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  things that made me happy lately from the first week of classes

  

  layer of masking tape. When I come home from classes I linger in the ... textured orange mushroom that someone had foraged. I was behind on all my ... simple narrative: friends, food, firehose. That’s what I expected coming in

  • by Kai V. '25
  • September 20, 2024
• Blog / Events

  The Newest Member of Our Family What could possibly be more exciting than prefrosh?

  

  . '15 drove Kerry N. '14, Jes P. '15 and I to the animal rescue place in ... (they called her Brittany at the shelter), but I really like Arya, like in ... , everyone is outside building a fort. And I painted my door! And I

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 17, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Mathisms and other linguistic quirks of the nerd incubator

  

  problems[/caption] there exists Example: “There exists a future in which I ... mammals are dogs. I think this is mainly used just to sound fancy–you can ... has less power?” Explanation: I think you can usually replace ‘such that

  • by Allison E. '27
  • November 15, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  In which I “get a life” again reclaiming my childhood hobbies

  

  ’m finally back in a place where I need scarves and hats, and now I can make ... plenty of things I did in high school that brought me joy, fulfillment, and ... frequency in get-to-know-you questionnaires), so I was still a little

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 12, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Experience FAQs from high school counselors

  

  , Year, Major, Place of Birth, Dorm Hi! I’m Yuliya, a senior majoring in ... in Course 9 - Brain and Cognitive Sciences. I was born in Donetsk ... the MIT Museum specifically to buy nerdy earrings (I recently pierced

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 16, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Life, or Why I’m Afraid Of It 1) Isn't everyone?

  

  far-ish away, I went to high school in a low-income area of Fort ... how to work in schools across America to change how children learn. I applied to Teach for America in October, and I received the book as a gift

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 18, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW roundup Meet the Bloggers, dinner with a physics professor, and a photography contest for those of…

  

  Contest. In light of my camera's unusual bout of laziness over CPW, I ... becomes rich on Flickr**. **In all seriousness, I will give you full credit for your photos***. ***Let's see how many asterisked-footnotes I can

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 20, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Wonder what an Amtrak station in the middle o’nowhere looks like? Pulling an Anthony on you: pictures of train stations, followed by my IAP so far.

  

  the most part, I'm about to find out just what there is to do in this ... . There are no words that can possibly describe the insanity I encountered ... -nine celsius, if you're so inclined.) When I landed in Boston, it was anything

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 17, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  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 / MIT Life

  In Their Own Words (Part 1) I ask my friends and fraternity brothers the immortal question: "What are you doing this…

  

  and 8, of Simmons): "I'll be UROPing in Prof. Field's lab (in the ... skills as well. In August, I'm going to the ACS meeting in Philadelphia as ... working at Capital IQ in NYC this summer. We write software that can be used

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 22, 2008
• Blog / How to Food

  The Starving Student’s Guide to Cooking For Yourself it's easy to ditch that meal plan and save loads of money.

  

  In my last post, I mentioned that I came to MIT never having cooked ... 's pan (I prefer it to a regular frying pan because it's deeper and can ... 've got.  I like mushrooms, onions, bell peppers, and tomatoes.  If you

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 28, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dies Irae Quantus tremor est futurus!

  

  't really talk. I guess they assumed that the kind of person who would buy ... John Harbison is teaching the undergraduate class 21M.304: Writing in Tonal Forms II this term? Just a thought before I get some sleep: I made

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Just 41 Pictures I Took in 2017 Yultide Day 2

  

  22, I went to see My Little Pony: the Movie in theatres at 10:30pm on a Friday night. I was one of two people in the audience. In my defense, I saw it so I could tell my 7-year old sister about it. Also in my defense

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 26, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Hello, Layover (Part Two) Electric Boog-a-loo.

  

  Due to an Act of God, I am in the shiny new JetBlue terminal at JFK ... hell of a lightning storm in Fort Lauderdale, closing the runway for an ... seconds. My luck in airports is notoriously crappy. To celebrate, I went to

  • by Keri G. '10
  • June 23, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cellular neurobiology The more syllables it has, the cooler it is

  

  This morning I went in early to image neurons on the confocal ... for you guys -- I wanted to take them when I was in early, so I wouldn ... camera. Hey, I'm not a morning person, and I can't remember to do

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 1, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Reactors are my friends. Four things you would never expect to find in a real MIT laboratory.

  

  in this Discover article. Not to brag, but I got to have dinner with ... -smelling jobs we'd ever had. Have you ever been to a mushroom barn, like in ... both broken, though, so I guess it's in the spirit of our lab to recycle

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 26, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  You Are LUSCIOUS I lusciously answer some of your questions

  

  Gratitude in Berkeley Their menu has dishes with names like I AM MAGICAL ... might strike as perfect after circus school and this show." Haha, I don't think other MIT students have the extensive circus training I have been

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 13, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  parallels or juxtapositions in one sitting at flour cafe

  

  and i am running out of time. when i was in barcelona, i talked about ... semester i tell myself i am as busy as can be, and then the next semester i make myself busier. when i have a bad day, i buy myself a coffee to make

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • February 26, 2025
• Blog / Residential Life

  A Place happy thoughts on East Campus

  

  Campus, which I can grasp for but never quite reach.  I’m trying to reach it now. I’m living in it. That glow is strongest around EC. It’s in the way people gather in the courtyard to build a giant fort, three

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 9, 2021
• Blog / Personal Travel

  retreating and proceeding favorite thing about mit's campus? leaving it

  

  'estaloam', which can be stretched to mean 'this soil' in Spanish. As in 'Mira esta loam! Me alegro de que yo viajo por lo menos una vez al mes.' ). I don't think I have to detail the personal benefit of travelling, but I

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • April 13, 2013