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  MIT Is My Home Looking back and saying goodbye

  

  of MIT through my work, as well as participate in the wonderful, quirky ... (and no, I'm not at all Latina lol) by cooking with Spanish House which ... 's really true what people say--I'm not wishing I'd studied more, or that I

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 13, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thoughts for the New Year A semester's worth of thoughts, tbh

  

  internship/externship. I’m still working on this one. Hopefully, this will be ... -digit weather in just a sweatshirt and a hat is probably not the best idea ... part of my MIT experience). Some things are not going according to those

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 31, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How To Make Mediocre Furniture well, maybe i'll let you be the quality judge

  

  ). As we all worked together to bring our furniture and belongings out of ... why rich people buy everything custom.) After working on my loft, the ... not to screw up (like making sure the varnish doesn't pool along the

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • June 17, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The MIT Major Arcana a collaborative art project

  

  Fool, which is not a part of the major arcana, in the same way that an undergrad begins with no major, being Undeclared. This is not a coincidence ... people were fine with that? This money came out-of-pocket; I'm not making

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 19, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Denied by MIT, 5 Years Later what happened after pi day 2011

  

  better. I was good in computers, and I actually liked working on it, so it ... tough, too much work load etc etc. I would still regularly follow Mit ... my classes (CGPA 9.2/10.0, not bad I guess) would always try my best to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 5, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  ten reflections on mit

  

  nice. Unfortunately, these are not recent photos. No snow lies on this ... . While I’d like to blog (both on here and not), I haven’t been. Finding ... orange. But not all is the same. My hair is growing out. I just bought

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • February 15, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A (Belated) Letter to July In which I start blogging again with an angsty video

  

  is the way my hiatus ends Not with a bang but a vaguely-poetic angsty ... of miles away from family and friends and not really in a place to make new ones. I mean, I have a job. A job where I'm paying to work for them

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 3, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Boomeranging The day before classes start is Registration Day. It’s also the day we welcome readmitted…

  

  returners are stable and supported even if they’re not yet 100% readjusted to ... longer, and not all that warm. W11 is usually the Religious Activities ... “typical” four-year timespan. 16% works out to a little less than 1/6 of the

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  This Blog Post is a Bad Idea Not blogging for several months... that was also a Bad Idea.

  

  like wings, I do not like spicy. A one-pound plate of wings was placed in ... dressing that I was told I was not allowed to eat. Ten... nine... eight ... ... one... The first bite was not that bad. Maybe the nerve endings in my

  • by Kate R. '14
  • January 27, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Are people on the East Coast friendly? An entry especially for those from the Midwest.

  

  work to do) at MIT that I haven't spent a whole lot of time in Boston ... going, all the time. Most people in Boston would not initiate a ... of a shady area (not near MIT) was mugged a few months ago, and was

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 21, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The future isn’t the answer reflecting on anxiety

  

  is not a substitute for professional advice. --- Every day we wake up ... we keep doing these things, not because they're guaranteed to make us ... a devastating mistake, and I'm not satisfied with how I'm doing now

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 30, 2022
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  22 Tales from tEp strange sights and stranger delights

  

  their work (or in the case of brunch, too deeply asleep in bed) would be ... . The answer is no, it did not. The supports kept it entirely still. Some ... , mine was not one of them. Luckily, I never dropped anything (including my

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 31, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Robo-CJ writes haiku “didn’t you already make a blog post about this?”

  

  Poetry Day! It's not very much of a leap to think that I could be bisexual ... that I managed to pull through, thanks to the work of Wayne Z. ’23 and ... last haiku, written by me, and not a robot: hello admit! come join the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 17, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Don’t Change A few lessons I have learned

  

  him, and he knew me. Not through any sort of historical meeting, or ... during the times of slavery, only to realize they could not understand the ... far is based on hard work, and if you work hard too there is no reason

  • by Ben O. '19
  • October 31, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Bring your stuffed toys to class reflections on liminality

  

  silly hats not on Halloween. Wear silly hats to your lab section. Get ... permission, of course.) Work on problem sets. Consider procrastinating on

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 11, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fit or happiness made easy

  

  part of it to maintaining something you are not. The idea of fit is ... your life--how well you fit in at school, at work or at home affects more

  • by Connie H. '15
  • September 15, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Iron Man, MIT ‘87 (?) After 21 last month, another MIT movie.

  

  On Friday, the movie Iron Man opened (and opened big: a $100 million opening weekend). I must admit, I'm not generally a big comic book ... ;on Flux. You can read a cool article about his work on Minority Report here

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 4, 2008
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  Why I wasn’t sad to leave MIT On shedding.

  

  not belong on the MIT admissions website” post. At least, that's what I ... ’s doing very non-theoretical work at Analog Devices and I’m preparing to ... entire undergraduate career at MIT. Now he’s doing similar work in grad

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 31, 2014
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  Distraction News Your internet connection is unstable

  

  Classes are happening again and I am not ready. I am looking at the ... , who has taken her place. Dog 2 sheds a lot, so it's best not to keep him ... chainsaw outside? I am not sure what's going on in this class. I'm typing

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 31, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  College Shopping List Everybody do the shopping cart!

  

  the first few weeks (I hope I'm not assuming too much - oh man, please ... , conditioner, toothbrush/toothpaste, hairbrush, the works, and something to carry ... , and one hand/face towel. If you want to work out at the Z-Center, they

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 26, 2007