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  My First Week as an EMT It was quite an experience

  

  hours for me to fall asleep and it is really hard to stay asleep. At 1am ... it is important that people have someone to go to when they are not ... - making soup, bringing Gatorade and crackers to the doors of the ill.  It is

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • March 7, 2014
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Before You Arrive on Campus: Orientation Edition On REX, safety, free stuff, and making the most out of it all!

  

  greatly. It is a special MIT gem. Talk to your family. Stay in touch with ... excitement of novel college life subsided. A common suggestion is to make ~1 ... ’t overheat with excitement. Orientation moves at light speed, and it’s easy to

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 12, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Yoga The joys of physical education

  

  : WHATEVER) It is imperative that you take steps to complete this requirement ... total of 8 Physical Education points. It was your responsibility to ... work on stretching our legs Balance! (Honestly, this is so hard to do

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 25, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Doogie Howser, et al.

  

  "special case" questions I get is about younger students looking to apply ... few it is exactly the right course of action. Most of these students are ... few additional questions: Why is this student applying to college now

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Weekend Shenanigans the adventures (and photographs) continue

  

  3. learned about cornhole 4. went to Nightmarket It was a very good weekend. Because that's how it is in my head, let's go through these in a ... other than that it is very much an experience more than it is a show

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 20, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Some recommendations about recommendations Some things to think about as you look for letters from teachers.

  

  write your letter, and to have a conversation about it. This is a much ... recommendation form. It is also okay -- common, in fact -- for teachers to write ... forms for every one of the schools you're applying to at once. This is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 24, 2009
• Blog / IAP

  I Am Prepared! Getting ready for IAP! (Find out how to join our mystery hunt team, too!)

  

  . Title Link: I Am Prepared, get it? IAP... (it's okay if you don't want to laugh) My primary mission is to start working on my new project in lab ... weather was a lot nicer for the football game than it was for the parade. I

  • by Bryan
  • January 5, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Memories My first two months at MIT, all wrapped up into one post.

  

  own experiences here at MIT, I remember what it's like to be where you ... , and I know you will all be great. Yes, it's terrifying to finally push ... at MIT. My first reaction was, to be perfectly honest, shock. How

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 28, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  to my position as an admissions blogger. But this fall is different ... championships. I want another year with B entry. I want to make Post-it art on our ... tunnels anymore, and it’s much harder now to make spontaneous lunch plans or

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

  A Woman and Her Lute An epic tale across three centuries. (includes poor fanfic-style prose)

  

  1702, Bologna, Italy It's late in the afternoon, and the sunlight is ... tonight?" "Giuseppe! For the hundredth time, you very well know where it is ... want it to be with my lute. Vieni, let's go to my performance first

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 25, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Spring break in Canada Snowboarding ramps, waterfalls, poutine, butterflies, and lots of noodles.

  

  Montreal. Montreal is pretty easy to reach from Boston and as such is a ... wanted to. Me in our kitchen in Quebec. It was a really short walk to a ... a very pleasant place to stay. It felt much more relaxed than the

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 4, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Simmons Cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat

  

  [/annotation] this semester? It truly is the best place to live on campus.) Edit: My ... I hope you have a great fall semester! Mine is already off to a great ... I love being back in Simmons after a long break. I get to hang out

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 4, 2023
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper ‘84, Astronaut The 24th MIT graduate to go into space.

  

  is, well, after high school I went to college, and I applied to MIT ... about space exploration: "To me exploring space is just a natural ... . Then it led to going across the oceans. And, then it was "OK, let's go

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 16, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Measurements How do you measure a year in the life?

  

  one more measurement to see where it ended up. Let's try measuring "ridiculousness". The first unit that comes to mind is Chris Dodd's proofs ... Campus to the Z-Center one day when my favorite song of the musical theatre

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • October 21, 2011
• Blog / Events

  The career fair and emerging pop stars Thinking about life after MIT at the Career Fair...and then watching a fellow blogger transform…

  

  set-up booths in our athletic facility to try to recruit MIT students. While the fair was specifically tailored to graduating seniors looking for full-time jobs, underclassmen also attended to try to secure summer

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 25, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Did the quadratic formula explode?

  

  of applications I still have to read. The other work (yes, other work) I have to do for the office. My silly notion that when I blog, it ... In one of the 28 (and counting!) responses to my last post, Kelly

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 16, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  Turkeys and babies But no baby turkeys.

  

  's questionably-colored carpet. I don't know what it is about me and public ... in harmony on my first flight of sophomore year and 2) it is keeping me ... , capital L, it seems to be happening/has happened to just about everyone I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 25, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The things that can change your life…

  

  't want to miss the chance to go say hello to Peeto. You see, Peeto is ... we wanted to do hall rush the way it was supposed to be done, not to ... side, which is not where people tend to concentrate, so we didn't see

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 9, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Springtime I actually had no time to write this entry, which is why I cannot explain…

  

  Boston weather reminds me that springtime is about to melt over this ... regularly and surviving non-violently with others (people, that is. Just to be ... even if you do have to pay for it. I think it averages to about 2 dollars

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 6, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  9 / Headache 68 days to go

  

  ~ but it didn't start out that way. I spent the first few weeks trying to ... :   But the city is starting to warm up beautifully: Graduation ... To set the mood: i'm so tired... by lauv & troye sivan  

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • March 31, 2019