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  Eastward ho! Don't US people normally go to Canada or Mexico before they cross an ocean?

  

  This summer, I decided to take an internship overseas. Where in the ... across the main island. In my typical fashion I arrived at the train ... working in and around Tokyo (express trains are awesome), or I’ll stay

  • by Stanley G.
  • July 20, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A week of work

  

  down, but not overwhelmed with work. Having been in both situations, I ... Last week was one of those weeks where I had either a test or ... .311 is the continuous version). In this class, the tests are deliberately

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 29, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  ‘Just Chillax’ [about your college essays] My little brother is wicked smaht.

  

  prospect. “Uuuuuuuuggghhhh!” I grunt out in frustration – I think of the ... homework I could have finished in that hour, but I quickly realize how much ... excuse for me to revel in the fact that I miss my little brother a ton

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 22, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Shall We Dance? having two left feet is a thing of the past.

  

  , the Ballroom Dance Club offered lessons in Mambo. My friend Jackie and I ... be offering their lessons. I actually became intrigued in ballroom ... started. They will be every Wednesday night in Burton Conner. I might check

  • by Bryan
  • July 22, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Day 1 A recap, with pictures.

  

  Hi everyone! CPW is in full swing. I haven't been this tired in a long, long time. :-) I got here a little after 8AM, worked the registration desk until a little after 8PM, went to the Prefrosh Welcome Event in

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 7, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  ripping shirts and other clothing mods

  

  jacket est. time: 30 min? I put some spikes in it. bleach-painting jeans est. time: 2 hrs I found these black cargo pants at a thrift store in ... Clothes are so fun! I love tailoring my outfits to whatever is

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 1, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thomas Friedman on Energy & MIT A NY Times article highlights MIT's innovative energy solutions

  

  M.I.T. Energy Club, which was founded in 2004 by a few grad students ... our future. MIT has been very active in developing solutions to energy ... in May 2005. Since then, MIT undergrads have done wonders through

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 2, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Images of Rush preparation

  

  it up, as in this message left by Phife '04 when I was a freshman ... example, the other night, I finally met Laura '09 in person, discovering her ... Every year, the campus is engulfed by frenetic activity in the week

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 25, 2005
• Blog / People & Identities

  OUTRAGED. #ican'tbreathe

  

  Every day, I realize more and more that I live in a privileged bubble ... where I am directly affected by the racism in this country but I have very ... the ballot box’ since I can’t vote. Even in conversations, I catch

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • May 31, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Fears and Hopes how to move forward

  

  to make us hate each other. I hope that everyone in America can ... forward. In the long run, hate never wins. Keep spreading love. I ... confused. Many are saying, where do we go from here? I forced myself to go

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • November 9, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Outside The Bubble Life? Oh yeah, I forgot I had one...

  

  matter is, as much as I love being in the Bubble Universe (where else can ... -year-old-brother) likes to come up here is to play in the Simmons Hall ball pit: (I’ll take what I can get.) Additionally, every once in a while it’s nice to

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 28, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Parks and Relocation a finale and a premiere

  

  will continue living in my basement, in boxes I labelled and taped shut ... in a new place this fall, but one thing I'll definitely about Long ... I've spent the last five months living at home on Long Island, New

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 21, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Standing Out [by C/3C Christopher Benson, '10] Before AFROTC, this abstract concept of "leadership" seemed very generic...

  

  't expecting to gain much in the program other than a commission. Now I am a year ... all of the "leadership positions" that I had held in high school. After ... [by C/3C Christopher Benson, '10] "Sometimes after I take off, I

  • by ROTC
  • January 3, 2008
• Blog / Study Abroad

  One Life to Live In which I use the title of a soap opera as a motivational phrase

  

  Whew, I'm glad JKim posted an entry ten seconds after I did, because otherwise I'd feel incredibly bad for spending my entire morning writing in ... , it's easier to believe that there was time in-between I spent studying

  • by Karen F. '11
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Day of Classes Published exactly 4 weeks after the first day of classes. My bad.

  

  keyed in what response. // the Coop is the MIT bookstore. // I didn't realize how much jargon was in these notes until I posted them. Now, big ... Like Allan, I'm obsessed with taking notes. I'm also obsessed with

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 2, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Young Guru & the Metropolitan Opera The Arts at MIT

  

  unpack later (in some imaginary future wherein I have ample unstructured ... conditions, and other major issues in near-future urban contexts." I took notes ... rattled and echoed in my head ever since. I loved what Young Guru said about

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • April 15, 2015
• Blog / How to Food

  A Late Recap of IAP 2020 externing at Microsoft, baking butter mochi, and more!

  

  unstructured decompression sequence in my 2019 IAP and loved it. (I also tried to ... "]Vietnamese-Iranian-American,[/annotation] I was really happy when (purely by chance) two out of three in ... Gregor House, I cooked meals fairly frequently using the kitchenette in my suite

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 6, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick updates Just a few notes -- that's all we have time for right now!

  

  event this Thursday at 8pm EST / 5pm PST. I hope you'll be there! If you didn't get the email or lost it, let me know in the comments (leave your email address) and I'll get the information to you. It should be fun and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 2, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Twas the week before Thanksgiving ...and I'm not really feeling all that thankful. Yet.

  

  ate it up. I will be having more turkey on Thursday in Plymouth, MA ... happy, as it will be the first time in my life that I'm not home to help ... work in a short week, professors seem to believe that it is perfectly

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 21, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friday Afternoon Props Props to ten people/committees/inanimate objects that deserve props.

  

  deserve some props, and dare I say mad props at that, for genuinely ... -Conner rooming committee, for doing a fantastic job with the in-house reassignment ... "Sunshowers" by M.I.A. "I bongo with my lingo and I beat it like a wing, yo" 3

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 2, 2005