website this is a filler post

  

  that I need to buy a new laptop. I do hope that my laptop can last me at ... ’s been quite some time since I last posted, so here’s a quick blog post. For web.lab, which is an IAP class I said I was taking, we made a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 31, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hooked on a Feeling High on believing everyone's in love with me.

  

  I should make good use of the .25 Euro I just spent. So, a blog entry ... with a cliffhanger--Ruth asking about an entry on David Hasselhoff. Well, I was having a lovely dinner of weinerschnitzel (no, really) this

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 6, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  (Q & A)^n

  

  classmates who inspire you to do greater things. It was a bit of a revelation ... awesome live music venues within a short walk of MIT), the Kerry goings on in Copley Square, and even a party at my own house. Ultimately, though

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 3, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Chapter Closes To open another

  

  A little while ago, I was just heading out of the bathroom on my ... outside, a cup held to his chest. In response to my jumping in fright and ... room, shut the door, and stood behind it for a couple of seconds. A

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • May 24, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Time to Enroll You have doubts, I have gifs

  

  to college in the fall and can sleep soundly. But making a choice is a little harder for your situation. You may be overwhelmed thinking ... 's review a few common questions you may have about enrolling at MIT.  

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • May 1, 2014