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• Blog / MIT Life

  No Flip Flops The original title of this entry was "YakTrax."

  

  So how does a boy from Texas survive the oftentimes harsh winters of ... called No Flip Flops which was full of pointers on how to survive a winter at MIT. I must admit that I also learned a lot of new information

  • by Bryan
  • November 30, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A Woman and Her Lute An epic tale across three centuries. (includes poor fanfic-style prose)

  

  that I'm actually a bio student, and I'm taking art for fun. MIT does ... school classmate who I haven't seen in a year). That night, she told me ... ? -Historically, there isn't a stable lecturer for the class. -I already have 5

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 25, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  romanticize a quiet life i want to be okay

  

  you're still hurt, aren't you? it's a familiar ache in your chest, the ... through campus buildings at 3 a.m., passing through halls that are utterly ... feel like a wound that will never heal.   the problem— grief

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • December 28, 2021
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Cleaning A psychoanalysis of the recently deleted folder in my notes app

  

  bottom makes it seem like I'm marking questions from a physics problem set ... Spotify) so whenever I hear a song I recognize but can't remember the name ... that I could take a 3.091 test. Don't ask me what it means.   VI

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • January 20, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  head down, marching on highlights of spring semester

  

  , a fine magenta powder. The sophomores at my lab table weren’t too ... about lifting heavy objects, it’s almost like a cult, and I'm glad to have ... totally didn’t, but at 1 am on Tuesday night I did, so I read a short story

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 21, 2021
• Blog / Events

  What if You Didn’t Like CPW? is MIT still the place for you?

  

  around in the back of my head. I felt I wouldn't fit in unless my idea of a ... atmosphere, and everyone had a great time. But I wasn't at Phi Kappa Sigma ... of fun meeting a you future froshies in person. Today I wanted to

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 21, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Thing-A-Mah-Bobs Never walk up to a duck trying to cross the street

  

  : Why do you or don’t you feel a personal obligation to 'buy local ... town center. Do NOT stare at a cow in the eyes! And especially don’t ... a meat tray at a party. You grab a couple slices of each kind, a few

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • July 8, 2011
• Blog / Personal Travel

  welcome to new york went to nyc & all i got was this blog post

  

  couldn't yet describe when I first visited at age thirteen on a family ... When Taylor Swift's 1989 album dropped, I read a review describing "Welcome to New York" as the musical version of a peppermint latte. It was

  • by Rona W. '23
  • July 12, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  a spectacle-r weekend exploring the Boston Harbor Islands

  

  boyfriend: "I don't know, but I wish I could ride in a boat that's being towed ... while on the island. I didn't feel unsafe a single time during my visit. So...if you're tryna to have a summer beach experience but really don't

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 5, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Marking time Somewhere between the end of classes and graduation...

  

  the summer. This is my third summer in a row in Cambridge, and I wouldn't ... a Swim Test but that's about it. Well, what if you can't swim to save ... test (and a good number of people can't!), you have to take a beginner

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 30, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Internet Nostalgia Internostalgia!

  

  isn't a fair respresentation of companies right? let's choose another ... . If I didn't know any better I would've called that a fake. It doesn't ... up a heaping dose of pain in the form of academic expectations. If you

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT campus lost power! Updates from a blacked-out physics colloquium.

  

  . Another status just popped up, a bit more applicable to me in my haven't ... don't recognize at all. I'm sure I'll see him around. Another nice thing ... 39 minutes ago, I turned in a pset 2 minutes late (fortunately they

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 29, 2012
• Blog / Classes

  yo-yos, comics, and other adventures my junior spring schedule!

  

  of material to cover, and this is a CI-M; but it seems convoluted and ... 've struck a good balance between studying comics and criticizing them too. I'm ... ; Extracurriculars UROP: GEAR Lab For my UROP, I'm designing the hydraulics of a small

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 24, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  Junior Year Sticky Notes mainly thoughts on post-grad life & friendship

  

  California at a reasonable price has been nothing short of painful BUT I'm ... biological engineering applications, I’m[annotation note="or atleast I don't ... biology-specific systems[/annotation]to solve them. I’m a lot more drawn to

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • April 3, 2026
• Blog / Admissions

  ‘Just Chillax’ [about your college essays] My little brother is wicked smaht.

  

  on College Confidential (if you don't know what I'm talking about, don't ... music, don't be discouraged about what I just wrote. I'm just trying to ... wouldn’t understand.” “Well, just take a deeeeeep breath and do it! I hope

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 22, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Blog Graveyard skeletons in my google docs

  

  darlings, but with a little bit of [annotation note="they don’t call them ... effectively cut things that just aren’t working out without feeling like I’m ... ’s because I found a newer shinier idea to latch on to or because I couldn’t

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • February 12, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Danger Danger! Listen to Burt, duck and cover!

  

  to be. It's also a really dangerous place to be. No, no, don't freak ... probably means you shouldn't open those doors. But, in case you're a little ... you just can't brag about surviving a blast of air to the face. Nitrogen

  • by Snively '11
  • January 23, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Home is where the heart (of Texas) is Going away to school isn't such a bad thing.

  

  'd just noticed a change in me that I guess I hadn't realized myself. Going ... your own puts a different filter on it all. In high school, my mom didn't ... people. And a word for the parents: I know that you get worried. I'm 21

  • by Bryan
  • December 30, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Song Remains The Same But sometimes my blog entry is a little different.

  

  ) If you don't have any info, I'm sure I can wait until fall. :) Thanks ... Counterpoint II, and I can't wait to take 21M.303 and 21M.304 next year! I ... Du Temps" was written while the composer was a prisoner of war in a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 30, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Better Late than Never I wrote this post a week and a half ago. Note that the "better late…

  

  'd been awake and p-setting until 4 a.m. that morning, I decided not to look ... love my classes--but that doesn't mean I'm not completely wiped out at the end of the day. I don't know how one can can feel so long when a

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • September 15, 2012