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• Blog / How to Human

  Be Social awkward and anxious

  

  . "Oh my god, hey! I haven't seen you in so long. How are you?" High ... existed in my high school is defeated here, that I have no reason to avoid ... I don't quite fit in. But it's become so much of a habit that I truly

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 26, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Flourish and Blogs how to be a professional harry potter fan

  

  So in between reading applications I've been sitting in on CMS.790 ... , and say: "Hey Flourish! I'm Chris. I work over in admissions. A decade ago we worked on FictionAlley together. I was in the group that fled Fan

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 30, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Bicycle Diaries Like the motorcycle ones, except far less artsy and with a serious lack of Gael…

  

  sister, and I find my bike. I take the key out, stick it in the lock, and ... few people walk by and I wonder vaguely how much it looks like I am ... Unni, how are you supposed to put the lock in the holder?" "You slide it

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 4, 2006
• Blog / Announcements

  For those impacted by Hurricane Michael (and other disasters) clarifying our policies for applications affected by catastrophic events

  

  America, tropical cyclones (and military conflicts) in the Middle East, and an earthquake in Haiti. And, while our Early Action deadlines are ... , and we'll do what we can to accommodate you in dire circumstances. Take

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 22, 2018
• Blog / Advice

  Welcome to CPW! 'twas the night before cpw...

  

  free food—that reminded me how much I enjoyed exploring MIT for the first ... :) Explore the different dorms!  I knew I wanted to live in Burton-Conner as ... , and I remember it was nice being able to ask students questions in a

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • April 10, 2024
• Blog / Hacks

  Another hack Snow and hacks and exams.

  

  certification exam on Saturday. It was, um, ok. I guess. I find out how I did in ... mine- I ordered it from BestBuy and had it shipped to my dorm just so I ... involved in the hack, so I knew all about it ahead of time. Last Saturday

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 21, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  past, present, future reflections and plans

  

  he’s a verifiable icon in the MIT community. I wish I had checked how ... . Still, though, I’m glad I did it. I learned the limits of how much my ... absolutely no free time whatsoever. I vaguely learned how to manage my time so

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

  what’s in the box? why is spring cleaning a common phrase but not fall cleaning hmm

  

  trying to debug the worst code i’ve written in my life." hopefully you get the gist. this game popped up in my head today as i was digging through ... programs from events i’ve gone to in the past year or so. the exams were an

  • by Janet G. '27
  • December 1, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Secret Lives of Machines 🤖 In which the machines in my life get the spotlight they deserve.

  

  ."]MISTI[/annotation] internship, I participated in Vardavar, a festival where everybody–men and ... blessing. I got soaked–and so did Marla! In one last act of rebellion, she ... . I took the bus from my AirBnB in the hills, walked into the store, and

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • September 22, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hail to the king, baby. The coolest thing that never happened to me... plus, the journey back Boston way.

  

  ." Seriously, how many people can there be in Boston who even know who Bruce ... Corner Theater?! I seriously don't think you get how exciting this is. I ... to Coolidge Corner, buy his book, which I'd been meaning to pick up for

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 22, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  DOFMH A sick day from work, where "sick" means "I wanted a day off"

  

  can apply. right after i get my scores? i have 2 more years in ... hooky more than I ever did. But when your mother is begging you to call in ... summer, two of which were Memorial Day and July 4, and I've gone in almost

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 25, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Events, Food, and Awesomeness: CPW A story about how CPW is more awesome than lobsters

  

  the lobster tank in the Chicago Meijer, wondering how on earth I had ... saying Orange County, California. I was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, but I ... reliable information. I have one memory of me crying in the kitchen while my

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • April 10, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  This is just a tribute I wrote a really long, funny entry. And then my browser window reloaded.

  

  some cans in it, and I politely asked, "Is the pop in there for everybody ... you have to take a GRE? And how was it?" I did, in fact. I took both the ... his makeup off and ramble about how things were at PHS theatre back in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 2, 2006
• Blog / Summer

  five things I love about New York welcome to New York, everybody walks in New York

  

  notice fashion in a way I never did before. I can tell you that in July in ... .) I spent the summer doing a software internship in New York. I lived ... , in classic MIT student tradition, I crammed a year’s worth of self

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • August 28, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Temp assignments and cautionary tales

  

  you can't live in an FSILG until you're a sophomore. Unfortunately, in ... . He was subsequently temped in East Campus, where the irate RAC (Room ... disregarded their advice. During Hall (In-House) Rush, he stayed on 3rd East the

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Oh the Places You’ll Go! Did you know Dr. Seuss was a SigEp?

  

  gaps in the blinds. I rolled over, and realized - to my delight - that I was back in my "own" bed. I half expected my sister to open the door ... GIRs, and I would never have to take another physics class in my life

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 27, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  When I used to run A reflection on sitting still for a semester

  

  how much I fucked up in the first half of the semester, and one month of ... I would, but perhaps the same life lesson can hit you in waves, each ... kind of control, I began walking in earnest, sometimes seven or ten miles

  • by Powers '23
  • December 16, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  It’s Nice to Meet You Finding my confidence through inline skating.

  

  When I introduce myself in new groups, a lot of times I bring that up how I inline skate, or rollerblade. Even after three years of being in ... me moving 5 ft forward in the East Campus courtyard, scared out of my

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • March 29, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Out of Context Quoteboard SFW for the blogs, unfortunately

  

  in which these quotes were said (and I am the genesis of at least a few ... shoes." "I'm going to be really annoyed if I have to buy a dominatrix ... many quotes about lesbians" Academic Life "i can do my midterm

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 25, 2021
• Blog / Residential Life

  I Miss You, Random Hall my love letter to the dorm i got kicked out of too soon

  

  It's no secret that I am a) living in New Vassar and b) despise it. I ... rather than drone on and on about how much I dislike this pseudo-prison, I ... remember how honored I was when the sassy fashion queen herself gave me her

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 9, 2021