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  Hello, Layover I'm stuck in an airport. Ask me things.

  

  the last six hours, and have another eight to go. But this isn't about ... salad, and I'm rarin' to go. (Have you ever noticed how sometimes the ... To take a leaf out of Sam's book: DID YOU KNOW? Charlotte

  • by Keri G. '10
  • July 25, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Is MIT too hard? warning: metaphors ahead

  

  -- which, well, is not something to be proud of.  As my friend Steph C. '15 ... -six back to back 4:45 miles.  How do they do it? The answer is that they ... that I'm here working in the Real World™ (sort of), I've learned to

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 18, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hi, (gasp!) I’m Kim Kimd's first post as an admissions blogger!

  

  , I've gotten to a point where the workload will be manageable from here ... the lab and shown it to a TA, I have a day's break where I won't go into ... 've found some people to work with on some of the classes. Late nights always

  • by Kim D. '09
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friday Afternoon Props Props to ten people/committees/inanimate objects that deserve props.

  

  third choice for any student. 2. Megan '08 for introducing me to the song ... something to blog about from the afterlife. 5. Ben, for treating Mitra and me ... don't want to hear all the way through. 9. Daniela, for having a really

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / Summer

  solace in the self it's me! cami!

  

  Reddit and ask how to be safer in the city, only to be met with friends and ... Hi! Hello! Long time no see. It's weird to be typing again. I feel ... city I am learning to love tolerate. I'm living by myself for the first

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 30, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  love languages in the little things

  

  products that I feel the immediate need to have in my possession: Sanrio ... loved most was making food in the kitchen, jamming to my favorite songs. Sometimes other people on hall would be cooking their own things at the same

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 6, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Comfort Matters A unique application process

  

  -shattering headline 10-250 Renovations to Begin During IAP Reading through the article, I was quickly excited to hear that they were replacing the chairs! No offense to the 10-250 chairs, they're a nice purple shade but they just aren

  • by Snively '11
  • January 10, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  36 Units of Class To make room for 12 units of Life

  

  units to be considered a full time student) might be the solution. But we ... and don’t have time to (since it’s kind of long), the gist is we were ... stuff (by switching to CMS). At the end of that post, we concluded that

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • October 13, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Lot Can Happen in 7 Days

  

  tech was going to be showcased at the Consumer Electronics Expo in Las ... the companies at CES. It's another thing entirely to be there in person ... be there, all the people I wanted to meet. Later that day, another one

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 14, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  it’s thanksgiving or something and other things happening in my life

  

  Busy With Things But Not Really. which is kind of a bad place to be ... people from their land, and hostility to the point of killing, is something ... bad idea to gather with people you haven't been breathing the same air

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 26, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  There Goes My Baby The first music video from the MIT Logs.

  

  As it says in my introduction, I used to sing in the MIT Logarhythms ... first single off their new upcoming album (to be released in October). A ... /directed/edited/produced the entire thing themselves, and did it all in 2 weeks from concept to

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • September 27, 2011
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Applying Sideways (in Chinese) 橫向申請 / 横向申请

  

  traditional Chinese characters, in the hopes that it might be more accessible to ... —  should think about the process of preparing to apply to MIT. Since that ... been an admissions officer for a single cycle."]attempt[/annotation] to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 12, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  A thousand million questions An evening with Gaelic quesadillas and Farrokh Bulsara.

  

  be on the other side of me, but then I realized that in order to that I'd have to run faster than the rotation of the earth. I spent the rest of ... later, my floor headed down to the Asgard Irish Pub and Restaurant for

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 6, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Don’t Forget These I forgot to bring them when I first came to MIT.

  

  wanted to. Now, whether or not you have the discipline NOT to is a ... . So when you're cutting down on the things you're bringing, make sure to ... fill out your I-9 Form, which is what you need to be able to work for MIT

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 19, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer on the West Coast A visit to the west coast to see what life is like on the other…

  

  country to visit the great state of California!  Growing up on Long Island, I didn't have much (any) exposure to the West Coast, and it was incredible traveling to Los Angeles and dipping my toes in the Pacific Ocean

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 19, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Best of Times summer at the NYTimes

  

  I'm back on campus! I just finished my 10-week internship at the New ... side project, culminating in a presentation that caused me to stand in an ... I designed as my group members snuck micro-naps in the back. The

  • by Connie H. '15
  • August 14, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Checking My Calendar I know I'll eat my words come late September, but I'm looking forward to three…

  

  mid-March); the final term is projects (not lecture, as far as I ... to take on 15+ hours of lecture a week (although probably not attending ... calendar are not required coursework, but the result of choice. At MIT, no

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • August 17, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Short, Sweet, and to the Point: MIT in five senses or less (Guest Entry) Hear, See, Touch, Smell, and Taste MIT

  

  right. I happened to be staying at the ridiculously awesome Theta Delta ... activities to do, and the freedom to do (or not do) whatever I wanted. There ... While at MIT CPW, I had the wonderful opportunity to sample all sorts of

  • by Bryan
  • April 21, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  MIT HSSP and Stanford Splash! Seven fundamental questions, and a field trip to the west coast

  

  . Something else I'm not used to working with: the overwhelming scent of trees ... ): The Evolution of Our Scientific Answers to Seven Fundamental Questions MIT is not the only school with Splashes. It does have the biggest

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 4, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taking 3 math classes this semester as someone who isn't a fan of math

  

  about that, and it keeps me motivated to not give up on the assignments no ... technique to get to an answer. It's been pretty stressful, not gonna lie. Yet ... 's interesting! The process of getting to an answer is grueling, but figuring out

  • by Jenny B. '25
  • October 3, 2022