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  CPW at Random Hall! While the science gets done, you can build a neat fort with the Settlers drinking…

  

  up by swordsmen breaking down your door? Lost sleep while craving for ... recognized me and asked for a sticker because of something I said a year ago ... building up of a structure. Catamorphism: the consumption of a structure

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 11, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  OCTOBERRR NOVEMBERRR will NOT be my next entry, promise.

  

  was just in love with it. It has developed for itself a spirit, so that ... prompted me, hungry for more text. The slightly chilly breeze is blowing in ... prior. I hear Kayla '12 get up in the room next to mine, and she soon

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 31, 2009
• Blog / Community Projects

  simfinite hopscotch! hippity hoppity blue tape grandiosity

  

  ’s the email I pored over for so long. [caption id="attachment_107005 ... other friends, and I descended to begin the odyssey. We started brewing up ... . After basically doing squats nonstop for so long, I declined hopping it

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • December 15, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  I Don’t Know where am i going to be a year from now?

  

  students. A journalist for National Geographic, sailing along the coast of ... – classes and internships and soccer games – where everything has been tied up ... sniveled for what felt like 30 minutes, because “I don’t know anyone here! I

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • September 27, 2024
• Blog / How to Food

  Write about Tea (with tea (with Paige))

  

  CJ historian but for the history of myself throughout the years, and ... 've thought, drinking 3-4 cups of straight-up black coffee a day was ... to become a part of. This was the long and short of the story, but for

  • by Paige B. '24
  • March 24, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Non-Blinding my junior year(s)

  

  that I need to put in this work now for when I apply to schools this ... -M (a communications intensive class for my major in major), and for ... -- diligently professing my case for why I am taking these classes, I'm left

  • by Paige B. '24
  • March 22, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  “the worst they can say is no” the costs of trying

  

  there are other circumstances, too, in which the cost of trying for ... . For similar reasons (with the bonus fear of getting hate-crimed), I don ... have thicker skin than me, but a lot of growing up has been about

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 10, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  taylor swift songs as applicants emergency evermore post

  

  , "Well, it's made for me" The kid who’s ready to figure out who they are ... -guessing their decision to go far away from home for college.   tolerate it I wait by the door like I'm just a kid Use my best colors for your

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 11, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  so i guess fall is happening kinda hard to believe, huh?

  

  decided that was fine; i liked cooking for myself too much to risk being ... 't worth taking an LOA; i had too many plans for the year that couldn't be ... living with people as cautious and careful as i am.) so that's my plan for

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • August 23, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  i love this f*cking place "say this to my face when you're a junior." ~an upperclassman

  

  okay, it’s a bit early to proclaim my love for this place, especially ... ) and chilled for four months taking various online courses, studying ... fellow adMITs. my daily routine consisted of waking up, making a matcha

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 8, 2019
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining, Dig-Ins and Dives Lady Afeefah travels across campus in search of the best eateries

  

  Afeefah and we're rolling out looking for MIT's greatest Diners, Dig-Ins and ... specials and kosher foods, the hall is open for business for most hours of ... stations set up in Maseeh, I decided on the safest option there is: a freshly

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 7, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  How to Meet More People a guest post from Amy F. '20

  

  strongest friendships. For example, I met my best friend (hey Alex!) four ... there for the best and worst times. People want to know you. Because that ... connections and shared experiences by making the time. But this brings up

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • June 18, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Hi, Applicant to the Class of 2021! here, i try to convince you that it's ok to be dazed and confused right…

  

  Applicant for the Class of 2021, and see how you’re doing. If you ... for “50 Best” representative of the actual applicant pool ... sessions and read the admissions blogs. In October, I gave up and had a month

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 22, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  We Made the World We’re Living In, and We Have to Make It Over Envisioning alternative futures

  

  . I spent the day scanning news sources for updates, any updates, and ... am afraid for people I love. I am afraid for all of us. I want the ... --radical reenvisioning is the only way forward I see. Where can we go for healing and peace

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • July 10, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lessons on How to Start a Hard Tech Startup, with Sam Altman hard tech is hard(er).

  

  start up in that field (see: genome sequencing). Aim for small wins first ... in 3 months? The answer is to shorten your cycle time by aiming for ... forces you to build for a real customer; when you have deadlines every few

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 13, 2016
• Blog / Hacks

  The Stars Look Very Different Today Planet Earth is blue, and there's nothing we can do

  

  FOR THE HOMO SUPERIO-HOOOR!" I picked up the receiver again and said ... far away from home for a bit. One afternoon that summer, while about ... ; Hanna's gone off to New York for grad school, but I'm stuck around because

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 14, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  So what makes a successful MIT student, anyway?

  

  . This got me thinking: what would a success profile for an MIT student ... profile for the Ideal MIT Student™, I do have a good sense of what types of ... ) having the creativity to come up with novel solutions. The first part isn

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 21, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Astronomy in Paradise Lost I can't resist.

  

  seen, although I suppose you could think of the chain as a metaphor for ... last year and, although it's only made up of two little fuzzy blobs, I ... " for "telescope") but I'll finish off with a discussion of light

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 27, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Updates 2013 things that are happening

  

  accepted. One question we sometimes get is about cover sheets for letters of ... stress for you or your advocates. How can I check that you have the ... 've submitted something, and it isn’t showing up, don’t worry: it takes time to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 17, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Life, the Universe, and Everything I’m significant! …screamed the dust speck.

  

  song Yakko's Universe from Animaniacs, and Pokémon for nostalgia) After ... to for a couple of months. Some of my favorite organized internet ... be creative and write and aren’t alone in doing so. Project for

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 13, 2013