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• Blog / Academics & Research

  The sun is out but why is it so cold outside?

  

  be a cat in the winter time. Today I wrested the last fateful drop out ... before turning them in for good. If I don't sound terribly grateful to the ... longer. I don't think I've ever quite emptied a tube of toothpaste to this

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 20, 2008
• Blog / Prepare for MIT

  My First Few Weeks at MIT … one year ago

  

  me that - a second family I never saw coming. And if that’s what six ... - I was super intimidated for a lot of reasons. Growing up as the youngest of four, with a dad who insisted I kept a fire extinguisher handy

  • by Hala K. '29
  • September 22, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  writing and faeries reflections on my classes at Harvard

  

  ’t on libgen. Then, in a rush of power, I checked out books that had ... manufacturing skills before pursuing a career in industry. During this semester, I ... be in a space where I could see my impressions of my peers’ work

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 3, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Congratulations! You have been named… Time Magazine's Person of the Year!

  

  . Seriously. I've been writing some form of a blog since I was in the 8th grade ... yourself rolling your eyes every once in awhile (I know I did), but even ... ,000 more young voters went to the polls and all voted against what I believed

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 18, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Inspired Brainstorming Three pieces of advice I employ

  

  millions of questions Me (dejected): “What?” Hardi: “I just don’t give a shit ... what people normally do or say. I don’t give a shit what people normally ... in my life. After all, who really cares?   3. "I've met a lot of

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • November 25, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Unfolding of Language Your high school English teacher may hate it, but "gonna" really is a word.

  

  , "will," without much of a change in meaning. "I will buy that book" means ... . The whole idea was in fact inspired by one of my random "pick a book off ... awesome. In content, anyway. The author tends to ramble on a bit, and seems

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 9, 2006
• Blog / Community Projects

  Not in Kansas Anymore oh, wait...we actually are. Day 1 with the MIT Design/Build/Fly team.

  

  We're in a hotel room and we're watching Men In Black (preceded by ... competition. Our plane, having been shipped last week in a big wooden crate ... , soldering irons, razor blades, etc) into our check-in luggage and our carry

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 10, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Liveblog from Apple Store I copy Paul, 3 hours later.

  

  language halls) was completely random. There's going to be a concert here in the Mac store in about 40 minutes so I should leave before this place ... . Unlike Paul, who was probably using his own computer, I am using a fancy

  • by Snively '11
  • July 26, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Black Lives Matter until they don't.

  

  week in this country, that word popped up a lot. In orientation, I ... anything, but he keeps walking, and in a tone so unlike mine, I yell ... sure what I hoped to achieve when I sat in front of my computer and began

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • July 8, 2016
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Thanks, man I'm feeling human again.

  

  Girls CD's and a book of poems by Bukowski, and I guessed what my problem ... in right-side-up, so I just left it. Whatever. Here's a toast to all ... the mountains with their shadows. I'm sitting on the porch of a

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • August 27, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I “less than 3” the Chorallaries My relaxing and enjoyable vaction draws to a close. *sigh*

  

  Well, it's been quite a week of spring break adventures! I basically ... panicked when I called her as I was leaving my house in the morning. But when ... a tangent for a second, I have to say that one of my absolute favorite

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 2, 2006
• Blog / How to MIT

  Schedules and expectations The do's and dont's of freshman scheduling, and what to brace yourself for.

  

  , super important in engineering! (On a side note, I passed out of 8 ... reasons. Reason #1 (a.k.a. the 'good' one): I was a debater in high school ... knew what they meant, and I wasn't one of them. This class seemed like a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 13, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  17,707 words writing at night like you're running out of time

  

  for me in a way that I haven’t done since college applications ... way) was the most joy I’ve had while writing in a long time. 2113 ... to be Paper 2; in a few weeks when I get feedback, I’ll need to revise

  • by Phi A. '21
  • October 24, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventures in Italy, Part 2 Tales from Rome, Take Two

  

  Pizza Now here in the US, I've heard this pizza referred to as a "Blonde ... when I was in high school I wasn't a big fan of world history, but seeing ... lesson in Italian: "Voray ordinare" Translation: I would like to order

  • by Bryan
  • April 13, 2006
• Blog / People & Identities

  am I doing this all wrong? thinking thoughts and feeling feelings

  

  . And, wow, What Was I Made For? struck a nerve. Here are some of the ... ...blah. I don't even feel a right to feel bad about those days because nothing ... to my friends: fyi: I maintain an email list for my friends. It's a

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • March 4, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Who’s that new kid? ANOTHER one?? Are you KIDDING me?! She doesn't even fit on the page!

  

  'm just a girl working in a bakery.) I've lived in California all my life ... life story, so here I am in a nutshell: I'm eighteen, am a destroyer of ... tube, I still don't really believe it. So if you ask me right now what 14

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

  I’m supergirl and I’m here to save the world My day, being thought of as superhuman, and answering several questions.

  

  finally took the swim test! Yay, now I can graduate. In a random bit of ... that I'd been in the same lab since sophomore year. A lot of them knew my ... guess, because what I do is really not all that extraordinary in the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 25, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Mid-May Update Q&A: Athena tips and hints

  

  It's a pretty slow week. Classes ended yesterday, I'll be studying ... software site is a fully-licensed copy of Windows XP Professional -- I ... -and-drop Windows tool. f) Want to put a period after your middle initial in the MIT

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • May 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Calculus in Context 18.01 feels like an art history class

  

  perspective to what we do in class! And here’s a twilight picture of the Great ... calculus and seventeenth century history in equal measure all in a span of a ... -studying before I got to school that probably cushioned me from the shock I’d have

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 14, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s on my mind *insert witty caption here*

  

  It's been a busy week, and I've still got a lot on my mind. As long as I can remember, I've found that writing things down is one of my ... from last year I never had time to post :) a look at MIT's tunnels

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 24, 2008