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  trying to figure it out an attempt at a goodbye

  

  with a group of (vaccinated) friends across a few national parks out west today. (In fact, I’m starting this post on a plane from Boston to Las ... , very sure that i’ll throw up a blog every now or then as an alum, and of

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • May 31, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  Rate My Setup a guide to my room in Simmons

  

  Since the end of August, I've been living on-campus in Simmons in a double. My room is huge, and I have two sets of furniture, which really ... Engineering), so I converted one of my desks into a lab bench: When I took

  • by Alex M. '21
  • November 17, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  To the 2024s: Wishing You the Most don't be scared of growth

  

  Hello 2024s. I'm about to go on another blogging hiatus, but I wanted ... approximately where you are now. A summer of waiting to start at MIT had finally come to a close and I was trying out my shiny new label of "MIT student

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • September 1, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  No one: Absolutely no one:

  

  normally. We went through the stacks of stuff, and pulled out hidden things ... was our middle school version of Memory Mushroom. Letters from friends ... the true identity of a Naruto character, printed into a booklet and its

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 22, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Commencement 2017 it's never too early to start reminiscing

  

  This week on Blogs That Should Have Been Blogged A While Ago: "On ... front while both my friends met Tim Cook outside of the bathroom."   ... MIT folks and wherever else MIT folks. I bet one of you is in space

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 9, 2017
• Blog / Athletics

  Marathon Monday on learning to balance growth and recovery

  

  can say on this side of both mental/physical overtraining is that it ... , marathon in the world. The race begins at 10AM in Hopkinton, a suburb of ... line welcomes runners home, under the protective wing of the Boston

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 17, 2017
• Blog / Events

  A not-so-typical day in the post-FYRE life Reporting live from ESP's Firestorm

  

  I wrote the majority of this post a week ago, then slept, and lost my train of thought. Finishing it now. Pretend you are reading this on ... eventually) out of bed and into the shower. I spread some brie on bread, took

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 7, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  Why So Serious? On Keeping Life in Perspective

  

  of time and blog. I promise I have a good reason though! Most people at MIT have these "Hell weeks" where there are lots of tests and projects ... 'm Still Alive. Although I didn't actually type out many of my ideas, I was

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 25, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ICE, ICE baby Guess which song would inevitably get stuck in my head as I tooled in the…

  

  , especially since the professor wrote “Yes, it’s ICE” on the top of the board on ... Engineering class of 2012 has hit a monumental milestone in the last couple of weeks: the end of our first 8-week ICE course. ICE, or Integrated

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • November 23, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Guest Blog: A Guide for the Hopeless and Drenched thoughts from mark '15

  

  Guest post today from Mark F. '15, who was working on this essay for ... to do for the rest of your life. For some, this moment appears organically in the form of a hobby, or perhaps an inspiring book. Others may

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 29, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Guest Post: Think Pink 2011 [By Cory Hernandez, '14] G@MIT, the SAO, and Residential Life present a guide to living…

  

  This guest post on LGBT life at MIT comes to us from Cory Hernandez ... , trying to remember experiences from CPW. There was a lot of information, yet it was still difficult to make sense of each living group’s general

  • by Emad T. '14
  • June 3, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Days Without a Laptop… i need laptop-rehab

  

  lounge at MIT where a group of people are clustered watching a movie on TV ... throughout campus (we call them "Athena clusters" - based on the name of the ... Today is Day 5, after my laptop refused to boot after turning on

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 22, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Large Format Photography [by Biyeun Buczyk '10] Please, please let there be no light-leaks.

  

  new full-frame digital SLRs on the market that can match the quality of ... a marathon. Why? I’m now the owner of an 8x10 view camera. In my last post, I mentioned that I was in the process of building an 8x10

  • by ARTalk
  • November 6, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  And so it is… Just like the blogosphere said it would be.

  

  previous years (see left-hand column of the "the road" link). So feel free to follow along on my six weeks of adventures in Michigan, Texas, Seattle, and ... Admissions. For an introduction on me, you can check out my introduction blurb

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • September 14, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Getting a Physics Major – Part I I split this up because i need to start studying for finals.

  

  Juniors in physics tend to complain a lot. The more of them there are ... of foreign affairs, the overpopulation problem in the world. Mostly ... junior physics lab with a bit of preparation. By the end of the first 2

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 14, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What can you do in four years?

  

  Hunt as a member of the team Project Electric Mayhem. Worked on building ... Okay, now for the next post addressing one of your requested topics. Question: "What about Are Four years enough to get advantage of all the

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 19, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds, Part 2

  

  of my information in on time. Why did we not recieve our financial aid ... have focused on the "play" side of the "work hard, play hard" culture of ... Continuing on the thread began yesterday... With 10 days to go until

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A quick one, while he’s away I write reviews of things that I know nothing about.

  

  things and I thought I would relate them to you in the form of reviews. I ... Spencer '07 in a 654-seat theater. That's a lot of seats. Now, I have to ... , though I think it might be Spencer's. Still, I read pretty much all of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 16, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Flashback A useless guide to MIT undergraduate housing.

  

  to MIT. So I thought, why not share my thoughts on some of the less ... ://web.mit.edu/housing/undergrad/residences.html and click on the name of the residence hall you're interested in. From ... ://web.mit.edu/i3/, where all of the vidoes are located on one convenient webpage

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Time-sensitive matters

  

  much of MIT) center focused on research and teaching in development ... Lots of questions waiting to be answered, but for today I'll just ... )" I don't know if any decisions hinge on this question, but I'll give it

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2005