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  CPW roundup Meet the Bloggers, dinner with a physics professor, and a photography contest for those of…

  

  disappointment, nary a single spambot showed up to the CPW Meet the Bloggers night ... picture, and there's a good chance that you'll find yourself*: *This ... -weary muscles to give its prefrosh a weekend worth remembering. “The whole nine

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 20, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Just My Luck The somewhat eventful story of my first EMT shift ever.

  

  me up in the MIT ambulance. We proceeded to the ambulance bay, where I ... arrests but that none of us knew how to revive a dead ambulance. So we ... amount of lotion seems to fix. After signing off on a few papers, I became

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 12, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Weathering the weather So much snow!

  

  Olympic team, and he gossips about them to me). D-Entry is having a "Bacon ... 'easter to liven up a winter weekend. Questions: 1. Jay asked, "Hey Mollie ... summers ago to develop a certain kind of airplane on his own. But most of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Their Own Words (Part 2) The dog days of summer.

  

  in a lab where the grad students and prof tend to work from about 10am ... camp means a lot to me (and that is an understatement if I've ever seen one), as I've attended LAW as a camper since I was able to and it has

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 30, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  eternal dissatisfaction wish i could write more, care less

  

  , where it's like, focus on a few things that are important to you ... day, where i deconstruct a little the notion of being productive. it is ... programs with esp again, i'm on the gph writing team, i'm trying to keep a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 12, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  Strands literal and metaphorical >:)

  

  precious to me.  To be honest, my hair has always been a source of pride. Or ... . That sounds a bit melodramatic, but it used to feel true. I actually still have a lot of trouble with this. Every few weeks, I force myself to

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • September 10, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  first week class reflections i am home

  

  regret. i've been trying to tackle my classes with a new perspective ... [annotation note="8.01 = Physics 1 18.01A = Calculus 1 3.091 = Intro to Solid State Chemistry 21M.011 = Intro to Western Music"]8.01, 18.01A, 3.091, and

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 11, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Hardest Thing Ever FOP, family, and how I'm doing so far... plus some findings on frisbee and free…

  

  Minnville, where I've lived almost my whole life, and spent a frenzied week saying ... thermos) and what to leave behind (record player, books, a little cactus I ... be quite as effective a happy-maker as I usually like to think it is

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • September 4, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s 2015! Happy New Year

  

  resolution to start reading a novel, a resolution that lasted just about until ... getting myself to write a novel than read one. Which brings me to the next ... originally drawn for the awesome Aquil Fannis.  But I decided to take a break

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 1, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sentimental Objects (part two) sophomore trinkets

  

  , where we got to see 2 Avant-garde shows (Flight and Sleep No More ... is where Ghost Quartet* was performed *Ghost Quartet is a song cycle ... ! It's a 3E tradition to set out a card the day before every person

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • May 25, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  East Campus Rush photos

  

  . We had a roller coaster, in the style where one hangs below the track ... harnesses and had to wear helmets. I didn't manage to get a good picture of a rider in motion, but I did get a picture of this rider who was about to

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 1, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Pimp my sukkah. I really can't think of a better blog entry title than that.

  

  admission-related mailing from MIT. It contained a form to apply for my student ID, a form to apply for my athena username, some instructions on the ... to one of my (actually Jewish) friends as a novelty item. So then I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 5, 2006
• Blog / People & Identities

  another year around the sun I guess I'm 19 now

  

  delivery I ordered to arrive. The sun was out today, fully, in a way it hasn ... eighteen, but really more of a prelude to twenty. A pause and a period of ... to zoom and watch a physics lecture, and she invited all my friends to

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • February 21, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  ISEF 2015 Recap researchers talking, and talking to researchers

  

  were at ISEF to a little reception. While some people had to stay with ... a 'lay explanation', i.e. to describe it to us as you would to an ... RSI for this coming summer, where he hopes to continue the math research

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 1, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  Being Sick at the Institute the firth law of therbodydabics *sniff*

  

  sick. What a joy it has been to experience illness during the first two ... stuffy nose) is a real mystery to me, because I haven’t really gotten my ... awful as I felt in the moment. But it wasn’t. And that’s a lot to be

  • by Selam G. '18
  • September 22, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [Guest Post] art and things zine making + what makes us, us + thank you cambridge + yomp

  

  , and for those who are so inclined, there are a billion ways to hold onto ... booklets on topics ranging from sci-fi to personal memoir. I picked up a ... stood at booths, trading tips on where to print, their favorite inks and

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 20, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  my room an evolution

  

  of my bed.  I have scoured thousands of my pictures trying to find a ... . Was this followed to a T? [annotation note= " thank you covid ... room. I bought a lamp to replace the hospital-like lighting that came

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • February 8, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Hate the Last but at least, I'm trying not to

  

  to stress or due to a (relatively) healthy sleep schedule my senior ... EST. I sigh a breath of relief and think to myself "maybe-- now that I ... to my kitchen where my mom was making breakfast. I don't say good

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 22, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT is hard Yes, yes I am.

  

  . Parents are usually easy to spot for a couple of reasons. First, they all ... . Alright, sure, they did bust out a container of liquid Nitrogen to please ... standing up to leave. There's a lot of academic rigor at MIT. The classes are

  • by Snively '11
  • October 18, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  I Get To Blog Today! Is this meta enough?

  

  . Don't waste time trying to prove to yourself that you can finish a PSET ... to an organized, clutter-free space is a huge boost to your mood ... . Because writing let's you put a stop on the clock to reflect what is and

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 3, 2019