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• Blog / MIT Life

  In which I am no longer new here ...well, it's true.

  

  Development. I've now seen more snow than I ever cared to see in my life; by ... to my former desire to earn a degree in Chemistry (HAHAHAHAHA) and ... bacterial colonies makes me want to shoot myself in the face. (Speaking of my

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 11, 2009
• Blog / Classes

  How to Survive a Tough Semester you {grieve, choke, laugh, choose, pray, ask, live} you learn

  

  weekday for crew practice, and I've been getting to bed by 9:30 or 10 every ... → getting confused → going to office hours to ask for help → finishing the ... ="sometimes, i have lab from 1-5 on friday, in addition to various lectures from 9

  • by Alex M. '21
  • October 15, 2019
• Blog / How to Food

  Guest Post: Where to Buy Food: MIT Groceries Guide Because eating textbooks gets expensive.

  

  ’s much easier to carry groceries on your back than in your arms. When loading groceries into your backpack, make sure to put more durable items in ... , you will get a sense of how much things cost. If you’re new to buying

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 3, 2015
• Blog / Events

  The career fair and emerging pop stars Thinking about life after MIT at the Career Fair...and then watching a fellow blogger transform…

  

  set-up booths in our athletic facility to try to recruit MIT students ... a very intimate setting and an extraordinary opportunity to really get ... soiree. Not only did I get to consume dozens of scrumptious chocolate

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 25, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT: The Snowsical The blizzard of February 13th

  

  plowing makes it easier for me to get to my class which starts at three ... , walkway, and a red thing... its uhhh, getting harder and harder to sing ... around our house in New Jersey:     Oh boy, it looks real bad in NJ.  The

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 13, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  It’s the middle of November. Do YOU know where your Early Action application components are? How to tell if they are missing, and what to do about it

  

  documents to you via postal mail?No — it won't get here in time. I know ... 't get it, I'm reposting the email in its entirey below. This is also good advice for how to get stuff to us generally. Thanks for applying to MIT

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Note of Hope for Freshmen at Career Fair Yes, freshmen can find jobs!

  

  . People are lining up in Lobby 10 to collect their booklets and nametags ... spring of last year, I realized I really wanted to be in California for the summer. I wanted to spend time with my family, and I needed to get off

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 21, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  real things on tangibility, mistakes, and community

  

  wanting to return to physical media, things i can hold in my hand and feel ... favorite memories from visiting seattle in summer 2022 was going to pike ... speakers and listening to the album in the order that it was meant to be

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 5, 2025
• Blog / Community Projects

  A “World Record Attempt” We can do it!

  

  way to get more mattresses than that. I beg to differ. In a few days ... how hard MIT is going to be? Do you think they're scared to get to ... generally going out of our minds trying to get things done. This is ok though

  • by Snively '11
  • August 20, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ode to the New, Part 1 Seeking adventure.

  

  “secret spy missions” with my sister (we put our ears to our parents' bedroom door and tried to hear what they were saying). In second grade, I ... in bed for a good ten minutes before getting up. This was it. I looked

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 28, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  Pursuing CS as a (near) beginner being a prospective CS major with little programming experience

  

  fox will make sense later[/caption] I want to major in computer science ... also up there in my interests but I didn't want to work with organic ... in seventh grade. The teachers had us take these tests to see who

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 14, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  At What Cost A summary of my fall semester

  

  second degree in physics because I want to get a PhD in physics after I ... apply to grad school, there’ll be a glaring “D” in my Fall 2007 semester ... ’t have time. 2. Relationships: I didn’t get to enjoy the company of my

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • December 21, 2007
• FAQ / First-year application

  What if my application is disrupted by a major event beyond my control?

  unable to complete your application by our deadlines. In the interim ... as flexible as possible in these situations. When you’re able to do so ...  [email protected]. We’ll be here to talk to you and figure out a way to make sure we get your
• Blog / Academics & Research

  class sketching an adventure in speedrunned pedagogy

  

  edifice to build that theory. To answer this we think in terms of languages ... get a bit more complicated but this is related to the idea that there ... 's helpful to understand underlying ideas behind a lot of things in CS

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • December 23, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  East Campus Rush photos

  

  harnesses and had to wear helmets. I didn't manage to get a good picture of a rider in motion, but I did get a picture of this rider who was about to ... Safety Office. Here, my hallmate Clayton '08 prepares to ride. In the

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 1, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Exhaustion Guess who's not ready to go to grad school after all

  

  .5 years of getting my ass handed to me academically in undergrad. Maybe that ... portfolio enough by the end of this year to get a research job in industry ... floating in sludge, and that every amount of work I do actually get done

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 5, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  The Quest Continues and into the open world i go

  

  ’ll sometimes just get random flashbacks to absolutely random things that have ... , they seem to appear in flashes way more frequent than I was used to. And ... translate to a day in my life where I feel like I'm on top of the world, doing

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 29, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Calm Down and Breathe Heeeeeehooooooo

  

  In which my brother and I embarassingly parody a song (first one to recognize it gets some brownie points):  Edit: Evidently I am not so good at predicting outcomes of NFL games. But seeing how this post-season has been

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 20, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Decision Mail Date: March 11 Hang in there guys, I know this is a crazy stressful time.

  

  As you've probably read via the homepage, Friday, 3/11 is our goal. If that slips for any reason, I'll let you know. Less than a week until I get to shave... NICE Hang in there guys, I know this is a crazy

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  When it Rains It Pours

  

  worked it out such that I'll get a new hard drive mailed to me, completely ... computer. I'll have to get Microsoft Office and Mathematica shipped to me ... and skip straight to what the end of the semester at MIT is actually

  • by Snively '11
  • May 6, 2008