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  ISEF, BAMF, and other west coast adventures planning my next two weeks

  

  next two weeks (probably) will look like: May 13-14: Bae-Area Bloggers I ... alumna (and now PhD student at Dread Caltech), will probably be helping me ... . ISEF will take up lots of my time, so I won't get to do much else in LA

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 13, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A poem for every day of August or nearly; I wrote 25 in all

  

  Denmark, 1 pm for those on the west coast. One poem per week, with different ... of work. Poems are a great way to try out new ideas, or condense ... last day or so in Copenhagen I spent with my friends, not writing

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 5, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  d-d-d-d-drop date late is good sometimes

  

  many hours and in one more hour (it's midnight rn) I will drive to ... and realized that it's likely you won't pass or get the grade you want ... "]it sucks.[/annotation] You have a week or two to drop a class and it costs

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 27, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Unlikely Candidate Finding the unexpected “right fit”

  

  . They were chatting effervescently about cookies or something. I caught ... end up will be good for me, and I will be valuable to it. That place turned out to be MIT. I certainly have never regretted applying to MIT or

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 9, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Admissions Valentine's Day Cards! Welcome to your moments of fame, 13's.

  

  , bad joke.) who may or may not like piña coladas and getting caught in ... Victory!'" The acute observer will note the Class of 2013 poster in the ... , keep practicing. You will be making this face a lot next year at psets

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • February 14, 2009
• Blog / Events

  When Friday Arrives… A glimpse into my social life, among other things.

  

  the last problem sets I will ever do as a freshman, which is a pretty ... baked or otherwise encountered recently. Around ten, I met up with another ... will, soon), but somehow I couldn't resist the urge to write an entry

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 10, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  Academic Things I’ve Learned no life lessons, promise

  

  -Boson particle, and whether or not the universe will eventually cave in on itself ... : not personal growth and the importance of self-care, or how long one can ... something to look forward to after high school, either at MIT or the college

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 26, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Embracing Change How I came to be a cook in a professional kitchen this summer

  

  , seen, or experienced before. I got a new job, worked part time in a ... ’t make any new friends? What if I didn’t belong? But right brain, or ... don’t know why, or exactly when I came to this realization, but the

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 20, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  finding meaning at the end of the world i alone determine my destiny

  

  theater! or, yannick likes doing logic puzzles! and it's just another ... was a time in my life, which was maybe two or so years ago, when i ... to lie to my parents every time i wanted to go to the movies or hang

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 1, 2020
• Blog / Residential Life

  last fall / last fall it's senior year and i still haven't learned anything

  

  . We will find out soon enough, one way or another. It is, after all, my ... way which saps away any hint of other emotion, positive or negative ... Desk. Instead of LA or grading roles, I am doing policy research on

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 10, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  The Tech profiled Lydia about resilience @ MIT "I’m building my vocabulary and I’m building my mind and I’m building myself as a…

  

  which students propose or advance various changes, reforms, critiques, and ... I wasn’t exercising or sleeping or eating right or socializing very ... ’t think I will ever get over those things. I’m okay with that. I certainly

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 17, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  All the advice you’ll need for the next twelve hours not clickbait

  

  It's okay to feel anxious or excited or nervous. But if you can ... letter. That moment, you will split into two versions of yourself: the you ... were accepted because your essays were well-written, or say that you were

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 14, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blast From The Past: Garage Hero! Turn your Guitar Hero controller into a MIDI Garageband device.

  

  earth, or at the very least when Facebook didn't yet offer photos or ... like a MIDI keyboard or something else. The idea was that anyone can play ... and X360C, just install them. GPC will be added as a preference pane

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 24, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  OMG SNOW Well, FINALLY!

  

  a decision, or you haven't even applied, I'd prefer if you stuck to comments or emailed me questions only regarding MIT. I'm sorry, it just makes ... there's actually MORE of it. More pictures will be up later after class

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Let It Bleed There will be an answer, let it bleed.

  

  World, or what I imagine Boy Meets World would have been like if I had ... figure out if you really like it or not. My second term at MIT, 18.100B ... . Having taken 8.022, I can tell you that these classes will NOT NOT NOT be

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 5, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  thank you notes before i go

  

  . emma To my dearest, sweetest Emma. I feel like this will be a ... did or said. I wanted so desperately to be liked. But by seeing the way you existed -- the way you'd burst into song in public, or break out

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Last First Month Because I procrastinated too long to say 'day' or 'week'

  

  to grad school or possibly working if I find a cool company who wants ... time I've dropped a class at MIT because 1) the amount of information ... 's Molecular Biology Massive Open Online Course or MOOC. I've talked about my

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 3, 2015
• Blog / How to MIT

  Boys like cars and money $1 billion is not enough for thefacebook, but $9 an hour is good enough for…

  

  DID YOU KNOW? You can create your own motivational, or de ... world. And I just despaired. Or should I say, despaired dot com? I ... description Pay: $9 per hour or something (campus minimum wage was $8.75 last

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 25, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Dorms: MacGregor House Because really, sometimes you just need your own space.

  

  Gregor Convenience, or MacCon) which is open until 2 AM every night. As you might ... out of pasta. Or Mountain Dew. MacGregor is divided into nine "entries ... . Entries can also use the money to go out to restaurants or Red Sox games; G

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 20, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  ripping shirts and other clothing mods

  

  -o-clock hour encroaches. sewing shirts Est. time: 1 hour each Shoutout to ... me how to use it! [carousel image1="96638" image2="96642" image3 ... community in Burton Connor"]B1[/annotation] throws one campus-wide party per

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 1, 2024