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  What can I say, it grew on me . . . (Guest Entry) Now I'm a beaver believer!

  

  until classes start). Thanks for an amazing CPW, and I'll see you all in ... learned about in school. Later, I met The Snively and The Ben Jones at check-in, and walking down The Infinite Corridor, I saw The Admissions

  • by Snively '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Burn Out or Fade Away Suggestions for second semester seniors: don't take either for an answer.

  

  Around the world, college students are going on hunger strike in his ... 've been at school.. I watched Say Anything for the first time and have decided a better course of action for my life would be to leave MIT and

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 6, 2007
• Blog / How to MIT

  Pay it forward I used to have a guilt complex.

  

  turning a funny mix of pink and orange. You (and everyone else in your ... desirable, since you've been trying for hours already and can tell that you ... that there are two chem majors who live in your hall. One of them stays

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  walking into the MEng thoughts about a 63-mile trek

  

  blogger name. MEng, by the way, stands for Master of Engineering."]MEng in ... having a person I couldn't avoid checking in with."]for the first time in ... first time in years where I had the time and energy for a project like

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 8, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  mit made me rational on decision-making

  

  morally wrong choice. But how can anyone truly blame him for it? Back in ... I once asked a boyfriend if he would give up his life for ten billion dollars. "Yes," he said. "Because the amount of good I can do in my lifetime

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 19, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Brains, Voltaire’s Son, and Other MIT Things Notes from the Start of Junior Year

  

  -registration sometime soon. For probably the first time ever in blog history, I can give ... in cancer research most widely known for his discoveries of the first ... ’ theme last year too, same as the year before. I've only been here for a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 16, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Got Us iPads! [UNBOXING VIDEO] ft. my cat and my new apple pencil

  

  day in August, I checked my parents' front porch for a package from IS ... Back in July, when the Institvte first accidentally leaked their plans for the fall, most people reading the FAQ immediately scrolled to

  • by Alex M. '21
  • October 6, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Starting Over it feels like this every time but this time it's different

  

  away from my family for the first time. The next fall, during my ... requirements to mostly [annotation note="these were course 6 classes at the time"]in-major classes,[/annotation] which was a big adjustment for me, and I moved entries

  • by Alex M. '21
  • August 30, 2020
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: It’s Coming Home (by it, I mean me) guest post by Rukia. H '21

  

  paper, this summer was a bust for me, but in the long run, I think it will ... for my life right now, I just lost a group stage match, but I still ... . Background (why the World Cup): I have been obsessed with the World Cup for the

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 18, 2018
• Blog / Events

  The Tale of a Frosh once upon a cold November

  

  . Life in college is not how she imagined it. The Frosh had many dreams for ... MIT, unsure whether the prospect of returning home for the holidays ... , and the occasional surprises of the semester seem alien and odd. For the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 30, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Just Desserts No metaphors here...

  

  not THAT bad. This craving is just strong enough to make you go off in search of a bakery for a well-deserved snack. As you’re wandering through ... treat that you could ever dream up was in this case, but one item

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 13, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Senior Spring! What I did (and didn't) do over IAP...and plans for my last semester!

  

  , you can stay home. It’s whatever you need to be ready for another ... came back to campus for track practice with no other plans except to read ... season is in full swing and I’ve been kept passably sane by practice and

  • by Alina G. '11
  • January 30, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW-ing the Weekend (Guest Entry) ...even though it is technically two days longer than a weekend.

  

  school and was in a banana costume for his campaign for class vice ... in the bible and there was something going on at that moment. I stayed in the Alpha Chi Omega (AXO) sorority house with my host, who was also

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 22, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Everything’s coming up Milhouse! This one goes out to the Class of 2010. Fire!

  

  tomorrow. I've forgotten to do it for nine of the past ten quarters. Yes, okay, it's true that you can just show up on the first day for any class ... , they'll probably find room for you. But my universe tends toward disorder

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 28, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I “less than 3” the Chorallaries My relaxing and enjoyable vaction draws to a close. *sigh*

  

  world works out here in NJ. We spent Wednesday with my mom and aunt at the ... panicked when I called her as I was leaving my house in the morning. But when ... visited my old high school and was the "guest speaker" in the AP Physics C

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Knowing me, knowing you My plans for Nobel laureacy, and everything I like about MIT professors.

  

  comments, which I will respond to in an untimely fashion. I'll let you know ... all of my professors in a different way. I don't know, call it Stockholm ... ultimate teacher in my estimation. As if this weren't enough, he's also

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 25, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  More Odds & Ends Concerts (on & off campus), doors (on campus), and lectures (also on campus).

  

  Omnibus, so it's time for more odds & ends... The band Hot Hot Heat will play a concert at MIT (for MIT students only, sorry) on Friday night ... -5; this is their second stop in Boston this tour), Dave Matthews Band

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 25, 2005
• Blog / How to MIT

  Learning to Spend Better This not a budgeting post.

  

  spent in the previous month. And despite doing this for 8 months now, I ... decreased, but by saving more in regular expenses, I have more for those ... ? Put it in a category of how much I want it. For ex: "Really want

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • June 18, 2018
• Blog / Personal Travel

  welcome to new york went to nyc & all i got was this blog post

  

  shift in priorities, but I found myself yearning for the familiar ... it was the one I could relate to the most. In ninth grade, my dream school was Columbia University (sorry, MIT) because it was in the Big Apple

  • by Rona W. '23
  • July 12, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  present tense “you've got to let go of the fear”

  

  in swim class, our instructor emphasizes the importance of relaxing. "you're in the water and your body tenses up. why? it's because of the ... the pools. i remember milling around the locker room waiting for eleven

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 23, 2020