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  Mist in the streets of Boston monday wanderings

  

  gathering in Allston. I’m at Life Alive in Cambridge now, writing this, while ... . The runners were going about the pace I’d shoot for in a three-mile race ... MIT communities I’d seen so far, and how I could join one -- I wouldn

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 20, 2023
• Blog / How to Food

  42 Recipes for Surviving Freshman Year (Part 2)

  

  . Effort: 3 Ingredients: Farina (actually sold in American stores, I ... measurements. This is how recipes work in my family. Effort: 5 Ingredients ... ’re putting back in the fridge). I also like toasted rye bread and a clove of

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 3, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music in Springtime and MIT [by Ken Haggerty '11] Music at MIT can be both beautifully melodic and destructive, and…

  

  Irving Berlin and Abby Lincoln, to name two. I liked how she was extremely ... specifically, I liked how she improvised and had fun and made it conversational ... cloudless and the temperature was 73 degrees Fahrenheit. I had only two

  • by ARTalk
  • April 25, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Leaf in Face I got hit in the face the other day. By a leaf.

  

  , I heard from my Physics C teacher that being recognized in national ... year has that qualification, but I could not help wondering on how much ... lives on 3rd East in Next House with me. Sorry to say I don't know Prannay

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 15, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  for change in (expected + unexpected): print(change.get_thoughts())

  

  'm going to school in Boston remark on how cold it is, but the most jarring ... Schedule In high school I went to sleep around 10:30 pm, and woke up at ... started college on the east coast, sometimes I’d text them in the evening

  • by Allison E. '27
  • June 19, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  Integration no, not the math one

  

  speech, but just by being in college, I'm beginning to understand it. What ... , and learn from that. I’m here to learn about other people and in the ... individual personalities. Personally, I get excited being in a conversation

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • November 8, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Experiment in Independence all by myself for IAP

  

  ) before second semester start in February. And I'm alone. No classmates down ... Maryland in our hard-earned car to go grocery shopping. I wasn't exactly ... Sliced Roast Beef [mmmm roast beef] Applegate Sliced Turkey [in case I

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 5, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  major uncertainty switch 2 A 6-2?

  

  saw myself improve over the semester in how I was understanding, on the ... once because of how hard a time I had in it. I took two semesters of ... compensation, newfound freedom in class selection Last April, I declared my

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 2, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  weather and stuff a Californian’s first experience of fall and also other things on my mind

  

  problem for me. I Iive in a triple. One of my roommates, Claire, is from ... .” Abby and I stand in awe. What is this “fall clothing,” and do we need it ... that would require somebody buying me spray paint (because apparently you

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • October 2, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What can you do with a bad grade in quantum? What is my life going to be? (Avenue Q, anyone?)

  

  him. I would let him know how much time it took me, and how often I ... "advice you can give me on how to move forward from here." I thanked them ... : to mope in good company. I went over to my friend Sam's dorm and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 4, 2013
• Blog / Hacks

  IAP=Watermelon in January I honestly can't think of a better analogy.

  

  experience. I learned how NOT to epoxy my hair by accident, how to deal with ... together so I could culture myself in the world of eateries. We ended up ... the way, I saw a wind turbine, which made me happy because everything in

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 9, 2012
• Blog / Events

  MIT is in Boston!!!!111!!!1! It's something to be excited about!!!!!

  

  Boston before (I was in a suburb of Denver and would frequently longboard ... already, I met people from so many more different backgrounds than I would ... universities in the area added to that experience even more. Not to mention, I

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 11, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  they want to see you fail managing others' envy

  

  , although I’m not sure how effective that approach would’ve been. Maybe he ... unrelated to math. In retrospect, I’m not entirely sure how I should ... people in general. I’m not sure how to avoid this flavor of ire. I’m not

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  majoring in 21E: frequently asked questions what it's like to study humanities at a stem school

  

  to dedicate. But simultaneously I think how much effort you put in ... humanities major at MIT. So I thought I'd wrap it all in a neat little blogpost in an attempt to talk about it. What is 21E? I am not the first

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

  And the End Closes In My last semester as an MIT undergraduate

  

  I’m finally in my last semester as an MIT undergraduate, and the ... related to photography. I’ve taken plenty of HASS classes in my day, but ... writing class (which I would generally avoid with a 10 foot stick), it is

  • by Becca H. '12
  • February 18, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Not in Kansas anymore A brief look at your third '15 blogger

  

  third freshman blogger, class of '15, and I thought I would take a second ... with a bolded list! Past Living Situation(s): I was born in Ethiopia ... their lives and we headed over to Kansas. I've since lived in Kansas for

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • September 9, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  lessons on burnout 2020 made me realize things

  

  , but I had already gotten that in quarantine. What would I even do with ... ’s all just because of P/NR? How will I be in the spring, when I have to ... right, maybe I don’t quite know how to be productive in a way that is

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • January 12, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pass No Record, Oh How I Loved Thee. A quick look at first semester!

  

  I enjoy them all,  I learned a metric ton of material in a ... categories "for classes" or "in the spirit of having fun". While the two aren ... . With Pass/No Record in place to make the transition easier, first

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • February 27, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  So the rest of your decisions are coming in and let's take a second to talk about it

  

  about acceptance. I would fantasize about how I would tell my family the ... week and next. I remember this week in late March as a very scary time ... . Now, I could go on and on about how “well, you’ll be happy wherever you

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • March 27, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bubbles and UROPs OK, so we're going to follow up on this white water rapids question, because I…

  

  ! =) lowered their total self-help. At least, I think that's how it happened. In ... chlorine in the water might have something to do with it. Now, I know Mollie ... hours, in pool water, in salt water, in fresh water, in the ocean, where I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 12, 2006