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• Blog / Challenges

  a peek in a week of my summer trying to enjoy it while it lasts

  

  I cannot and refuse to believe that school starts next week. I don’t feel rested at all, and I’m not ready to be trapped in the [annotation note=" Seriously, I wish psets were due every other week, and we only had

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • August 30, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blogger Freebie #2 And a plot twist!

  

  to one more blogger freebie. In four years of reading the blogs, I don ... your part. Yep, I'm talking about failure. Marcela has already written about 18.022; I'd like to elaborate a little on my experiences in that

  • by Cam T. '13
  • November 15, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Yes, I am still alive My fourth of July in America's hometown

  

  Well, I spent my 4th of July in Plymouth with Adam's family and my family, and we had a lovely time. I made snickerdoodle cookies and blueberry pie for the family's annual gathering, and Adam and I made our

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 6, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  i stole a vhs player! and other old things i’ve acquired over the last 2 and a half weeks

  

  [annotation note="Ok, it's like 3 now, but i'm not going to change ... , but I was [annotation note="and i absolutely still am"]in the trenches[/annotation] with homework and exams. I have a lot of half-written blogs that I want

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • May 3, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I don’t like SPAM! Technology to the rescue!

  

  I know you’re already thinking to yourself, “Where is Dave going to ... tech like a computer or iPod? Or will I unexpectedly shift gears into a ... much to bear. You can relax, because today I’m taking the high road

  • by Dave McOwen
  • October 6, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So I said to Einstein… ...think of a name for my new theory while I go talk to my relatives.

  

  .. "I think of MIT as a samurai school," said Jones. "It is preparing you ... the top ten things I have ever read. But I digress. Sometimes in the ... waiting, like when I want the reactor to heat up from ambient temperature to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  I’ve been reading applications And I'm still reading them

  

  alarming amount of sound, and I begin to oscillate between my desk and my ... .) Instead, this post is about how I, as a person, interact with that process ... ="Yes, I counted."]17 steps[/annotation] from my bed to my desk, and opening

  • by Jeremy W.
  • November 28, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  I get a temporary cat and it comes with occupational hazards

  

  This is PUF! I obtained a temporary cat this summer because Ilani A ... , also at 3 am. I don’t know if PUF stopped screaming at 3 am or if I just ... . sitting on my mcat books but specifically only the one I was currently using

  • by Alice L. '24
  • September 7, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  three things i made recently lasers, radio, and a chocolate chip cookie loaf

  

  food. i found a cookie recipe over the weekend that's really working for ... dish (i use this one because it comes with a nice lid) and pour the ... ) * * * * * * * over IAP i took a class on software-defined radio taught by MIT Lincoln

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 15, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Rejects, I feel your pain! I've never been stung by a bee, but I imagine it felt sort of like…

  

  Today I got an email from MIT that directed me to a website which linked to the following letter: Dear Ms. C: I am truly sorry to inform you ... ? University of Pennsylvania or Cornell University? :) If anyone thinks I should

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • March 19, 2010
• Blog / MISTI

  I jumped into the river ...black-haired Asians swam with me.

  

  a spare pair of underwear packed discreetly in my back pocket, I ... ... ...first I tested the water with Bao '07 and Ling '07 (Kendall '07 was taking ... could see how much fun I found it, but those pictures will remain unseen

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 30, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I was out of bullets. Living free or dying hard in Germany.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The gigantic Bayer sign in Leverkusen, Germany, where I worked last summer, is the largest corporate logo in the world. So I ... sketchy youth hostels and subsisting mostly on döner. I was planning to live

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 25, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  things i miss and don’t miss who is this guy? 🤔

  

  kick out the people in control. Are we buying into this? I am a very old person here. In fact, I am 35 years old, almost two times the age when I ... since I left! I miss this place a lot though. I used to write here, but

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 31, 2024
• Blog / Personal Travel

  I’m in New York Picturesss on flickrsss

  

  Staying with my friend Larisa in her and her mom’s swanky apartment across the river from the city. And taking some pictures. Finals seemed like forever ago. Taking the train…

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 24, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  168 Hours and how to spend them

  

  A/N: This post is coming out weeks after I intended for it to; please ... dread about the passing of time and a lurking fear that I am wasting my life. So, there. I’m a big fan of Saturdays. I often have a PSET due

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • March 21, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  day one welcome back

  

  stepped away from MIT during the pandemic, like me. I'm taking mostly computer science classes this year, but today I only have a single lecture ... sessions today. In the morning, I realize this means I can sit in whatever

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 9, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  highlights: high points of a virtual fall Part 1 of a fall semester recap

  

  head, so many things I want to blog about, but I have seemingly struggled to get them out in any tangible way. So I continually pushed blogs aside until I saw the days I had gone without blogging continue to

  • by Waly N. '24
  • February 2, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  Screaming on a page (kinda) about 6.009 Please excuse what's about to follow

  

  I. Spent. AT LEAST 15 HOURS ON THIS GODDAMN CODE. Endless stretches ... FRACK was wrong with my code. I wrote in so many print statements; I ... a mile long. But still, for 15 hours, I was stuck in the exact. Same

  • by Powers '23
  • April 12, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  “Take care of yourself.” "Can you post something positive please?" - my mom

  

  trigger warnings for mentions of depression, EDs, and anxiety I don't quite know where to start with this post. In fact, I've rewritten it so ... Press right now. I think I'm just intimidated because it was something very

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 19, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  the joys and frustrations of 6.009 this class will be the death of me, and i love it

  

  I texted my friend, "I feel like my frustration with 6.009 over the ... .009 makes me (and how I can't stop thinking about it). Sorry it's been so long[annotation note="The flu isn't fun, kids :("]since I last blogged

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 4, 2019