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  Finally Finished (for now) Saying goodbye and good riddance to a few things

  

  ’ve been spoiled by the vast array of options available to me in California and by the home cooking that I’ve come to miss exponentially so, but for ... the thought that by being forced to write or fail, we would inevitably

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • June 2, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  forbidden gatorade cell media looks tasty...

  

  give you water poisoning. Other notes: Don’t try to make tea by heating ... lenses into some, to which my supervisor asked if I were trying to get him ... with “Try not to drink the media.” This really just implies that cell

  • by Alice L. '24
  • October 21, 2021
• Blog / MISTI

  An American in Copenhagen but my luggage went to Amsterdam

  

  ; two pairs of jeans; just enough socks, shirts, and underwear to get by ... when it is in fact only mid-range cheap.  I get to my room. I’m allergic ... ’t flatter.  All day I am sniffly, and when I get back to my room I cannot

  • by Amber V. '24
  • June 14, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  my first year, in slices ft. ruminations on the freshmen friend group

  

  DND.  In one last attempt to get a hold of her, seeing her Find My ... .”    “Omg yes. When we get to the door just say you’re a Course 6 ... ; phrases i’d never used until MIT:    “I would go, but I’d have to get

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • September 18, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  A Word of Warning (Pay Attention) A guest entry by Kelsey Kennedy '12

  

  was able to get by without actually having to do work. At the time, it ... 've ever wanted to get out of the wind more in my life. While my thick, wooly ... knew what I was getting myself into. MIT is, well, MIT, right? After

  • by Snively '11
  • January 4, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Oh the Places You’ll Go! Did you know Dr. Seuss was a SigEp?

  

  managed to get one percent higher than what I needed to get an A for the ... outmaneuver any NYC taxi. The Motherland. I woke up last morning to the slow ... gaps in the blinds. I rolled over, and realized - to my delight - that I

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 27, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UPOP Program and a look at Jay Dweck (‘77) UPOP is a one-week seminar that teaches leadership and work-place dynamics to sophomores studying engineering…

  

  get to network with professionals through networking lunches ... the entry number?) Now to the meat of the story, get pumped! After he ... goal of this program is to teach leadership and work-place dynamics to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 5, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  rearview reflections newly-minted cruft rambles on post-mit life

  

  you have to get some initial equipment/tools and potentially travel far ... tragedy. I need to go to an airport, catch a flight, and get from the ... hour-ish each way to high school every day.    Sometimes, by sheer

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The most beautiful class schedule yes. good

  

  forces me to get up in the mornings, but I think (with dedication) I can ... yourself that you’re positive this is the semester where you’re going to ... to access your rational, “outside view” shoulder-devil to remember the

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • February 3, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Behind The Drones the making of the pi day drone delivery video

  

  -generated (we'll get to that). However, we knew that at least some of the video ... /production process, and 100% of it was conjured by Loren, who I have come to suspect is ... applicants to MIT are drawn by our famous STEM program, but Loren was primarily

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 1, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Secret Lives of Machines 🤖 In which the machines in my life get the spotlight they deserve.

  

  emotional) pain is a lot to get over, but to me, it’s worth it to try to ... SLP-F9FD20PWLMX0 I primarily use my iPad, SLP-F9FD20PWLMX0 to take ... nothing more, SLP protested greatly when my friend tried to download Genshin

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • September 22, 2024
• Blog / How to MIT

  24 Things I Learned in My First Semester and a Half for the lovely 2024s!

  

  yourself to sit through bad, hoping that it will get better, because if you ... , obviously. But I still stand by this. 9. Go to events on campus. MIT is pretty ... to start the year off by fucking up your relationships. Just try and

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 17, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  here i go again i have watched Mamma Mia! seven times this year

  

  better way to encourage this idea by watching Mamma Mia! (2008), the ... single mother and hotel owner, Donna, is about to get married. Sophie has ... to be amused by how excited I was. Others were mostly just bemused

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • July 9, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Felicitation Answers... and hopefully minimal snark.

  

  getting 6 hours of sleep... by senior year, I was getting to bed before 1 AM ... friends, you're likely to finish the movie and the pizza and get into a ... CPW, or throughout the year...how do you get to do this? There will be a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 16, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

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

  

  . Taiwanese nationality is by no means required to join ATS, by the way. All you ... + 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 / Academics & Research

  Once upon a time Who I was in high school.

  

  with the caveat that memories are believed to be strongly modified by ... that I always get carded when I buy beer. I went to the Massachusetts RMV to get a driver's permit a few weeks ago, and the lady said, "You have

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Week in My Life of My Final Week of My Junior Fall i have no finals

  

  cool book that I really loved reading if you manage to get a hold of the ... hard to get tickets but Petey was nice enough to give me his extra. I am ... Spanish. But, after a bit more of fiddling with settings, I was able to get

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 15, 2021
• Blog / Advice

  Thinking Outside of Absolutes A short thought piece on thinking about thinking

  

  For a while now, I’ve had this realization that I tend to overthink a lot. And I think this is something a lot of people can relate to. There ... , you want to make a choice that leads to the least regret. So, how else

  • by Richard O. '28
  • April 30, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  A salty IAP post Taking a moment to be bitter

  

  of MIT to set up. I understand that a lot of people get a lot out of ... IAP I’m proving to myself that I’m serious about it by actually ... I’ll get too anxious to continue. I have this problem a lot, where the

  • by Powers '23
  • January 22, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  A Physics Metaphor Featuring destruction! and sledding! Oh, and some serious stuff too.

  

  theory) ranged from rubbing dead cats on sticks to pouring super-cold liquid oxygen over a magnet to playing a physics guitar. That class was cool enough to make me continue in the physics track, so I showed up for

  • by Kate R. '14
  • February 7, 2011