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  you’re on your own, kid

  

  state of thinking too much, and I'm scared if I think too much, I ... doing okay? How are you feeling? What's your emotional state? I find the doting quite flattering, to be honest, and it's been very sweet to see how

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 5, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Examining exams Sometimes, grades matter less than photons are matter.

  

  -fried broccoli flower, and the crunchiness of autumn tingles with the sound of ... moment's breath to stop and listen in the 10 minutes between classes, and ... , Formerly a Key but Now My Math Grade”, “Solid State Chemistry of Fractures

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Dreams How MIT has helped me keep a life long promise

  

  , thought, and effort that now has to be put into thinking about what is that ... choose from to do a research project on. I scrolled up and down the list ... /science related in an English class, so I took it and hit the ground running. As I

  • by Ben O. '19
  • August 22, 2016
• Blog / Personal Travel

  this ain’t (not) Texas yee, and I cannot stress this enough, haw

  

  state is not just sand and cacti. Yes, Texas has ample desert landscape ... I step off my plane, and immediately spot this amusing sign adorned with cowboy hats:   I step outside and breathe in the toasty

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • September 29, 2024
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Seattle: Land of the Strange, Skies of the Free where pirates roam the streets and dogs play the bucket-drums

  

  of marching bands and crowded cheering. A large marshmallowy Boeing ... seems to be some sort of parade or festival every other week. And they ... cannon blast and the faint smell of gunpowder. Because in Seattle, these

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 14, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  College Interviews a survival guide for the high school senior

  

  forehead and trying not to cringe from the terrible aftertaste of the iced tea we both ordered. It was 95 degrees and we were both slowly fusing ... blogs and application info, and had a working knowledge of all the course

  • by Connie H. '15
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  VI-A Course 6? Work experience and a Masters degree all at once!

  

  experience and a Master's degree. (Me and Kat '09 at a Company Picnic) I ... , Mankind would be sitting around the cave, eating raw mastodon parts, and he'd say, "Marge, I have a yen to travel." And Marge would agree instantly

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 3, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mad scientist? “Everybody's a mad scientist, and life is their lab. We're all trying to experiment to…

  

  by obsessive behavior and the employment of extremely dangerous or ... lab, and approximately 6 hours of homework and lab-prep.) We spend the ... of lab experience: some have never even held a pipette, and others are

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 15, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Where is the banana… ...and why is that man chartreuse?

  

  can be seen glancing around. The same image is shown on a 10’ black-and ... parents must”ve had a heckuva sense of humor. Arthur. (shakes his head and ... even pants - but glasses and an innate moral compass to discern between

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 11, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  What pretty hair… This entry is about my dorm, hair dye, pork dumplings, and, of course, Alain Boublil.

  

  relationship between three floors--Conner 2, Conner 3, and Conner 5. I think of ... 's degree but still lives nearby, so she bakes you fresh cookies every once in ... blue dress, with ribbons tied around her pigtails and definitely the

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

  Snapshot of a Week Food, radio, James Bond, and soccer in an unusually eventful week.

  

  perfect time to catch up on schoolwork and then get ahead in classes, if you ... . However, our awesome Next House wing reps Gabe '11 and Sam '09 forced me to ... West side, and the elected representatives organize social events. They

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • November 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Train in vain Pulling my first official all-nighter of the fall term.

  

  -degree dew point and a 101-degree heat index. Mitra once said that when she ... , Simon '04, and Nick. Now, you might think that would be fairly expensive ... . Sam paid $3.60 tolls and $5 jacob's ladder. Nick paid $5 ring toss

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  looking at old journals gap year chronicles, ft thoughts on science, art, and moving through the world

  

  the person that I was two years ago, the ways she’s changed and grown and carried on. I wrote a lot while I was living out of my car, interning at a writers’ retreat, and backpacking through Europe. This break, I

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 23, 2022
• Blog / Residential Life

  I Miss You, Random Hall my love letter to the dorm i got kicked out of too soon

  

  rich history and everything it offers scares me to my core. But there ... about Loop and Random and the dorm and all it has to offer. Just talking ... It's no secret that I am a) living in New Vassar and b) despise it. I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 9, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Behind the scenes of Glamour: Part 1 Two MIT students were chosen as Glamour's Top 10 College Women

  

  physics professor, WNBA basketball player, secretary of state, and ... . There are the occasional formal dances and student runway shows, but it ... Whitney-Johnson (’08) and I are among the Top 10 College Women of 2007

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 9, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Chicken with my head cut off What I've been up to since last Friday. In case you want the Cliff's Notes…

  

  perpetual state of running around and doing five things at once.   ... hours of cheerleading camp and practice. Thanks to some amazing coaches we ... . Well, that and bruises and scrapes and muscle soreness all over our

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 4, 2005
• Blog / Events

  beautiful moments i think too much

  

  , applying to jobs and signing offers and in a few cases going to grad school ... i've been so busy and sad and angry about everything lately, that it's been harder to notice the nice and pretty things in life: sailing on the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 21, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Carnival A glorious carnival is marred by the passing of a beloved goldfish. (24 pictures)

  

  !), Living Group Council (LGC), and Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay, and Transgender ... in time to try and knock down a fat cat. It's really hard to throw ... and Gabe put on velcro suits and then thrust themselves onto a large

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 3, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  I Climbed a Mountain Today there's always gonna be another mountain!

  

  the States, and I've been happily living at Berkeley, CA, for the last 2 ... sleep, eating many yummy things, and completed a 3000 piece puzzle. (sadly ... and more Cantonese words, haha - I have resolved to start learning

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 28, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Introducing MIT Illuminations at the Welcome Center

  

  Infinite and include other Institute touchstones   Analog, organic, human ... now home to the admissions office and plays host to our visitors, I ... launched MIT Illuminations, a colorful lighting installation and introduction

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 19, 2023