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• Blog / MIT Life

  Back From Paternity Leave I'm back! A few words on the Harvard Admissions Institute and such.

  

  experiences in this profession have given me a ton of stuff to think about ... Howdy folks, First of all, thanks so much for the phenomenal advice posted in response to my last entry about raising siblings to be friends

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 22, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Talking to Strangers

  

  before I fly back to Cambridge tomorrow morning. I’m on my own for now; my ... knives. I listen for footsteps and try to make my own gait a little less ... for fifty dollars an hour. Four days a week I lift weights and listen to

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 14, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  snapshot diary an image a day keeps the psets away

  

  started looking around for things to stir thoughts in my head, a stimulus of ... . I had wanted to blog about some casual photos I had around for a while ... -semester fun, the time had finally risen for all of us students to return to

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 3, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  the journey to PLAYsentations or, the conclusion to the best class I've taken at MIT...so far

  

  for Q&A.  It was tons of fun.  I tried to do my best Macklemore ... for the past few months, from 7 to 10 pm, I've thought about that ... who made Talking Shoe, for responding to my emails and giving me some

  • by Michael C. '16
  • May 17, 2013
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Follow Your Intuition It will lead you in the direction of Central Square

  

  can't believe I haven't been to before. Nicole, I owe you so much for ... STOP: Pearl Art. I needed to pick up some stuff for a Valentine's Day ... : Economics) and I met there on Friday night to hear Jewel perform a free

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 11, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Español Foreign Languages at MIT

  

  Spanish IV, my HASS class for this semester. I’ve been attempting to learn ... speaking country, perhaps for a MISTI or a GTL over IAP. It’s one thing to ... recordings of ourselves that we submit online for the professor to review

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • March 23, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To stay at MIT over the summer, or to not stay at MIT over the summer…that is the question With so many summer employment options, what's the best choice?

  

  allowed me to live at home. For this summer, it was more economical and practical to work at the NIH since I'm also studying for the MCATs and I have ... /sororities/independent living groups tend to have much lower housing prices, averaging about $1500

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What do you do with a BS in econ? Answering Karen's question about my degree

  

  , different types of companies come to MIT to recruit for corporate positions in ... , health care, etc. And for people who want to take UROPing to the next level ... P.S. A giant high-five to my special someone for giving me mojito

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 9, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Not a Real Entry I wrote it in the imaginary plane.

  

  for 30 minutes and went to a lab meeting and started an e & m ... attempting to fall asleep, having heard stories of people doing this at times ... and I rolled out of bed and ran 3 miles and ate breakfast and walked to

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 10, 2009
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  How to Overcommit Responsibly sidequesting like a pro

  

  decide to put all your points into academics for example, all of your other ... to play next and you’re optimizing for skills and exp that will be ... . Use s^3 to get extensions. If you are sitting down to work for a long

  • by Anika H. '26, MEng '27
  • October 6, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  What has carcinogenic chemicals, alum bloggers, and ~art~? embracing my inner hipster

  

  student, but I have to study for my 7.012 midterm right now) So until next ... Some people can draw. My friend Alison, for example, drew this ... in a very mural-happy dorm, I can't paint to save my life. But I do

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 29, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Derailment My Gap Year

  

  graduation. For decades, almost every student to graduate from Deerfield had ... to do something else for a while. You know, take a break from homework ... track for this internship; It would not be of any benefit to you or us

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • September 18, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Harbinger of Doom, Despair, and Knowledge: PSETS Don't worry, not as bad as they sound.

  

  Now that it's too late to turn back you've decided to matriculate to MIT, you might be left wondering just what it is you've managed to get ... happy to tell you and as I was reflecting late one night about how fast

  • by Chris M. '12
  • May 3, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Movin’ On Goodbye '09//Hellooo IAP

  

  to rush in between; plus I just found out p-sets for that class are due ... done during IAP? Feel free to discuss your new goals for 2010 - now that ... of IAP 2010. For those unfamiliar with IAP (Independent Activities

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 1, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I went to TwitchCon and met so many people!!

  

  Back in October of 2022, I flew from Boston to LA and drove two hours to San Diego to attend TwitchCon 2022. Perhaps to no one's surprise, I ... stuff, what have you -- I try to always keep a tab on what's going on in

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 3, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Good Morning, Sportsracers! *erases introductory post draft for the umpteenth time in the vain hope that he'll stick…

  

  -knit friend group. This timescale felt too long for college: I wanted to meet ... Invocation for Beginnings" (which is a fantastic video but a bit profanity-heavy ... for things to be done." - ze

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Events

  December Events

  

  film. Open to: the general public Sponsor(s): Center for Bilingual ... Clinic for Students! WHEN? Monday (THIS WEEK!), 12/5, 11:30-2:00pm WHERE ... and can address ANY potential route of virus transmission. For poster

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 3, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  poem snippets searching for hope amidst darkness

  

  ="113867" /] the days walk by and i wait and i wait, i wait and i wait for you to ... just wait and wait but i am getting too heavy for my hope but the stench ... something silly, something weightless, i want my laugh to echo and

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • April 4, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why I’m not a double major anymore Because four years of insanity would totally cramp my style?

  

  use for the photography class I'll get to take next term because I'm not ... major because there were a ton of chemistry classes that I wanted to take ... guinea pig for Course 5's lab restructuring, since my year is the first to

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 6, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP, CES, and other acronyms I spent my MIT IAP with a CEO at CES in LAS, and now I…

  

  January is “supposed” to be an off-month for MIT students - a break ... personal health, just in time for me to start the spring semester at the tail ... to the public - for every company around the world even marginally

  • by Joel G. '18
  • March 9, 2016