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  Checking In A brilliantly exciting recap of the last month.

  

  behind-the-scenes upgrades to do on this site, some print redesign projects ... my travels over the last month, I just want to take a minute to thank ... soon. I'm also happy to announce the arrival of a new blogger, Evan

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 13, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  Making friends at college Lots of 'don't's and a couple of 'do's.

  

  compelled to compliment the stranger on his excellent choice of attire. Me: I ... . THE BLOGGER. IN THE FLESH. My second thought: I feel weird going to Ikea ... commtment to the next. When classes began, I was fine: the academics were

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 2, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m supergirl and I’m here to save the world My day, being thought of as superhuman, and answering several questions.

  

  : 6:45 AM -- Arrive in Boston. I actually sort of slept on the plane ... undergrad and grad school), and she offered to drive me back to the dorm, an ... night on People and Freakonomics). She took a wrong turn out of the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 25, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Three things I didn’t learn from class behold, the listicle

  

  a knob to raise the handguard, turn the machine on, and push ... part of the bar on top. It was challenging to use the bandsaw to cut an ... to give hints on what your word is. The hints should be subtle enough

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 26, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Growing Pains And Every Other Type of Ache

  

  much work and far too little desire to do it. I put on the largest shirt ... arrived at the level of hunger where your sides begin to tingle as if they ... entirely sure how to go about tackling the last one. The motivation to write

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • December 6, 2022
• Blog / IAP

  Impulsive Decisions as expected, have consequences

  

  ?) to this apparent cruise control on the school side is a burgeoning urge ... decide I want to do the Jeju program, and another to decide on pierced ears ... judgment to go to classes, carry on coursework, etc., I feel like this

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 25, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  real things on tangibility, mistakes, and community

  

  recommended pressure and were almost ready to get back on the highway before ... look up a youtube tutorial on how to change a spare tire. winter in the ... the weight of. there's a distinct lack of permanence when it comes to

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 5, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  Finding Your Match and why it matters

  

  culture, the ethos just make sense to me. I picked my first college on the basis of its prestige, and the second on its cost. For the third ... enroll, I wanted to take a few moments to speak directly to the Class of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 21, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  ZOMG CPW! The greatest shopping list ever.

  

  . You just can't top the experience of spending that much money on ice cream toppings. Right now I've got to run off for my second 8 ... for serious, and I'd love to meet you guys. =) I'll also be at the Reg

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 12, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  by bike, by train, by wind, by rain getting around different cities

  

  the draw of being able to chill out on the commute, rather than being ... translates to used cars — some are cheap enough that doubling the price wouldn ... objects here, they just lock the back tire to the frame. It’s a little

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 15, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2009 note #1

  

  early to know anything about the waitlist, the Next Big Mailing (NBM) is on its way to those who replied to us before the deadline. One of the ... . Back in the fall of 1996 (we had to wait until we were on campus to get

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 5, 2005
• Blog / Blog Projects

  MIT for Book Lovers Yultide Day 4

  

  ! This spring, I went to BAHFest for the second time. At the end, I got to ... -researched but also ridiculous (e.g. a paper on the best way to slice a ham ... Yultide (credit to the bloggers for the awesome name). Today is Yultide Day

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 29, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Long Overdue Q&A Post Sorry for the delay!

  

  Year Grade Report it says to return the form at the end of the second ... , forgot to write the essay this time and wound up with a 300 on this section ... could send in jpeg files to compliment the optional essay on my design? My

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 2, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  长大 on family, thanksgiving, and growing up

  

  on our refrigerator, listing all the dishes that had to be made. It ... yearly feast at home, I signed up. The upperclassman reached out to me to ... , timing, so on and so forth. Then, on the day of, we got up at 7 AM to make

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • November 28, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Love, organically Mitra and I feel it in our fingers and feel it in our tosylates.

  

  organic unity is that we got my TA to take this photograph on the last day ... Mitra would secretly like to erase all evidence of her existence from the ... I received on Dr. Tabacco's second test (my lowest grade at MIT for

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 29, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  One Week MIT: It's so dangerous, you'll have to sign a waiver.

  

  with friends. The second reason it's a hard question to answer is ... meeting to work on a game I'm helping write for the Assassins' Guild ... computing to practicing for the upcoming performance of A Midsummer Night

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 20, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Chocolate!!! The MIT student group The Laboratory for Chocolate Science is featured in today's Boston Globe.

  

  the surface or "bloom," causing it to take on a whitish sheen or oily ... many came to the lecture for the chocolate -- leftovers were on sale from ... (LCS) is a student club dedicated to spreading the appreciation of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 8, 2009
• Blog / Advice

  applying sideways, beyond admissions a rendition of Petey's hit blog

  

  collection of thoughts on the internet for a student figuring out how to make ... continues to unload invaluable insights daily, both on and off the blogs. My ... live in a society bent on pushing productivity levels to the limit, even

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • April 22, 2021
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Ellie on the M.T.A. writing about the T, on the T

  

  every stop on the T without leaving. The T is central to the college ... first-year class went to the aquarium. On our way back, past midnight, we ... and passing Charles/MGH, watching the MIT sailboats glide on the

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • November 9, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Mas33h Hall A quick look at life in the Castle

  

  . There’s a lot of them. On the plus side, it really motivates you to add your ... inconvenience that is very specific to our room since we live on the wrong side of the hall, but it matters to me so it’s on the list. Last year in Baker

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • April 9, 2018