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  I graduated My brass rat is upside-down and my dorm room is bare

  

  or so. Inside Johnson, I was struck by how many people in the Class of 2014 didn't look familiar at all, as well as how much affection I felt ... audience. I counted how many names in the booklet I recognized: about 17% of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 8, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  when apocalypse strikes… on being preemptively torn from my home, living group, and nearly everything i love at…

  

  feel like I’ve lived so much in such a short span of time, which makes ... less than five days. I screamed in anguish with my friends on [annotation ... could change our lives. It’s crazy how quickly people can come together

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 16, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Snow! there is (was) snow and it's freezing (or is it?)

  

  , I realized that it would probably be in my best interest to take the ... -challenged person (read: I can still get lost with Google Maps), I wouldn't trust ... importantly, in one piece. I immediately crashed when I got back. Snow is

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • January 9, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Next House Showers Bring No Flowers They're just really, REALLY bad showers. Like really, REALLY bad.

  

  complain about how her hall's TV only plays in Spanish. I myself found MIT's imperfections when I moved into Next House (not to mention that you can't switch ... better than I can. Here's an email he sent out to Next Forum, our mailing

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 3, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer begins And I get a brief vacation.

  

  enjoy this stage of life while I can - when I really don't know what ... back where I started - at the check-in counters. Turns out that my gate ... ! Me: I...yesss? I...I guess so? (I guess I have DNA in all parts of me

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 25, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ye Olde Career Fair An MIT tradition...and a great opportunity for a discussion on leadership!

  

  whether I want to continue in school and get an advanced degree after my ... questions about what the company is looking for in its candidates. Before I ... attributes I’m learning in the GEL program! Small company: Be ready to work

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • September 28, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Beantown, H-Town, Blue Hills, House of Blues With cameos by home, beatboxing, and happiness

  

  thing I can think of is Taipei, after spending a month in Hong Kong, but ... cream. But I can't complain--I've had more than my fair share of fun this ... , or October 31. Three weeks ago, it was October 10, and I was in Houston

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 5, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes – Fall 06 The inside scoop on all 54 units I am taking this semester

  

  thing I have: A copy of Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room on DVD 21F ... class In addition, I am advising the freshmen seminar 14.A03: Economics ... newspaper and where can you turn for detailed information on a fund? How does

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 8, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Flu shots optimizing literally everything

  

  community members could walk in and get a flu shot. I was initially a bit ... for me, sure. I know how necessary they are. But I was really scared to get the shot because I’ve had really bad experiences with injections in

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 8, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  where is home? leaving your home is easy / it's keeping this one that's a struggle

  

  campus courtyard covered in snow. i've forgotten how beautiful it was ... . since moving in to simmons, i went on a subway trip with alan, which was ... i didn't know. with everyone gone, it felt closer to how i felt when i

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 27, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  There’s a Story in Which My Eyes Shut Am I changed enough?

  

  in September. I asked her how MIT felt. For the first time, I didn ... August. I was sitting in Killian Court alone. The sun was sharp ... river was blinding. At this moment, you could've told me I was anywhere in

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 25, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 3 (Finals) You may begin at the sound of my voice. You have an hour to answer…

  

  understand MIT and how much the course taught you, I need you to answer the ... -core temperature (you can tell I'm enjoying my biology class). If one of these ... I've been very excited about coming to MIT, and those moments in which

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 26, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  The Story of Tonight (more like 730 nights ago)

  

  week. The mini prep and plate replications I have to do in lab tomorrow ... then, in that very moment, that I had zero clue as to what to expect. I  had never listened to the Hamilton soundtrack in its entirety. I knew as

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 1, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  So what makes a successful MIT student, anyway?

  

  mechanical engineering class. So while I can't really provide a success ... about to work with in 2.009 -- the people I know will be big value-adds to ... means owning and really understanding your part, while keeping in mind how

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 21, 2015
• Blog / Events

  The Stuff of MIT Legend I'm about to tell you a super cool story. It happened two years ago, but…

  

  's worthy of a blog entry, even if I'm 2 years late in posting it. Yesterday ... Space Weapons" and everything in between. You can check out some of the ... blogged about, unfortunately in the same entry in which I posted a really

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 23, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Writing is difficult みんな、がんばってね!

  

  Writing is difficult. It's the last day in July.* I find it very easy ... of the tardy-writing-mountain** I keep purposefully shrouded in the ... the other. Therefore, I apologize in advance for the scattered nature of

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • July 31, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Bicycle Race More things happen, and I pretend that I've read your comments.

  

  general questions posed recently in the comments. Mia :) -- "Hey Sam...I was ... they said that it wasn't in their department. Why can't Musical Theater ... way to go if you want to take voice lessons in Boston, I think. Kallie

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 4, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Freedom costs a buck-oh-five Question: What are two broke twenty-somethings to do on a pristine summer day in Boston?Answer:…

  

  Despite the fact that I've lived in the Boston area for the past four ... was in college, but I had just never done it. Mostly I use the city for ... hurricane in Boston since I've been here, other than the remnants which come

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 8, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  My Summer Reading Challenge Read with me!

  

  ’ve read in college so far (I might be forgetting a few, but this is most of ... can’t emphasize that enough!! Another comment I’d like to make is about ... , which is Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe. I really like how Achebe

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 14, 2017
• Blog / Life after MIT

  What happened since the end. Bringing you up to speed on life since I finished all my schoolwork. FOREVER. (You're…

  

  that I haven't blogged in "forever." (The earlier back you look, the ... entries I planned but never wrote. Looking back in the archives, it seems ... her precedent I have some time yet. Let's see if I can get you up to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 28, 2009