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  The Rapids My last day at work was bittersweet. And if there's one thing I've learned from…

  

  perspective in life (i.e. a lot) you can make it through the day and in fact an ... nonetheless. Today, for example, in one hour alone I had to handle one accident ... and family, then a three day vacation in Atlantic City (most of which I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blogging My Way to a Passionate Life On writing, during and after MIT.

  

  school (the one I included in my MIT blogger application). The station ... famous for "thinking out loud" on his corner of the web.) In that moment, I ... ’m deeply interested in—and over time, I also began noticing that awesome

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • August 11, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Battle of the Boot storytime with Yuliya #1

  

  else in my boot. I was quite certain of that. But I still needed to check. The women’s bathroom in Simmons shone with a clean metallic glow. I ... vitality. In my stall, I tossed the boot as far as possible. I also prepared

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 23, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Think Happy Thoughts D-Lab Memories >> Graphing With Matlab

  

  understands how I feel about being stuck in an Athena cluster generating graphs ... this point, but maybe later I can tell you more about Honduras (There ... I'm generating graphs, and have been since 8pm. They tend to start

  • by Kim D. '09
  • December 2, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  What are French House residents doing this summer? Round 2 Microsoft, brains, British accents, hiking in the Alps, weightlifting, HIMYM

  

  Microsoft, working on Surface keyboard (that's all I can say, the rest is ... is my second summer doing an internship in France, and so far I am ... internship? Oh, this is hard! Can I write two? Oui, bien sur! My first goal

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 30, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  Deciding to Live on Campus a 4 month long emotional rollercoaster

  

  campus, and their explorations in finding new places to live. Today, I ... trying to boot out of the country, nor do I have any in-person graduation ... was going on in this time that I straight up don't remember because it

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 26, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Most Importantly, No Reddit This is actually how people lived.

  

  about three weeks – I’d plug it in, but the battery wouldn’t begin to ... applications is due in mid-December. Mid-December! I have plenty of time to work ... searching through thousands upon thousands of e-mails in Webmail (can you tell

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • October 19, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  They Call Me Yankee The stars at night are big and bright - deep in the heart of Texas!

  

  coast are coasters.  So I'm a yankee coaster.  I can't imagine Boston Red ... "Oh yea you guys don't have armadillos up there in yankeeland" Another intern told me one day during work.  I've never been called a yankee

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • July 6, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To the future! and beyond?

  

  Life after college is scary.  I can't believe the time has come when ... summer, I've realized I have less than 5 weeks left in my internship, and only 2.5 weeks left here in Bend.  I have yet to experience a lot of what

  • by Becca H. '12
  • July 13, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Beyond the Iron Cur…I mean, Mass Ave

  

  Campus has, as far as I can tell, more underrepresented minorities in ... Campus dorms can be considered more traditional in terms of college ... topic. Being in student government, I know a lot of people from a lot of

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m a pedestrian! I’m a motorist! Pedestrian! Motorist! Read on, my children, and you shall see of our midnight ride to IHOP.

  

  for the portions. Still, how can I resist the prospect of a random three-mile midnight bike ride down Comm Ave? How can I resist new funnel cakes? IHOP ... United States (1700 miles). And I complain about 120. He can also open his

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 14, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A Brief Retreat How a short trip to Block Island left me revitalized

  

  from the future. I got a crash course in not burning out - and my mentor ... away from where I live. We spent the first two or so hours in a car ... ocean (or just water in general) and I have had an interesting

  • by Emad T. '14
  • July 31, 2011
• Blog / Events

  150. We're in the news!

  

  rat is physical proof of my being halfway done with MIT. I can't believe ... shared a few pictures with you guys in her entry, but I'm adding a few of ... F-I-N-I-S-H-E-D. My last final is over, my boxes are packed, and I

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • May 20, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Christmas Hug [UPDATE: New picture!!!] *squeeze*

  

  'm sure you can expect an entry or two about it in the future. ... Today was Winter Break 2008 in Lobby 7, a really pleasant way to ... and said "Look! Susan Hockfield! I'll totally hug her for a dollar." I

  • by Snively '11
  • December 10, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Devoid of Content Well, mostly.

  

  there, which can lead to why I made this entry. Check out what happened ... particularly funny exchange in the comments of a recent post. It's a constant ... commenting is acceptable behavior or not. I'm guilty of being one of those

  • by Snively '11
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Preparing for CPW

  

  Campus Preview Weekend is fast approaching, and I'm sure many of you admitted folks are excited! I just got back from an amazing week in ... about in the blogs all year (me included). You can follow Ben's blog for

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 2, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  Getting MISTI-fied There's a loud boom coming from Lobby 10.

  

  " over in Sloan but I won't make it there in time. A later passage down ... can with photos of events that I attend. Until then, I'm off to enjoy ... Infinite, I heard a loud boom coming from Lobby 10. Upon closer inspection, I

  • by Bryan
  • September 20, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  April Questions Omnibus 1 Recent questions, answered.

  

  . Alvin wrote, "I am doing my SATs in june 3,2006, how can also do SAT ... wrote, "I sent in my affirmative reply on March 21st, and have yet to recieve a reply, is that because I sent it in so quickly?" Harlan '10, I am

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 18, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  wayfaring a pile of stuff that's happening

  

   prior classes I've taught in CMS/W. Here's the course description: This course ... achievement-focused. As Alyssa Keiko wrote for the Toast, in an essay I've seen ... much of what I learn in training is applicable to real life. The only

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 28, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fight Fire With Fire How is MIT so hard?

  

  algebra” or “…and then I’m sure you guys can do the algebra, so in the end ... school. In fact, (a brief tangent) I’ve always disliked it when college ... . What I mean is, if, hypothetically speaking, everyone in a class got an A

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 6, 2015