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  Misconceptions initial thoughts from a first-gen college student

  

  asleep for what was meant to be an hour-long nap before 8.01, but I woke up ... school, and my parents also didn’t go to college, so I couldn’t ask them ... what to expect. While the information I learned was useful, it couldn

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • September 30, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  writing and faeries reflections on my classes at Harvard

  

  myself to different perspectives and value systems was incredibly ... who has been raised to mythical proportions. We also dipped into the ... of the Fae was used to grieve loved ones, ie a mother that died in

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 3, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Exercises in Style with apologies to queneau

  

  , we were assigned to read Raymond Queneau's classic Exercises in Style ... style, ranging from "Hesitation" to "Tactile" to "Spoonerisms". We ... assigned to narrate a short story of our own, in both our favorite and least

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 20, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Random Hall Rooms Six rooms and ten stuffed animals.

  

  door opens up to the hallway connecting my floor’s lounge to the back of the building, making it visible from the third-floor portal to the 282 ... was old and cracked and had handprints suspiciously close to the ceiling

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 10, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Every song I’ve referenced in my admissions blog posts

  

  posts. I made a Spotify playlist if you want to listen to them all: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5wP6Lb5qZ0B9NXAjwsFYyl?si=2c079440422a4f32 I've had to make some substitutions to some songs not on Spotify. Stats This is my 173rd post, so

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 15, 2023
• Blog / Events

  RecomMITted On Ring Delivery and the halfway mark

  

  I — all of Class of 2019 — had been looking forward to this day all ... 's motivated me to get through some hard weeks — "It's almost time," they said ... headed over to the State Room. Luckily, groups of people were still

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • May 2, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP, CES, and other acronyms I spent my MIT IAP with a CEO at CES in LAS, and now I…

  

  January is “supposed” to be an off-month for MIT students - a break between the semesters to relax, recharge, recoup, and reflect*. But somehow I managed to be at least as busy as I was in October or November

  • by Joel G. '18
  • March 9, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Beantown, H-Town, Blue Hills, House of Blues With cameos by home, beatboxing, and happiness

  

  that turned out to consist mostly of resume workshops and recruiters from chemical engineering companies. I went to some of the conference events ... not expect to like Houston. But now I understand the phrase "southern

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 5, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Recollections of a Stranded Traveler IHTFP: I Have To Find a Plane. In the meantime, I reflect on happier interpretations…

  

  lounged in line for around an hour to rebook a flight. As of this posting ... insanity native to jungles clotted around the siren shores of Winter Break ... .” Mystery resolved, the fruitcake was donated to Random Hall and East Campus

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 23, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s driving me nuts Did I tell you about the time when we hijacked a harbor patrol boat?

  

  an accomplished songwriter. However, if you were to use a common ... apostrophe. So you would say "my boss' shenanigans." This is fascinating to me ... , I was inspired to do more research into this grammatical phenomenon

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 1, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Tales From The Nance Effect Road Show My travel to the land of Boomer--Sooners, Miners. Wild Cats, Sun Devils and Rattlesnakes

  

  ! Life is so good to me! After a few hours of sleep and a great meal I was ... , TX to Boston, MA. As the old joke goes: "I just flew in from El Paso ... route of the flight (Phoenix to Tucson) was over the desert? Just thought

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 29, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summerteeth Are you afraid of the dark reaction?

  

  all your responses to the lynn/lonn/line poll. My high school math teacher's name was Lynn, so I guess I've just been indoctrinated to call it ... , although I guess that actually makes a lot more sense than "lynn." I seem to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 2, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Pageant and pomp and parade The whippoorwill of freedom zapped me right between the eyes.

  

  , and he was able to get a really great vantage point to take photos the ... weekend was go down to the Hatch Shell on July 4th to see the Boston Pops ... he saw was exactly the same... but I'd be willing to bet that there

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  dear past me stay kind

  

  completing the calc i portion, i decided i wanted to spend those hours ... orientation[/annotation] was to write a letter to our future selves with FutureMe, to be delivered at the start of the fall semester. That reminded me of

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 26, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  where is home? leaving your home is easy / it's keeping this one that's a struggle

  

  inability to play tennis on using the computer eight hours a day. my dad calls ... part of the reason why it's been so hard to write about what's been going ... . since moving in to simmons, i went on a subway trip with alan, which was

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 27, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Failing” at MIT for the record, this isn't

  

  relatively easy years of high school seem to fly by; SAT’s, ACT’s, TGIF’s, BYOB ... ?) is the same: you come to MIT, most likely as a freshman, bright ... have to immerse yourself into this persona if this isn’t you, so I

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 2, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  eating everything at eastern edge a rave review of a new food hall!

  

  places to try food. Eastern Edge is a new food hall located right in the ... off just getting a [annotation note="brown sugar cardamom latte to be ... tea available and I was determined to have something. Yet, in the first

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • February 28, 2026
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  rural winter, city winter haven't shoveled snow here once

  

  little fun in between hours spent chopping wood to help heat our home ... to the cozy warmth and twinkling lights of Boston's snow-covered brick ... inside the house to keep them alive. The swish of our overalls as we moved

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • February 26, 2024
• Blog / Residential Life

  back in east campus, the sequel jiggity jig (again)

  

  have been passed down from owner to owner, like the couches, the round table, some of the posters. it's also right next to the lounge, which is a ... . thinking about this room makes me kinda sad. east campus is scheduled to get

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 18, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  taylor swift songs as applicants emergency evermore post

  

  24 hours ago, Taylor Swift came out with a new album and everyone lost their minds. If you haven't listened to it yet, please go do that ... But there was one prize I'd cheat to win The uptight honors student who

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 11, 2020