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  The Importance of Wasting Time lessons learned over Thanksgiving break

  

  . Then a second glance at the clock proved me wrong by twelve hours, and I ... we would for sure do it, seriously). “Can you wake me up early tomorrow ... , sure,” I promised, “And will you wake me up if I don’t wake you up

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 9, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In Case You Were Wondering… Here's what I do when I don't do anything

  

  pleasant phone noises that constitute my alarm clock, leaving me just enough ... into a puddle of tired person. After lifting, Ava guest swipes me into ... readings. Luckily for me, since we just recently took our third 20

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 1, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Home Away From Home Complete with Batman mask, kettle corn, and ticket stubs

  

  there are a couple of CDs that mean a lot to me (from Regina Spektor

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • November 4, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Doggy Birthday Meet Simmons Hall's smallest - and furriest - new resident, who just turned 8.

  

  pink duck toy and helps students like me, who left their dogs behind

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • September 20, 2014
• Blog / Community Projects

  Moving Out, Up, and In Expanding, now in three dimensions!

  

  if my parents weren’t sitting in the row behind me. They were flying out to help me move in, but, fortunately, they had round-trip tickets ... adventure before me, I worked on self-studying single-variable calculus. I

  • by Joel G. '18
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  What are French House residents doing this summer? Writing code, making models, reading, buying comic books, eating brownies, playing Guitar Hero 3...

  

  list. Without further ado, let me introduce you to... Abby B. '17 ... Environmentally friendly! Sounds good to me. Any non-work-related goals for the ... fridge…you're making me feel tempted to go get some. Before I go do that

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 26, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT: The Snowsical The blizzard of February 13th

  

  plowing makes it easier for me to get to my class which starts at three

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 13, 2014
• Blog / How to MIT

  Deadlines and Habits Staying sane

  

  or fellowships, so let me bring you up to speed: Astronomy Graduate ... few that have kept me sane. They are: Running: I started the semester ... Times homepage. It wakes me up, although it has occasionally also made me

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 19, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Two Truths and a Lie Because we all definitely love playing icebreakers

  

  proud of me.  First generation Latino and the first from my school to be ... teachers, my friends, and my mentors all contributed to make me who I am ... winged mechanical beast that brought me to a new world, and I rode in the

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 17, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The second-to-last first two days of class Having classes 3 days a week rocks.

  

  long time. At least, that's how it was for me in the act of running. Once ... -sets or the course material. As unconventional as it was for me to see a ... longer surprised me. Past professors or TAs of mine have also offered to do

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 6, 2013
• Blog / Study Abroad

  From One Cambridge To The Other A year away from the Institute

  

  left for me and the other 20+ Cantabrigians and I couldn't be more

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 12, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Night Vision Funny how "photo"graphy throws you into the dark

  

  , aperture, filters quite literally in the darkroom has made me much more

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • May 8, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Admissions Decisions and Mystery Hunt A few thoughts and a lot of puzzles.

  

  decision for me and I might have hunted for wifi at intersections. When we ... college stuff, and cried about leaving home. My parents dropped me and my ... energy into doing it for me. If you by any chance like to solve puzzles

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 12, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  Quarrying Around Ice skating in an underground tunnel

  

  of ice. I didn’t bring ice skates, but Mitch let me borrow his and it

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 21, 2013
• Blog / Events

  The Great Snowball Fight of 2013 fame. glory. snow. killian court.

  

  West Campus tried to take it down: and this is a very exhausted me

  • by Michael C. '16
  • February 9, 2013
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Check the Mail Pyramid!

  

  department is. And let me tell you they're rugged. They're tough. They

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • January 2, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Emergency Morale Booster Night! One of my favorite e-mails of all time

  

  knows anything about me could predict (DISNEY SONGS. I LOVE THEM.) I sang

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 26, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m sitting on my bed right now so sleepy

  

  of senior ball last spring. Most stressful day EVER: my date drove me ... stores all day trying to find something that looked nice and fit me (not an ... sent me some posters in the mail recently. One is of Cassiopeia, a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 23, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Junior Fall Line-Up, Part 1: Classes My academic plans.

  

  me. My freshman spring, I was in a seminar with TWO OTHER STUDENTS, and ... entire post about how wonderful the literature department here is, let me ... of the post - trust me when I say that you want to read the description

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 12, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  me. I wasn't at MIT: I was one of twentysome fresh MIT students ... backpacking trip was my introduction, and if it gives me any hints concerning ... scientifically evaluate my choices to figure out which ones make me happy, but I

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • September 4, 2012