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  Be A Blogger 2015! TAKE THE PLUNGE

  

  authentically. We can’t write about what it’s like to be in a Sadoway ... guideline: don’t get the blogs shut down. MIT operates by setting a ... It's summer in Cambridge, which means three things: 1) I'm

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 14, 2015
• Blog / How to Food

  everything i cooked this summer it wasn't gourmet but it (mostly) tasted good

  

  I'm not a particularly good cook. I once managed to set spaghetti on ... everything... don't ask"]boil it.[/annotation] I'm not confident that I knew ... surprising ease. Now, I'm not a big foodie, which is something I've come to

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • August 14, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ben 2.0 In a world... spiraling on the brink of an admissions cycle... one man had the…

  

  No I'm not a Cylon (or at least not that I know). But for those with ... with Google's directive of "Don't be evil." It's a refreshing honesty ... thinking about a career change. Honestly I can't even imagine it. What I do

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 13, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Pimp my sukkah. I really can't think of a better blog entry title than that.

  

  wrong with that! But no, really, I'm not Jewish. Not even a little bit ... with "M.I.T" written on it in Hebrew. I think I ended up giving that one ... . But whatever, I was a frosh and didn't know how to use Moira to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If I had a nickel for every class I was taking this semester… I’d have 4.5 nickels.

  

  I'm a crusty senior now, so I have no fun and sparkly adventures to ... just like 6.2050, there’s a big final project that I’m excited about ... -grown cucumbers to lecturers sometimes). Overall, I’m having a great time in this

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 12, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  halfway there musings about currently being an MIT student

  

  , I'm vibing, but thinking about how I experience life as a college ... I live a five-minute walk away from MIT, so I pass campus often. It's a weird experience. I can compartmentalize the last 14-ish months of

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 14, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Retrospective Wait, what? I'm done with my first year?

  

  sets tended to take a little less time - and 8.01 (Physics I) didn't ... triceps won't fail me anymore! YAY! Yes, I'm excited - in case you couldn't ... know and love: The birth of a Möbius strip - right before our very

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • May 25, 2010
• Blog / Events

  To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before: P.S. I Love You THANK YOU LSC

  

  two books over and over again. I love, love, love this series. I'm a ... 've been sat on the ground for all I cared. I was practically V I B R A T ... was so comfortable with just reacting (because when I watch a movie I'm

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 5, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Punting

  

  Punting is a really relaxing and nice way to spend the afternoon if you’re not the punter. My name is Lucy and I’m a junior studying civil engineering. I’m participating in the Cambridge

  • by Cambridge
  • October 3, 2007
• Blog / People & Identities

  [Guest Post] One Year Later Some things changed, some things didn’t

  

  away from them. It was like running on a treadmill. I wasn’t getting ... she either has immense powers of perception, or I’m a horrible liar, or ... said, “there’s a cultural point that [some parents] can’t bring

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • October 11, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Great Expectations i've never read the book, but the title seemed to fit

  

  better. Hi, I’m Michelle, and it’s super nice to meet you! If you didn’t notice, I’m a newborn in the blogging world, with this being my very first ... friends. Reality: I mean I'm still a big shy baby, but that's kind of ok I

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 17, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions for 2016 And what I gained after a semester at MIT

  

  blinding goal, a safety net for things that I wasn’t satisfied with in high ... completely changed in one short year. Right now, I’m not confronting such a significant single decision as choosing a university. But I’m facing a lot of

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • January 3, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  *Oink Oink* Nobody panic!

  

  Several weeks ago a kid, a sophomore on my floor, contracted a strand of influenza that was tested to be neither A or B. Flu season hasn't ... . Wonderful. I suppose it was only a matter of time, but now I'm running a fever

  • by Snively '11
  • September 23, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Weekend Update A couple FAQs and others tidbits.

  

  'Grady, which is a lot of fun (and you can watch the episodes online!); I'm hoping ... A few updates before the weekend... First, let me answer two FAQs ... to you with a postcard letting you know we have received your reply

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 14, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Mine hands are broken reflections on many a year of carpal tunnel syndrome

  

  anyway, so I took a day off and hoped it would go away. But it didn't, and ... , where they recommended some specialists I didn't go to. I took a week off ... . Typically doctors tell me, "You're a teenager. You shouldn't be feeling pain

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 14, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  OCTOBERRR NOVEMBERRR will NOT be my next entry, promise.

  

  QUOTE: "MIT is a very good place; I'm not trying to put it down. I ... on a sweater :P) ----- "you can never say never / while we don't know ... later, I'm seated at Walker Memorial, a gymnasium eternally dedicated to

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 31, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Electrophoresis Boogaloo What it sounds like, plus some brief things that came to mind

  

  . Sometimes I'll consider a personal project I'm not attending to, or even a mistake on an assignment, and magnify it a ton. That's when the "I'm not ... holds our genetic information, and mRNAs transcribe that information in a

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  first impressions of LA the struggles of moving cross-country for an internship

  

  a swimsuit. but now, the beach is 2 miles from my work and i'm ... and i think i'm going to have a great summer :) PlayStation is spoiling ... them :) i haven't explored downtown LA at all yet, but i'm

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • May 31, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Friday morning potpourri in lab How MIT's campus makes me happy to be alive. Also stuff from Adam.

  

  in my cozy bed. (I'm wondering that a little myself.) I am, somewhat ... summer isn't necessarily going to net me any publications. And yet I'm ... close enough to go on a lunch break) Boston Common. I like to take the T

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  Dive: a cultural app take a look at my team's microsoft project!

  

  , I really really didn't like the program. As you can see, it's not a ... and just say "I'm having a bad day and I'm not feeling so great." This ... , I would take a mental health day and usually take the T to Newbury and

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 8, 2020