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  I waited waaaay too long to get a new computer Finally, a development environment I can work with!

  

  up a computer in the cloud using Amazon Web Services. For my daily life ... paid around $450 for it, which is like way less than what I would have paid for a new computer with comparable specs. Also it ran Windows 7

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 8, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  One for sorrow, two for joy Never surrender your dreams.

  

  , and one revised essay) while still finding a decent amount of time for ... wherever you finally find yourself for college, whether that happens to be

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 14, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  some IAP adventures as told by my camera roll

  

  nothing at all, which wound up being quite a bit...but that's a story for ... whirlwind for me, and since we're now in the midst of the first week of the ... "]headaches,[/annotation] but overall, I enjoy the satisfaction of cooking for myself when I have

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 4, 2022
• Blog / Advice

  applying sideways, beyond admissions a rendition of Petey's hit blog

  

  ended up going here, things after that would simply fall in place. My ... collection of thoughts on the internet for a student figuring out how to make ... outlines for how to get into MIT are do well in school, be nice and pursue

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • April 22, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  🎶Jauntily Sauntering Ambling Shambler🎶 Yes, those are actual lyrics from the musical I was just in

  

  for three hours. Aimlessly skateboarding down my hall. Rolling ... the end of it. I’d spent the last two weeks either rehearsing for six ... back! I could heal, start some personal projects, catch up on my (late

  • by Powers '23
  • December 20, 2019
• Blog / Events

  This… is… Jeopardy! [UPDATE] Jean '09 knocks off a 6-time champion; watch her defend her winning streak tonight on…

  

  get their make-up retouched for game two.  Jeopardy! usually tapes five ... challenge for artificial intelligence. What is "Jeopardy"? That is correct ... about Jean from an email she sent me, explicitly for blogging purposes

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Pageant and pomp and parade The whippoorwill of freedom zapped me right between the eyes.

  

  to head down to the Hatch Shell and pick up tickets for the concert ... % off coupon in the Collegiate Coupon Book, which you can pick up for free ... Boston sky lights up for 23 minutes to a bizarre soundtrack which included

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Bubble Bath Disastrophe (and Other Adventures) Spring break: adventures and misadventures, coming home, and MIT on the Colbert Report—twice!

  

  into the van as they showed up. Eventually the van was full. A girl came up to the driver, asking to pay in cash for a seat. The driver reached ... around a few blocks of New York City for twenty minutes and then arrived at

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 3, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Summer to Remember – Interphase or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Institvte!

  

  particular order. While my last summer was spent cooped up in a cubicle for 40 ... grades where life is at its best. Where one stays up until 4am, not out of necessity but out of enjoyment, and wakes up when it can no longer be

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • October 5, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  MacCPW, et al. in case you couldn't make it

  

  could be up for debate. E Entry: Protobowl and Produce and SNL and ... thrive in a cook-for-yourself community. H offered up some kitchens and ... CPW is officially over! The CPW weather machine ended up pulling

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 9, 2017
• Blog / IAP

  I walked on water* IAP? no...you're AP.

  

  *in the solid phase This is a recipe for The Best Tasting BLT ... you appreciate it. True for food, true for MIT. Because as good as it was to be home in December for winter break (back home, “winter” is 70

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 17, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  The Grandest of Road Trips Reflections on a cross-country road trip, on an international plane flight, on a full bladder.

  

  for my flights, housing, and general life in Tokyo, as well as lined up ... much greater stamina for holding it than yours truly, so you'd think I'd have picked up a little more endurance. Instead of that, I've picked up a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 1, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  Mid-May Update Q&A: Athena tips and hints

  

  has. The process you follow is to sign up for a Moira ... ://wserv.mit.edu:444/fcgi-bin/lc for this, and don't sign up for a Mailman list -- that ... for a final this weekend, and thankfully the sun came out again after a

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • May 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Nance Nance Revolution! (+ My CPW Recap) New art and new memories.

  

  change gonna' come." For the greater part of my blog's existence, many of ... awesome for creating my new banner. Not to mention the fact that you are a perfect fit for MIT and I can't wait to see you as a freshman this fall

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • April 25, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Happier Than Ever on quitting and long-ish distance biking

  

  ride my bike for nearly an hour every day to speed up the part of my ... yearlong membership for $45! it's pretty worth it if you don't have your own ... annual bike auction where you can get decent bikes for prices comparable or

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • August 10, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  How I lost aura points i confess my sins

  

  state that I have been reduced to[/caption] For people who aren't caught up with Gen Zalpha slang, or people who are reading this in the far ... women for some reason and said that it was only for students. [-200 aura

  • by Jenny B. '25
  • November 14, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  all the notes i took in a week riveting stuff, i know

  

  -highlighters-bullet-journaling-timelapse-note-taking days (or maybe the better word is recovered?), my appreciation for the ... for Mechanical Engineers This class has 1 hour lectures every Monday and Wednesday, and meets for a two hour lab every week. While the lab

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • November 8, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Photos of Freshman Spring 📸 My attempt to take a photo a day for an entire semester.

  

  be entered in a lottery for a $1000 dollar scholarship. For kids up to ... everyday, I at least kept it up for four months. And now I have all these ... last year of eligibility for a ~special program~ my local library ran

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • October 31, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick EA Update A few words about the storm, application tracking, MyMIT, and more.

  

  processed all materials. It may take us up to two more weeks for your materials to show up on the tracking system (even for electronic documents). I ... some brief updates. Sandy: If you have been affected by the storm, for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 31, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Day in My Summer Life Starts at 5 AM, ends at 10:30 PM, and go-go-go in between.

  

  I don't much care for this nickname, lol...). I have three suitemates ... on the train and hope that I wake up to my 7:20 alarm. 7:30 AM ... -profile vaccines like Gardasil (for HPV) and Zostavax (for shingles) has been both

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • July 15, 2012