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• Blog / MIT Life

  Oh Wow KABOOM!

  

  I should NOT be writing this right now because I have a ton of other ... as to what your next year of school may look like). I have two psets due tomorrow (halfway through with each), I UROP from 2 to 6 today

  • by Snively '11
  • April 8, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Some summer pictures

  

  I've been promising for a while that I would post some pictures from Switzerland, so I'll be doing that gradually (I have lots of pictures), mixed in with my other entries. I spent the summer working as a research intern

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 24, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A little bit about me and my trip to La Republica Dominicana A trip to the Dominican Republic to compensate for a bitterly cold Boston winter

  

  me: I'm a rising sophomore planning to major in Mechanical Engineering ... with another area of your choice, it's called 2A), I live in Next House (where the sidewalk ends), I'm from Bethesda, MD (a suburb of Washington

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 3, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  No Ceilings next steps

  

  :  (metaphorical) There are no ceilings. When I was in high school, I knew (in some ... for me, regardless of where I ended up. In hindsight this was true, and I'll circle back to this idea later. But when I got here, it didn

  • by Paige B. '24
  • March 12, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  running out of time the woes of every single graduating student

  

  on Tuesday, I turned 22. it wasn't nearly as blissful as turning 21 ... effort. as the weeks of this semester have passed, I feel like I've been ... about my post-grad situation that it's not something I'm looking forward

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 27, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  happy singles awareness day

  

  Last week, one of my friends, “Mike”, asked me if I had any Valentine’s Day plans. I didn’t, so he asked me if I wanted to go out to a nice restaurant that day. I wasn’t opposed to the restaurant, although it was

  • by Rona W. '23
  • February 21, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  iap: this year vs. last

  

  it's IAP! I don't have classes! I can end my day at 5 pm like I could during the summer!!   dance last IAP, I was dancing and ... , my dance team's annual performance. I'd go to class from 10 am to 1 pm

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 10, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  how to become a morning person a matter of willpower

  

  . For the past couple of years, I've used an app called Sleep Cycle to ... some privacy issues, but I simply choose not to think about it too hard. Besides, it gives me a lot of insight into my personal data: when I fall

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

  Sexy MIT Engineers My

  

  Freshman fall I decided to join a sport. I had never played sports in ... , I emailed the women's ultimate frisbee team and showed up to practice one day. It was such a struggle. I could not throw a single disc. I

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  I watched the sunrise this morning

  

  one of the reasons I love dawn is it reminds me that the sun will ...   that doesn't mean I don't matter I'm no insignificant blip in the universe it means I am part of something much bigger than myself  

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • November 7, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Looked outside my window, and what did I see I probably shouldn't be surprised, but I am.

  

  This is probably one of the last things I was expecting to see when I went to my window to investigate the staggeringly loud noise I heard ... impossible to try and capture it all in a blog. Never fear though, I'll figure

  • by Chris M. '12
  • May 3, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I Never Thought I Would Join a Sorority ...but here I am?

  

  the social aspects of college, first of all, chill. I have received so many questions about making friends in college that I even wrote a blog ... reputation, especially for us nerds. In particular, as a multiracial woman, I

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 6, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  I Am Not As Lame As I Appear I've just been feverishly at work on the new website...

  

  Really. I've just been feverishly at work on the new website because Mollie starts tomorrow and I needed to get things to a certain point so that she'll be able to do the work that I've hired her to do. So

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 31, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Setbacks head hurty

  

  I’ve gotten a little better at planning. I use a Notion now like all the cool kids, and it's great because I get to customize my planner the way it fits me best. This is one of the pages I've made for myself

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 1, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  ways of saying goodbye joint post with CJ '23!

  

  from something better: 'Cause all my life, I've seen these skies It's paradise, paradise And every time I leave this place I'm terrified, terrified And I still think back to that summer And I hate that I still remember

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  DOFMH A sick day from work, where "sick" means "I wanted a day off"

  

  A note about the title: when I was little, my mother (who is a 5th ... hooky more than I ever did. But when your mother is begging you to call in ... ?) Today was my DOFMH from the lab... I've only taken three days off this

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 25, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  I hate the way I don’t hate you

  

  I'm in the Pacific Northwest, waiting for my Seattle Central Meeting ... on a non-working day. Well, for me, I decided I'd go catch the film Garden State. Still having jet-lag, I woke up quite early so I wanted to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 25, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I need a fix ‘cause I’m goin’ down Or, how I learned to stop worrying and love a 40%.

  

  "Buddy Holly" to Weezer. Yesterday I met three people who did not know who Mary Tyler Moore was until I educated them. While dispensing said education, I discovered on Wikipedia that TV guide rated her iconic hat toss

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 27, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  And I am telling you I’m going And you, and you, and you, you're gonna love me.

  

  -year career. Well, I sure enjoyed my month home in Harrisburg, although you wouldn't know it because I blogged only about things that happened at MIT. Sam's Mom and I are headed back for Boston tomorrow morning

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 14, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  I Think I’ve Found Paradise (Guest Entry) Work hard, play hard. For the next four years.

  

  , only taking pictures with a color balance approximated below: I tend ... around visual aids; consequently, I hope you find this mostly text ... name is Gordon and I’m from sunny Santa Monica, California. Most would

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 18, 2008