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• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A fortnight of Boston summer +1 for using the word "fortnight" outside of an SAT or literature class

  

  . As I write this, it is one month to the day since I took my 7.05 (biochemistry) final. This was my only test of finals week, so I spent every ... problem, I would know the answer because I had done that question several

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 23, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music Groups at MIT, Pt. 3 [by Jessica Noss '14, Guest Blogger] Techiya and Beyond.

  

  . But not me. I didn’t have a clue what Jewish music was. I didn’t know that most Jewish music was in Hebrew or Yiddish, and I didn ... ’s the third). All I knew was I wanted to be in an a capella group

  • by ARTalk
  • May 22, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Life + Sciences = Life Sciences

  

  Having slept for a solid 8 hours last night, I'm finally awake enough (and on top of homework enough) that I can blog, yayy. First: !!!!!!!! Decisions in 6 days! I honestly cannot believe it's been nearly two years

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 8, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIA No More Why I haven't blogged in 23 days.

  

  I realize that it's been more than three weeks since I've blogged, but I have two legitimate reasons for why this is so: (1) The freshman ... else seems to be posting screenshots of their calendars, I'm going to do

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 1, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Retrospective Wait, what? I'm done with my first year?

  

  When I walked out of my last final, all I felt was a huge sensation of relief. I kept thinking Thank God it's over and I've waited forever ... really wishes I were still a freshman and not a sophomore. It feels strange

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • May 25, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Sleep is Overrated (CPW Guest Blog!) from Ann '14!

  

  from Ann '14! When I first found out about “Campus Preview Weekend ... that had been available for my browsing pleasure since December, I didn’t quite know what to expect when I arrived in Cambridge on Thursday. In fact

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 14, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Aftermath Literally.

  

  This week has been a battle for all of us – I just finished my ... feeling right now. Last year this season, I pried every source on the ... the “2nd-Semester Senior” (SSS) wave early. My friends and I started

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 17, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  The Bad Week, or How To Lose Sleep and Alienate People I'm giving out life advice today. I know you didn't ask for it, but I'm…

  

  weeks. I find that it really comes and goes in cycles, and this year it ... weeks I will have spent a few trillion hours taking three midterms (two of ... mostly incoherent emails. I will have been in several meetings, broken a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 3, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Peanut Butter Delusion Arguments as old as man.

  

  , and I still haven't found a novel way to detail my first three and half weeks here at MIT. So I'll dive right into two arguments I've stumbled upon while on campus. I spent a good chunk of time during rush with the

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • September 13, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Art Keeps Me Sane At MIT [by Danbee Kim '09] The beautiful irony is that the analytical, obsessive, and perfectionist mindset…

  

  tabs on what I'm learning at this fancy college I go to, which is why she gave me a quizzical look when I came home for Christmas break freshman year knowing three new ways to juggle and talking about how I was being

  • by ARTalk
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Room E51-151, Please??? By Jing, '11

  

  I was already pumped about MIT going into CPW, so I mainly went to absorb as much as I could, with a goal (just for fun) of finding another prefrosh from Kansas. I’m one of those people who function best when I

  • by Bryan
  • April 23, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Pre-MIT prep How to prepare yourself for life at MIT -- hint: watch Chappelle's Show. Everyone else…

  

  As I sit back and reflect on my four years at MIT, I would like to ... trip to Zambia had seen this show and quoted it nonstop. I had never seen ... exception is the line that goes something like, "Oooeee, chicken!" which I

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to Senior Haus According to Joel '10 from New House, we eat your babies.

  

  Some of you asked for pictures of a Senior House dorm room, and I ... indicator of whether or not you were a resident of Senior House - from what I ... MIT administratrivia still uses "House" rather than "Haus." But I

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 15, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Blast from the Past

  

  So way back awhile ago, after I stopped blogging for extended periods of time (sorry!) and after Ruth's balloon adventure, I headed over to Bryan's fraternity, ZBT, for…an 80s party. And as soon as I walked in the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 15, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Double Edged Sword On Time Magazine's article titled: "Are We Losing Our Edge?"

  

  that I think would make for some good discussion. For a full reference, you can see the article here. Basically, what I gathered from the ... at M.I.T., the U.S.'s premier engineering school, the traditional

  • by Bryan
  • February 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Grad school admissions My (limited) insight into the graduate admissions process.

  

  Well, I'm packing tonight for my interview at UCLA's ACCESS biology program! I'm leaving from Boston tomorrow at 7:50 AM and coming back Tuesday morning at 6:45 AM. (My postdoc at the lab told me I don't have to come in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Another week? It's all in the name of pass/no record.

  

  East Campus courtyard and I am left to decide what happened to my weekend ... from the beds of fallen foliage. Funny, I don't remember this scene ... because I'm not tired. And then Monday rolls around and I sleep half the day

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 7, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Power Tools at 2 AM A typical MIT experience.

  

  I've been on campus for over a week now, which basically means that I ... whole days to decide where to live this year. As for me, I seriously considered trying to move to East Campus for awhile, but in the end I decided

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  And it’s all beginning…

  

  's building in the courtyard. I'll take pictures as soon as I replace the ... times of the year. This will, of course, be my third - I've had one from ... . I want to see it work the way it's supposed to, so, if you're an

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 22, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  another day of fall when canvas went down and made me think about internet and people and the seasons

  

  week. For starters, it was raining when I woke up. Also, I was running on ... .06[/annotation] cheatsheet the night before and studying all weekend—but boy did I ... "]Canvas[/annotation] did not respond after my 10th page refresh. I do not have a propensity

  • by Janet G. '27
  • October 25, 2025