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  Take a Load Off Quoting The Band's "The Weight" should make the wait bearable

  

  . And it's still true of everyone who wants to get in to MIT. And I ... is visible from my awesome double.As much as I would've liked for it to ... 's kind of a big deal. To illustrate that, I invite you to go to Google and

  • by Emad T. '14
  • December 1, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A (Belated) Letter to July In which I start blogging again with an angsty video

  

  me the final push/panic moment/motivation/etc. to just write and edit ... of miles away from family and friends and not really in a place to make ... of day-to-day kindness and stimulating conversations (or any

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 3, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  sea glass turbulent waves in these parts

  

  and don’t grant pity points to silly inexperienced undergrads, as ... conference and make minor changes to resubmit to another conference due in two days, and 3) withdraw and make major changes to submit to yet another

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • February 5, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Adulthood Boom!

  

  Sorry if this is just a rehash of my Grown Up post from last year. January seems to be the month to be sentimental and reflect upon the impending doom delightful adventure of aging.

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 14, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Comprehensive Guide to Crying on Campus It’s right about that time of year.

  

  past two weeks, and it’s definitely a normal thing to feel. MIT is hard ... ’s difficult to force yourself out of bed, and there are some nights when you ... us expand the list of places to be sad, so fill out this survey and let

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 16, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Blogural Inaugural I just wanted to use this title.

  

  any new language, and ... ok, fine, it doesn't apply to admissions blogs ... to college is an important process for many people, and I'm not quite ... . Smaller and lighter than your choice of where to apply to college, but

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 8, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Every now and then, my mind = blown. Thanks, Science!

  

  getting around to that. But in the midst of my magnet research, I stumbled ... Science and Engineering, assigned it as one our journal club readings.) an ... know you all are all: so I will take you there. I will take you to

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 11, 2012
• Blog / Advice

  Enjoy Life Farewells and New Beginnings

  

  bioengineer. I am grateful to have had wonderful mentors and scientists and ... maybe the best send off to you (especially to you aspiring scientists and ... example to all and lived a beautiful, full life. These are some snippets

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 5, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  jack of all trades master of none...

  

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • August 24, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Some More Pi Day Facts and Advice You thought all that was over, didn't you?

  

  around my dormitory on pi day and filmed the residents of Simmons Hall spouting some bits of wisdom and occasional pi facts. I put together this video, made with love (though with poor video editing skills) and I hope

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 23, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  get SLAPped! it doesn't hurt

  

  from time to time about events, dining hall swipes, free covid tests, and ... live, and I wanted to find out how they did so. [...] For this project ... year, i signed up again (thanks to another one of sandy's reminders) and

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 21, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Life is like a Game Elaborate metaphors from an amateur comic artist

  

  artists I like, and hoping for the best. So I might try to include a mini ... It's been a pretty rough week, so I took a break and drew out my ... video game metaphor was easiest to conceptualize in comic form, so enjoy

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 7, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  On Escaping An introspective vlog about MIT and getting ready to leave

  

  being a senior at MIT, and I think that was enough for me to finally ... monologue was incredibly long and circuitous. Cutting it down to 7 minutes was ... finally figured out what I wanted to say. I think that's how this semester

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 2, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Super Blood Moon Eclipse bonnie tyler would be proud

  

  supermoon and a lunar eclipse are scheduled to happen on the same day (night ... . Afterwards, a group of us went down to embark on a long and cold journey to the ... . And finally, when we were called to go on our boat (Thanks to our sailor

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 3, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Beacon Hill in the Fall More door.

  

  cobblestones, and happy laughter flutters down to us at street level from ... again, now facing Cambridge. MIT is just to the left of the frame.   And ... Longfellow Bridge, which connects MIT to Boston from the Stata Center side of

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 17, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions of Travel a guest post by Spencer W. '15

  

  . It's a long way from Moultrie, GA, to Cambridge, MA, and an even longer way to Cambridge, UK; even though I miss him, I'm so happy and proud ... inexplicable and pointless. ‘Why?’, Well, why not? I say". To avoid confronting

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 16, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  an Easter vigil alive at east campus

  

  also my friend and hallmate. We dance to "Rather Be" by Clean Bandit ... A cold and biting wind claws its way across campus, and a motley ... "live" means verb, "to live," or "live", as in concurrently, alive

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 5, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The leftmost station on your dial WMBR = awesome campus radio

  

  's seen the unpublished posts; I just keep changing the date and planning to ... AM with the (vaguely) shocking realization that I had to read and ... and the relative freedom (save for some FCC regulations) to do whatever

  • by Keri G. '10
  • September 13, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

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

  

  a year ago and it is equally true now. Specifically, I want to share ... the assurance and sense of purpose that drove you to follow it. Do it ... Some of you have to make a decision to come here (or not) by 23

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

  HNY from NYC for IAP, 2016 time passes so quickly, help

  

  safety, clean air, and good public schools. It felt unusual to have so little to do, and I ended up desperately catching up on fiction, doing ... . I like to write a reflection every new year, and though I haven’t yet

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 3, 2016