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  To the Class of 2016 General life advice

  

  a napkin... I just haven't had a good chunk of time to sit down and ... , and I found it was pretty helpful. I realized I didn't have a solid ... ^3 are a good resource. Most importantly though, don't be afraid to

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 12, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  [Guest Post] A Whiff of Nostalgia Amidst the Scent of Youth by Daniel Barkowitz

  

  start it with this line: “I was born in a place that doesn’t exist anymore ... interact with students and parents in a way I haven’t seen anywhere else. I ... For the integrity of alumposting, I'm pasting Daniel's bio from 2009

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 20, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Building 4 Odyssey Looks like my James Joyce karma isn't that horrible after all.

  

  some very thoughtful responses, like Hi Mitra, I'm afraid I haven't seen ... a new book wouldn't have been a huge deal, especially since I don't ... 's entry -- this is a challenging time for the MIT admissions office, and

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 7, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Below 48 Take under four classes, they said. You'll have free time, they said.

  

  end up like me :P First come classes. I'm taking three and a half ... someone who goes by a l33t haxx0r name like "Aleph One ... Institvte tick. I didn't even know this class existed until a few days

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  [Guest Post] A Day in the Life of a Clown College Student by Joy X. Clown College ‘29

  

  ! This isn’t even a joke—if you ask me tomorrow, I’ll say the same thing ... ’ve been genuinely enjoying it a lot, so I’m likely going to declare one of ... Ventriloquy lesson. I’m a part of Clown College’s Puppet Choir, which performs

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • April 1, 2026
• Blog / Classes

  registration day! aka "registration day blues", but like, only in the good sense of blues

  

  beginning). I ASEd 6.0001, so I haven't done any real coding in a while. I'm ... Registration Day, which is always a Monday. Although classes don't start until ... I'm a little nervous. But that said, I looooove math and differential

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 7, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Simmons Cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat

  

  rearrange the modular furniture like giant Lego blocks. Perfection itself as a dorm. Well, maybe not quite perfection. After all, Simmons isn’t a cat ... I love being back in Simmons after a long break. I get to hang out

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 4, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  Go Sox!

  

  I'm not a big sports fan. Never have been. Nashville doesn't have ... passively watched sports, when I did. I've been to a couple of baseball games ... school. But when you move to Boston, it's really hard not to be a Red Sox

  • by Evan B. '10
  • October 25, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advising and freshman formalities

  

  Yep, I'm officially Course 11. A few interesting things have happened this week. - Thanks to a freight derailment in Idaho, I spent most of Tuesday on a bus from Montana to Washington state. - Last night, my

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 20, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Memory Quilt insert many sobbing emojis here

  

  haven't processed the sadness of being robbed of a year of my college ... time that I'm writing this post, I'm still a few days out from receiving ... . [annotation note="i never made the fencing post and i'm sorry...@bloggers don't

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 27, 2021
• Blog / How to Food

  The Starving Student’s Guide to Cooking For Yourself it's easy to ditch that meal plan and save loads of money.

  

  , shrimp=steak. For veggies, I'm lazy so I usually get a box of baby spinach ... in, stirring for a minute or so.  Don't season or beat your eggs yet ... .  Seriously, don't touch it; you want the surface to develop a nice seared crust

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 28, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fig. 4: Study with me! A semi-productive Sunday afternoon vlog (feat. an hour trying to find a printer)

  

  to work and study. The term hasn't quite ended yet! To give you guys a ... Grüezi mitenand! Thought I'd give you all a quick update on how life is 6'014 km away from the 'Tvte. Time flies (seriously), and I'm

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • May 30, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Day 1: Going North Leaving the light pollution bubble to go to class?

  

  you. The reason I’m off campus is actually for a class that’s part of ... out to New Hampshire to do this? Wouldn’t it have been a lot warmer and ... picture (sorry it's blurry, I'll have a better quality one next time I

  • by Stanley G.
  • January 31, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’ve got Mail! And a LAPTOP! Why I can breathe again, and the 10 most recent emails in my inbox.

  

  won't send mail from Germany to the US. Even though I also have a US ... #10 is a gchat. Huh. I didn't realize until just now that when Gmail ... Have you ever felt as though you couldn't breathe? It's happened only

  • by Kim D. '09
  • November 17, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  I Am Prettylatebuthere’sanIAPpost on MIT's independent activities period (ft. friends!!)

  

  unfortunately i got a concussion earlier that week, so i couldn’t compete :( the ... my IAP! i’ve already talked a lot so i'm going to hand the microphone ... place ever I was not on a meal plan at all and I also wasn't really going

  • by Angie F. '28
  • February 24, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  past, present, future reflections and plans

  

  . Here are my final thoughts on my classes - since I’m writing this a few ... me that I was pulling a “freshman spring” and taking too many classes ... . Still, though, I’m glad I did it. I learned the limits of how much my

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 11, 2018
• Blog / IAP

  some IAP adventures as told by my camera roll

  

  semester, I haven't had time to process it all. In lieu of a more thoughtful ... musical, but I'm having a great time playing high notes in the back ... nothing at all, which wound up being quite a bit...but that's a story for

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 4, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An IAP in Texas, chapter one Reporting on location from Fort Worth.

  

  . I start in a few hours. Now ordinarily, the trainman wouldn't be ... month's worth of extra salary, which isn't a bad deal, either. Ironically ... around here and if you want to get around, you need a vehicle. I guess that

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 2, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fun with Legos A photo journal of THE coolest room I've ever seen.

  

  wouldn't want to work here? There's a disco ball made out of CDs and ... So all freshmen are assigned to a faculty advisor who helps them make ... advisor, which is an upperclassman who acts as a something of a mentor to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 6, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s a freshman like me doing at Career Fair? hint: I'm not wearing a suit

  

  place. You see, I'm a freshman, and therefore my current resume consists ... EVERYWHERE I didn't have a third impression because I was too busy claiming ... ". "Career" is not really a word in my vocabulary yet, blogging is the closest

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 22, 2012