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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Getting Through a Difficult Month Study, Study, Study

  

  have less “free-time”, but I made up for a lot of the busy time during ... arrived, I feel ready for the next two months of school before the summer ... March, a presentation that accounted for 30% of my grade, and what felt

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • April 1, 2018
• Blog / Athletics

  Thanksgiving Nostalgia if MIT == home

  

  waking up at 4 a.m. to stumble into the boathouse for morning rowing ... or unopened textbooks for GIR classes like biology or physics. I’ve also found that I like switching up where I work, sometimes a corner desk

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • December 1, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  seattle (again) home and away

  

  bakes often and leaves the cake, or brownies, or cornbread, up for grabs ... time for a summer update. i'm in seattle! again! this time i ... 's a time for new friends and new experiences and new places. at the same

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 15, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Short Thoughts Girlhood, editing, iPhone notes.

  

  struggling with bouts of illness for the past month or so. I'm not sure what's wrong. I keep thinking I've recovered only to wake up with a sore throat ... a headache and wake up still with a headache. It's the first time in

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • May 13, 2016
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Let’s All Work Together Easier Said Than Done

  

  international automotive company, Gelota, we worked for was facing reports of failures of the AC unit for the car leading to a few occurrences of smoke and ... 's success in avoiding a major recall. We had 70 minutes to come up with a

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • March 16, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Home Sweet College Surviving first semester.

  

  there for me. But the idea of growing up and changing and moving out ... out and growing up and being on your own. Academically, first semester ... , talks, and interesting things here that have a very real potential for

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 29, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summertime Happenings A summer of research and relaxation in Boston

  

  all day to make up for the noticeable absence of air conditioning. Our ... is so conveniently located more than makes up for the little quirks and ... Finals ended over a month ago, so quite frankly, I have no excuse for

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • July 4, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Life After: A Collage living the MIT dream

  

  change up your living situation, even if you just do it for a summer, and ... interns for the summer, I was all like, “yay! I will not be the least ... Roy pulled up the app I made*, went to some detergent brand’s page, and

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • September 3, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  My advisor won $3 million Unraveling the mysteries of the universe, and helping Anna make life choices

  

  physicists worldwide just won $3 million each for outstanding contributions to ... a fancy title for A More Complete Version Of Big Bang Theory ... been my advisor for about a year. He told me to call him Alan. During

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 10, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Most Importantly, No Reddit This is actually how people lived.

  

  ’s power adapter was dead. A long time coming, it had been on the fritz for ... were all I needed. I now feel moderately prepared for tomorrow’s exam ... on them, of course, but the three people whom I would like to ask for

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • October 19, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Art Imitating Art well, at least blogs.

  

  Happy Labor Day Weekend y'all! I'm up north in my ancestral woods of ... , cranking up every dial. I put on my headphones, ready to unleash percussive ... drumming a nuisance... So why am I bringing this back up? Because my

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 5, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Writing Science Fiction [by Susan Shepherd '11] Writing takes time, but fortunately MIT gives you good excuses to…

  

  writing takes time and time is something which you give to MIT for ... friends will take up a large amount of your time, and it is very tempting to ... it "work," and it also forces you to set writing deadlines for yourself

  • by ARTalk
  • March 24, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  In which I am only slightly less boring than usual The title says it all, no?

  

  keys on my computer's keyboard have been acting up since January, making it nearly impossible for me to type anything at all ever. Getting ... or that one key up top with the incomprehensible symbol on it? Oh, wait

  • by Keri G. '10
  • July 12, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Boston Rain With apologies to Tay Zonday.

  

  ended up getting drenched in an unexpected deluge of rain. Yes, you read that right: rain. For a variety of reasons, this made me less than happy ... picturesque, and fun to play with (or in), it even can serve as a metaphor for

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 12, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Getting a Physics Major – Part I I split this up because i need to start studying for finals.

  

  backing up, about someone not flushing the toilet, about the nation's state ... grateful for it. At MIT, in certain departments, there are entire courses ... behind the experiments, ideas for improvement, equipment debugging and

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 14, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Wonder what an Amtrak station in the middle o’nowhere looks like? Pulling an Anthony on you: pictures of train stations, followed by my IAP so far.

  

  train stations for the past three weeks. It's long, hard work, hence my not putting up a new blog post since I left MIT. </sarcasm> My nonblogging is apparently reason for you to yell at me. Please don't. Every post

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 17, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Oh, sweet freedom? One girl's tale of how to (try and) fend for herself in college. Tire swing…

  

  noodles until we get scurvy and staying up until 4AM day after day ... stay up until 4, what with none of my classes this semester starting ... being able to make food for myself. The latter is beyond terrifying, as I

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lazy hazy crazy Summer for me means lab and cooking. I'm not sure which I like better.

  

  "shut up Mollie, you've been dating him for over two years, I know he ... another one next weekend when he and my mom are up for graduation. I ... So the presentation that I was making Photoshop slides for last time? I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 4, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s going on inside my head It might not have been so very important.

  

  threw a dinner party for a bunch of people Friday, including Sam's Mom ... most healthful food in the world, is actually bad for you, because it ... . 2. I got an A on my Pulitzer-worthy essay for German I, "Mein Freund

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 7, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Marathon Sports The store has the word "marathon" in it, so it has to be good, right?…

  

  do sit-ups in the mornings. About a month ago, I got the crazy idea to take my healthy lifestyle to the next level and train for the Boston ... for me. A marathon has 26 miles. Half a year has 26 weeks. Coincidence

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 13, 2005