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  22 Tales from tEp strange sights and stranger delights

  

  the cart and up the stairs to my room on the second floor. I did most of ... used a ladder to get in and out of bed. Rather than the conventional four-legs-on-the ... roommates, Dayna, wanted to put on a tea party for the house. I wasn

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 31, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  fish metaphors on queerness

  

  , and that was delicious. It was refreshing to just be normal. On the ... twice in one week, and, on my second viewing, I happened to spot a person ... with the robotics team. This made it much harder to disguise criticism of

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • June 18, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  “Picture yourself as a stereotypical male” and other ways to improve your test scores

  

  female identity scored an average of 3.86 on the exercise, compared to the ... have nothing to do with your actual ability to do well on the test.” The ... on the basic properties of our human existence; a world that tries to

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 3, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  “You know what would be cool?” some pizza would be a start...

  

  Science to Student Life, the best way to get free food and every tangent in ... tactical vest and be very nice to everyone on campus). But what really sets ... 't click further than the Notable Alumni page to see a good number of people

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 8, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Thoughts. Future. Kindness

  

  own, kindness is the first thing I will try to teach them. Passing on ... was lit in tribute to MIT police officer Sean A. Collier on the night of ... experience, with many exciting things that I had the opportunity to experience

  • by Linh V. '13
  • April 20, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  In the Realm of Giants imposter syndrome with a senior year twist

  

  school, or go to an extended retreat in the mountains of Italy, you most likely have to submit some sort of documents trying to convince the people ... "] AAAAAAAAAAAHHHH[/caption] To some extent, this is stuff I’ve been doing for the

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 13, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Night at the Office A bit longer than I expected.

  

  respond, “When's the earliest you can get it to me?" Ultimately, we agree on ... about her article, which is on a proposal to replace the UA Senate with a ... on doing the issue, as it's past midnight and the issue is supposed to

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • April 1, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Day in the Life Liveblog of my Thursday complete with (not so great) pictures

  

  the semester and plan on doing a reflection sometime before finals ... the bus at the next stop #nailedit   Attempting to take a picture from my seat on the bus without looking too strange.   9:56am

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 15, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Thong I Should Be Wearing [UPDATE] Sexy sexy undies.

  

  people created a mailing list devoted to reverse engineering the code on ... group set to running the scripts on some of their favorite other schools ... addition was a little pink star above the top list of schools. On to us

  • by Snively '11
  • November 1, 2008
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  Ten days of live-action roleplaying no joke, there i was…

  

  forward to coming back and doing things. I'd guess that I was also on the ... many of my friends to sign up as I could. The pandemic's been rough for ... 't have the time or energy to write a huge post about this, but here's some

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 19, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Random Ceiling Tiles The ceilings of Random Hall and a friendly message.

  

  :59 tomorrow. If you're on the fence, I have one small bid to make you fall in love. I came to MIT for the people here. I've had wonderful experiences ... the path you choose gets difficult, it will be very helpful to rekindle

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 30, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why My 5.13 Problem Set Took All Day Moral of the story: Don't procrastinate, or I'll never talk to you again.

  

  : Off to Steam Cafe (to which people submit their own recipes), on the ... wants to work on the problem set. Hike over to Next House (ex-home that is ... from toddling around on the carpet and thinking "I suppose I'll try

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Meltdown On instability, IHTFP, and leaving sometimes

  

  This next week and a half promises to be electrifying. We’re on the ... Tech, the Russian counterpart to MIT, he went out to Moscow on weekends just ... we didn’t. (Cory agreed to let me post this on the condition that the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 29, 2012
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  3 weeks in northern Italy Global Teaching Labs and MISTI-Italy

  

  , and on weekends I went places, but for the most part I stuck to the ... wood, and I woke up every morning to the voices of my family and the ... Canyon Road on Christmas Eve, with the farolitos and the music and everyone

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / Advice

  finding place

  

  putting on events where your friends meet each other/grow the cohesion to ... experiences finding place at MIT. I reflected back on the patterns and ... same time, it was a hard semester for me due to all the life changes of

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • April 7, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Fig. 6: Eigenverantwortung The time of my life. What responsibilities?

  

  were only there to help boost your grade on the final. Human ... explore Zürich, hop on the train to visit cities like Lausanne, Lucerne ... On-Top-Of-It people in the World.   During the exchange

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • August 28, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  My College Essay Early Action / November 2005. ~500 words await.

  

  . They seem unable to comprehend my situation; the blank, baffled looks on ... pee his pants impressed that I'd climbed so high on the life ladder. I ... about and working on my essay. And reworking it. Over and over again. The

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • October 11, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Upside Down Gnomes From Wisconsin Always look up.

  

  dangling in the air, wondering what it’d be like to walk on the ceiling ... browsery in the second floor of Hayden library because I wasn't ready to ... two hours on the first problem of the now three accumulated p-sets I

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 26, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to trick yourself into thinking that you’re writing a report The most productive procrastination technique revealed at last!

  

  critical reading skills, it’s time to move on to the artsy design skills you ... . _____________________________________________________________________________________ The Optimal Procrastination Technique:  How to trick yourself into ... yourself to stop the urge to write your results down and get the report over

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • May 17, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Major Crisis: A Follow Up what happens next

  

  meet with our team to talk about the app we're working on. Every day in the afternoon, we meet with our coaches to talk about our progress on ... . I've been thinking a lot about the many steps I took to get here, as

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 17, 2020