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  back to high school except now I don't know what I'm doing

  

  setting. I wonder if I can buy a "Confident Teacher" costume off of Amazon ... for middle and high school. I have not been in a public school in almost ... literal. I've never been in a classroom where students would get up and walk

  • by Alice L. '24
  • November 5, 2022
• Blog / MISTI

  Bavarian Rhapsody I'm just a poor boy, I go to MIT.

  

  always wear these in Bavaria? Because they are kind of uncomfortable. I know this because one time, as Captain Von Trapp in The Sound of Music, I ... something that you see every day in Bavaria. Am I allowed to say transvestite

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 29, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  (beginnings in which I say hello, and explain that unclosed parenthesis.

  

  transform me in ways that I never expected, expose me to people I never would ... On December 17, 2011* at 12:17pm EST**, I was accepted to MIT. After ... generally alarming everyone within a half-mile radius, I promptly posted a

  • by Michael C. '16
  • August 28, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Interview with Emilienne: The Sophomore who does brain surgery Emilienne has been studying the brain through her UROP in the Fee Lab.

  

  ’s work! I asked several professors about openings in their labs, mostly because I thought I would be interested in getting a UROP for the ... a week in Niagara Falls. I enjoy spending time with my sisters, my

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 16, 2007
• Blog / Events

  What’s This Mystery Hunt Thing?

  

  operator, I take other people's answers and call them in, so I also get to ... headquarters. There's my laptop in the middle, where I watch what answers have ... 't have right answers to those! Anyway, I'm only posting just now, because

  • by Evan B. '10
  • January 20, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  what’s in the box? why is spring cleaning a common phrase but not fall cleaning hmm

  

  trying to debug the worst code i’ve written in my life." hopefully you get the gist. this game popped up in my head today as i was digging through ... programs from events i’ve gone to in the past year or so. the exams were an

  • by Janet G. '27
  • December 1, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Flashback A useless guide to MIT undergraduate housing.

  

  So, being an incoming frosh, there's really not much I can talk about. Unless you consider all of those 500 forms I needed to fill out and send in ... out some survey that came in one of the many folders and envelopes I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 8, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Fresh Food! Here at last!

  

  . I'm sitting in my room facing the EC courtyard, tapping my feet ... couldn't carry more in my hands, because I hadn't thought to bring some ... student has got to eat. In fact, all college students need to eat (hopefully

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • March 31, 2009
• Blog / Personal Travel

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

  

  Street in historic Old Port. I caught lunch just a few steps away at Mim ... One of the great things about living in Boston is the close promixity ... weekend, I woke up early, packed some physics notes, and headed to Boston

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 25, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Oh the Places You’ll Go! Did you know Dr. Seuss was a SigEp?

  

  gaps in the blinds. I rolled over, and realized - to my delight - that I was back in my "own" bed. I half expected my sister to open the door ... GIRs, and I would never have to take another physics class in my life

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 27, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friendship Oh my dearest . . .

  

  butterflies and bunnies. I await your response in eager anticipation. Love ... ). In fear of what awaits me, I'll venture to your door tomorrow in hopes ... . Love, Michael P.S. I hope you die in your sleep while having nightmares

  • by Snively '11
  • March 28, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Boston Rain With apologies to Tay Zonday.

  

  picturesque, and fun to play with (or in), it even can serve as a metaphor for life. (Who can argue with that?) And whenever I see those first flakes falling from the sky, I won't deny that I always took a certain pleasure in

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 12, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Mondays and Tuesdays and the Spaces Between A few days in my words and a break in someone else’s.

  

  buy juice (the one flavor I’m not allergic to). We split up somewhere in ... you can see the wind in them before it hits you. 4:06 pm: I have desk ... Authority. 2:30 am: A layover in NYC in Port Authority. I buy some orange

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 27, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Post-engagement, pre-Bahamas An exciting week!

  

  've been saving pictures of things I like and sticking them in there for ... Jamaica with Rose '05 and Swapna '05), and I can't wait to lie on the beach ... whenever it can be fit in, so the spring and fall classes are equally

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How to get around MIT hunger pangs [by Sadie Scheffer '10] Culinary art = delicious art.

  

  have been cooking for a long time with food I buy from grocery stores ... ginger as you feel you can handle! Mix in a little cayenne pepper for an ... and shirts and ties! What am I not prepared for? Nowadays, most high

  • by ARTalk
  • April 1, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Lectures I had two ideas for good blog posts, and both were stolen by other bloggers!

  

  uncluttered to touch. That's how I feel about the new MIT admissions website. I can't write a blog post! I can't mar this clean, polished page with my ... blog about, so here I am. But switching website designs also means

  • by Kate R. '14
  • July 14, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Now and Then and Maybe Later Tying up loose ends and weathering the calm before the storm we call "Fall Semester"

  

  're doing. 12:45pm – In which I decide to write a poem because I don’t feel ... , Right now, I think I shall sit here indefinitely. I can see the sailboats ... , And the warm glow of waning summer sun, I feel like I could sit in this

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • August 30, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  #Winning the battle for awesome (fictitious) alumni

  

  him, no "Wayne Corp. makes my stuff, I just buy it", Tony Stark designs ...   Most of my entries center around things I've learned or experienced in my always interesting (if occasionally miserable) time trudging

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 27, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vast Oral Tradition Bela Bartok, a fluorescent rabbit, and Helen Keller walk into a bar. Stop me if…

  

  , why can't I?). Also that night, I found my bike... parked in the exact ... icy winds across the bridge can grab free tickets to select concerts. In ... . Why? I stock groceries for, like, nuclear winter... lots of canned goods

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 10, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Living in Random Hall or: i really miss loop

  

  here in Random. Pre Dorm Assignment Moments after I was admitted to MIT ... Gregor. And then February: McCormick. March: But what about Next?? In fact, I ... . In my efforts to research every single dorm possible, I ended up

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 1, 2019