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  an unnecessarily detailed normal friday finding things to blog about when you're swept into normalcy

  

  back to sleep without even thinking. eventually, though, it's 9:30 and i ... 'd been late to class a couple times, and one day we were writing practice ... sentences into a story about how i was late to class and it's bad. well

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • April 27, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  FIRST fun And now...the much anticipated (but never duplicated!) photo-filled account of the coolest robotics competition ever!

  

  Team 97 was wearing "tangerine" and once even referred to it as "that ... -packed weeks to design and build a robot that they think will do well at this ... want to keep up with the time committment, and that was the end of Team

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 29, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summary of the Semester I'm a senior and it's super weird.

  

  castle I plan on expanding. I want to buy her a crown. Making Time for ... a chocolate martini when he comes to the states!), and forming ... I'm a senior! And it's November of my senior year at MIT! Crazyyyyy

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 9, 2015
• Blog / People & Identities

  in this coming year we run and rest and make and keep up the relentless pace

  

  : too many events to possibly see at once, some cool and some weird and ... I like to think my lack of formal diction is relatable and shows that ... fashion and their social energy, their wide variety of interests both social

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 5, 2024
• Blog / Events

  Digital Anxieties: A Conversation with Bo Burnham and Jonny Sun i cried for ten minutes after watching eighth grade

  

  fact, I'm going to buy Jonny's book right now ;) shameless plug and also ... I have so many things and so little space, but I'll try my best to ... to go up after the talk to say hi, and I'm sure a small part of myself

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 28, 2019
• Blog / Class Projects

  MIT Brings You Unwanted Attention You want to be popular? Really?

  

  different light and expect you to be the expert in everything. Trust me, this ... helped to create giant underground lakes in ancient Egypt . . . at least I ... Colombo, two professors, Chancellor Clay, and my friend. Needless to say, he

  • by Snively '11
  • May 17, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thinking Positive Sophomore year was kind of awful. But there were happy things! I'll focus on the…

  

  allowed me to stay calm, I started seeking help to manage my stress, and I ... , and the bad.  I want to focus on the happy things. Here are the happy ... classes he taught before retiring, and I learned so much. Most of all, I

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 17, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  In Japan, the Elevators Don’t Care - Sort of trying to fit in as an American in Japan - 

  

  paper to fold with. Also four story tall Muji's. And in a way, it does ... 're sliders and levers. Room doors don't have hinges to open into or out of ... room with shoes on. So I try to adjust. I remember to not walk and eat

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Then and Now The two are remarkably similar.

  

  taking my beloved 5.12 make me want to crawl in bed and hide? Why does ... good at learning it - it takes forever and a day to understand everything, but once you do get it, you can fly through the problems with ease and

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 26, 2007
• Blog / Events

  The Stuff of MIT Legend I'm about to tell you a super cool story. It happened two years ago, but…

  

  years ago, but it's super awesome and while it's hard to exactly explain ... create classes in everything from "Alebgra 1" to "The Atomic Science of ... had no problem crafting myself, and Introduction to Electricity and

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 23, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  making solar cells lessons from my nanotech class

  

  droplets rapidly to create a thin film, and then boiling away the solvent ... the energy diagrams for the components of solar cells and LEDs and saw that they were the exact same: i’m not going to talk much about the

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • December 15, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Green Building Challenge hex wins third place!

  

  to decrease significantly, creating a consistent rise-and-fall pattern ... , and snacks available to competitors before taking the elevator back down ... got tired and decided to take two breaks each climb – first on the 7th

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • January 31, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  random thoughts about choices why mit? why not mit?

  

  choice doesn't exist, and you will have to decide eventually. the things i thought mattered to me turned out not to matter as much. there are ... say mit is only as hard as you want it to be. that is a lie, but so is

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 29, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  On Essay Writing A guide to essay writing for the express purpose of obtaining admittance to an institute…

  

  difficult because I spend too much time trying to make it perfect and that ... offers one. Secondary applications are unique to each school and generally ... might need. Senior fall and winter: spend large sums of money to fly

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • July 22, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  A way a lone a last a loved a long the An opportunity for heated debate and a cry for revolution.

  

  on the bus, and then I called Mitra to settle things from an economic ... hamburger, because they were going to throw it out anyway, so what does it ... letter to Wendy herself asking for an apology. Then, and only then, will I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 11, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Teaching Splash (and Overcoming the Impostor Syndrome) guest post by Haley C. '18

  

  come to campus and learn a variety of topics from MIT students. Hope you ... go all out and don’t sleep or work as much as I probably should ... the morning and headed over to check-in. This is a three-hour shift of

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 18, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  leaving yet another senior writing about their last semester

  

  and i thought about how absurd it was that i was even allowed to be ... leaving school, to stay in the world of academia with masters degrees and ... once told me that the reason some new grads party so much is because they

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 20, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All Hail the Working People Living down the 40-hour work week.

  

  . And for confidentiality reasons, I think that’s pretty much all I should ... decided to start something. This one’s about how jaded I am about buying ... between to “miss home” and remember where i came from. Don't know if that

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 31, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  all time ever does is pass and all i ever do is remember

  

  used to feel like home, dusting off once-beloved keepsakes. these days, i ... . i tend to end my posts with a vague statement of hope, and this one is ... time ever does is pass and all i ever do is remember. there are days i do

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • April 14, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Don’t stop me now! I am a satellite, I'm out of control.

  

  Protein Odwalla Bar for energy, ten dollars in case I pass out and need to take a cab, and a jar of vaseline to prevent chafing. That seems like ... pretty much wishes me all the luck I'm going to need: Spammie, (and Mitra

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 17, 2006