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  Life is Improv say yes

  

  summer camps and in high school. Though I like to think I'm a kind person, I'm also deeply sarcastic; it's naturally easier for me to play the ... stupid the whole scene is. I'm also someone who naturally likes to have a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 3, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I am a sad sad toaster made of glass. Do you like your toast with tears? Because I'm sad.

  

  made of glass this term. I'm leaving MIT! It's totally sad. I just walk around and I'm like, "Oh no! It's the last time ever I'm going to forget to ... my model. I will indeed be taking zero units at MIT next term, since I'm

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 14, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Random Hall ‘13s Life plans, advice, and stories from last year’s Random Hall graduates.

  

  of them changed my life in a good way and I’m excited to see the ... me to the Grace Hopper Celebration in October, which I’m incredibly excited for—and I’m giving a talk on plane crashes to one of our internal

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 20, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The future isn’t the answer reflecting on anxiety

  

  more than enough to be overwhelming and make me double-guess whatever I'm ... a devastating mistake, and I'm not satisfied with how I'm doing now ... healing from my depression to accept that I’m mentally ill again, but

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 30, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  HNY from NYC for IAP, 2016 time passes so quickly, help

  

  ago; I don’t think I’ll ever feel like I’m learning fast enough anymore ... mind around in circles. (Because! I'm! actually! just! screaming

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 3, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  Hi! I’m Laura ’09. You may remember me from such blog posts as What ... ! In celebration of the 10 year anniversary of the blogs, I'm back to ... college students like me.)  Also, I'm going to call out Course 2 here: no

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Advice From The Elderly My last blog entry, at least from this chapter.

  

  that out of the way, I'm writing this entry for a few reasons. One ... entering MIT. Don't worry, I'll wait.) And three, because I'm about to be class of 2016 myself. After working for two years in Boston, I'm moving

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 25, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Writing is Magic And 15 minutes is all you need

  

  I have a personal blog that I write about my teenagers and I haven’t updated it lately. It’s not because I’m tired of writing- I’m not. And it certainly isn’t because of a lack of material. I have more material than ever

  • by Kris Guay
  • June 13, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Future Is Grim check it out

  

  . I'd be tempted to say I'm a bit biased, as he was my 6.01 professor ... else, am excited that he'll be mine while I'm here. With all the praise

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 28, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  i don’t want to say goodbye sorry sad blog incoming

  

  wishing. also i guess i'm a frat boi now :O ... this summer and next year. I'm grateful that tEp, another tightknit and creative community, decided to take me in. I'm excited for what's in store

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • May 24, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Love In the Time of Corona lots of evidence that the people are the best part of MIT

  

  email came out, I’m really grateful I was at MIT.  It’s a scary time and ...   I really don’ t know where to start with these guys. I’m truly blessed ... W.)   I'm high-key emotional rn. While that was a lot, compared

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 15, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  SO META Being an MIT admissions blogger

  

  I'm sitting at the kitchen table in my London flat; my sister Lisa ... an internship in Albuquerque, New Mexico. I'm pretty sure I was on ... 'd take a lot of time on each post. I'm not sure when the downward spiral

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 29, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Sunrise, Sunset An MIT-Israel student shares his day

  

  I’m not going to be in a Jewish wedding anytime soon, so far all I can ... right now and soon, I’m told, things will be even more laid-back (!) when ... D students/post-docs so I’m again the youngin’. I’ve been able to get to know a

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 17, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The joys of web development or: how i learned to stop worrying and love the web

  

  isn’t for me. I’m not entirely excluding the possibility. […] But Java ... is kind of annoying, and I enjoyed programming more when I’m not doing ... 't that be my project? Why shouldn't I care about having fun on what I'm

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 9, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  The Room(s) Where It Happens You've hit submit. What Comes Next?

  

  . This job, I’m realizing as I write this, has really accelerated the aging ... excruciating. I miss talking to my colleagues, and I’m a notorious waffler, often in need of a second opinion. When I’m really desperate for human

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • January 9, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Random Random Projects/Moving Out of Random Randomly zigzagging about until I find myself in the future, somehow no longer in Random.

  

  :)   Rose R. ‘17 Mural-ish thing :) In order to brighten up my room a bit, I'm ... (@roesbynoothername) on May 16, 2015 at 3:19pm PDT   Ellen F. ‘14, MEng ‘15 I'm ... Hall but I’m typing it from a fancy but empty apartment in East Cambridge

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 13, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Boomeranging The day before classes start is Registration Day. It’s also the day we welcome readmitted…

  

  “slow and steady,” although I’m reluctant to apply it here because MIT isn ... . Tiramisu. Butternut squash lasagna. I’m telling you, even if I weren’t a ... .” I’m my most incongruously chipper self at these things. I wear a

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Do I have a story for you… *SPOILER* I do

  

  mysterious mention of a "thing I'm working on this term, and it's the biggest and most exciting project I've ever been involved with. I'm really eager ... . Looking back, I can relate to so many of those stories, and I'm sure many of

  • by Chris M. '12
  • August 10, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Mark Zuckerberg Visits MIT NBD.

  

  :   (Now let me just preface my $0.02 that I'm about to spill by ... , internet policy, legal stuff, technology, society, OKAY LET'S BE REAL I'M NOT ... jabs at Zuckerberg's intellect or anything (and I'm certainly not the one

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 14, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Institute of Smashing What do you think MIT and a garbage compactor have in common?

  

  ). But for those of you rolling your eyes and thinking right now I'm some ... 's a thrilling one. I'm still putting on the polish, but I'm very excited

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2010