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  here’s everything i thought about in 25 minutes an uncurated and somewhat meta discussion on anything and everything

  

  that i’m typing in pretty much exactly the way i would say things out ... i’ve been in a perpetual state of writer's block recently (i.e. the ... !!!"]assuming no fatigue or pausing to think[/annotation] i would end up with 3750

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • July 16, 2023
• Blog / Classes

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

  

  [/annotation] agreed that this would be hard, but I really would like to graduate on time, so I am simply doing it anyway. In many ways this is exactly ... psetting. I am much more productive, attentive in class, and enjoy my morning

  • by Alex M. '21
  • October 15, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  May we offer you a drink of water? Because you're just so thirsty for what I have to say and all.

  

  , yikes!) I went to an all-girls Catholic high school in the south side of ... was accepted to The Institute. I do often like to speak in analogies ... I was thirsty. Actually, in my case it was more of a conversation

  • by Ana V. '15
  • September 25, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Somatic My spread for MIT's Infinite Magazine Issue XI

  

  was released in May, but I was hosed, and now that I am hosed but in a ... for materials, and I want to know what it is like to buy nice yarn. And ... wanted to crochet organs and then affix them to humans. I thought it would

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • June 17, 2023
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Adios, Madrid My attempt at an eloquent goodbye to Spain.

  

  In a few short hours I will hop on a plane back to the US. I have ... my summer in Spain. It doesn't reeeally say what I want it to, but I ... to Spain for giving me: the warm weather I missed so much in Boston

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 16, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  dancing at MIT (and beyond) continuity vs. fulfillment and the perils of stagnation

  

  would be to be proactive in finding people I vibe with, and to look ... in RTA would give me clarity on what I want to do for my last three ... . many of the people I respected on Mocha graduated in the two years that

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 14, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  If strangers meet life begins you shall above all things be glad and young

  

  I. Flying back home to MIT from home in South Bend (not a typo), I ... Notre Dame, which is located in South Bend and in whose laboratories I ... , drawing my eyes like a beacon. And in that moment MIT unfolded for me, as I

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 23, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Your credit history is too short and other adult things

  

  A credit card is something I, in theory, knew I needed eventually ... landlords care about. I knew all this, in theory. I've known for a few months now that, once I graduated, I'd move to New York and would have to find

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 23, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Fun in NYC Part 2 Hold on, this is a long one. Tons of pictures though!

  

  . Maddie and I planned on leaving for South Station at about 11:45 PM so at ... bus stopped it was 6 AM and nothing was in English. I took this to mean ... over 18 in order to attend Toy Fair. Apparently Maddie and I don't look

  • by Snively '11
  • February 23, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Like a Polaroid Picture My alleged lack of football fandom triggers an epiphany.

  

  is, no, I've never really watched soccer before in my life, but the ... service in high school marching band). I mean, it just never stops, does it ... in a book or a travel guide or something if I don't get around to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 23, 2006
• Blog / Personal Projects

  The Oreo Post i tried them all* !

  

  two flavors, I actually did buy in Canada! I went home for the summer ... original Oreos, but I would never buy them instead of the original"; even ... tier (not good enough to buy, but I would eat them if offered): vanilla

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 29, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  Surviving My deep thoughts on surviving and thriving at MIT, straight from three years ago.

  

  of in awe of the fact that I'd apparently survived almost a full year ... once, and he asked if he could use them in lecture. I granted permission ... seriously. Freshman year would have been a lot more difficult for me if I hadn

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 11, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Of Dancing and T-Shirts (Guest Entry) Who had fun at CPW? I did!

  

  videotape their cover of "Here In Your Arms" (solo by Kevin Schoenfelder, I ... , thesis projects), but I also learned about architecture in general ... -Show (Dishoom!), put on by MIT's South Asian American Students (SAAS). I was

  • by Snively '11
  • April 22, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Island Paradise That's where I live. No, seriously.

  

  in the same room forever, I have lived in a different room (and a ... 's miniCooper, and installed it in our room. (I am unfortunately not kidding ... , I love the beach, so I figured this would make me happy. But the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Mas33h Hall A quick look at life in the Castle

  

  storage unit in South Boston. This was the incorrect answer holy moly. I had ... It’s my 3rd year at MIT. I’ve lived in 3 different dorms. My current ... , but I’ve also spent a year each in Simmons and Baker, so if you have any

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • April 9, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Where are we going?

  

  than I've seen run for any position in East Campus. We talked about ... generations of students. As someone active in student government, I spend a lot ... beyond their own time here. Of course, as I indicated previously (and in

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / People & Identities

  someday fate of friends

  

  This summer, my friends in LA kept telling me I hadn’t changed at all since high school. I expected to feel annoyed: in an objective sense, I’m a lot better adjusted now than I was in high school, and I might have

  • by Kai V. '25
  • November 10, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  One Student’s Crusade to Stop Genocide I confess to regarding the phrase “never again” with cynicism. It offers a rhetorical smokescreen…

  

  genocide was once again occurring, though this time in real-time, I just had ... exclude securities that would violate MIT’s investment principles [in ... companies that were operating in South Africa during the 1980s. This landmark

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • November 26, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  长大 on family, thanksgiving, and growing up

  

  South Dakota. I’d seen what people from “real places” could do in academic ... , in a sense, it is what I would answer to the questions “what is the ... people. We would fill all the rooms in the house, and everybody would eat

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • November 28, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Lego Heroines interview with the amazing Maia Weinstock!

  

  /or had contributed greatly in a way that people would be surprised about… I ... South America, but she managed to squeeze in some time for an interview ... projects before the Women in NASA set “I kind of wanted it to be this fun

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • April 4, 2017