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  I would like to find an astronomer to talk to No admissions. Just good writing.

  

  the introduction to E.L. Doctorow's novel City of God. I quote it for ... mine more exhausted than when I embarked. So I've spent most of the day ... certainly not forgotten. I've got a blog post in the works about how to write

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 15, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  a conversation with my mom at 1 am about cacti, writing, meche, and chess

  

  parlors in Tucson was open, probably to cash in on the stream of people ... doing projects for my HASS classes, and twice a week I’d sit down to grind ... prize wheel for a class project. It’s four feet in diameter, mounted on a

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 11, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  Procrastination in the Time of Corona i have so much time and so many ways to procrastinate my work

  

  free time and loneliness. While I generally try not to literally do ... 'sex'[/caption] My UROP: A lot of the stuff I was supposed to do for ... -person workshops into online workshops that we can run on Zoom. We're also trying to

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • March 24, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Spot the Blogger where you'll find bloggers during CPW, and some bonus tips!

  

  catch up on sleep when you get home. Don't feel guilty for wanting to stay ... .mit.edu for a simple Google Maps version of campus. Don't be afraid to explore ... their best to clear their schedule for you. :D ~~~~~~~ And if you want

  • by Connie H. '15
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  ISEF, BAMF, and other west coast adventures planning my next two weeks

  

  to San Francisco. I'll be spending two weeks on the left coast for a ... kinds of trips retrospectively but figured I'd lead on the front end for this trip to a) explain why I might be uncharacteristically quiet on the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 13, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Boston Book Festival #3 of 3 Boston Adventures

  

  hardbacks with pleasantly smooth covers, free tickets to the fancy Boston ... to the Church of the Covenant for a Fiction Keynote. One of my favorite ... Boston Book Festival brochure to him for a signature. I felt small in his

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 14, 2016
• Blog / How to MIT

  Laptops! It goes on the top of your lap.

  

  , there are a few that I'd like to suggest you focus on for certain ... 'll run all of your basic programs (including MatLab, provided for free by ... computer in addition to their Air. Wait for SSD prices to drop, then look at

  • by Snively '11
  • March 22, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Spoiled Milk I wrote an entry so long overdue my milk has spoiled in the process. So…

  

  to you for my dad's desire to keep expired milk in the world a little ... - and for that I apologize. MIT can give you a lot of things, but free ... 's not because I don't have the free time to drink my milk. It's because I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 24, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  the pnr mindset vs. the grindset mindset pnr shall be missed

  

  which students are free to visit home, go on vacations, do internships ... crosswalk on the way to the football field.  Despite this, for the first few ... going to my [annotation note="it was a bit of a shock going home for

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • January 15, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Stop and Smell the Seasons Before it's winter and your nose is so numb you can't smell anything.

  

  pie I found on the internet for all you visual learners out there. Two ... effervescence of autumn in just one day. Photo credits to Elisa '17. Thanks for ... at falling down, so if you need any tips or pointers on how to be

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • November 3, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’ve got Mail! And a LAPTOP! Why I can breathe again, and the 10 most recent emails in my inbox.

  

  to the ground. Luckily for my head, he decided to let go at this point ... 's when I need to charge up. 2) Someone spilled water on my laptop. Yikes! Better leave it off for a couple of weeks to let it dry out. 3) The company

  • by Kim D. '09
  • November 17, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  where is home? leaving your home is easy / it's keeping this one that's a struggle

  

  . since moving in to simmons, i went on a subway trip with alan, which was ... bigger. i went on a few video calls with friends, did some things for esp ... tested, and walk back. the other day a package for me was delivered to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 27, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Where are you going, where have you been? Prelude.

  

  element of surprise, alas, but I'll try to make up for it in thoroughness ... these entries on a superficial level precisely so I don't have to make ... corner of their heart a little bit from time to time, well, here's my

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • May 24, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  learn by doing things i've done without really knowing how

  

  -is-closed hard. But people like to stay active; my hall, for instance, is currently making plans to build an igloo tomorrow. I've been working on a few ... know how to learn how to do things (ew, sorry for the string of

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 26, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Fall Festival 2014 Some actors came to MIT and told me about their units of measurement

  

  performer/entertainers are invited to perform on campus. This year, the comedy ... very different comedic styles, which is harder to see on camera but ... ! She also should get credit for pushing me to ask the question in the

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 4, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  World Suicide Prevention Day Write love on your arms to show support

  

  spread additional awareness of what MIT offers to help people on this day ... way to prepare myself for eventually getting my EMT certification.  Anna ... year for help with any problems. 3) MIT Medical MIT Medical is right on

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • September 10, 2012
• Blog / Financial Aid

  The Cost of Living at MIT alternatively, how to spend money at MIT

  

  adjusting to prices and scrounging for the best deals, I've found a way to ... ="If you live in a dorm with a dining hall, you are required to pay for a ... the option to pay for a meal plan, but are not required."]meal plans

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 14, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A major problem is not a major problem Why the text next to my picture is lying to you.

  

  years to (1) decide on a major and (2) wait for avocados to go on sale. I ... 10) for 30 minutes, reverted to Mechanical Engineering (Course 2 ... test. -Learn to play squash for continuous time intervals longer than 15

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 17, 2008
• Blog / Community Projects

  Together in Service MIT community working collaboratively

  

  week of symposia that is free and open to the public and organized by ... these innovative inventions, I could go on and on. But more remarkable to ... on the stage. The prevailing feeling at MIT is that for world

  • by Kris Guay
  • September 20, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Brief Taste of Orgo Basically, Sam Maurer is a prophet.

  

  looking for something to take your mind off of decisions and don't happen to ... scheduled to be covered in the discussion. The list went something like this: Outline for Today's Lecture Oxidation Reactions of Alkenes

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 12, 2008