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  Back Home No Strings Attached

  

  work at home, working outside for my dad. No, I'm not working for Google ... couch. There's not a lot like flopping on the couch at home after a ... not as hot, no humidity, and a pleasant trickle of breeze (MIT is also

  • by Snively '11
  • May 24, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Their Own Words (Part 2) The dog days of summer.

  

  Love At Work (LAW) missions camp. The camp, founded in 1993 by Killearn ... -dimensional effort to help the residents of Gretna in all areas of life, not just ... will be responsible for filming the work being done on each job site and

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 30, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Introducing MIT Illuminations at the Welcome Center

  

  ’re conspiring on with our old friend Ceri R. ’16, that is not live yet, but which ... , layered: features that work without 'tech' but become more interesting ... , change, and improve, so that the Center always feels fresh and new, not

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 19, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  goal setting and organization how i organize my life!

  

  while I'm not the most organized person in the world, I thought it'd be ... FitBit Inspire. After working out consistently, I realized it was ... , but that's not what this is about. I typically use my FitBit to check

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 4, 2021
• 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...

  

  MIT independent living group and work in an MIT department, but do not ... the way to work! *    *    * Maggie K. '15 (majoring in Course 3 ... ? Sunnyvale, CA What are you doing this summer? Working at HP researching

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 26, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  This Post Has a Happy Ending dealing with obstacles @ MIT

  

  did not hurt. MY MIND WAS CLEAR. I could work again!!! Every day ... overtook me. I could not do math. I failed to comprehend chemistry. I wrote ... incredibly difficult for me to complete my work.” Then I’d solve a problem or

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 30, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Don’t Worry, Be Happy A few words of advice.

  

  anywhere especially since I made the decision not to apply to any state ... code." Me: "Mom, that's not a Boston area code." (Phone continues to ... ." What I ask myself now is, would I have not done the same for getting into

  • by Bryan
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Dah noo-loo Hey kah ay-ay u-nye

  

  their "talk to people not from MIT" routines. It's funny, MIT is in a ... actually were given a 15 minute talk in the bus about how to behave while not ... , not checking iPods and iPhones every 10 seconds, and acknowledging what

  • by Snively '11
  • September 25, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s All About The Process Take a moment, then get back in the game.

  

  those who were not admitted, I know how hard you worked and I know how ... /Universities, but that is not the case at MIT. Everyone had to withstand close ... six weeks. Not to worry, we are here to answer your questions about all

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vaccine Externalities Health economics applied to the decreased odds of my getting the flu, courtesy of my…

  

  (decreased odds that I'll get sick) in a way for which I do not compensate him ... the vaccine or not. One potential policy implication is that we ... . What they can do is impose a fine on *not* consuming the good, but still

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  rearview reflections newly-minted cruft rambles on post-mit life

  

  ago. academic stress & work-life balance difficulties (not missed ... my life. When I'm doing work stuff, I can just do that and not have as ... apartment hunting, and figuring out how to use a dishwasher. Not entirely

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What I’m Up To distractions

  

  feature calm task-based game Minecraft - got a project in the works :o ... &2 apps i've been using a lot Discord - literally would not be ... say the projects I'm working on because I want to make sure I get them

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 28, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  What are French House residents doing this summer? Round 2 Microsoft, brains, British accents, hiking in the Alps, weightlifting, HIMYM

  

  Microsoft, working on Surface keyboard (that's all I can say, the rest is ... non-work goals! What are yours? Take lots and lots of pictures & ... share? Work is super fun! And I'm trying to figure out… life, aka what I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 30, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Product Design, MIT style Sometimes, lab is the best place for a dance party.

  

  as a lifeguard. I'm not kidding.) But then today I was struck with ... chooses a few promising ideas and starts working frantically to get a model ... ) working on it, hoping to have the full, finished, working (!) prototype done

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 28, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m Shipping Up to Boston and I lost my leg! Whoah oh oh..

  

  student insurance, I have not gone since last year, since there is little ... not to scream. It's not the drill - I have about as much tolerance for ... , I'm sure glad they're fixing all my teeth and not actually creating a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 31, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  secondhand stories an allegory

  

  properly, not come up with good ideas. i struggled working with the people in ... mixed together, regardless of experience. i got to work with new actors, but i also worked with lots of experienced ones too. every rehearsal

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 22, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Whole 6.270 Story Where LEGOs take over my life.

  

  somebody vomited gears into it, but it works, so we're not complaining. To ... . It would be him, me, and Dan '11. "Sure, why not?" I replied, and one ... by working with each other, being introduced to some material in class

  • by Snively '11
  • February 3, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Leadership @ MIT (from a froshy perspective)

  

  about them and how they worked. Senior year, I was In Charge: the clubs ... actual day-to-day workings. Sound familiar? There's nothing necessarily ... , because I worked a job all summer. Don't do this if you can avoid it, kids

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 3, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  An Art UROP and an Animation Job Yes, these exist here!

  

  remote graphic design work for the MIT Teaching Systems Lab. We did not ... opportunity that felt right at the right time. This did not happen for all of ... too hosed by classes. But as we approached this semester, not one but

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 13, 2018
• Blog / IAP

  IAP: It’s Amazing Pterodactyl I'm not good at acronyms

  

  wiring: It's not my finest work, and I'm sure I'll redo it again in the ... warmer than usual. Not bad for campus, but unfortunate for those of us hoping to ski--there's not really snow anywhere in North America. But some

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 14, 2012