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• Blog / MIT Life

  people keep leaving their things in my room and other stories from sophomore fall

  

  back home to New York. I took my last final exam, for [annotation note ... had brought me a blanket from my room and some tea for the rest of the ... syndrome, for the whole world to see, while on a train to New York"]taking a

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • December 17, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  remember me on family

  

  grandparents' dingy silver car and bracing myself for the nervewracking car ride ... ever so crowded 5 freeway. My grandparents really did everything for me. They cooked for me. They did my laundry. They helped me with school

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 1, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Twenty thousand paper cuts and twenty thousand leaves

  

  next few days I used my laptop for my morning alarm instead of my phone ... , Alexandria, and she said she could pick it up for me, and I thanked her ... for its front desk, it was only one of the packages I had ordered, and

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 13, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  hazy mid-semester days what i've been up to lately (mostly, psets...)

  

  you are lucky ducks."]we all[/annotation]prepare to hunker down for ... before and preparation for things that will happen the day after. After ... , but it lets me call my parents from 10 to 11 before my house gathers for

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 2, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Designing dead ends A look into the "misc." folder on my desktop

  

  responsible for setting up our major publications to print (like the Affording Your MIT Education book for SFS, and the Application Guide, Best of the Blogs, and Make History poster for Admissions), designing the admitted

  • by Jeremy W.
  • September 24, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  in search of a reset day just out of reach

  

  for the first half of the summer had only one real “deadline”, and that ... and my PI was in Eastern Time. Studying for the GRE was also very self ... 's also nice because I get to do things that I wouldn’t have time for

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • September 20, 2020
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Filling an Empty Nest my parents tried to replace me with literal birds

  

  In April of 2018, I left home for a few days to attend [annotation ... [annotation note="And I came anyway. I figured college is for personal growth as much as it is for academic growth and fun."]my sheltered high school self

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 10, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  I’m Graduating Early??? [NOT CLICKBAIT] also: the unification of course 7

  

  occasion is scheduled for June 7, as it is traditional for MIT commencement ... pretty cool for a few reasons: IAP feels longer since we don't have to register for spring semester until the first week of February, we get a 4-day

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 1, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Calculus in Context 18.01 feels like an art history class

  

  this class did not start out well for me as all I had from high school ... that scary mathematical jargon for the first time. The fact that I have ... being chose the best possible conditions for the world to exist as we know

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 14, 2018
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: And That’s A Wrap! tracing back three months

  

  relaxation and down activity, I'm not entirely sure I’m ready for that). And ... -style hall that the idea for 8,726,400 SOS first sparked. Since then, seeing it ... satisfaction is. The answer I’ve found for myself has to do with intention. You

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • September 7, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In Which I Sound Like an Old Man I'm really not that old...according to CVS cashiers, I apparently look 17 =p

  

  failed for 21 times (...I succeeded on the 22nd try) I guess I don't have ... freezing cold) - and how scared I was at beginning this class for the last ... - where bio majors do a research project for the semester right before

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 21, 2011
• Blog / Events

  An Evening With BJ Novak, opened by Barack Obama You may have heard of BJ Novak from his role as Ryan Howard on NBC'S…

  

  of time for blagging. Good thing they got Sniv to cover it as well. But ... -rotor helicopter that can be used for search-and-rescue missions, and maybe someday ... for my boyfriend on that stage. And the night after, BJ Novak was going

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 23, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Half Harvard, Half MIT My schedule this term is split down the middle. Like the movie Grindhouse. Or Korea.

  

  Nick, who was recently sued by Apple for defending free speech on the ... registering for normal MIT classes - you have a separate form that needs to be ... fellows); and of course there's the whole dressing up for class thing. (I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 29, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Semi-Real Time Mystery Hunt Update v. 2008

  

  to explain that they needed some maps for a puzzle. This sort of frantic searching for resources will be pretty common this weekend. Friday ... some of them for more information about the case. But the contacts won

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 18, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Paul’s Top Ten Common-Sense College Application Tips Patent pending.

  

  'm pretty sure she was joking, for some reason the idea stuck with me. Over ... the list, though, I do have a few quick things to say. For starters, I ... not me, nor should you be! What I found worked for me may not be ideal

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 19, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Consider a Gap Year Deferring enrollment is an option you may want to consider.

  

  will at least consider, just for a moment, taking a gap year (read on for ... 3-108 Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 We will grant a deferral for almost any ... – not just for Campus Preview Weekend, but to start your academic and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 1, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Home on the range Dorm choice timeline and advice.

  

  for people who have decided to switch dorms. Final dorm assignments go ... don't want to not get lotteried into dorm X and set yourself up for ... 's really important that you end up in the best dorm for you and don't succumb

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 15, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  [Guest Post] A day in my life! by Callie T. '26

  

  totally lost in that class for weeks. The current plan is to work on it with ... tea for lunch, and then I take a caffeine pill because a large black tea will not cut it for today. It’s a pretty quick meal, and I run into a few

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • April 1, 2025
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  holidays in boston a photodump for you to procrastinate with

  

  instead of studying for my [annotation note="I'm posting this as I leave for ... responsible for the bad quality on half of these pictures. Blame the tech, not ... decorated with more winter things. My high school went mildly hard for

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • December 16, 2024
• Blog / Advice

  Welcome to CPW! 'twas the night before cpw...

  

  free food—that reminded me how much I enjoyed exploring MIT for the first ... floor's events! For example, my floor is holding[annotation note ... -specific events! A lot of clubs will hold CPW events for you to get to know the

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • April 10, 2024