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

  

  friend (outside!!! we walked outside!!! because it was 16ºC and sunny

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

  Welcome Back! a fresh coat of paint, and a fresh batch of bloggers

  

  ;       Jamie C. '19, from California, grew up in a town

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 13, 2018
• Blog / Summer

  The 9-to-5 grind (or the 9-to-6:30 because that's when the free dinner is, and a girl's gotta eat)

  

  Carnegie. I digress. 8:45am, Elements Cafe: Arrive from the 71C bus in time

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • September 4, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  love or lust

  

  recently, i have been having a lot of thoughts about the ways in which finding and committing yourself to work you love is like romantic love and commitment. here are…

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • October 18, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  done done done end-of-semester happiness

  

  hi internet! i took my last final this morning and am now done with junior year. i haven’t blogged in a while, so i thought i’d write up a post…

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • May 24, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Faking It self-consciousness and struggling and pretending to be cool, woo

  

  warning: the post below is probably the cheesiest thing i have ever written. it is highly unedited and makes me feel both embarrassed and proud. i usually like to sculpt…

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 24, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Never Calculate without Already Knowing the Answer!” xTalk about the "Art of Insight" by Prof Sanjoy Mahajan

  

  ? Answer options: a) 20 m, b) 100 m, c) 500 m. Formal Model: Let

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 1, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Allegiance "No, I'm not one of /those/ people."

  

  1. Labels The number of double takes and comments I’ve gotten this month in response to my choice of dorm has been astounding: “What does your room look like? Does…

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 24, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  January Blues living alone, daily grind, angsty music

  

  Thursday a feeling: walked home in 24-degree weather after spending 12 hours facing off with my own incompetence at work. ok computer was playing as it occurred to me that…

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 16, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Week 1 ...of Year 2.

  

  Here’s how things have been going lately: I run a lot, I eat too much free pizza, and I’ve spent three of the past seven evenings at Harvard. My friend…

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 14, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Last Five Days aka How I Spent My Summer

  

  ). Then devoured book after book written by C. Palahniuk’s literary

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 11, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the (New) Bloggers! CONTENT COMING IN HOT

  

  .    Phoebe C. '18 Dorm: East Campus Course: 18 & 14

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 10, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: The Power of Intuition when making important choices

  

  Harvard and MIT to go on a cross-country bike trip (Washington D.C. to San

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 21, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Painting with the Colors of the Wind reflections on the first MIT semester

  

  , perhaps I’ll pass in most (all?) categories, but if not, hey, it’s still A/B/C

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 23, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

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

  

  .01 (Classical Mechanics) with 5s on both AP Physics C tests, but you can’t get

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

  Being Home and Answering Questions some changes, some constants, and the end of pass/no record

  

  they felt. Next semester, when the freshman class switches over to A/B/C

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 21, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Navigating MIT is like flying a spacecraft* the most important things I've learned here so far

  

  In spaceflight, “attitude” refers to orientation: which direction your vehicle is pointing relative to the Sun, Earth, and other reference points. If you lose control of your attitude, two things…

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 16, 2013
• Blog / How to Food

  Healthy Eating Craze It is not difficult to be a vegetarian here at MIT

  

  eating a meat-filled diet here at MIT, you should take a look at Michael C

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 11, 2013
• 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.

  

  In my last post, I mentioned that I came to MIT never having cooked before in my life, and immediately chose a cook-for-yourself dorm.  A few people asked me to…

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 28, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Fifty Shades of Break or things to do other than pressing F5

  

  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) and I am a bad friend. c. Reading, but rarely fiction because I am

  • by Connie H. '15
  • December 12, 2012