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• Blog / Life after MIT

  Not Farewell After All Hello again!

  

  In my last entry, way back in June 2013, I painstakingly bid good-bye to life at MIT and in particular, to the MIT blogs (direct quote: “Farewell, MIT blogosphere”). But…

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 11, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hey Erick, You Awake? Not gonna call it a night just yet

  

  really," "C'mon!" "Ok." I got myself back out of bed. 6am. Sunrise was

  • by Erick P. '17
  • July 31, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  #funhogging the best thing I did over IAP. also: INFINITE ICE CLIMBING GIF

  

  funhogging: to take more than one’s fair share of fun When I was a kid, one of my favorite things to do was to browse photos of mountain sports.  These…

  • by Michael C. '16
  • February 3, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  An Experiment in Independence: PART TWO.

  

  know a lot more about stepper motors, C, and MATLAB than I did two weeks

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 17, 2014
• Blog / Events

  How do you convince MIT students to dress nicely? as with most things in life, the secret involves free food

  

  Before Charm School: [shouts across the room]  “Yo, you’ve got some stuff in your teeth.  That’s grody, dude!” After Charm School: [whispers] Excuse me, you have something in your teeth. As…

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 30, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Winter is coming. actually, it's already here.

  

  Confession time: I’m one of those West Coasters. The ones who get really excited about snow. The ones who keep yapping on about how pretty the snow is while everyone…

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 16, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  This blog post is about you. yes, you.

  

  “I’ve been tooling all night.”  “I’m so hosed.”  “IHTFP.”  “I just pulled an all-nighter finishing three psets.” They say you can tell a lot about a culture from its language.…

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 7, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Unlikely Candidate Finding the unexpected “right fit”

  

  when I got to MIT, I would proceed to get C’s on pretty much all of the

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 9, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

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

  

  Some people can draw. My friend Alison, for example, drew this fabulous “artistic representation” (read: picture) of our Google+ hangout. Yes, that is my Chrome beanie. I, alas, cannot draw.…

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 29, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  If you’re looking for an in-depth view of Career Fair and all the vast opportunities that it offers MIT students, then you’re in the wrong place. You see, I’m a…

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 22, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A love letter to psets Masochists In Training

  

  [context for the non-MIT folks out there: a pset, or problem set, is MIT’s version of homework. And by “MIT’s version”, I mean that while a typical pset might only…

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Eric Lander, spring rolls, and the New York Times two of those three are related

  

  There are few things that will make me wake up early in the morning: (1) bacon (2) an Eric Lander lecture (3) large amounts of money Luckily, thanks to our…

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 6, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  (beginnings in which I say hello, and explain that unclosed parenthesis.

  

  On December 17, 2011* at 12:17pm EST**, I was accepted to MIT. After slamming my laptop lid shut, running around the house screaming, and generally alarming everyone within a half-mile…

  • by Michael C. '16
  • August 28, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Day in My Summer Life Starts at 5 AM, ends at 10:30 PM, and go-go-go in between.

  

  My typical summer weekday runs as follows: 5 AM: Beep-beep-beep-beep – my alarm goes off, I look out my window, and I realize that once again, I’m awake before the…

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • July 15, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Analogies “Fill yourself up with musical lighter fluid and ignite your inner match.”

  

  could go through the motions and “play a mezzo-piano C quarter note after

  • by Ana V. '15
  • April 1, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Spring Break Good times all around.

  

  This past week was, hands down, the best spring break of my college career. It didn’t seem that way at first. I was scheduled to fly out last Friday: Boston…

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 31, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fun Times @ MIT (Pt. 1) Life's gotta be fun.

  

  MIT has this uncanny way of making you learn life lessons extremely quickly. Case in point: in the past two and a half years, I’ve learned the following: (1) Work…

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 4, 2012
• Blog / Events

  LeaderShape 2012 Six unforgettable days.

  

  What do Chancellor Grimson, The Salvation Army, and I have in common? This: (video credit: Tony Eng) The official description of LeaderShape, as detailed by MIT’s Division of Student Life,…

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 27, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Almost a Real Engineer my foray into the world of professional conferences

  

  I am currently in Washington, D.C., to attend my first Transportation Research Board meeting, and then a conference on sustainable transportation called Transforming Transportation. Flying down was a bit nerve wracking

  • by Becca H. '12
  • January 22, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Numbers Sigh.

  

  First of all: my apologies! Junior year has seized me, spun me around, and left me in a somewhat disheveled state. There’s homework, lab, extracurriculars, office hours – so much…

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 5, 2011