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  Syzygy, basically. uh, what?

  

  telling me to look up. The moon, jupiter, and venus in a right triangle ... back after Thanksgiving break. And somehow with three problem sets and a ... I had traveled to Maryland (where my mom now lives due to work) to

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 9, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Media That Makes Me Feel Okay School's out! Time to get distracted :D

  

  ’re like me, and you’ve always hated summer and the fact that we have to ... bed around 2 PM and not get out, that there was less to distract me from ... community in and around Haight-Ashbury to capture not only an iconic cultural

  • by Powers '23
  • May 30, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Derailment My Gap Year

  

  it might be of interest to you! Enjoy, and comment. Derailment ... started to close the door, Dr. Egan looked into my eyes, and said quietly ... my life. I decided not to apply to colleges, and instead to try to

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • September 18, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Embracing Change How I came to be a cook in a professional kitchen this summer

  

  out of my way to do, see and experience things that I’ve never done ... from, and how I used to be. I used to be afraid of change. Complacency ... willing to go out and make things happen (all with a healthy dose of both

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 20, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Shortest Blog Ever (update 3 =p) 19 days till Taiwan!

  

  last (3rd) test, and now I absolutely need an A+ on the next test to ... +" is not something you can say you want to do and achieve with complete ... introduction to each dorm) today and will be sent out with the May Next Big

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 4, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How Hard is MIT? A quantitative analysis

  

  results even refer to? And don’t even get me started on the lack of units. I ... important life decisions based on this questionable data. And to think that ... change. Thanks to MIT’s Department of Materials Science and Engineering

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 26, 2023
• 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.

  

  , since it wasn't a very full flight and I had a whole row to myself. 7 ... undergrad and grad school), and she offered to drive me back to the dorm, an ... , expecting him to be glad to see me. He swatted me away and went back to sleep

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 25, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  In Our Bedroom After the Pandemic a bedroom is something that can actually be so personal

  

  , that much I could see, and the only way forward was to metaphorically ... could get to black without my parents becoming upset with me, and an ... , of saying this is mine and this is how I want it to look. I couldn

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • June 26, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Running away with the field Junot Diaz is sort of a big deal.

  

  not to share, and hope you all don't mind. Welcome to the new bloggers ... with Professor Junot Diaz. I was inspired to take it by Nadja '07 and ... -forward to two weeks ago, when I was surfing the web and reading some of New

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 10, 2007
• Blog / People & Identities

  Fortin’ with Mimi Let’s. Talk. About. Queer stuff.

  

  MIT and it’s wonderful people. MIT is such a great place to be queer! I ... , first-year dinners, and a trip to Provincetown. Check 'em out during CPW ... : during CPW and during REX. It's a great time to really get to know more

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • September 18, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  The Open-Ended Question Why I chose MIT ... twice

  

  assets MIT has is the people. Coming to MIT I was a pretty shy and reticent ... that it is both fun and worthwhile to get to know the people that you ... here come from all different walks of life, and it's really great to be

  • by Bryan
  • April 15, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogging About Blogging CAPTAIN FAFSA!

  

  high school counselors signed up to listen to Matt's and Ben ... 's actually quite interesting to hear the thought behind the blogs and ... , and to stay out of business that belongs to you and only you. This is

  • by Snively '11
  • February 6, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Looking Back, Looking Forward In which I take a study break, discover some embarrassing videos, and tell you why…

  

  't getting anywhere with my biochem studying, I decided to take a break and ... the night, hundreds of people wanting to meet you, and tons of ... the CPW webcast two weekends ago and already have an idea of how to

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 31, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thanksgiving in England Celebrating a North American holiday in Britain.

  

  much. Food, yum... People and pumpkin pie, yay! Yup. I'm truly ... to be honest, instead of thinking, "Wow I've been in England for 2 ... , thinking about turkeys, and then got depressed when we go online and none of

  • by Cambridge
  • November 24, 2007
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Walking the Kerry Way journal of my fourth day in Ireland

  

  raining and was too much work to pull out a water bottle. [caption id ... when others are in the room. She has finally gone to sleep, and I ... made oats in the same pan, and was about to do the chicken, too, when I

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 10, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The sun is out but why is it so cold outside?

  

  My cat is a little ball of static lately. It can't be too much fun to ... heart. There are much easier ways to fulfill requirements. Yesterday, I ... . Dupont Gymnastics Room Today, I went to get a drop form signed and fell

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 20, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  My Favorite Spots in Cambridge/Boston well-trodden and well-hidden alike

  

  surroundings was limited to the MIT area, Chinatown, and the Back Bay. Now, I feel much more comfortable with navigating Cambridge and Boston. Here are ... 's super fun to hang out at and also makes for an unconventional date spot

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 19, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Language What Learning Chinese at MIT has meant to me

  

  language, and to a larger extent culture. For many of my friends, language is ... genres of music, clothing, and stories that are unique to the African ... felt. To me a foreign language was and is more than just the translation

  • by Ben O. '19
  • February 26, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  This is wondrous strange. Why didn't the ostrich cross the road? Because a girl had no pants on.

  

  was a little bored (for the very first time since I got to MIT two years ago, of course) and it was sunny, warm, and breezy, so I decided to bike up Massachusetts Avenue to see just how far it goes into Boston. Turns

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 25, 2005
• Blog / People & Identities

  I Could Never Do it Alone People of a semester, thank you

  

  I finished my first semester at MIT. There's so much to write about ... scrapbook. I am so grateful to love and be loved at MIT. Olivia J '25 and I, likely late to Building 9 for the fourth time that week and

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • December 19, 2021