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  butterfly season the very tired caterpillar

  

  't really remember how I stumbled upon Wolf 359. I think I saw one of my high ... , in second grade. I got a little cup taped to my desk and I would watch ... In late May, I wrapped up my second semester at MIT and moved back

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • July 31, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  Surviving My deep thoughts on surviving and thriving at MIT, straight from three years ago.

  

  , um, buy the store brand pasta or whatever. 10. I still don't know how to cross streets in the city, but I do know how to get anywhere in ... of in awe of the fact that I'd apparently survived almost a full year

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 11, 2006
• Blog / People & Identities

  a jaunt to Philadelphia We went to the AWP writing conference!

  

  Mat Cauthon would have been proud. I made weighted dice and a wolf ... of confidence which I knew working in tech would bring.  # The last ... ’ in it would reject, we want.” I’d passed a lot of magazines with the

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 26, 2022
• Blog / How to MIT

  Buying books You shouldn't have to spend all your money on textbooks!

  

  books around here can't we?" (sorry, Laura, I know you asked other questions...but I'll answer this one first.) Ahh, never spend $700 on books ... comes to worst, buy it from the Coop or Quantum Books, which are the main

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A lot about course 9

  

  up and running than everyone thought it would, so I decided to come ... -40 undergrads per class year in course 9, although I think that number has been ... Today was supposed to be my first day of lab work in our new lab

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 17, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Baseball!! a blog about baseball and internet games and embroidered hats and New Zealand Indie Rock.

  

  begin with.  I wasn’t planning on buying anything in particular, but then ... song is so well written and there’s so much raw emotion in it. I would ... of them was in my hands, so I had to buy it. I’m not sure what I’ll do

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • October 4, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First day of classes What some MIT freshman schedules look like.

  

  excitement and anticipation I had on my first day back in 1996; I wish I could go through it all again! You might be wondering, what would I take as ... ) And what did I take, back in the fall of 1996? Student #Matt 18

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Born Under Punches The heat goes on, which is nice, but so does classwork.

  

  psets! I have homework in my HASS classes, dude! I assumed that taking two science classes and three HASS classes that I love would decrease my ... . Trust me. 21M.303: Writing in Tonal Forms I -- Write the first 8 bars of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 19, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  SEEING WAITRESS TWICE (sorry in advance for the obnoxious amount of CAPS)

  

  the seats would be in an obstructed view area, we all looked at each ... he said was about how Betsy Wolfe (the third Broadway Jenna) did ... , respectively) did. In one of the riffs, Betsy Wolfe goes up to a C, which

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 9, 2018
• Blog / How to Food

  Guest Post: Where to Buy Food: MIT Groceries Guide Because eating textbooks gets expensive.

  

  buy most of my produce here. Since I live in East Campus, I have enough ... can save time and money in the grocery store. Know how much food costs ... , you will get a sense of how much things cost. If you’re new to buying

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 3, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes and Casting and Birthdays, oh my! What are "Things That Wake Me Up at 9am"?

  

  .012/18.014/18.022/18.024 in that it's mainly for folks who love challenging themselves or would ... early on in High School it's been an interesting experience that I have ... development in third world countries. While I've currently dropped the seminar

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • November 29, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  A Running Journey ft. running 13 miles in the middle of nowhere with petey

  

  . In retrospect, this might just have been because I didn't know how to ... , in my pace, and how I felt during and afterwards. This is what I ... am a self professed wolf girl and i found this pillow in the dollar

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 19, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  head above the water (intro post) an inner dialogue about my first month of classes

  

  When I tried practicing for the swim test, I realized how long it had ... further until I was eventually in the deep end. When I jumped in, I remember ... forth underneath me while I tried to propel myself up. Keep in mind that

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 9, 2021
• Blog / Life after MIT

  One new blog, three post-college thoughts just popping by to say hello

  

  . I graduated in June 2014. Now I do astronomy research at the Max ... public transportation and in bed, and one on what I do at work. on where I live - It's nice to feel like I live in a city, instead of feeling like

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 1, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  Lyrics to my MIT experience i definitely never, ever wrote songfics when i was in middle school

  

  't really like, and didn't end up pursuing in the long run. I worked hard to ... , I immediately shed all the things that I had done in high school that ... when I first heard That sweet sound of humility? It came to my ears in

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 15, 2020
• Blog / Events

  The Great Debate: Latke vs. Hamentashen The post-coverage.

  

  , representing the Hamentashen team. In order to understand his slides, I’ll ... their position. The three professors in favor of the hamentashen were ... - Terrascope lecturer (sitting in the middle) - Erik Demaine- Professor

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 6, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  a week of summer ft. cafes, lab, and assorted thoughts

  

  in volcanoes, and I wondered, again, how grad school would suit me ... how to stab anyone, and I wonder what richness that knowledge would add ... , and/or see people. I love the cafe in the morning. Classical music

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 8, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In Which I Sound Like an Old Man I'm really not that old...according to CVS cashiers, I apparently look 17 =p

  

  yesterday when I was still sitting in 8.01, worrying about understanding how ... for a final exam - how many nights I've wolfed down free platters of ... Hey guys, happy 2011! It's been awhile. As I write this, I'm in San

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 21, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m in New York! where chicken and rice is so good.

  

  MIT, aside from Boston, I've lived (stayed for >= four weeks) in ... churros con chocolate in the quaint cafes of Madrid, wolfing down one of ... City, where I live in an apartment in the Lower East Side. Every night, I

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 27, 2010
• Blog / Summer

  “How was your day?” asked and answered

  

  engage in my social media ritual without the guilt I usually would have if ... classes this semester, and I’ve seen her put in lots of time and effort into ... to Medical and check in at the desk. I’m preparing to travel to India

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • June 2, 2019