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  Skullhouse Road Trip Seattle, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Austin, New Orleans, North Carolina, Delaware, New Jersey, and New…

  

  staff told me that it was too late to check in. I pleaded and they let me check in late and gave me a standby ticket. I made it to the gate just ... blogging before and I think I have a great opportunity. My fraternity, Phi

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 9, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Days in lives that aren’t mine in a parallel universe

  

  . I check my phone for a few minutes before I head to the kitchen to ... world. I make some oatmeal in my room before hopping on a call on the ... I wake up at 9 AM, and it's the first time in a while that I've been

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 22, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Their Own Words (Part 3) Thailand and Israel and Columbia, oh my!

  

  what my capabilities will be when I graduate from here. In the end, a ... one of those rare UROPs in the humanities. I am helping design a new ... server). In my spare time, I work front desk at Random Hall and am a Summer

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 8, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  AHHH CPW!! Goal: Do ALL the things!

  

  Saturday, and I hope that I can give you a good idea of what it’s like to ... will help a lot when you're deciding where to live in a few months, trust ... feel like a very different person. I remember exploring the tunnels with

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 9, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Passions (No, not that kind)

  

  TWO YEARS. I should get a raise for that), it's Cam's thoughts on the ... Edit: Aww, shoot! I wrote you all this blog post last night, before I ... might also know, as I gave away some spoilers. Brought to you just in

  • by Cam T. '13
  • January 1, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  Making friends

  

  alums, and which I hadn't been to before. When we walked in, a guy I had ... I even had a livejournal, I went to check out the MIT community ... remember, in my last post I asked for people to provide me with MIT

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Moms We stand on the shoulders of giants....!!

  

  Today I wanted to thank a very special person in my life, someone who ... the first time I entered a science fair. I was in the fourth grade, and ... dispenses advice patiently when I call her in a panic late at night...or in

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 14, 2018
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Waterfall Camping in Shenandoah National Park Snakes and fireflies.

  

  armies and a slave named Caroline Terry. In case you're interested: As I ... 't think I've seen a snake that big, except maybe in the zoo. Or in the first ... back in the day, when a little green tree snake slithered over my foot. I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 11, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Testing the Waters There comes a time in every man's life when he has to make a choice.…

  

  I really should be napping or something right now, since in the last ... they finally found out I've slept with a stuffed animal since I was in ... sandwich. Trust me. (I just happened to end every paragraph in this entry

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 22, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, decisions Yikes! It's been a month since I last wrote to you guys. In the intervening…

  

  Yikes! It's been a month since I last wrote to you guys. In the ... , because how the hell should I know? I got in to my first choice school, and ... I would know- unfortunately, in high school I could rattle off a long

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 19, 2007
• Blog / How to MIT

  Learn Coding Before School Starts you've got one month left. go!

  

  CourseWare. I did a few lessons before stopping to have time to study for the SAT ... chapters before I got interested in doing other things."] sophomore ... starts somewhere.\n") print("There's a key difference in the times when I

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 2, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  Picking A Southwest Flight Seat How to Make Flying Bearable

  

  ; Step 1 - CHECK-IN EARLY Before you can do anything else with this guide ... ;     Tune in later this week for a blog explaining why I ... Entering college has meant I fly at least 6-7 times a year and I

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • January 22, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  If strangers meet life begins you shall above all things be glad and young

  

  I. Flying back home to MIT from home in South Bend (not a typo), I ... , drawing my eyes like a beacon. And in that moment MIT unfolded for me, as I ... River and the bay glittered like uncut gems in the light. It took me but a

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 23, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  BREAK MY BODY, LIBERATE MY SOUL a student-made installation in the Stata Center R&D pub

  

  experience of what was packed in the hour-long show was a five month long ... architecture of MIT's campus, lies a pub. it opened in 2004 and was used for at ... stumble across. in my time, I've heard it being used for parties, scavenger

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 19, 2023
• Blog / Advice

  it is okay to not know a note for hs seniors (and others, too <3)

  

  about — what do I want to major in, what classes should I take, what clubs should I join, what dorm do I want to be in, and of course, what do I want ... "how do i want to change as a person in college" or "what are my goals of

  • by Phi A. '21
  • December 30, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Onto the next world! a stupidly long metaphor

  

  what home is to me in such a short amount of time. When I think of home ... that I've come so far, that a personality could change so much in the ... think I've made a lot of steps in the right direction and I'm really proud

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 24, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Guest blog: “Me, Marvel, and MIT” Jade's experience working on a SHASS UROP for me

  

  even wrote about a pair of Spider-Man Shoes I had painted in high school ... in Boston! (I had just finished finals week, gotten a flu shot, and had ... ; Marvel in a cool way: UROP! To set the scene: It was my first IAP. I was

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 2, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Mist in the streets of Boston monday wanderings

  

  . The runners were going about the pace I’d shoot for in a three-mile race ... ’t fit in entirely, but I liked their gatherings, in a different backyard ... , had I not taken a gap year. I keep thinking of what I had planned

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 20, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Deadline: Your Questions [Updated] With the Early Action deadline fast approaching, I'll try to answer some last minute questions.

  

  'Activities' section, should I talk about it again in the 11(a) question?" Matt ... this really true? 2) Also, what should I do when what I need to put in is ... submitted the app. What do I now? Should I forget about it, or is there a way

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 31, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  I am lethally bored in the airport boooooo

  

  , though, I realized I had a very unfortunate amount of time between move ... to the bit. (p.s. this is also what I want my signature French fries to ... .5 hours before boarding starts Try to find a water fountain Wonder why

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • May 22, 2025