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  In pursuit of freedom MIT might not be free, but plenty of things are.

  

  up with enough leftovers for the rest of the week. It was a glorious ... For several weeks now, I've been actively intending to write about FASAP, an advising seminar for MIT freshmen that has not one, not one

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 21, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  It’s Not Always Rainbows and Butterflies Inspired by Paul and Snively.

  

  , eh? So this was my day: 1:17 AM: Began studying for the 18.03 test ... up. 3:27 AM: Bedtime! zzzzzz 10:20 AM: Riiiiiing! Groggily turns off ... while mentally getting annoyed at self for being so sleepy even after

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 26, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  On schools & context

  

  A while back, I asked for parent questions and received exactly one ... they be great students and great kids overall, they end up rejected. I ... college counselors spend hours crafting a recommendation letter for each

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 23, 2005
• Blog / Events

  total eclipse of the cruft

  

  this post is a little delayed, for which I plead CPW Like millions ... , the cloud forecast was looking gloomy all month and up to the morning of ... digression: through a stroke of luck, my car rental reservation for a sedan was

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 16, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  taste ai has no taste.

  

  might’ve seen me mention that I spoke to The Washington Post for an ... become easily automated by AI] is looking for jobs and skills that require ... formulaic.” I’m not sure if the quote that ended up in the article quite

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 20, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  you’re on your own, kid

  

  .[/annotation] And while we had our ups and downs, we started officially dating in ... of my college experience up until this point has been a joint venture ... relationship; in fact, I think it was incredibly good for me to be in it. I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 5, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  actual conversations i definitely had last night happy new year i guess

  

  i've like, built up over the years A: for no good reason B: same B ... up graduating and then working a job A: and i'll look back at this ... like it's right there B: well for me it's more like B: a maze of switches

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 1, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Into the Unknown with bravery

  

  out what to do after we graduate.  It’s scary.  For the past couple of ... one of 3 companies that called us back for onsite interviews.  Around ... , and “Thank you for your interest.” So we’ve tried preparing ourselves

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 17, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Seattle was gorgeous until the smoke came in

  

  college is how many opportunities you get to live in a new place for a month ... hike was pretty typical for Washington trails. You hike from the forest floor up into the foothills of the mountain, surrounded by towering trees

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 22, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  jr fall classes &c

  

  stay focused and not let work from this class pile up, because the work ... because it hasn't ramped up in abstraction yet and because holomorphic ... these classes is 6 units (compared to 12 units for a typical one

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 19, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Integration Bee (guest post by Mike W. ‘19) I had a tagline planned out, but I axed it for being too derivative.

  

  meant we were up against each other for a shot at the finals. My roommate ... fractions is a total drag. Anyways, I waltzed in for the written portion ... -pressure probably helped me. I made the cut, for the live round. Turns out my roommate

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Magic Cards and a Farmers’ Market And frozen advice for the 2019s

  

  .06 (Linear Algebra) after staying up most of the night studying for it ... moment, I’m supposed to be preparing for a 6.01 exam on circuits tomorrow ... convenient excuse for not blogging since February - it’s not that I’ve been too

  • by Joel G. '18
  • April 13, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  Don’t Waste Daylight; Don’t Lose Sleep I've almost survived a whole semester.

  

  'm doing great. I got ten hours of sleep last night, made oatmeal for ... Guthrie," I've registered for ceramics glasses over IAP, and after years of ... sparkle with intensity, and the stakes for everything seem higher, even

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 10, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Halloweekend and the 7 weekends prior!

  

  , dress up entirely in pink for the Gangnam Style flash mob in Killian Court ... to gracefully flail on the ice rink, while dressed up as your favorite ... dressed up as Iron Man.   Weekend 7 If this weekend were a soup

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • October 28, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Magic Of fluorescent cells and robots

  

  since I arrived in Boston. I have been up to my ears in work, dance ... it’s just a lot of exciting things going on!!! First up, my work this ... up with the team’s progress (since I came back from England after the

  • by Linh V. '13
  • August 20, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Withdrawal Symptoms I miss camp :(

  

  things that don't belong to me, I've spent the past 100+ hours staying up ... it was for her to see her mother sick, how her fifth and sixth ... meals on her own for herself and her two brothers. I wouldn't have

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 1, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Winter Miscellania I'm (b)ready to go back to MIT al(b)ready.

  

  enlistees, and that Bill Gates had cleverly developed a way to hook up my ... program that paid for countless free dinners and concert tickets last year. Highly recommended, even if I don't remember what the “AP” stands for

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 27, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back Home No Strings Attached

  

  an hour long car ride back home for dinner at McMenamins. If you ... early and woke up early, to weather like this People in Boston will ... work at home, working outside for my dad. No, I'm not working for Google

  • by Snively '11
  • May 24, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Global Poverty Initiative Because you’re reading this while 1/6 of the world is illiterate.

  

  food events like this. During her class breaks, she would walk up and ... food they were having. She didn’t have to cook for like, 2 solid weeks ... part responsible for getting me involved in GPI. GPI is the Global

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 15, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Boston Marathon ‘08 I'm back!

  

  bringing it back completely makes up for all of my recent absence. Again, I ... three of the bloggers would drop off the face of the earth for a little ... 's been a month and a week since I last posted. And it's not for lack of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 14, 2008