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  The Importance of Wasting Time lessons learned over Thanksgiving break

  

  three different aliases in the blogosphere) and I prepared a modest ... ’d caught herself in a pre-college Alaskan life), and I stumbled through the ... our Thanksgiving Friday schedule, Denali and I would not miss the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 9, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  21W.762 Poetry Workshop some poems from the class!

  

  more risks. Though my poetry isn't good by any means, I thought it would ... they wanted to be featured and I got some poems in response! I absolutely ... , again & again & again   I awaken, enclosed in a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 22, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  the best thing i did for myself as a pre-frosh the one where i gush about burton one

  

  resemble the campus I fell in love with, the one I encountered in this same ... , and if they weren't so sweet I would have been way more embarrassed by ... .   I feel it when I'm hiding in a dorm room with twenty people, all

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • April 7, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  Ready for some tennis? Three days left until the official start of the US Open tennis tournament! What's your…

  

  's looking to win again) Ok, that's enough pretending that I know about tennis... I am predicting a Federer vs. Roddick final (would anyone like a wager ... Three days until the US Open officially begins! As an engineer, I

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 26, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  tim’s wardrobe legend has it, TIM changes clothes annually

  

  more spice to it. So, back in sophomore year, I thought it would be cool ... I’m going to pretend I have not been AWOL. Life updates shall come in ... , so believe me when I say it definitely looked better at some point in

  • by Waly N. '24
  • November 1, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  the journey to PLAYsentations or, the conclusion to the best class I've taken at MIT...so far

  

  interest in design: “His Christmas gift to me would be one day of his time ... is when I sense some carelessness in a product.” Every Wednesday night ... difference in navigating those choppy waters. Lessons I've gleaned: It

  • by Michael C. '16
  • May 17, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Free Lunch Who says there is no such thing?

  

  one is one of my favorites and I get a number of emails in my inbox from ... couple of great courses dedicated to Sustainability in Business and I ... One of the first things I did when I came to MIT was get myself on a

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 23, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Acting, Writing, and Roleplaying: A Match Made in Heaven [by Susan Shepherd '11] Guild members have infiltrated the KGB, made first contact with aliens,…

  

  hobbies of all kinds – acting in the Musical Theater Guild, for ... in order to create something fun and new. For example, painting skills ... roles of their characters as effectively as possible in a strange and

  • by ARTalk
  • March 28, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  Physical Education: because your body needs problem sets, too My adventures in completing the MIT Physical Education requirements

  

  , and so I randomly rank classes that happen to fit in with the rest of my ... -important survival stroke. In the past, I’ve taken: -Boot-camp/Conditioning: Taught by ... relay race! -Golf: I was technically on the women’s “Varsity” golf team in

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 20, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  SCIENCE ALERT: “smoking gun” evidence for Alan Guth’s theory of inflation! Good thing I already have Alan Guth's signature on all of my class registration forms.

  

  receive any exam booklets." Prof. Guth smiled and asked whether I was in the ... into the wrong exam hall, I said "Um, yes. 8.012 is DEFINITELY in this ... freakout when gears in my brain clicked and I realized who I'd been speaking

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 17, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  things that are golden, part 2 a zine carved out of pink erasers

  

  Arts at MIT) in Fall 2020, but I didn't have any more blocks to carve ... would make me feel bad if I messed up. At my level of block cutting ... ="aligncenter" width="507"] specifically from the tree in front of Walker Memorial

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 20, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freebie I love freebies!

  

  just appeared the other day and mine is, as far as I know, in its final form. Although I'm excited to have new classes and a fresh start, a new ... . This makes me sad. I think that MIT sans work would be an amazing thing

  • by Snively '11
  • August 21, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  summer in boston that summertime, summertime, uh, gladness

  

  Lower Allston. Boston is a completely different place in summer and i ... 't for me working outside — a few weeks ago, i gathered the freshmen in ... into the Charles when i finally rescued it."]wind[/annotation] blasts in

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 15, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIA No More Why I haven't blogged in 23 days.

  

  lets you combine your passions and interests in many different ways...I ... . There are two activities in particular that I love doing, that I could ... , dance has taken me through so many ups and downs in life. I seriously

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 1, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Guest Post: Think Pink 2011 [By Cory Hernandez, '14] G@MIT, the SAO, and Residential Life present a guide to living…

  

  thing in particular—how accepting would that group be of my sexual ... knew that one was right for me. Senior Haus had a line in their i3 that ... admissions bloggers, or visit MIT's official site for LGBT issues. I remember

  • by Emad T. '14
  • June 3, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Recap; New Bloggers Announced Philly, Jersey, Wilmington. Jess, Keri, Lulu.

  

  completely bore you with the details of my trip I will compose them in haiku ... Sunday I held the Philly central meeting in Fort Washington On Monday ... end. P.S. XPN in Philly and Jack in NY/NJ both ROCK MY SOCKS. I've lived

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 3, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  an essay writing journey one of my MIT essays, as told through revision history

  

  you who are now in college and used Google Docs to write your essays, I ... wondering how I could express something meaningful in so few words. But in the ... to any Common App schools in that round, so I wound up using this essay

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 25, 2018
• Blog / Public Statements

  A letter from President Reif regarding George Floyd and Minneapolis

  

  better. In the days and months to come, I would like us to find meaningful ... normal day, we'd be gathered in Killian Court, and I'd be kneeling on the ... . And I know that, in this time of tension around the pandemic and rising

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 29, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hey Erick, You Awake? Not gonna call it a night just yet

  

  ; After a long Saturday, my friends and I found ourselves chilling in the ... Adventure Time followed by Bob's Burgers, two shows which I've never seen ... people called it a night, going upstairs to their rooms. I didn't want to

  • by Erick P. '17
  • July 31, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back and ready for action! Saying goodbye to summer and hello to my sophomore year

  

  would highly recommend this place. The restaurant is called Bay Leaves, in ... .) In other news, Rush is in full swing! I've been helping Chi Phi, but ... back-up into the pump to save some time. Since I thought the driver was

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 6, 2005