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  Staying sane and strong during a pandemic with help from some engineer friends

  

  cinder block oven for a disastrously large pie. I loaded up lots of lumber ... 't want to wait for the next cycle to begin before I told this collaborative ... between yoga and powerlifting. For me, [annotation note="But not injurious

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 22, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  17 Things I’ve Learned in the Past Year growing, growing, grown

  

  It’s spring break and I’m catching up on alone time. I didn’t exactly ... )—on Tuesday night, I went to see Vince Staples for the second time, which was ... ’s like to start studying for a Friday 8AM exam (for a class you’ve attended

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 30, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  The Great Wifi Outage of 2007 Burton-Conner's wifi went out two days ago; Evan will tell you more by the end…

  

  colleges and only end up paying for a few. You'll save your family a LOT of ... the epic e-mail failure of po14 last spring. Look for Evan's blog about ... lie), dance practice, MedLinking almost everyone on my hall for some

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 18, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Slow down, fast train. Take me with you!

  

  ended up going across the river for terrible greasy pizza at 1 AM. I saw ... Donald's. This week sucks. Well, for everybody else it sucks, because they had ... tolerable for our floor by preparing one of Conner 2's patented senior finals

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 26, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  smoke and spice my comfort meal

  

  leaves. Mix up the dish for 1 more minute then turn off the heat ... ’s been my Instagram username for the past 2 years. For the entirety of my ... smoke fills the room and the cook always ends up coughing and crying

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • May 9, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The future isn’t the answer reflecting on anxiety

  

  is not a substitute for professional advice. --- Every day we wake up and we get out of bed We get dressed We clean up last night's mess And ... . After being holed up in my room for the majority of IAP, I got myself to

  • by Jenny B. '25
  • January 30, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  On identity f(x) = x

  

  up to called the IMO, which you can think of as the Olympics for high ... for me shooting up. It felt good. I’ll admit it. It felt good. I now ... ’m scrambling for anything that will call me Filipino. I picked up this label

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 25, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Underwater Dreams (from a distance) A reflection on immigration, student activism, and civic engagement at MIT.

  

  , I approached a friend. Ruben P. ’18 had stood up before the panel, and ... . Everything’s gonna be different for him, because he has papers. I’m glad he ... , and he’s here. DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) granted

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 10, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to MIT: Choosing a Dorm the good and not-so-good reasons

  

  worried, stock up on frozen meals from Trader Joe’s for easy dining (you ... pricing, but be careful when looking at the pricing chart. For example, McGregor has mostly singles, so its actual cost for an average freshman is higher

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 14, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Anticipation of Pi Day 2017 bloggers past and present try to make you feel better right now

  

  Penny for Your Thoughts by Erick P. '17 Although of course you end up ... keeps me up at night. The Political Science department here is excellent ... “right” for the field. And I would have overlooked the Institute that was

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 13, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Making Connections we live in a society (affectionate)

  

  .031,[/annotation]the class I'm currently working for as a Lab Assistant. This was ... my head that I've been thinking about, each separately, for a few weeks ... Mondays. Then, I walk two buildings over and I go to office hours for

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 26, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Yachts, Drones, and Lessons from the Media Lab How to lose a phone in 90 seconds

  

  . It turned out to be for my grad student (I say “my”, but in reality I am more his than he is mine), so I intercepted it for him. When he ... student) would normally afford for dinner. I never missed a group meeting

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 1, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Tasty water, the Charles River, and other things that are not synonymous First post!

  

  asleep for the entirety of the movie that followed. Woke up, staggered ... -tasting water on campus. Last Sunday, I filled up two entire bottles of sweet ... a year's worth of collected bubble wrap for 10 minutes, consumed

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 11, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  0.125 not a course 0 class, but a fraction complete

  

  back up without me pressing start. I replied to emails,[annotation note="Which I got!! More on this later, I'm sure :)"]applied for a UROP ... eighth day, my self-reflection woke up. Since then, I've been thinking a

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 4, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An actual day in the lab Hectic is my middle name.

  

  -- spots need to be freed up in order for people to move in. 2. Charlotte ... vacation since finals ended due to moving and setting up the apartment)... my body is not pleased that I'm getting up so early. 7:54 AM. I roll out of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Fake it ‘til you make it It worked for me!

  

  tell you about my life after MIT.  But in order for me to properly tell ... like the dumb one who's in over her head."  There were other ups and ... folders alphabetically. Her entire education has been leading up to this

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If man is five Then most people are six, and if most people are six then pre-meds are seven.

  

  ! It was for like 30 seconds, for a variety of reasons, but it was cool just to be in the same room for a minute and catch a glimpse of his well ... listening to the answer, like, at all. And I ended up kind of majoring in both

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 10, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Flux and Flow Thermodynamics as therapeutic analogy; or, the longest way I've ever said, "I'm still figuring things…

  

  equilibria, I guess? For those unfamiliar with the concept of dynamic ... likening my next four years to learning to swim: You can cling for dear life ... experiences you'll end up missing out on - will taunt you until you turn around

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 12, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Notes on the Interview It's only going to be as fun as you want it to be.

  

  't let that be you. Also, I tend to show up for my interview around 15 ... Please note that, as of August 2018, our process for assigning ... beautiful afternoons along the river cheered me up. It's a standing joke

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 26, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “I am, and ever will be, a white socks, pocket protector, nerdy engineer…” wherein Neil Armstrong's legacy kicks off a year of Unified Engineering, and I reflect on…

  

  : 1. Take the candidate outside. 2. Wait for the familiar rumble of ... looks up at the airplane, the candidate passes and gets the job. Having ... . My reasons for choosing aerospace engineering (Course 16), however, don

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 9, 2014