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  Guest Blog: A Guide for the Hopeless and Drenched thoughts from mark '15

  

  who study and work hard to do well in school. It definitely isn’t easy ... a writing class and wanted to share his experiences and insights with ... to do for the rest of your life. For some, this moment appears

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 29, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  9 / Headache 68 days to go

  

  figure out what classes I wanted to take. I was registered in 10 different ... getting much worse to slightly better and I went to MIT Medical urgent care ... wanted to take classes in Course 4, and the two I ended up with are morning

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • March 31, 2019
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Call For A Good Time a weekend of coffee shop networking

  

  , culminating in skydiving. Needless to say, he had a good time. This story has grown near and dear to my heart in my lifelong quest to become the ... : Yeah, I put up a letter addressed to stalkers in my public folder, and

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 2, 2011
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Three of a perfect pair Biking! Clothing! Exploding! A day in the life.

  

  (supposedly) the world's third largest shark fin in its lobby. Thanks to Matt Mc ... terrible happens to you, you might be too afraid to ever go back in again," and so despite the 8-inch purple gash in her leg, Ruth was determined to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life as a Physics Major- Research and Junior Lab(Part 2) Long and verbose. But I hope you find time to read it.

  

  schools; and in the process I've completely forgotten what was supposed to ... instruments to positively identify and record these occasional tiny dips in ... are we sensitive enough to discover? And in what quantities? More and

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • January 29, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  This Is How I Read productivity hacks, but for reading applications

  

  night/weekend work is expected from October to April. In return, your job ... 6 AM. I've come to rely on a natural light alarm clock to help me get ... to my psychological health"; in fact, he just had two treadmill desks

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 3, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Building the Yearbook [by Ken Haggerty '11] An inside look at Technique 2010 (shhh!!!)

  

  what needed to get done, who was doing each task, who wasn't doing each ... finishing the first 200 pages of the book in early February, we sent it out to ... year's yearbook might not actually get done, I can confidently and quite

  • by ARTalk
  • March 29, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On Comics and Role Models I interviewed one of my favorite professors because she’s amazing

  

  artist in addition to your future audience. As time progressed, our writing assignments grew in length (from a 1-page comic to a 20-page full issue with a ... information to include in individual panels. Our class wrote comic scripts on

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 18, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  In The Mail Well folks, the time has come. The letters are in the mail.

  

  to reflect the clean-shaven face, as promised (sorry mootmom, but a ... exhausted (Amy)... All in all, we're relieved that this part of the journey is over. Have a great weekend everyone, and best of luck to each of you. :-)

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 11, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Life After (and During) MIT Greetings from beautiful adulthood

  

  little darker than my avatar's and when I smile in real life, my face looks like it's going to explode more so than in my avatar. I graduated a year ... to ask specific questions - I'll try to answer in the comments), but if

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • May 28, 2014
• Blog / Events

  I’m on a boat! It was only a matter of time

  

  stood in the middle. *boom boom boom* Ahhhhh sh**, get your towels ready ... , and do my duty to the Lonely Island. Everybody in the place hit the ... coffee, played some cards, and then it was time to get off the boat :( Now

  • by Snively '11
  • May 3, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Be Our Guest, Take 2 Not to name drop, but... Steven Levitt, Paul Polak, Iqbal Quadir, and Brigitte Madrian all…

  

  ) and told us we would get 12:00 - 2:00 with Steven Levitt in early ... -selling author, though, he's a pretty busy guy. We were pretty lucky to get him for ... I have had the good fortune to hear several excellent guest speakers

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 6, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Year in Review blogs, bhangra, and a baby monkey

  

  for its signal of the year coming to an end and the promise of the new one to begin. I prefer the days right after the holidays, taking ornaments off the tree to pack them away while drinking cocoa and listening to

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 22, 2011
• Blog / Class Projects

  neutrality isn’t about objectivity—it’s about who has the power some words on facebook trending topics, and also net neutrality

  

  . ... Without laws of nature to anchor them, algorithms used in such subjective ... television to broadcasting." In other words, analogies matter. They form the ... in relation to debates over the ability of the Federal Communications

  • by Allan K. '17
  • May 20, 2016
• Blog / Events

  The Deep Breath Before the Plunge THIS IS . . . wait, this isn't Sparta. Wha-? Aw, shoot, I took a…

  

  move. While it only takes 2 minutes a day to do this, you can get as ... 's campus tournament! So have some fun, get closer to your dorm-mates and ... in on what's been happening. I'm not really at liberty to explain what

  • by Snively '11
  • March 8, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sights and Sounds Only at MIT.

  

  Boston Symphony Hall, where we hoped to pick up Boston Symphony Orchestra college cards. I haven't actually had the chance to use mine yet, but at the ... . Wait, it's free?! I'm getting one ASAP." And thus, it was decided that I

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 5, 2009
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Global warming? ...or just a weather anomaly?

  

  free time to participate in competitions, take a class in something you’ve always wanted to learn, hang out with friends, or do research in the lab ... get to some of the area’s most fun and picturesque spots, including the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 9, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Saturday Roadtrip Out on the open road.

  

  a 9 pm flight at 7 pm, it was too late. I need to get my eyes checked ... the new car smell. My first leg of the trip brought me to Lawrence, MA ... Humanity. The two tasks for the day was to remove from siding from the

  • by Bryan
  • January 23, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Trumpeting for Assassins I get to watch each presidential assassination. Live. Over and over again.

  

  In fifth grade, everyone at my school had to pick an instrument to ... playing every instrument in turn, and the teachers would rate us from 1 to ... to play in the pit orchestra for Assassins, a show performed by

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 26, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Second… Fifth Week?

  

  . :-) Physics is a continual thorn in my side, but everything else seems to be ... on. I continue to lean toward a major in management science, with a ... went for a walk around downtown Boston. I hadn't talked to my Dad in

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • March 12, 2006