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  On Comics and Role Models I interviewed one of my favorite professors because she’s amazing

  

  model she’s become to me as a female novelist and comic book writer who ... her life. It gives me hope that I might find a similarly convoluted path ... really exciting to me. I didn't know that I would love teaching comics as

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 18, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  My Day Cats cats cats cats cats cats cats....

  

  at 6am. My cat decided that sleeping next to me was boring and she ... , where I had a line of duties waiting for me. My first duty was to take ... to eat. So she set up a "bot" to send me reminders to eat and stay

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 19, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Events, Food, and Awesomeness: CPW A story about how CPW is more awesome than lobsters

  

  When people ask me where I grew up, I hesitate for a moment before ... reliable information. I have one memory of me crying in the kitchen while my parents try to feed me coconuts, but this is of questionable veracity. My

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • April 10, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Hacking Story poetry, guitars, a hardware hackathon, and the time-to-pee scheduling metric

  

  after 7.013 on Tuesdays and Thursdays. That gives me a fairly low time ... time. But that leads me to the next part of this story. 2. "There is ... . Though the sleep deficit it gave me meant I was exhausted for about two

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 26, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Being Home and Answering Questions some changes, some constants, and the end of pass/no record

  

  /B/C/No Record (or, for those people like me pursuing sophomore standing, a normal ... everything. What's dorm life like? It varies dorm to dorm. As for me, I'm sad ... drive (so you don't end up like me, 18 and unlicensed). See a bunch of

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 21, 2013
• Blog / Events

  In Prison Literally

  

  where I was. A group of women trudged past me. I looked around wonderingly ... be in prison. -- At 12:25pm, Madison ’17 called me. “Where are you ... salvation to arrive in form of Tally ’17, who spotted me from two floors above

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 5, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Advices, advices Notes from Associate Advising...

  

  homesickness is merely this: don't stay in your dorm room. At least for me, I ... Pass/No Record One junior said to me last year, "If I had P/NR again, I ... this year. He related to me an individual who got straight A+'s his first

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 28, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Recap (Guest Entry) "a perfect introduction to MIT"

  

  Coast when you know you'll be living there. As my mom drove me from ... enough job summarizing:Dry ice drinks.Massive Twister game.Break dancing.Me ... told me they were on YouTube, and I'd definitely recommend checking them

  • by Bryan
  • April 19, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Celena in CPW-Land (Guest Entry) Skipping school to have fun, duh!

  

  By Celena Chan '12 So here I am, writing this, and it just hits me ... me if I was from LA. Close, but not that close. Apparently, there had ... ? Me: Uh¡­yes? Qichen: It's Qichen, from facebook. Me: OMG! The girl that

  • by Snively '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / Events

  CPW 2008 @ MIT – Awesomeness Guaranteed (Guest Entry) On things that other colleges (namely their dean of admissions) will never letyou do.

  

  : Stephen, me, Sway, and her friend Jenny Scholarship: From L to R: Stu Schmill, Kim Vandiver (Dean for Undergrad Research), and me ???: < ... -Conner (the BC folks gave me a mini beach ball, which my cat loves). After

  • by Snively '11
  • April 17, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Religious Discussions Yes, there are non-atheists at MIT. But they still like science jokes.

  

  blind faith, this seminar seemed particularly interesting to me. The two ... questions, rather than someone like me, who wasn't actually looking for a ... did provide some interesting food for thought which should keep me

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 24, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Semi-Real Time Mystery Hunt Update v. 2008

  

  arrive at Hunt Headquarters. Somebody give me something to do.... Friday ... 's the font the Asgard uses on its menu!" Me: "Oh my God I've SEEN that movie! I would have KNOWN that!" (This is a huge accomplishment for me. I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 18, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Hello, Ma Sheng Li Gong A journey of four years begins with a single blog.

  

  . We were en route to Mathcamp 2004 (which was held in Colby College, ME ... attending Taiwanese schools. When my parents decided to transfer me to an ... REAL bubble tea everyday? So it really hit me when I logged on to the MIT

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 2, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Return of the Frog Queen Okay, it snowed this morning, end of story.

  

  it was no trouble for me to just lie down, put a sheet over my face ... me 6 whole minutes of sleep passed out on the floor in my clothes. In a fetal position. So for me, dreaming is just about the most awesome thing

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Re-introduction A summary, for those of you just tuning in.

  

  stalker I have -- and apparently I have a few -- to effectively google me ... the past three years, both in terms of getting me into grad school (the boring part) and in terms of making me happy to be alive and able to get

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 26, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Surviving My deep thoughts on surviving and thriving at MIT, straight from three years ago.

  

  school backgrounds, and freshman year was pretty hard for me. So the fact ... help me out if it's a rough week and sleep is not up there on the ... seriously. Freshman year would have been a lot more difficult for me if I hadn

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 11, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Academic Marathon If Mollie's boyfriend can complain, so can I.

  

  course). I read them both, which made me feel accomplished. =) My spring ... . Basically, youth group was really important to me for a long time, and I ... down to stay with me for the rest of the week. We're going to spend lots

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 15, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Playing Doctor… Are people REALLY impressed by big words? You be the judge.

  

  "tecker." Don't sue me please? =) Shannon: hahahahahaha I loved the ... think you're cool! hehe Jessica, let me tell you something about bloggers ... comfortable that i would be rejected no stress now aon me. but anyway if the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 10, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  for change in (expected + unexpected): print(change.get_thoughts())

  

  via the endless stream of short-form videos spoonfed to me by various ... everyone, I mean me. Freshman fall was great, because [annotation note ... ’t hard 😭. I think the biggest challenge so far for me has been that PSet

  • by Allison E. '27
  • June 19, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  Hydranting My Spring Semester 5 stages of courseroad grief

  

  's been ~1.5 years since I came to MIT. Fall finals season helped me shove ... essentially went in a giant loop back to Course 20 :^) If you know me ... glance. Then... my friend messaged me with some other interesting classes

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • March 5, 2025