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• Blog / MIT Life

  The kindest cut Blog and night and red all over.

  

  MIT. I was gonna blog about classes, but that can wait until tomorrow ... MIT for being so accessible that I can get neosporin even at 1 AM. Mitra ... unsettling interest (just kidding, I love it!) in seeing my spilt blood, here

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 6, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Two households, totally unalike in dignity…” On picking majors and following your dreams, Romeo and Juliet, Twitter, Sherlock, and the future…

  

  ? Chelsea: Um, well, I’m Chelsea. I’m a junior in course 21E. 21E is something ... , computer science. I am in your house because you, uh, invited me here ... games. What I’m interested in is fan cultures, Internet studies, and

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 21, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  feeling old and coming home

  

  , which coincided with a record-breaking cold wave in Boston. As I waited ... , I found her and two more of my friends in there, hanging out, waiting ... nothing. It's beautiful and simple and easy and I can't believe it has taken

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • February 12, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  As I Was Saying… My second internship entry AKA "How I copy and pasted my way to a new…

  

  will help the company after I leave in August because they can easily ... company had a project ready for me to start work on the second I stepped in ... on in a short amount of time. This week, I met with my mentor to give a

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • July 26, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  climbing the wall why so defeatist?

  

  There are a lot of phrases in the english language that can be used to describe me- "athletically inclined" is not one of them. I can ... . Every movement I made- and didn't make- was laced with doubt: I can

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • October 7, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blogger Freebie #2 And a plot twist!

  

  . I still usually feel like I can follow along, at least, in lectures ... to one more blogger freebie. In four years of reading the blogs, I don ... about 18.022; I'd like to elaborate a little on my experiences in that

  • by Cam T. '13
  • November 15, 2009
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: When in South Africa guest post by a fellow '21

  

  fact that I can not swim. I visited Soweto, the largest township in South ... post series* For as long as I can remember I have wanted to travel the ... University. I was thrilled, here would be my first chance to learn in an

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 31, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Meet My True Love: Notion a tool for stress-free college applications (and much more)

  

  example, in the context of blogging, I can write my blog posts on Notion ... ) for each blog post. Then, I can view my list of blogs in a table, kanban ... you can link databases anywhere. If I make a table in one page, I can

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 18, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer Season Taking things into my own hands.

  

  , hastily labeled "Ideas for Later". And in this box I keep, surprise, ideas ... down. Then I'll throw it in the box, and whenever I get antsy about ... these projects. So that's exactly what I'm doing! My friends in Oregon

  • by Chris M. '12
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Calculus in Context 18.01 feels like an art history class

  

  , which I least expected to have anything to do with the humanities in any ... causing chaos in society. Excerpt from Jerusalem by William Blake I turn my ... the issues it addresses. In his words, “I thought it might resonate with

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 14, 2018
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A White Christmas Escaping Boston to go to more snow

  

  't have time to do. But with things lining up now, I can finally take the ... if there are that many sensations in the world that can compare to ... sensation. If you've never been before, I really suggest trying it once in

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • December 25, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The View from 1000 Feet Life after MIT ... kind of

  

  graduate student stipend is. How much can I afford to donate? Again, it's not ... fruit snacks, I can afford a $50 donation once a month...maybe. But ... graduated from college; at the same time, I can still remember hopping off the

  • by Bryan
  • January 23, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nike+iPod read entry & vote at the end

  

  paper I read in 14.11: Experimental Economics reports that too many choices can be demotivating. (You may have seen this research quoted in the ... ? What do people think about this Nike+iPod Sport Kit? Vote in the comments

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 23, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  me, existing one day at a time

  

  maximize my time. I can’t just lie in bed and scroll through social media for ... heart soaring. I’ve suddenly found myself busier than ever. In the past ... on, but when the direct funding deadline passed and I had nothing in my

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 2, 2021
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: Self-Discovery Within An Internship guest post by Grace C. '21

  

  packet to a TA and I waltz out of the Z-Center, the sun bathing me in its warmth. "I finished the GIRS, am in a super romantic relationship with ... York City" I AM DONE. Not only with my exams, but freshman year in

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 27, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds, Part 3 Helping the Class of 2010 with their decisions.

  

  ? What are your lingering concerns? Etc. I'll answer as many as I can this ... for almost ten years and I've participated in national competitions and festivals. I'm having a hard time finding an adequate teacher so far in the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 22, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  And now, for a brief interlude from our regularly scheduled finals whining. I should be studying E&M right now, but this is much more fun.

  

  following conversations can literally happen nowhere else in the world. So a ... with this is that I am literally in a pair of free Crocs I got at Notre ... with my usual black North Face. (No, I do not usually go out in public

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • May 17, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  When I used to run A reflection on sitting still for a semester

  

  I would, but perhaps the same life lesson can hit you in waves, each ... kind of control, I began walking in earnest, sometimes seven or ten miles ... ’t exist. By the time I was moving in my friends for the fall semester, the

  • by Powers '23
  • December 16, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Regular-ing Or: Over-justifying how much I eat out

  

  I had a breakthrough the other day. I was sitting in my favorite ... .T.E. In a busy week, I’m there at least once a day: The prices are reasonable, I can order on my phone, all the food is vegetarian, and it’s one

  • by Powers '23
  • January 26, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Road I’m On Life's a lot to think about sometimes...

  

  now made it's way into my blog, like several other songs I can think of ... all the (hopefully) awesome entries I'll be putting up in the next few ... draws ever closer, I can't believe that it's already been a year since I

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 26, 2008