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  Weekend Adventures Part One the first of several "a day in the life of Cyd" posts

  

  companies, is what a day as an intern is like. What would I be doing, who would I see, where would i go, etc. I figured that people would want to know what the daily life of an MIT student (i.e. me) is like. So i

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • November 23, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What an “OX” means on a transcript and why I currently have two of them

  

  in hopes that I would be better by Monday, but when that didn’t happen, I visited Student Support Services (S3) to meet with a dean who would ... advised me to ask for an “OX” in the class if I wasn’t feeling better by the

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • January 25, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  what’s on my desk? creative furniture

  

  it's sunny in my room right now. yeah, i use a standing desk ... the standard-issue bookshelf when i moved in, but it did for some reason ... quick post to check in and say happy tuesday. it's 52 degrees and

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 8, 2016
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  how i got my book deal *flailing intensifies*

  

  hope you all are safe and well! Here’s what I’ve been up to in ... ) that fall.  That didn’t happen. Life got in the way. I joined the cheer ... group, I made new friends. In mid-November, I finally managed to finish my

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 1, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Unremarkable things are you "jaded" yet?

  

  -nighters in a row. I imagined what it would be like to live through stereotyped ... would have in college. I think most people are. But going further than ... not caring as much. I don’t know if it’s the word I would use to

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 25, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  things i wish i could do thoughts from the bay area

  

  i. my first extended stay in the san francisco (henceforth abbreviated as sf) bay area was last spring, when i lived in the city, specifically in the nob hill district near downtown. i didn’t know much about sf

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • June 23, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Chicken Burrito for the Lab Rat’s Soul Because a personalized blog entry is just like five dollars.

  

  -shelteresque pantry are now looking pretty spare, so I decided to indulge myself in a ... 've had in my wallet in the past week has been four dollars. I don't know, I ... Goosebeary's yesterday, I was down to a mere two dollars in cash. Luckily

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 14, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  My How Times Change… ...and yet, they are much the same.

  

  nuts, would I get in or not, if I did which would I pick, and if I didn ... In June I'll be celebrating, along with my MIT classmates, a pretty ... we would actually find out. I'm told that all the letters were mailed

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 9, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Grocery Store Run Run, Geza, run!

  

  obtained to relieve me of the MIT firehose-induced famine. In truth, I ... any man would do in this situation. It was time to get me some cookies ... Verde's ridiculous prices in the student center. I told Geza to set the pace, that I

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • September 28, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  blind spots on privilege

  

  ; i look smaller in all the mirrors  that make you better    if ... ’ve been better. II. Growing up in a place where I did not have many opportunities to pursue the things I was interested in, I feel very grateful to be

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • November 4, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  pathways where do i go from here?

  

  stating that things would be back to normal in fall, I've been thinking more ... since I was last in that room."  "it's been a year since..." in the past ... restored even when we're back in-person. i'm at peace with it—i've had a year

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 23, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  5 days to May 2

  

  States, New York City, you would answer: Los Angeles. Answers are in the ... you considering? Leave your thoughts in the comments... For those of ... until we hear back from everyone. With postmarks on May 2, I don't expect

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 27, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Allegiance "No, I'm not one of /those/ people."

  

  summer because I'd know more people in the city/the intern program would be ... mean, I bet you live in one of the cleaner parts.” I imagine a big label ... lifestyle doesn’t take advantage of the perks of living in EC—I don’t spend a

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 24, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  everything is cool tl;dr I want to study too many things

  

  engineering school and i think my cs degree would have the word engineering in ... interesting things in the world, and I’m feeling lost and confused in the best ... vaguely in order of decreasing personal importance: Physics. I’m taking

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • September 11, 2020
• Blog / MISTI

  MIT-India student interns at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

  

  in JPAL, and more. When I would be able to get back to India I'm ... I finished up my initial stay in Mumbai towards late December, and have been in Nepal since then. I am currently volunteering at a Buddhist

  • by MISTI Program
  • February 9, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Hi, I’m New Here The requisite introduction.

  

  for built-in excuses for not knowing what's going on!) I was born in Jamaica, but I moved to the Miami/Fort Lauderdale area in Florida at age ... thing. I live in Senior Haus, which is awesome. (You mean I don't live on

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  I wake to sleep An application to a telescope asked me why I learn and where I'm going. It…

  

  little ways back in my history (what history I have), not too far, just a ... up here in Cambridge and I'm glad of it. It's easy to not know, but ... in three different states and twice as many towns. I've lived in

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • January 27, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Maybe I’m Amazed ...but not until Season 13, at least.

  

  memory. Anyway, I learned in high school that excuses are like dirty ... moment in our relationship was the outcome of that spelling bee, although I ... sister before she headed back to college in Baltimore. I value family

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 19, 2007
• 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 ... was scheduled to arrive Monday, and while I knew I would miss my ... time to the project as I would like, and this weekend – I had vowed

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • October 19, 2010
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  sundays in the parks with friends a post title based on a musical based on a painting

  

  naïve assumption that I would be able to knock out this adventure in just ... of downtown Boston. I knew that this semester would be particularly tough though, and that I would struggle to get myself out of my room if I

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 15, 2020