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  Katrina I can't stop thinking about it.

  

  Oh my god. I can't stop thinking about all of the people who have ... hour (and non-waking hour for that matter - I've been dreaming about it too). It's a feeling of helplessness - other than donating money I don

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Knife fight with a biker gang Best blog entry EVER. If you think I'm kidding, let me just say: Gory photos…

  

  him when he sliced me in the face! Then I beat him up and kicked him ... 've proudly donated blood several times in the past, after which I hopped up off ... like an emergency at all. I was just taking a ride with some friends in

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 18, 2007
• Blog / Public Statements

  Asking for letters of recommendation (during a pandemic) tl;dr: mostly the same as during normal times, but clarifying some points of anxiety

  

  when I was in high school, but if I had, I think I would have asked Mrs ... , because I still think in Python-influenced data structures, years after 6 ... teachers know me much better in person, so I was thinking of asking teachers

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 6, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  A Texan’s Guide to Surviving a Boston Winter it's possible

  

  ’m smiling in this picture or squinting because i can’t see through my foggy ... , I’m also wearing Merino wool socks in this picture. Merino wool comes ... cold when I step out is because of this guy. 10/10 would recommend. 4

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 9, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Because one story just isn’t enough My tale of being admitted. Laugh. Cry. Both. Neither. All of the above?

  

  In true "everybody else is doing it, so why can't we?"* fashion, I ... would be fun to read. Be warned - I may (read: will) overdramatize a good ... came, so she drove to school to give her the tube. Kris '10 and I were in

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  An MIT FAQ Because it's better to laugh at blatant stereotypes than to let them make you angry

  

  . If we spent all our time studying, how would we have time to be in all ... Recently, in my wanderings around the internet (that is to say, the College Confidential message boards), I've noticed an abundance of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 28, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The interview life Recruiting for MIT on the west coast, plus answering questions.

  

  mood has done a total 180 since then, so I feel I'm justified in talking ... shook my hand and said (I am not even making this up), "I saw in your ... knowledge) and major in it. I know it's nice to think that "you can do

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 3, 2006
• Blog / Events

  The Class of 2015 Graduates from MIT mind, and hand, and heart

  

  , you all came to mean more than i can say. i graduated in summer 2013 ... into a unified person i could recognize in the mirror. as i grad student ... he would have been happier and i felt guilty i helped make the case why

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 7, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  Trail Notes

  

  giddy rush I felt in Alaska whenever my family would pull over into a ... Summer in Alaska, I learned this July, is an exuberant, unrestrained ... , if aimless. I re-read all the Newbery-winning books I loved in

  • by Sara N. '28
  • October 6, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Night Off Campus and some dancing

  

  that spills outward invites warmth with it. Kamoya and I head in, closing ... -up pidgin English, as I take in the apartment. I wish him a happy birthday ... yet. We'll know when they do. Already, I'm aware of how ensconced in my

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 21, 2016
• Blog / Classes

  On Greek history, and this strange end-of-semester sprint  tl;dr nerding out over a final essay

  

  responsibilities, would I have the self-discipline to still put in the work? I hope ... in high school, though I think I prefer taking it now, when I'm more ... . They wrote it in this picture book I read in third grade. Turns out that

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 11, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  [Joint Post] Chatting with Hank Green, the MIT Commencement Speaker interviewing Hank + sharing student stories!

  

  especially in these trying times. A final personal note I would like to share ... When I found out Hank Green would be our commencement speaker, my ... a huge fan of things. Like, I tend to consume content in a way that is

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • May 24, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Folding with Flair Adding a third dimension to boring old paper

  

  in a “draft” blog post when I applied to be a blogger. That draft never ... ’t find the model online) I started folding origami in high school because of a book I’d found in the school library. It contained a variety of

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • August 4, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  So you want to be a student-athlete? Finding the balance

  

  concept. If I didn't play sports, I hope I would be in shape-- but competing ... Hi everybody, I play ice hockey in the winter and lacrosse in the ... competing in my sports. I want to share my perspective on the pros and cons of

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 29, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Aftermath Literally.

  

  was very, very tough. But in retrospect, I would say the sweat, doubt ... “Omg. If I get in next week, I’ll be easy livin' for the rest of the ... ’t define us. In fact, I’m pretty sure this is one of the principles MIT

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 17, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  how to adult spoiler alert: no one knows

  

  phases of my life. a while back, i was waiting in atlas to get my ID card ... people who does and has known since they were five, i am in awe of you ... , thinking that maybe i'd be happier in this one or the other. melissa in a

  • by Melissa Cao '20
  • November 3, 2021
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Snow! there is (was) snow and it's freezing (or is it?)

  

  , I realized that it would probably be in my best interest to take the ... importantly, in one piece. I immediately crashed when I got back. Snow is ... . Kresge Auditorium. Hayden Library.  A quote I found in front of

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • January 9, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  riverrun, past Eve and Adam’s "Do we start and end at the same place on the river?"

  

  I have so much work to do tonight, but I just fell off a treadmill in ... the other night, I was about to go whitewater rafting in Maine with my ... crisis, I guess. Fearful I would be late for the rafting trip's departure

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Congratulations! You have been named… Time Magazine's Person of the Year!

  

  in, just because I wish people in this country would actually vote! I ... . Seriously. I've been writing some form of a blog since I was in the 8th grade ... yourself rolling your eyes every once in awhile (I know I did), but even

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 18, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Shaye Storm: Studying Extrasolar Planets Shaye Storm spent his summer working at the MIT Planetary Astronomy Laboratory where he studied…

  

  would meet at the lab and if the sky was clear, they would drive up to MIT operated Wallace Observatory in Westford, MA. Once at the observatory, they studied extrasolar planets (a planet outside of our solar system), which I

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 20, 2005