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  dtyd weekend all party, no planning (for once)

  

  , and then went back to my dorm for my floor's first CPW event, "Deep ... of work. from virtual first-year placement in 2020, to REX [annotation ... events in, to three iterations of [annotation note="first-year floor

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 19, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Rewind the Tape b.good so you can find the golden ticket.

  

  sum for the first time here in Boston. A group of about 12 of us went to ... to celebrate a friend's 21st birthday. I returned to my Texas roots ... somewhat reminded of the day I turned 18 and tried to buy a lottery ticket

  • by Bryan
  • July 26, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  On the Scattering of Senior House or: How I Learned to Start Worrying and Acknowledge the Bomb

  

  to say some things. As a prefrosh, I wasn’t really sure what I wanted when it came to housing. I didn’t go to CPW, I didn’t look around at ... that were going here. My first look into the dorms was the i3 videos

  • by Abby H. '20
  • July 12, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  World Cup Final in Boston An MIT- and Boston-centric look at the Italian victory.

  

  Congratulations to Italy on their World Cup victory. The celebration was huge here in Boston, home to a large Italian-American population. Italy is also home to 50+ MIT undergraduate and graduate students

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 10, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  transferring student culture online virtual rush? it's more likely than you'd think

  

  happens in the week first-years get to happens"]REX.[/annotation]Then, frosh ... ="Support Communities For First-Years"]SCUFFY,[/annotation] [annotation note ... emotionally taxing. From August 23rd to the 30th, dorms hosted events to

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 8, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer in San Francisco Interning at PlayStation Network

  

  setup was perfect for me. The first week or so, I took time to familiarize ... time in the city before. Plus, this was my first real full-time job! In ... …and basically the first time I’ve lived like a real adult. My official title at

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 7, 2016
• Blog / Athletics

  Bang! Update [3] Gotcha!

  

  evening against West Point, but first we had to get there. What we ... is when I was able to shoot. I shot in the first air pistol round of ... pistol team is on its way to West Point in New York for a shooting

  • by Snively '11
  • January 25, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  I Feel *a* Last or at least, I'm trying to

  

  . A voice narration begins. I attribute many feelings to love or to hate. When asked how I feel about a situation, I usually say something akin to ... -all really. Because what I mean to say is that I am feeling a feeling about

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 22, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Soldering Things pronounced "soddering"

  

  This weekend marks the notable milestone where, for the first time in my life, I get to actually do cool engineering-y things with my actual ... Opportunities Program), which means I get to have an on-campus job doing cool

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 25, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What is an Incomplete Grade? ABCDF....I? How to use MIT's grading system in dire situations

  

    ABCDF....I? How to use MIT's grading system in dire ... Spiral of Doom? Never fear! It’s similar to what a lot of us used in high ... than standing for Standard Temperature and Pressure, S refers to transfer

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • September 7, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tweaching and Stitches Two things that happened this week, one of which I liked.

  

  every year for a few years, I suppose it's supposed to signify the first ... laugh to think about someone paradoxically telling you with all earnestness that they're about to lie to you. Any robot readers heads have  just

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 12, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  had i known how to save a life on self-care

  

  . that it’s okay to put your own needs first. i think i first picked up ... ? if i don’t have the energy to help someone, if i put my own needs first ... not to because i had to put my needs first—should i feel guilty? the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 17, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  places at mit (favorite) places (to work/study)

  

  MIT's campus can be pretty daunting for someone first visiting. All the buildings are numbered, and at first glance, the ordering of the numbers seems unintuitive. Buildings 3 and 4 should be next to each other

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • July 27, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Tying up some loose ends On getting old and doing things I hadn't yet done in Boston. Also, hot dogs.

  

  So I just submitted my first-ever RSVP to a wedding for people who ... college's sister's uncle's first wife's second marriage, but to people I ... Boston until last week - first of all, go to a Red Sox game: I don

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 20, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  #funhogging the best thing I did over IAP. also: INFINITE ICE CLIMBING GIF

  

  your browser to be the first to sign up for a trip (2) your facebook ... funhogging: to take more than one's fair share of fun When I was a kid, one of my favorite things to do was to browse photos of mountain

  • by Michael C. '16
  • February 3, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Exploring Boston Frozen yogurt quests into Boston

  

  For the past few weeks, I've REALLY wanted to go to Red Mango.  I really like frozen yogurt, and at home the first nearby frozen yogurt place was Red Mango, so my friends and I would call going to get frozen yogurt

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • March 31, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Like a G6 except for the wings, the engines, the flight controls…

  

  myself to the controls. First thing I noted was that it was different from ... active in.  (I learned to fly pre-MIT and probably won't have much time to ... signing up for it.  It sounded pretty shiny.  In classical me mode, my first

  • by Piper '13
  • September 27, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2009 note #1

  

  check the MIT directory to get a preliminary idea. If your first name or ... While we are still waiting to hear from everyone, and hence it is too early to know anything about the waitlist, the Next Big Mailing (NBM) is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 5, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  A Three-part IAP sababa* in more than one way

  

  tried Mystery Hunt for the first time, but epically failed to help the ... guess I’ll come out and say it: I skipped the first week of classes ... out to be so bad, and I had a good reason: I was in Israel. Going to

  • by Becca H. '12
  • February 17, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Though the Odds A survival story.

  

  everything seemed to be going so well...I failed the first test. I had never ... going to be a rocket scientist. Thanks to 8.012, I got my first taste of ... love with science in the first place. If you choose to take 8.012 - and

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 31, 2007