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  A Day in My Summer Life Starts at 5 AM, ends at 10:30 PM, and go-go-go in between.

  

  -beep-beep-beep - my alarm goes off, I look out my window, and I realize that once again ... , and since all of us are used to showering in the morning instead of at night, my mornings tend to (1) start early, and (2) be a little hectic

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • July 15, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Almost a Real Engineer my foray into the world of professional conferences

  

  Research Board meeting, and then a conference on sustainable transportation ... due to the weather conditions in both Boston and DC; the first real snowstorm of the season in Boston, and an expected ice storm in DC (who ever

  • by Becca H. '12
  • January 22, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  3 Lessons Learned While Hiking and what they'll teach me here

  

  and hiked to central Maine, traversing over 2,181 miles in four months ... celebrations and fireworks. I kept a blog (which you can read at gabehikestheat.tumblr.com if you’re interested), and raised over $11,100 for Juvenile Diabetes

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • July 26, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Camp Kesem! It's magical.

  

  , finals...), and several doses of caffeine lie between me and that fateful day, when I shelve my textbooks and notes and give it up for three wonderful summer-y months. I have a few things lined up for the summer, and

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 28, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Snow On working in a winter wonderland.

  

  Vermont and New Hampshire. In Vermont, for instance, I lived in the ... , the difference between Burlington and Boston is that in Boston the snow ... at the College of William and Mary before swiftly transferring) so when

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 21, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things that Scare Me 1) Mornings.2) Psets.3) Exams.4) All of the above.

  

  . And now I somehow have to get up at 7:30 AM five days a week. (If you ... and I'm tempted to cross the room and hit snooze, it's like a little ... , shower, and dress. It's been working out nicely. As I'm sure you can all

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 19, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Grocery Store Run Run, Geza, run!

  

  escaped relatively unscathed, just a few scattered tree limbs here and there. The house was without electricity and running water for quite a while ... September weather? Well, with schools and businesses closed, and the house in

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • September 28, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  ICIC A journey to deliciousness

  

  With two weeks left until Bike and Build (donate donate donate!) I ... Harvard and MIT meet up on Thursdays for a nice bike ride to a new ice cream place around Boston. Did you HEAR that?! Ice cream, biking AND inter

  • by Karen F. '11
  • May 30, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Lip Sync ‘08 Because I want . . . you . . . back

  

  the work is completely overwhelming and any time not spent working is ... of Friday and all of Saturday completely off. Yes, that screws me for today, and possibly all of next week (Playsentations soon? Do we have a

  • by Snively '11
  • April 27, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Trip to India ...to the slum children who smiled at me even though it seems that they have…

  

  Anne Liu and I spent January 7th through January 17th in India on a ... Service Center and the Legatum Center, which funded it; and to our host in ... justice to our trip in this entry. We snapped well over 400 pictures, and we

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • January 23, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Adonde? Excuse me sir, I seem to have misplaced my pants.

  

  during lunch when a friend of mine ran over and said "You have to watch ... Tube. He searched for "Improv Everywhere Best Buy" and showed me a hilarious video of 80 people, all dressed in blue polo shirts and khakis, just

  • by Snively '11
  • January 17, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Inbox Insanity "You've Got Mail."

  

  can’t find it on the website, they don’t show you on the tours and you probably won’t even see at CPW. Ladies and gentleman, I’m warning you, this is even a little intimidating for me, and I’ve been a student here for

  • by Karen F. '11
  • November 19, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Idol A selection committee fantasy.

  

  guys are just awesome and inspiring. Probably a combo of the two. In any ... 're looking to do something as mindless as possible. And this is where my ... ?). I've heard that the producers put through the best ~10% and the worst

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 22, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Pre-Orientation Begins Pre-Orientation and a mini-contest!

  

  Pre-Orientation and a mini-contest! This week, the MIT Class of 2010 ... know their classmates and MIT. Thre are more than a dozen different ... . The oldest program is the Freshman Leadership Program, and the newest

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 24, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  A Day at the Races Read this entry. It will rock you. I promise!

  

  on December 5, 2001 between Louisa Almedovar and Rich Langley. It lasted 30 hours, 59 minutes and 27 seconds. Thanks to my beloved high ... and unexpectedly with no other plans for Friday night, I decided to use

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 26, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Neurony goodness More lab, because that's what I do.

  

  This week has been mostly dedicated to lab and cooking, since that's mostly what I do in the summer. Oh, and Adam and I went to Friendly's with Mark '07 last night for some awesome sundaes. It was fun and delicious

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Let it snow What I did today instead of sleep for 29 straight hours.

  

  Saturday night (ok, so it was actually really early Sunday morning) and sleep ... class of the week, and in so doing I would catch up on all of the sleep ... . Unfortunately, I woke up around 1 PM anyway and was about to go back to sleep when

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 4, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Party of One A fun day trip idea when you're getting tired of homework.

  

  to all sorts of cool places to visit. And one of the great things about ... weekend, I woke up early, packed some physics notes, and headed to Boston ... 's Downeaster service connects Boston with Portland, Maine and several

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 25, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Belonging Who belongs at MIT?

  

  going to be brief -- the new freshmen remind me of bouncy balls and are all excited and happy to be at MIT... and they are full of questions, so ... 'm just getting lazy and set in my ways in my old age. Last night Adam and

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hello world!

  

  blogger. I've been following Matt's blog for several months now, and if you ... Matt through mutual friends and frequently drop into his office for advice and chat about the UA (see fourth paragraph), of which he was

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 5, 2005