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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Parks and Relocation a finale and a premiere

  

  growth. When I look back on all of the long drives west from Long Island to CTY, they feel like the opening scenes to a series of intense coming-of-age movies. When I decided to take a gap year, I wasn't sure if I'd get that

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 21, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  one hour in which i am Holden Caulfield (but more tragic and less hero)

  

  holding tomorrow, and how we’ve been working really hard to put everything ... ago. i should be able to write about that? i scroll for ten minutes through my Google Drive to confirm my suspicion that i was drowning in

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 14, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  The World Has Many Trees climb all of them!!

  

  favorite movie. If I saw or heard anything Tarzan-related, I'd beg them to ... my residual fascination with Tarzan contributes to how much I love the ... clueless is normal. We are beginners in everything we do, from reading, to

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • March 17, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  On IAP A time for P E R S O N A L P R O J…

  

  . "A novel way to write songs", I described it as! Then I started writing ... not finishing it. I had nothing. When I went to give my presentation in ... very sad, but I talked about what I wanted it to be and I ended up

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • December 27, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  An Art UROP and an Animation Job Yes, these exist here!

  

  UROPing is a very MIT thing to do. “91% of MIT graduating seniors ... MIT, we knew we wanted to UROP at least once in our time here, because ... -bucket-list thing to do.  But, we also didn’t want to UROP just to UROP. We wanted to

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 13, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  start of summer tidbits i'm alive

  

  and what I'm doing this summer. I'm doing this because a) I need to ... 've ever been, and I'm sure they'll only get harder. :( But I got to spend ... ... it wasn't too bad. (More to come later.) What am I doing this summer

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • June 12, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Managing a Full Plate Both Food and Life

  

  Transitioning from first to second semester has actually been pretty ... schedule. Compared to first semester, I now have more classes, more homework ... ! Academically, it was the best part of my week. It felt great to be back helping

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • February 26, 2018
• Blog / Athletics

  Around the world in 30 days ...ok, maybe more like I'm Traveling a Lot this IAP

  

  2018 is turning out to be quite the adventurous year. I kicked off the year by packing up all my stuff in Boston, hauling most to storage ... mattress pad, cooking utensils, etc.), and the rest to bring with me on a

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • February 15, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  10 ft from Hasan Minhaj D R E A M S D O C O M E T R U…

  

  This past summer, Hasan Minhaj FINALLY made his way to my hometown on his homecoming tour. Keep in mind, this is a person I’ve been wanting to ... Facebook event, I went hysterical to say the least. Yall! Second chances

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • October 8, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fran Sancisco and Spother Oonerisms Racing tays and fighting lires

  

  American singer. Spooner was particularly plagued by a tendency to swap syllables between adjacent words, often to comedic effect. An inattentive ... previous summers UROPing on campus, so I was hyped to explore the world

  • by Joel G. '18
  • August 7, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Case of the Considerate Robbers and other winter adventures

  

  MIT students tried to better their Spanish, interned at local companies, and wondered why they chose to go to the Southern Hemisphere during ... monotonous routine of a 9 to 6 (or sometimes 8 to 7) work schedule, almost

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • August 3, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  three things i made recently lasers, radio, and a chocolate chip cookie loaf

  

  in session yet. the snow's only just turned to rain and we've had two ... package of semisweet chocolate chips INSTRUCTIONS: Preheat oven to 375 ... dish. Use a knife to draw a pattern on top if you're feeling fancy. Bake

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 15, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Yellow, Blue, Green, and Red Free art and how to borrow it at MIT

  

  hallways. In an effort to spice up the recurring blandness of Maseeh’s white, white walls, my roommate and I have taken it upon ourselves to overhaul ... still “under construction”, but I first wanted to give a shout out to an

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 29, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  What is weather? ...and what is rain?

  

  amazing as the icon makes it out to be. Last Tuesday the high was 84 ... had my umbrella in hand, poncho over my backpack. I was ready to conquer ... sideways?! And why is the water warm??? I managed to take this Snap while

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 9, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Flood, an Ark, a Third Word I Am Missing Sophomore year starts out a little wet, and what is a community, really?

  

  ’t blagged since the fall semester started due to trying to get on top of ... the other bloggers have been blogging a lot, too!). To returning readers, thanks for sticking around, and to new ones, I hope you’ve been enjoying

  • by Selam G. '18
  • September 21, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Selam’s First CPW Some thoughts and odds and ends~

  

  didn’t think I had been super committed to CPW activities, but I actually ... CPW event tomorrow, and then I went to Meet the Bloggers, in which I met ... is on the interwebz rather than IRL. Tomorrow, I am going to be at the

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 18, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Home Sweet College Surviving first semester.

  

  Wow. So this is what official blagging* is like. It’s nice to meet ... admissions blogs myself, and so now I feel like I’m obligated to post something ... everyone was posting about first coming/coming back to college, and all the

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 29, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  January Book List Oaks & Poems & Baldwin & Biss

  

  The snow is quiet and deep. I hope all the people who want to read ... phone service, and no problem sets. I went to Powell's, brought my old ... described them to a friend "like stacked rocks." They are delicate and hard at

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • January 27, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Family Weekend 2014 family weekend 2014, day 1 and how I had fun

  

  October. I spent this past week trying to get all of my work done before ... .01 lab to finish a 14.02 pset due Monday morning, and an 8.02 exam also on ... waaahmbulence for a bit, I got straight to work. I traded away sleep hours for

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 25, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Seattle: Land of the Strange, Skies of the Free where pirates roam the streets and dogs play the bucket-drums

  

  I was walking to the Pacific Science Center with a friend one afternoon, hoping to catch the 8:00 Daft Punk-themed laser show in the ... seems to be some sort of parade or festival every other week. And they

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 14, 2014