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  Welcome back into my life, crutches The universe's way of telling me to sit my butt down and study

  

  . As promised, Sam showed up wearing a suit, holding a giant box of ... -not-so-Secret Santa made me a beautiful little light-up paper Christmas tree (and bought ... towels this week, or 2) suck it up and put them in the laundry. I picked

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 10, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  It’s bigger than you, and you are not me. Consider this entry the hint of the century.

  

  stay up all tonight to start and finish a stupid HASS paper." Evoking ... units." Checkmate. The victor's sub sandwich is up, he grabs it and ... the amount of work they had done for a class--"Oh, I didn't even bother

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 22, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  [Joint Post] A Jaunt Across Europe (Part 1) vomiting in Venice and other Italian adventures

  

  reality of my existence. It’s too easy for me to get caught up in my studies ... , head to toe.) Think: Total Drama Island throw up. I felt so bad for ... , our group split up. As Kano went to search for a dress for [annotation

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • March 31, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Staying in Touch Family back home or here in Boston!

  

  , they just confirmed tickets to come up here for another weekend around ... back inside for a home-cooked meal, seems so long ago. In reality, it has been three months-ish since I got on campus over the summer. For just

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • October 1, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogger Application 2011! how to be a blogger

  

  this morning, but check out what the Boston Globe had for its weather forecast for the long weekend: A sun-moon wearing shades? Now that is ... ! As usual, we will primarily be looking for incoming freshman; however

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 22, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Final Forty-Five Still somehow worse than last term

  

  ’ve ever taken at MIT. Part of the reason for that is that one of my classes ... of other classes. For that reason, 21F.702 (Spanish II) and 14.02 (Macroeconomics), two candidates for a fifth class, were not truly feasible. But, I

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • February 28, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  In which I show no restraint whatsoever But don't worry, you'll all probably benefit from it (unless, you know, you don't).

  

  On Sunday, I moved out of Senior Haus for the first time in two years, as I'm working at CTD again this year as an RTA for Neuroscience and living at Northwestern for the summer makes it difficult to also live at

  • by Keri G. '10
  • June 11, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  Making The Switch Making the transition from high school to college, Chapter 1

  

  yourself to new ideas. For me, personally, in the summer leading up to the ... buying a computer for college, I can share my thoughts. This blog entry ... curfew or parental supervision - actually studying for classes - moving

  • by Bryan
  • March 31, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  Be Social awkward and anxious

  

  't still make my heart beat at an uncomfortable rate and tie up my tongue to ... probably would've spent five minutes there and then made up some excuse ("I ... it to do this? Make something up. "We should definitely meet up soon

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 26, 2019
• Blog / Residential Life

  A man’s reach should exceed his grasp My roommate and I built a lofty heaven!

  

  up to; as an applicant, seeing other applicants brag about their skills ... that for another time.) One of the reasons I was drawn to MIT was for its “buildy” culture (like the awesome, huge structures East Campus puts up in

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 23, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Attack of the Acronyms and the space between the letters

  

  spelling. Luckily for the sake of our collective sanity, however the ... , these are it. First up—FPOPs! FPOPs: First-Year Pre-Orientation Programs ... part of the FPOP actually ended up being learning about rocket propulsion

  • by Allison E. '27
  • October 3, 2023
• Blog / Events

  LSC – It Doesn’t Suck! Reject digital, return to 35 mm analogue

  

  projectionist for the club. After all, I reasoned, college is a time to try out new things. I signed up for a training slot, and before I knew it, I was ... on 35 mm projection for the Spirited Away screening that weekend and

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 7, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  (Q & A)^n

  

  Like many of you, I stayed up quite late watching the election ... riots, but it is a place where students believe in working for change in tangible and pragmatic ways. For example, check out the MIT-Washington DC

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 3, 2004
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [joint post] Welcoming you to “Here at MIT” student art in the new welcome center

  

  up to paint for the Borderline x Storywall Project (or just Borderline ... .   How did you come up with the idea for your mural? Melody W ... process took around 6-7 hours. We sign up for slots to paint; and when we

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 3, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Life Rationing Problem how do you save a life

  

  decides to grab a healthy patient who shows up for a checkup. He takes the ... Introduction: Keeping up with political news this month has ... being rationed) and will argue for how to resolve the life allocation

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 15, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A The ones that passed the "lmgtfy" test

  

  gut thing. I showed up for CPW, loved it. I also had been reading the ... fast pace we've been going at has been a struggle for me to keep up with ... Hey all! Time for another round of Q&A. A few general comments: 1

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 10, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  November Questions Omnibus 1 As usual, Q & A.

  

  for the second short essay: can you tell me (at least three days before ... a bit outdated... Also, I have two possible responses for the world we ... HST, and they seem to think it's great. As for your second question, yes

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  confronting the self i am the captain of my soul

  

  're already be— cj: okay, shut up. the two of you, shut up. dan: … alan ... keep my head up and be realistic. how bad could things possibly get? cj ... woke up in the morning. dan: you know, most people who were sixteen

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 30, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Building the Yearbook [by Ken Haggerty '11] An inside look at Technique 2010 (shhh!!!)

  

  for this year's edition of Technique (the yearbook of MIT, since 1885), it was my duty not only to come up with a concept, design the book, and ... ask for an extra week), I am proud to say that we are completely on time

  • by ARTalk
  • March 29, 2010
• Blog / How to MIT

  The Cost of Living at MIT alternatively, how to spend money at MIT

  

  . For most students, college will be their first experience largely ... adjusting to prices and scrounging for the best deals, I've found a way to ... than I expected! but still kinda sad). I asked for the average estimated

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 14, 2025