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• Blog / MIT Life

  There is a bench it’s a nice bench

  

  partake in everything new that I could, to funnel all of this energy I had ... are people hanging out in the lounge again.   It’s Monday. I ... The rhythm sets in. It’s a steady rhythm. Roll out of bed at ten in

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 19, 2019
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Concourse, of course or how to make the most of your freshman year at MIT

  

  infinite corridor in search of a diet Dr Pepper, and on my way I can look up ... my mouth as I listened. In my son”s case, I already knew that a ... I see every day passing me in a rush down the infinite corridor during

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 30, 2011
• Blog / Personal Travel

  June and Flaky Biscuits The first part of an epic summer and food, bien sur.

  

  My hope is that in the next p-set and class-filled 48 hours, I eat ... , seeing everyone and feeling the ENERGY here. But before I get too ahead of ... joys of running bridge loops in Boston. Afterwards, I decided to take a

  • by Ana V. '15
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m A Famous Rockstar The title is misleading - I'm famous, and I'm a rockstar, but I'm not famous…

  

  studies was one of my two majors in college. I probably know more about ... who preach about the environment in an elitist or antagonistic manner. I ... info in future entries as I learn more, but for now I'll just say that

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sore Subjects state of affairs isn't so good. But here are some telescope pictures!

  

  ? Well, I'm not doing this fabulous topic justice in the least. I brought ... that I read about 100 pages in my Roman History text book, not quite ... get a lot more done over spring break in all my classes. Consequently, I

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • April 14, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  If you’re scared of decision day Here's an exercise

  

  decision. I should have spent the 24 hours before the decision out somewhere ... mitadmissions site, and there's probably not a whole lot I can do to encourage you ... !" or "I'm scared I won't get in!" but things like "I am worried that when

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 13, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Visualize whirled peas

  

  find me (though I beg you to not seek me out in any of these places ... check out this beautiful campus in downtown Montreal? And you can practice ... I don't want to alarm those of you in California, Texas, Florida

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 12, 2004
• Blog / Challenges

  Learning how to be a human being, not a human doing After 6 years of adulting post MIT, these are the things I value now

  

  quest with friends in Baldur’s Gate 3 fill my heart gauge with energy. I ... sprint out the door and see if I can beat my previous commute time ... out, I squeeze him in here and there, feeling further behind on work. I

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I auditioned for a musical Oh my goodness, oh my goodness

  

  the third floor. I signed in. I filled out a couple of forms. I ... 's over. I did it. I won't have to wonder "what if". And I found out that in ... In eighth grade, I was Tessie in my school's production of Little

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 2, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nobel Prizes in your pocket Computers are so cool omg this is why I’m a course 6

  

  ! OLED Displays How can plastic become conductive? In materials science ... flexibility. In addition to conducting electricity, they can become transparent ... you can buy on Amazon for 7 cents each. You can find blue LEDs in any

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 9, 2023
• Blog / How to Food

  everything i cooked this summer it wasn't gourmet but it (mostly) tasted good

  

  for all but one semester. This summer in Berlin, I lived alone again ... of food as fuel first, taste in 1.5th place (I still want my fuel to ... it up, I'll just go out to eat instead of cooking. This is why all the

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • August 14, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  walking the marathon… part of a four-day weekend

  

  one foot in front of another, proving to myself that I can just keep, on ... about a month ago, in the sense that Petey and I penciled in a date, and ... itself. In the two days before the marathon, I made a Google Doc estimating

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 25, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “…being a geek works out…” A UROP at the Center for Sports Innovation.

  

  's national championship. ''It's good to see that being a geek works out in the ... Stealing a page from Melis's book, check out this awesome article about a UROP that appeared in yesterday's Boston Globe, New England

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 12, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  stepping back on keeping your priorities straight

  

  with a friend." " In my moments of clarity I can ask myself what ... figured it out, but I'm slowly stepping back far enough to move forward in a ... hours of bliss in Photoshop, above. Shameless plug: I'll be selling prints

  • by Connie H. '15
  • November 30, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What can you do with a bad grade in quantum? What is my life going to be? (Avenue Q, anyone?)

  

  8.06 out of the park." I will never, in my entire life - IN MY ENTIRE ... accepted. He printed the exam out for me. I folded it in half and tucked it ... weighed in when I reached out, and I feel the situation floating back to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 4, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  长大 on family, thanksgiving, and growing up

  

  I think about the energy they poured into these tasks, though, I see a lot of what I believe reflected back at me. It counts to put in the ... at home. I remember being completely out of place, and wondering why

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • November 28, 2021
• Blog / How to MIT

  Boys like cars and money $1 billion is not enough for thefacebook, but $9 an hour is good enough for…

  

  Environment offices, when I was accosted by a man in a bicycle taxi. MAN: "Hey ... with strangers. But as the man sped off in search of another victim, I ... minutes! I could write a whole blog entry in those 15 minutes! But then I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 25, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Junior Fall Line-Up, Part 1: Classes My academic plans.

  

  time (I was thrilled to find out that he and I were in the same section ... more depth. I decided way back in freshman year that my concentration ... me. My freshman spring, I was in a seminar with TWO OTHER STUDENTS, and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 12, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Day in the Life: Weekend Edition 80% more fun and 800% more apples in one serving!

  

  tiles, and I laid in bed and watched for a while. Some mornings also ... + piccolo) below the seat in front of me just the way I was taught by countless airline stewardesses, and went back to sleep. In my dreams, I

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 16, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Is This All I Ever Will Be? on friendships

  

  been someone that has traveled in a pack. In high school, I had a group of three girls I hung out with a lot and I felt like I understood them ... inevitably fell out and started on our different paths. In my freshman year of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 20, 2022