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  Finding My Way Around MIT (Guest Entry) CPW was so hugely difficult to take in all at once that it's hard to…

  

  involved in. For lunch on Friday, I met my awesome friend Daniel and a ... . Bouncy balls. Falling from the sky. What more can be said? I guess we ... left. I got to talk to Ben Jones, who is more awesome in person, if that

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 20, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Getting Stronger the never ending cycle of trying and failing and trying again

  

  better. In the two years I was gone, I[annotation note="unless you count ... a pre-lifting state. But, I’m doing it. Again. My first day back, in ... it. You can’t go back, because you’re already in your gym clothes

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 13, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  Going Home ... but where exactly is that?

  

  I'm currently sitting in the SeaTac airport, waiting for my flight ... , where my family is and I return for the holidays, where I can get behind ... safe in the world, I've never been that afraid of uprooting my life and

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 6, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Life during finals season It's always darkest before the holidays.

  

  : Resume consumption of knowledge. 3:30 PM: Study break! I decide that I can ... brain cells. (*In the past two days, I've been taking study breaks to the ... viscosity of eggs. I drink soup from a can, except that this is semantically

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 13, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sometimes a whale is just a whale Humanities classes make me roll my eyes sometimes.

  

  presumably the last non-science paper I will ever have to write. In my life ... in my AIM away messages if I particularly like it. I enjoy literature ... concentrated in anthropology because I've always loved reading about physical

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 13, 2005
• Blog / Hacks

  A Brief History of Hacks Unfortunately I couldn't get Stephen Hawking to narrate.

  

  was the most difficult and awkward sentence I've typed in a long time. I ... friend". In the interest of furthering the human language, I propose we ... friend^2s and friend^3s were there, so I felt like I wouldn't fit in. Plus

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 22, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Promise of Ending ...is labor and sharing and loving.

  

  ." I noticed that it had to be in by February 9 or I would suffer a $40 fine, so I figured there'd be no harm in doing it tonight. A few moments ... MIT. How does that feel." Now, in my mind I know that it was a long time

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 22, 2006
• Blog / People & Identities

  [Guest Post] One Year Later Some things changed, some things didn’t

  

  . Ha, looks like the elements did have a place in my list! I feel ... firmly in the back of my throat -- out, I finally came up with a simple ... find her phone that I hid 10 minutes prior. And in the time she’d spend

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • October 11, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Welcome to MIT, Class of 2012 Welcome home.

  

  worsened my mood. I had gotten in to MIT. Now, I can't help but feel that ... . Really, you guys are amazing, and I can't wait to meet you all in person ... morning of Sunday, March 18th, I was sitting at the computer in our living

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 18, 2008
• Blog / Events

  A sample of life in the past week A summary of a million events in 7 days!

  

  I can’t imagine what it must be like to face such a tragedy, I think I can speak for all of MIT in saying that our thoughts and hearts are with the Hokies. Looking back, Campus Preview Weekend was awesome and I was

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 21, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  lessons learned this summer reflecting back on a summer that flew by

  

  my summer is coming to an end. i think shuli mentioned this in a ... desk is nice, but i can either stand or get work done playing ... 've lived in so far, i think boston is still my favorite i want to live

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 2, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  updates cook or get cooked - summer boston edition

  

  enough as you can tell, but I want to be prolific this summer. This ... personal topics and reflections in my life, which maybe I'll unpack in other ... a good perspective of the field. I think it's pretty key, but in

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • May 30, 2024
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Spirit of Competition [by MIDN Brendan McCord, '08] Every year, the Army, Navy, and Air Force duke it…

  

  of being in the Navy, when push comes to shove I knew that the guys on ... [by MIDN Brendan McCord, '08] The night still hung in the air at 0630 as the sun struggled to illuminate the lifeless region. In the center

  • by ROTC
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / Uncategorized

  spring notes resilience, change, warm weather, Santa Fe

  

  whether I am in fact "a resilient device," whether I will ... off, but when light comes in my window I wake up optimistic) and I ate ... in the area that doesn't take Patriot's Day off. I sat with

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • April 18, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Quick Guide to Adobe Illustrator The very basics, for people who have never used it

  

  2, which is red. And I can hide everything in the layer by clicking ... can add or remove Artboards after the document is created. I also like ... toolbars might be in different places- I don't remember where everything is

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • February 19, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  mit made me rational on decision-making

  

  dollars. "Yes," he said. "Because the amount of good I can do in my lifetime ... I can do in my lifetime is worth ten billion dollars, but I care about ... morally wrong choice. But how can anyone truly blame him for it? Back in

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 19, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  classes are hard but i’m sure you knew that already an academic case of murphy's law

  

  so cool. I sat in a lecture and it was! But dude. You can just drop a class. I would, in a heartbeat, tell any underclassmen friendo that you ... else, I want to make it clear that in my opinion, the class itself was a

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 29, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Re-Froshening A Story of Cynicism and Optimism

  

  . Everything was going to be AWESOME. I was going to double major in biological engineering and neuroscience and double minor in history and music and I was ... time off from MIT. I ended up attending classes at a local university in

  • by Piper '13
  • August 10, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  G(e)e^ks

  

  you to someone who can)! That's part of why I'm here! He also asked ... has nothing to do with my ability to take you in a fight. The reason I ... , functions that can be roughed up and left in an alleyway. If pi and e had a

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 15, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Countdown to Burnout the clock is ticking

  

  started. Now, it feels more like I'm in a sprint, going through my classes relatively [annotation note="so far, i can count all of my semester's bad days ... much faster than a lot of people are used to when they come in, and can

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • December 12, 2019