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  I have classes

  

  to be able to keep all five, but if it is too much work then I will ... in it with me, which is nice since it means I'll always have someone to ... drew schematics of it. This is easily the most male-heavy Course 9 class

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 9, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  In which I “get a life” again reclaiming my childhood hobbies

  

  with me everywhere—in the car on grocery trips, to friends’ houses, and ... —it’s discouraging sometimes to see how much the people around me are getting done, how ... yarn monster. It is growing. It is consuming the space in my drawers and

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 12, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What do you do with a BS in econ? Answering Karen's question about my degree

  

  don't know as much about these fields. In addition, entrepreneurship is ... ? What is my life going to be? Four years of college and plenty of ... I have no skills yet The world is a big scary place But somehow I can

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 9, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  VI-A Course 6? Work experience and a Masters degree all at once!

  

  is still going on in lots of places about how to make the computers ... occasionally want to get out and see the world. In the last year and a half, MIT ... bashed in by the Big Rock Tribe." Thus begins a wonderful book by Dave

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 3, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  MIT EECS students travel the world

  

  : Bangalore is the best city to work in India –cool weather, awesome ... fields among our students, however, is Computer Science. In the summer of ... projector based AR systems. The city: I often went in to Osaka, the

  • by MISTI Program
  • October 27, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Living la vida lab rat So the moral of the story is that freedom is relative in science. And that…

  

  , professors, and grad students?" The easiest question there to answer is how I ... all the different lab protocols, and since I didn't know how to do most ... -- and when Albert's not in the lab, I get to take over his desk! The

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 25, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Music Scene by a non-musician

  

  that music is one of the most relaxing things, ever. Whether you ... jamming out loudly in our Haus courtyard, it’s the easiest (and usually most ... to this, however, is quite simple: put in some headphones and blast

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • December 23, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  To the Class of 2016 General life advice

  

  behind. But the important thing to remember is don't be afraid to ask for ... participated more in recitation and made sure to ask questions, and at the end of ... 'm finally free to come back to the blogs (: It's not that I haven't been

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 12, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  stepping back on keeping your priorities straight

  

  reminder of how easy it is to pass a day without making the most of it. I ... things in your life seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours in a day ... saltines for a meal, hoping to recreate Chicken in a Biskit to slowly

  • by Connie H. '15
  • November 30, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  Seattle The siren call of real adult life

  

  This is, for the most part, a post about Seattle. I've been a ... walkability of a city is, in fact, important to me. And although I do like ... experience the wonder of exploring them. I don't want to be stuck in Boston

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 3, 2020
• Blog / Advice

  Things I did instead of thinking (about decisions)

  

  think about the marshmallow in front of her, or how you’re not thinking ... ="specifically the Google one it’s so bright and happy!"]Minesweeper[/annotation] in the months leading up to decision day. I could play with absolutely no

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • November 27, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The land of the free and the home of the internet Back to life, back to the internet

  

  internship in pharmaceuticals (or going back to the NIH), but ultimately chose ... (seriously, 41 kbps? WTF.) for five and a half days. This is probably the ... sincerely apologize for the large size of my blog banner. Holy cow. To be

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s the PI-nal countdown! Don't roll your eyes at me.

  

  the fact that I hadn't gotten in and only checked my account to confirm ... now is to assure you that whatever happens in two days, you are going to ... about you guys a lot" is a gross understatement. I'm sure in the coming

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • March 12, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Bad Ideas events I went to (another late IAP post) i can’t believe ellie beat me to the punch

  

  was probably the one event I was most excited to go to. There were a lot ... drinking, I could soak the lower half of my face in milk to feel less of the ... much milk as you possibly can. Casein (a protein found in milk) binds to

  • by Anika H. '26
  • March 8, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lost in the Pages of the Institute are we out of the woods yet, are we in the clear yet

  

  try to summarize the first year in my mind. Sophomore year started out ... fraternity or listening to Taylor Swift songs in my room or curled up in the ... much I was doing—most of this on my own—and in whatever time was left, it

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 25, 2014
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  life lessons from my internship career choices moving forward

  

  've had is that . . . they are just jobs to me. I put in the requisite hours ... 't care that much about compensation. Of course, most people are not in a ... mean is, if I weigh compensation as a heavy factor in choosing what to do

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 1, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  World Cup Final in Boston An MIT- and Boston-centric look at the Italian victory.

  

  have to look forward to is a down market. According to this article, the ... 're professional investors, and you might think their day job is to watch the ... Congratulations to Italy on their World Cup victory. The celebration

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 10, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  wow. my first three weeks being an actual student actually at mit

  

  'm still in a state of shock (so try to forgive me if this post is all over ... included EC, but most of my time was spent in the courtyard of Senior House, trying again and again to master the tire swing (which, mind you, is no

  • by Joe B. '18
  • September 19, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Y U NO HAVE ROLLERCOASTER this is why

  

  If you weren't aware, REX (Residence EXploration) is going to be in ... in Cambridge most qualified to safely construct a roller coaster in ... in the courtyard, which temporarily becomes a sprawling playground of 2

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 27, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  growing over time continuing to become myself

  

  my friends, they pointed out to me that even if that is true for most ... , and this post is for you. During the semester, mired in work and ... frosh again in the best possible way: I felt as though MIT is a place

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 31, 2022