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  the umpteenth post about balancing art and tech version: slightly jaded

  

  bask in exhausted we-did-it glory the night of, when a thing is not ... ’s not the norm at MIT, but then again the norm is being a 6-3, and not all ... maximized suffering is not the goal? In fact it may not be. However ‘living a

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 30, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Early Morning Construction and other bexley woes.

  

  not unduly harsh. The past week or so a dull thudding began at 8am sharp ... efficiently, by the time I woke up for the second time at 11am there was not ... consecutive days now and the noise is making it impossible to sleep as I live on

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • July 5, 2008
• Blog / Events

  I’m only happy when it rains. You can't take pictures in Boston. Don't even try.

  

  , especially during the DNC, but seriously, this is not exactly a government ... Hamlet is Shakespeare's most difficult play, as well as the greatest thing ... production was pretty good, but not really inspiring. A lot of the soliloquies

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 23, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  i feel completely fine and maybe that's okay

  

  myself happy—not just pleased, but happy—for what is perhaps the first time, and hopefully not the last, and everything is completely fine, and maybe ... , which is the kind of writing that always makes me want to write my own

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • August 12, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, Decisions…..*sigh* Is (Fill in the Blank) University the right school for me?

  

  if you go to the cheapest college and then find out that it is not the ... college search process. She is the first in her family to attend college and ... process. The good news is that she got accepted to a bunch of schools all

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • April 22, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’re 18, But You Aren’t Invincible Impressions of my first month at MIT -- both sobering and exciting.

  

  great thing about MIT is the incredible amount of personal choice you are ... , it's not the sheer difficulty of the work that poses a problem for ... school, so you think the intro class here will be a cinch. Not so. The

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 1, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cellular neurobiology The more syllables it has, the cooler it is

  

  't have to explain to all the postdocs what a "blog" is -- but I forgot the ... of the more senior lab members. Morgan's lab is primarily concerned ... 's relatively universal is that the receptors are anchored to other proteins

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 1, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Long-Overdue Responses Questions answered.

  

  this... I'd just like to remind folks that blogging is not in my job ... attempting to refute that - my blog is what it is, and the folks who "get it ... students happy is no consolation to seeing the deferred students so unhappy

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 20, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Being an Intern (And being an adult)

  

  This summer is the first summer I am participating in an internship ... . There is one employee who also only graduated about a year ago. Not only ... is what has happened. I have felt junior in experience, but not junior

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 22, 2015
• Blog / IAP

  IAP: A Quick Roundup Snively and his homepage dominance must be stopped!

  

  don't sleep, and perhaps that Chris M. is pretty smooth with the ladies ... be as good.) The point is, IAP is great, you get a chance to explore ... , one of the largest winter festivals in the world! IAP is awesome!

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 27, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Solicitation You've got questions. I'll have answers tomorrow night.

  

  thing that's happened to me in the last few days is that Adam and I went ... think flawless is about the last word even Adam would use to describe me ... queen you are at MIT is a pale shadow of the drama queen you were in high

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 15, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Paul Farmer at the Broad Lander update October 28

  

  am going to Zambia this January. The instructor of this class is the ... . The Broad is jointly founded by MIT, Harvard, and the Whitehead ... , and Tracy Kidder is the journalist who traveled with him in order to

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 20, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick update

  

  . Q. If selection is over, can I have my decision? A. The selection ... available over the phone or the web. Q. If selection is over, does this mean I ... I guess the folks who staff the phones in MIT Admissions received

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 1, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Meteor Shower For once, the title is relevant.

  

  !*) *Actually, I'm pretty sure this statement is comforting not because of the ... -and-white-and-symbolically-important-colors-only. The sad truth is that my periods of REM sleep, no matter how R my EM may ... What Was in the Briefcase. No luck. My best guess is still that it had

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 17, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Doggy Birthday Meet Simmons Hall's smallest - and furriest - new resident, who just turned 8.

  

  This is Butterstick. Butterstick weighs 10 pounds. She was named for Tai Shan, the giant panda born at the National Zoo in 2005, whom a zookeeper described as being the size of a stick of butter. Like a number of

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • September 20, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Odds & Evens & Ends Notes on CPW, Veronica Mars, and more.

  

  . For one thing, the weekend is not planned out for you, it's more of a ... CPW... our preview weekend is nothing like the "Hearst College ... , we are in the process of matching you to an MIT student host. If you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 31, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Application Reading Season Kickoff We are indeed looking for human beings in every sense, not just looking for numbers.

  

  " with the rest of the office is already pretty good. Go instinct! I was ... 's incredibly refreshing to see that the rest of the office is inspired by it too ... preparation for the meeting, we were all assigned the same three applications to

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 25, 2004
• Blog / Hacks

  A Battle Scene to Remember Construction zones are the perfect playgrounds for epic battles

  

  have not read the series, but I am aware that this movie is supposed to ... around campus reminds me that this is where I belong, among the crazy ... time of the year.  Flags for classes are being handed out for those of us

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 3, 2013
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  61 Things to Love About Boston Give or take a few.

  

  A lot of the day-to-day communication at MIT happens, not through ... . #2 - This is why I chose to go to MIT. (Well, one of the reasons.) #17 ... my fraternity, from my professors, from the student groups I'm involved

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 29, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  A letter for you (yes, you)

  

  or experiences. A decision is not a culminating experience or the end ... affirmative decision tomorrow. Please fight those thoughts. A decision is not a ... point. I admire your tenacity and your resilience through classes and the

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • March 13, 2018