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• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Labor Day, literally Moving back into my dorm room

  

  carts available that students can use to wheel their luggage in. I was ... Today was moving-in day, where I moved all of my stuff out of storage ... back to my dorm in a giant U-Haul truck I always dread having to move my

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 3, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Derailment My Gap Year

  

  like all of them. Not yet. Even now, I can’t really explain why I came to ... I mulled the numbers over in my head, I realized that many of the ... - Adventure Outfitters. “Can you start tomorrow?” “Yes! Yes, I can!” I was

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • September 18, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  processing in which I visit home and take time to think

  

  explain, but when I’m on campus, I’m just less certain in my own sense of ... happenings in my life. It's not a bad feeling, necessarily. I hardly notice it ... problem that fits into big, general themes I’m in the middle of exploring

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • December 30, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  Blogger’s Block a hiatus from writing (but not memeing)

  

  this hiatus; I can't express enough how much I love being part of this ... the perceived finality of writing. 1. Being hosed I was trapped in a ... made me prioritize my obligations in a messy and unhealthy way. I was

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 23, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Which I Get Schooled By My Professor This video does not contain an improvised song, but it does contain Peter Reddien.

  

  ’ve ever had… ever. I can’t exactly pinpoint anything in particular (aside ... on genetic silencing. And yes, in case you were wondering, I thought ... came after I turned my camera off. See, a lot of you are probably in the

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 22, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  More Milk Please And a cookie too. If by cookie you mean an awesome metaphor.

  

  struggling to take it all in. Don’t get me wrong. I love it here already. Sure ... around in bowls of milk. One day I too shall be an old, one eyed cat who ... something new? While I can’t yet say whether or not this shotgun method of

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 7, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Enjoying the Little Things In which I ramble about happiness and taking breaks

  

  -changing moments (of which I've had none in the past two weeks, to my knowledge), I ... can do! For anyone curious about the hike Rachel R. '16 and I went on, we went on the Green Line (I know I said Orange in the video... it

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 27, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Full Circle Here's to yesterday.

  

  in town as well. And now that I'm not a freshman anymore, I can live ... second summer in Cambridge. Two years ago, when I was a rising high-school senior, I enrolled in Harvard's Secondary School Program for four weeks

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 7, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Welcome 2014s!! :) See you in the fall!

  

  dysfunctional I really shouldn't miss you But I can't let you go Oh yeah ... finally made the decision on matriculation! For all of those that replied in the affirmative, congratulations! You're in for one heck of a ride

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 4, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s 2017! highlight reels from the new year

  

  I still can’t process that I’ve turned in my final work for the ... much warmth from it as I can. In that position, I finally drift off to ... , and I have to go shopping for microwavable popcorn. Still, I can

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 1, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  how to get to Boston the VERY HARD way

  

  can't imagine something happening in the future -- the fun trip that I ... who wasn't related to me for the first time in five months. I still can ... one. I have friends by my side who I can trust, in matters of health and

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 19, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  throughlines some things never change (but thankfully, only some)

  

  mean time. i'm in the united kingdom for the first time! i just came back ... incredible[/caption] i'm here in Southampton on grad studenting business. it ... i will never be a student again, that there is a world in which in 2

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • January 27, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  nothing special

  

  Everyone is up late this weekend studying for finals. I'm immersing myself in math, but I think I now deserve a good night's rest. After all ... at http://web.mit.edu/housing/undergrad/er.html. In other news, I am

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • May 21, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  sharp and soft featuring: my favorite naruto moment

  

  wonder: how can i support and motivate myself in the same way my friend was ... dedication of the self, and this naruto battle… well, i suppose you can ... explained that i was extremely spiky in high school and had been transitioning

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • August 21, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  every class i went to during the first week of fall all *checks notes* twelve of them

  

  I went to a lot of classes in the first week of the fall semester. According to my iCal, I have spent nineteen hours in class in the last three ... happening in the background so I was slightly losing my mind. It was very

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 11, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  random thoughts about choices why mit? why not mit?

  

  everything else that can be said about it. the fact that i chose mit says ... 't made the decision yet, well, i was once in your shoes. i didn't commit ... things that matter to me i never would've expected. in particular, what

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 29, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To Defeat the Huns ...as Hamsika said, there's major business to get down to this semester.

  

  track in American schools. I had learned some basic biology in 6th grade ... hardcore AP Biology in 12th. It’s like – I know what meiosis and mitosis are, and why there is photosynthesis or ATP, but I can’t really tell you too

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 3, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Epilogue An open letter about blogging, growing up, and the end of my first year at…

  

  breathlessness of an unforgotten moment. There's an infinity of worlds that I can ... sunlight, crystallize it in glass forever. Sometimes I succeed, but it ... regular basis, or that I would forget the existence of misery in the world

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • May 21, 2009
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Things I Know to Be True: Addendum One A post I hate, and some truths from my first year at MIT

  

  Back in September, I wrote my first blog. I called it Things I Know ... behind it. I don't like the blog at all. I take some pride in saying this because it means I am a different person than I was in September. For many

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • June 20, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  academic struggles zig-zagging in a world of straight lines

  

  pursue paths where my best qualities don’t get a chance to shine. I can ... someone. I can go to lectures and do my homework and pass my classes, but at a university full of former valedictorians, all I can hope for is to

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 20, 2023