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  goodbye goodbye goodbye what's in store for me?

  

  at the gym she was ready to pass out, but now, she’s a gym rat. i ... 'm terrified to leave MIT. How do you make new friends as a new grad? What if I ... world pushes me to do. Despite the fear and the nervousness, I do have a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  a peek in a week of my summer trying to enjoy it while it lasts

  

  ’t feel rested at all, and I’m not ready to be trapped in the [annotation ... a week to do them. I just hate the feeling of finishing a pset and the ... is that they create a comfortable space to ask questions, which has

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • August 30, 2020
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Roman Life A.k.a. not-Greek life.

  

  small number of hours late.... whoops) tired and ready for a break. At ... a long weekend in which to get away from MIT! (Something that all you ... 've been to the Cape a number of times, so I was confident that we could get

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 21, 2009
• Blog / Advice

  Hey International Kids! Press 'Submit' already!

  

  had everything ready already, but hitting the 'Submit' button takes a ... helped that I went to a boarding high school so I was used to being away ... certifiably socially awkward at home, it’s going to be unbearably bad in a new

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 25, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Day 7: Philly Part 4 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  to make is that Susan Hockfield was the best candidate by a landslide, and the fact that she also happens to be a woman reinforces the fact ... encourage them at a younger age. And what better place for that movement to

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 26, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Juggling Act When you're used to life in Hell...

  

  realize that I have ten pages of thermodynamics ready to turn in to my TA in 4-159 and somehow I need to find a stapler in the next five minutes ... different shape, a different weight. Some are feather-light and a breeze to

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Why So Serious? On Keeping Life in Perspective

  

  lifetime. Get ready to embrace it. Much love, A reluctantly, soon-to ... It's been a while since I've had time to sit down for a long period ... do it all now. It's okay to jog instead of run. Keep up at a steady

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 25, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  #scretious and bunnies!

  

  been a slacker blogger, stuck deep in procrastination universe. Time to ... way to describe it is as the new cultural phenomenon. It is a word ... secretious (for a very negative scretious). Feel free to invent your own (and

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 11, 2015
• Blog / Advice

  November 1st is coming up! What not to do as it approaches (and after it passes)

  

  It’s hard to believe that it’s been almost a year since I applied to ... thing I’m a blogger) and I can take hours to write a paragraph (< ... and was ready to show them to someone to get some feedback. My older

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • October 26, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  proof of life hmm :thinking-face:

  

  , very loosely stitched together because I gave up on trying to have a ... timer on a carton of milk and a slab of chicken waiting to be thawed. An ... , getting married, buying a single-family home. Filling up gas, having a

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • August 16, 2025
• Blog / Blog Projects

  [joint post] blogston commons with Allison E. ‘27, Ellie F. ‘28, Jebby ‘25, and Sara N. ‘28

  

  [annotation note="jebby & fatima, kai & uzay to name a few ... .  however, this does not stop us from trying to make the claim into a fact ... , with a when2meet. in true mit fashion, this attempt turns out to

  • by Janet G. '27
  • November 11, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  a state of moving ny --> ma, macg adventures

  

  Providence. It was a bit hectic once I got to Boston because of all my luggage ... note="I find it sacrilegious to walk around a place with outside shoes ... walls IMO add a cool aesthetic to the place, but it's definitely not for

  • by Waly N. '24
  • April 5, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  between now and departure stands a few classes

  

  personal projects, hackathons, and the like, but it’s good to finally take a ... , like a little cherry on top to the week. Every week, we read a new novel ... like I’ve reached a point where I’m ready for a world beyond this place

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • February 14, 2026
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Psetting in Connecticut Tales of my trip to a figure skating competition

  

  A brief intro... Last Wednesday, I left MIT to compete at the 2016 ... , a 3.5 mile drive from campus. I sprint to get on the bus 3 minutes ... potential ways to solve the problems. I take a nap, and I’m in Hartford in 2

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 29, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Just some potpourri Zoo! New computer! Cooking! Books! Spine-crushingly tedious work at the lab!

  

  allowance" to incoming students, I decided to apply that money to a new laptop ... for me, this means that I have a ton of data analysis to do. Basically ... people mention enough to prospective scientists -- a decent percentage of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 4 U What you should do at CPW, assuming you like exactly the same things that I…

  

  . That a goal to which I still aspire. SATURDAY Back Bay 5K (11:30 AM ... on down to the esplanade and take a few minutes to run 3 miles with ... 'm most excited to see what Marilee Jones performs. I'm hoping for a little

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 6, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT is easy if you study rastrology. Getting into awkward positions, at the Bank of London, with penguins.

  

  escorted the lovely and incomparable Mitra to a dinner for Tau Beta Pi, the ... we appreciated the irony of going to an engineering dinner to hear a ... . The Rime of the Ancient Mariner can be sung to the tune of the "Gilligan

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 11, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Expedition New England Travel That is Good for the Soul.

  

  my bike to Quincy Market, grabbed a bagel and orange juice, and headed ... used to all go out together in New Jersey or even just anywhere. It was a ... Portland, and I exited the train in a nervous hurry thinking I was going to

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • October 26, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  C’est la Vie In which I describe my summer in words, without photos (yet).

  

  leg space! =D) It was a fun time of relaxation, going back to my high ... short trip with family up to Nagoya, Japan in the middle of June. T'was a ... up to the mountains with a Taiwanese health outreach group (think

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 28, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  we are twins … but ARE OUR AGENDAS?!? (not clickbait)

  

  like using physical agendas more. For one, it’s fun to buy a new one each ... agenda less and less. And if I ever need a reminder, I just email it to ... stress in the form of a sticky note! I had to put it over an already

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 23, 2017