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• Blog / Residential Life

  I Miss You, Random Hall my love letter to the dorm i got kicked out of too soon

  

  the strangely colored hunk of brick on the side of Vassar Street. But rather than drone on and on about how much I dislike this pseudo-prison, I ... -shaped, unsuspecting brick building on the side of Mass Ave next to a shady gas station

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 9, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  Last Lap and hoping to finish strong

  

  I wasn't actually planning on writing a start of semester post this ... [/annotation] that has been around since before people even used the Internet on a ... possible. 6.837 (Computer Graphics): I'm hesitant to even put this class on

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 12, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Murals of Burton-Conner long live BC

  

  murals may be restored. Also, sliding wall panels for students to paint on ... be restored, but this renovation is still impactful on each of the dorm ... settled on Spaceman Spiff planting the B1 flag. Rob visited a few years ago

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 25, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  leaving home, coming home I jump from the train, I ride off alone // help me hold onto you

  

  talk about is ~my feelings~. (Wow! Writing about your feelings on the ... really crucial, and otherwise I just sort of skated by on ignorance. And ... continued on living as I had been living, until the very end of my very last

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 25, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  I Get To Blog Today! Is this meta enough?

  

  ) and it still doesn't feel like I quite have the grip on how to navigate ... hours on something that you could have easily completed in two ... . Because writing let's you put a stop on the clock to reflect what is and

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 3, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  How to Survive a Tough Semester you {grieve, choke, laugh, choose, pray, ask, live} you learn

  

  on time, so I am simply doing it anyway. In many ways this is exactly ... weeknight, and by 11 or midnight on Fridays and Saturdays. This is painfully ... [annotation note="hurray for multitasking"] while I meal prep on Mondays

  • by Alex M. '21
  • October 15, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  When Things Go Wrong: A Survival Guide? Come, obtain guidance from someone who's just as clueless as you are...

  

  noodle I shift my weight to dodge the blow... but then I’m on the ground. I ... dorms on campus. If someone likes a different dorm from the one they're in ... plans go up in smoke. Because they will. Sorry :/. 1. Rely on people The

  • by Powers '23
  • September 13, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  Holding pattern undergrad | me | graduation

  

  write, a pset, and a research poster to work on, and my thesis work is ... -------------------------------I did not anticipate how much time I would be spending on career ... -person local, in-person far away, in-person fly-to-CA-on-short-notice), and type

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • April 6, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  4 / Just *breathe* Everything is going to be all right

  

  of summer vacation, we're still riding on a high, fueled with excitement and optimism. We're recharged to take on the semester again, excited ... weekend, and [annotation note="Or 3 if you skip your classes on Wednesday

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 2, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The middle of the semester I'm kinda over this workload

  

  like I’m on top of my work and can keep everything under control. This semester I loaded up on project classes. All three of my technical classes ... a presentation for my French class on an influential author and

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 28, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Looking Forward and Backward 10 Memories and 8 Resolutions

  

  As I write this on the final day of the year, I cannot help but think ... , I sat with my mom in my house, watching the ball drop on my television ... , bundled in three layers of pajamas resembling a plaid-colored icicle, on the

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • January 2, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ask A VC Boston 2016 networking with over 20 venture capitalists all over the startup scene

  

  from them as I could before I started my own venture. Then on late ... could pitch their startups to the venture capitalists and get feedback on the spot. I didn't have my own startup yet so I just focused on getting

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 1, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sophomore Fall Recap Entropy, Research, and Other Out-of-Class Happenings

  

  Aaand… Semester #3 is done! I’m on the plane back home, music ... , I decided to focus instead on Education. I was planning to work in the ... Course 24 - Linguistics and Philosophy is on the top two floors of Stata

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 17, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  This Day, the Year I Applied what I learned in college about application struggles

  

  bit of my inner self for flaws and merits. Why, on December 13, I had to ... elective, Plains Indians? Where you got an F on the fire-building assignment ... fell asleep on the foliage. You never wanted class to end. After every

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 20, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A for EA Deferred and Regular Action students your last minute questions

  

  on Monday, January 6. However, I know that those of you who were ... on how the pool looks. But if you've been deferred you are now ... be available on MyMIT in January. On this report, you can provide us

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 20, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Catalogue of Fridays Like the unsolicited kind you get in the mail, but with more pictures!

  

  -day. Friday, on the other hand, somehow finds a way to wedge itself between ... , November 22nd Waking up on Fridays involves quite a few glassy-eyed stares and jellified limbs. My sleep deficit starts accumulating on Monday, so

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 10, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An End A whirlwind.

  

  I'm sitting on my bed, back against the windowsill and sneakered feet dangling off towards the garbage can. There's a box sitting on my otherwise ... of boxes on top of my chest of drawers, and two full suitcases + three

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 20, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 2 Neither zumba, nor yoga.

  

  room with mirrors for walls, from 9-10am on Mondays and Wednesdays. At 10 ... before the hour. On Wednesday, I had every intention of going to zumba ... noticed: the class was already full. 25 +/- 3 students sat or lay on yoga

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 16, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 1 Zumba and putting pants on in lecture

  

  I wrote the post below on Tuesday. Because of weird formatting issues (ExpressionEngine hates me) I decided to hold off on publishing until Wednesday. On Wednesday, something mortifying happened that totally eclipsed my

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 15, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  You Got The Gig So excited about ALL the Things!

  

  reaction on that day. Now, how about a proper introduction?  My name is ... and hours.  I've mostly focused my research in the past on biodegradable ... remember being exhausted on that pi day, because the day before I met the

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 29, 2012