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• Blog / MIT Life

  August, Airplanes, and why not throw in Spring Break, too? My traveling styles. And, I don't even know, maybe a catch-up thing?

  

  I would go on to China. Rather than be homeless in Boston, it was time ... bubble. How and when did I 'grow up' ? I once saw a toddler at an airport ... there was a storm coming in from the west. Not cute. Luckily, I had my

  • by Ana V. '15
  • March 31, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  how to adult spoiler alert: no one knows

  

  phases of my life. a while back, i was waiting in atlas to get my ID card ... people who does and has known since they were five, i am in awe of you ... , thinking that maybe i'd be happier in this one or the other. melissa in a

  • by Melissa Cao '20
  • November 3, 2021
• Blog / Uncategorized

  an unnecessarily detailed normal friday finding things to blog about when you're swept into normalcy

  

  alright for the psets. Where would I be?" "Well... I'd say you'd be in the ... my alarm goes off at 8am, and i turn it off in probably enough ... should really get up, so i[annotation note="in room 251, we all have Next

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • April 27, 2019
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Thing-A-Mah-Bobs Never walk up to a duck trying to cross the street

  

  spot for the summer, the friendly neighborhood Starbucks. I was in for a ... I discovered it was rather impossible to make any logical connection between all the things I wanted to share about the last couple weeks. I

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • July 8, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Perfect weekend Sun, fun, and Plymouth Rock.

  

  today!" Good thing I started writing this entry, because I would be up the ... in the City" on my iPod. There is basically nothing better than walking ... not to get skin cancer. I got to prance around in my new polka

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 18, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT Medical: A Freshman’s Story Worth sharing.Worth reading.

  

  . Long ago I spent a year at MIT (my “junior year abroad” in Boston) so I thought I knew how the place worked (not quite, Dad!). Our family has a comprehensive medical plan that I buy through my employer, who negotiates with

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 14, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, Decisions…..*sigh* Is (Fill in the Blank) University the right school for me?

  

  , but I would discourage you from choosing your college ONLY by the amount ... questions like, "Do I want to be in community with lots of other high achieving students or do I want to be in an environment where more students

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • April 22, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  how to become a morning person a matter of willpower

  

  me whether I was a morning person or a night owl in high school, I ... 's when I'm most productive," high school me would've told you. That wasn't necessarily the case, though. I spent most of high school in a vicious cycle of

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 12, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Memory Quilt insert many sobbing emojis here

  

  was all my lab had left, so I figured it would be better off in this ... in the quilt. I can always buy another shirt. MIT equation shirt ... internship ever, and a shockingly great summer in Seattle that I never would

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 27, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fredventure, Part 1 MITWE (+ FJE and VJE) go to Brazil

  

  in kerosene. (I could probably write an entire blog post about how much ... ="attachment_88380" align="aligncenter" width="768"] How it went down in my head ... comprehend how it was all orchestrated (pun intended). It all started in my

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • April 18, 2023
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  the summer before senior year you've changed...

  

  seniors in high school. I am now a rising senior in college. It's crazy how ... songs. I learned 3 things. The Girl described in "Girl All the Bad Guys ... school and growing up, I thought I should write a bit about how different

  • by Abby H. '20
  • July 9, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  how to meet curious people

  

  nobody in 18.032. Due to a mandatory recitation for another class, I would ... only woman in the room and I would love there to be more gender diversity ... year here, I joined a business club because I was interested in

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 19, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Reading, Thinking and Igniting Innovation Rational optimism about MIT and the future

  

  knowledge gained in 8.02 (Physics II-- Electricity and Magnetism), I would ... hike. I was in a strange mood. I`m a student at one of the most innovative and progressive universities in the world and I always have loved

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 5, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to “Teach” Leadership Please find the probability that Shakespeare diffuses into my GEL classes given that my schedule…

  

  the “p-set zone,” it helps us think in different ways than we would in ... last thing I want after a week of lectures is a lecture on “how to be a ... these classes is that, while I gain the engineering skills in my Chemical

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • November 4, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I Write Academic Papers a look into how i wrote my final paper

  

  been intrigued by Twitch as a platform and medium so I thought it would ... Check After brainstorming, I usually settle on a main idea and come in ... topic and come up with some key questions to focus in on before I do

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 23, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I chose my classes A graduating senior's perspective; results may vary

  

  this class? Will I thrive in the class? As much as I would love to be ... undergrad/grad offering. For example, here’s how I would read a random course ... taking. In order, they are: Will I thrive in this class if I took it

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 24, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  Bad Ideas Month word of the day is oops!!

  

  Ideas IAP started off just how I imagined. In the first week, I practiced ... Ideas Weekend was my calling. I sent in two event proposals, and thought ... wood, or even how to use any power tools whatsoever, I was confident that

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • March 3, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Adonde? Excuse me sir, I seem to have misplaced my pants.

  

  About two years ago at school I was sitting in the computer lab ... standing around in Best Buy, confusing every single customer and employee ... my mind. That was until this last Saturday while I was sitting in the

  • by Snively '11
  • January 17, 2008
• Blog / CPW

  the two sides of CPW CPW as told by a prefrosh and an upperclassman

  

  to figure out housing. I thought it would be easy, but seeing the huge ... though I definitely didn’t need to invest so much time and energy in it, I ... easier than it is (and honestly, I thought it would be easier than it was

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • April 24, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Adventures in Camberville

  

  'd had the money, I would have taken a cab, but the three dollars in my ... student at Caltech) was in town and going to be there. I like Anna, and with her being in Pasadena, I don't get to see her that often, so I figured I

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • May 15, 2006