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  Queer at MIT, but not on the blogs the map is not the territory, but it's getting closer

  

  convinced myself that my watching EVERY coming out video on youtube in ... YouTube videos, I'm a regular guest on some podcasts, and for some ... part of that process, I polled the bloggers on blogging features and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 30, 2018
• Blog / Advice

  Words of Advice for the Incoming Class you did it! now what?

  

  . [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgPt855drU8[/embed]   First ... like for you. You might have gotten recently added to the Discord or ... than done, relax. Give yourself a pat on the back. MIT is one of the most

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 23, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Day in the Life Liveblog of my Thursday complete with (not so great) pictures

  

  the semester and plan on doing a reflection sometime before finals ... the door, speed walking 9:38am miss the bus at 77 Mass Ave. 9:40am catch ... picture from my seat on the bus without looking too strange.   9:56am

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 15, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  HOW TO FORGE A DRAGON SWORD and other skills picked up in 3.096

  

  ="attachment_84013" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Sword balanced on my tongs at ... , laying it on an anvil) and molding the exterior with chisels. This is how ... ="attachment_84090" align="alignnone" width="300"] look at how 3-D the leaf is

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 7, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  the contours of a wild ride 2.009 😤

  

  milestone, we split into four sub-teams and worked on four ideas: my boot ... fun walking around on giant blocks of foam. [carousel image1 ... voted on which product we wanted to move forward with. Concert Lift was

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 26, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Burton-Conner’s Renovation: A Saga on friendships that transcend shitty infrastructure

  

  talked about extensively on the blogs. Burton-Conner is known for being ... traditions, something that I fell in love with as soon as I arrived on campus ... culture once BC closed down and was fully intent on moving back with my

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 6, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  East Campus, A Home *dons his historian hat*

  

  Express, I'm in short sleeves. A few minutes ago, I got up to stretch my ... of two nearly-identical, 300-foot-long buildings known as the West and ... , but over time that was changed to align with the social cohesion on each

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • January 11, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  My Gap Year Part One: The good, the great, and the very, very dumb.

  

  on a farm/retreat in Santa Cruz, and backpacking around Europe. Part ... soften on the asphalt if you stand around. You’re three hours past a ... shifts, and one day a jar of alfredo sauce cracked on the assembly line and

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 4, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  50 Reflections on 50 Things thinking back on The Blogfather's wisdom in my senior year

  

  , the most-read blog on MIT Admissions. As a member of the Class of 2018 ... from your freshman year, and the first class on your hall that you ... never forget the music I listened to on my UROP trip to Washington, DC. I

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 20, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ode to Freshman Days composed in the wee hours of morning

  

  hours to socialize. 5 hours to waste on grooming, latest YouTube hits, and ... the heart. I got by on 3-5 hours of sleep then. Soon, the lessons ... alarms pre-set on my phone. I may need to awaken for lecture at 11:20, but

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 29, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I’m Still Standing after all this time at MIT

  

  video and on a whim pictured myself making one, too. https://www.youtube ... stressed"]had fun[/annotation] making this! https://www.youtube ... dramatized version of Elton John’s life unfolded on our shared TV. I’d never

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • May 31, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  halloween down the infinite

  

  still on time in pacific standard time. but also i girlbossed a little too ... with 30+ photos at 11:30pm is a good way to get a blog out on time is STUPID and BAD AT TIME MANAGEMENT, and no one comment on when this blog was

  • by Janet G. '27
  • November 1, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why My 5.13 Problem Set Took All Day Moral of the story: Don't procrastinate, or I'll never talk to you again.

  

  I've always been a procrastinator. I've procrastinated on such tasks from toddling around on the carpet and thinking "I suppose I'll try ... half of it done before 5.13 recitation. 9:40 AM: Just remembered

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  Biking in Boston Breaking out the bicycle.

  

  about 35-40 minutes of a workout in the morning and afternoon. I arrive at ... minutes, borrowing tools and little bolts and getting my hands greasy on ... isn't so cold that I could slip up on hidden snow or ice. Commuting via

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 2, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  SO META Being an MIT admissions blogger

  

  opposite me, resting on his elbow and playing Words With Friends. He ... ." There are a bunch of different things I could (should) touch on. Why ... an admissions blogger I only have 23 minutes left, so time to get

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 29, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  We’ve been there, too. It feels like the calm before the storm. Please don't forget to breathe.

  

  streetcorner, adding a bunch of songs to an iPod playlist called "On the Go 5 ... freak out more, and rinse/repeat ad nauseam. The symptoms still feel exceedingly real to me, despite the fact that I haven't had a panic attack on

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • December 12, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I Was Sitting Where You’re Sitting Quick! Click here. :D

  

  -built rollercoaster, one tapping hand on knee to the beat of Galantis (“visualize it”). Five are on the drop, drilling: two on the slide itself, two behind it ... is the steepest wooden rollercoaster on Earth: it starts with an eight

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] On Food and Cooking at MIT, Semester 1 fantastic dishes and how to cook them

  

  ~30 minutes. Shuck 10~12 oysters, rest on ice. Cut leafy vegetables into bite sized pieces. Beat 1 egg (or 2, if you plan on adding lots of ... this tbh"]too much freshman time on P/NR.[/annotation] Made the week

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 8, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Story About Muti How I performed a project in Ethiopia a lot sooner than I expected.

  

  -written journal. When I was 16 years old, I wrote daily “diary” entries on my phone ... to scribble here and there on my tumblr blog. But again, it was only ... ” means. The other three iterations of this draft touched on all those

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 15, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  10 Things I Learned 1st Semester Yeap.

  

  a cartoon that described how the student spends 15 minutes crafting an ... limits of my mathematical patience. On several quizzes and exams, I ... break. Luckily (?) for me, my floormates on Burton 1 have lots of

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 24, 2009