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  Planned Procrastination Productive Punting

  

  something often academic in nature. (2) v.i. To be in the process of not doing something. (definition from How To Get Around MIT)   Which brings us to ... baggy t-shirt to p-set in. I sort my pile of clean laundry. I sort my pile

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 4, 2011
• Blog / Events

  More free stuff Free sneak previews of films and how to beat the casino.

  

  casinos from Vegas to Monte Carlo for millions... but risking his life in ... movies or want to learn how to beat the casinos, then, um, MIT is your ... , brought to you by the MIT Lecture Series Committee (LSC). Long-time blog

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 21, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Days 8,9,10,11,12: PA, NJ, and Home! Part 5 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  to one another, so sticking the Masterman visit in the middle wasn ... that my mom has moved back, I'd really like to get to know the city ... 't already. Yum. Tuesday I woke up and drove to East Brunswick HS in NJ to

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 3, 2005
• Blog / Community Projects

  Affirmations not unnecessary

  

  learn and get better at math. In a way that allowed me to be me. I guess I ... , I try to be.” - my blogger bio, circa summer 2023 In one of the ... it themselves. At this point in my life, I think I agree. When I try to

  • by Paige B. '24
  • January 29, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life Coming Full Circle C’mon & zoom, c’mon & zoom, c’mon & zooma zooma zooma zoom.

  

  , how to develop a Pinterest presence, etc. Fun fact: back in the day, the ... architecture to media. And since then, I’ve been embarking on new adventures ... . Back in April, when I was still anxiously waiting to hear back from the

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 17, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  On Friendship how my beliefs have changed over the years

  

  In an Uber ride during my freshman year, one of my friends turned to ... extracurriculars or the people who sat next to me in class. I was the proud introvert ... new image for reasons I struggle to justify now.  Was it because I felt

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • November 2, 2019
• Blog / Community Projects

  MINECRAFT MIT!!! our most remarkable feat of engineering since...mit

  

  . How You Can Get Involved As of now, the server is restricted to the MIT ... In the week following our last few days on campus due to the COVID-19 ... of MIT in the game Minecraft. And given how dedicated, ambitious, and

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 10, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  The Swim Test Saga Four laps (and zero displacement) closer to graduation

  

  plausible, not because you didn't know how to swim but because your ankle was ... hobbling around on crutches, and didn't get to take the swim test with your ... office lady: "You can leave a note for him and I'll get him to e-mail you

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 22, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Interview with Hanhan Wang: EECS, robots, and more! What it’s like to study electrical engineering and computer science at MIT

  

  , a senior majoring in Course 6 to learn about her experiences with the ... Python programming and circuit theory in order to control a robot. The ... (which will include some new classes like an Introduction to Quantum

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 13, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  my first spring break!!! 13 MIT students take San Diego

  

  March 27th, i got to experience spreak in all its glory! it was absolutely ... —it was great seeing all the '22s who used to live in Burton Conner, along with the new members of their communities who will be moving in with me

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 10, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  actual conversations i definitely had last night happy new year i guess

  

  "we're all trying to act normal" isn't weird A: we're driving in ... everything else in life B: same B: i am so not used to looking at this side of the screen A: eh give it a race or two A: you'll get used to it B

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 1, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  One Day at a Time or, springing into junior year, part 2: electric boogaloo

  

  tell which one was winning over me. I’m not afraid, I said to him in our ... to get it out there, to grasp at a solution for anything I could ... like the hosts of a party trying to get people out at 3am: You don’t have

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • March 17, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Nance Nance Revolution! (+ My CPW Recap) New art and new memories.

  

  awesome for creating my new banner. Not to mention the fact that you are a ... cannot express how pleased I was to gaze upon the MIT family and see a ... left the students to their own devices. As we say in the urban vernacular

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • April 25, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  baby steps something tender and new

  

  , texting people if they want to get lunch or go grocery shopping once they ... whatever, but if i don’t take any steps to change that, even in a small way ... taking me to the new mccormick basement gym and i showed them my dorm and

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • August 25, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  november again conversation with myself

  

  to dye a blue streak in my hair but it came out grayish-green, so i ... get more green-blue clothes but i somehow never find the time to go ... stuff gets brought up in [annotation note="Cell Biology"]7.06[/annotation

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 1, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what’s the point? on impact, art, external validation, and remembering to be kind

  

  people in Silicon Valley keep trying to found new things rather than ... 's admirable, in a way, to declare this the meaning of life. The world faces many ... meaning—but we must all have our own meanings to keep going. And, in truth

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 21, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Introducing Two New MIT Students… ...classes of 2026 and 2028 respectively.

  

  you know I recently added a new member to our family. Miles Nathaniel ... ecstatic to hear, "Your Epidural is in." Upon seeing Miles for the first time ... new award, it is given to the to the 2 year old who best demonstrates

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • February 14, 2006
• Blog / People & Identities

  on the atlanta shootings from an asian american woman

  

  also as an Asian woman. It feels like a brutal knife to the heart in a ... Anti-Asian sentiment in America is not new, but this last year has given it more room and confidence to gnash its teeth loudly and openly. In a

  • by Rona W. '23
  • March 26, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Day in the Life A photographic biography of a Friday

  

  demonstration in Solid State Chemistry. I returned to Random Hall in a numb state ... in my room escalated back to numbers that looked like my test scores in ... , incidentally, also happens to exist outside of cyberspace sometimes. Anyway

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 6, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus Okay, so it's not even really half a bus. But I'M not the one asking…

  

  .112, the next level of chemistry, which meant in order to keep the 18 ... 've been trying to decide whether or not to switch into 5.112. I'm in it for ... suggest getting another book to help you out, especially The Official SAT

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 11, 2006