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  bday burnout no more spiders please

  

  the kitchen to get ingredients for a smoothie. I pulled the fridge door open and stared inside like a Sim for a solid minute before deciding that ... , Nghiem asked if anyone wanted to go for a [annotation note="seven eleven

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • March 18, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT: REGRESSIONS a documentary on MIT, and why it's so important

  

  , who immediately wanted to write a script for it. They added narration ... -9/11 provided a somber transition from the 90s to the 2000s. Fall Down ... provides us with a medium for discourse outside of interactions with our

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 12, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  hot chocolate as a panacea navigating through a chaotic first week

  

  before i left for boston, and i cried...a lot. the complex mother ... not do so great on the math diagnostic for a variety of reasons. I got a ... sadness by not responding to anyone for a week and playing a LOT of

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 7, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  making solar cells lessons from my nanotech class

  

  at the beginning of the semester i wrote a post where i mentioned ... comprehension that it was indistinguishable from magic. that turned out to be a ... (7.26) and computation structures (6.1910/6.004) at a high level, the

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • December 15, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ben 2.0 In a world... spiraling on the brink of an admissions cycle... one man had the…

  

  No I'm not a Cylon (or at least not that I know). But for those with memories spanning more than a year it's simply easier to introduce myself as ... this website; every piece infused with a candor and respect for our

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 13, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  My winter break so far take a break

  

  've looked for more media based internships, since that's a field I have some ... for that! I bought my dress and am planning to go on a huge shopping ... wrong way to spend your break. A break is a break for a reason. And if you

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 29, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  every day it gets a little easier but you gotta do it every day, that’s the hard part

  

  when just doing so for a single day was excruciatingly boring, so i might ... couldn’t work for more than a few minutes at a time without getting ... for becoming a better person, experimentation with meditation and

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 20, 2023
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  On Being the “Dumb” Friend and the freedom from comparison

  

  importantly, the average NBA player also gave up a large portion of their ... . But I don’t beat myself up for not being a professional basketball ... not being a professional basketball player, I don’t beat myself up for

  • by Allison E. '27
  • October 2, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how the first midterms actually were xoxo gossip girl?

  

  there is a consequence for not showing up."]recitations[/annotation]on Monday/Wednesday. Psets for this class are the shortest I have with a mix ... the math and physics GIRs are prerequisites for a lot of classes for

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • October 15, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I’m Teaching This Fall spoiler alert: a social history of the internet

  

  ). Resources: The IETF Request for Comments document series. Each week, a ... ; students not assigned to research for that week will write a short blog post ... primary deliverable for the class is a term paper on a topic of the student

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 8, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why I Haven’t Been Blogging I, uh, don't really have an excuse

  

  stop typing for more than 7 seconds.   This works to cook up a ... right flavor. I bake my post to perfection and let it sit for about a day ... -thought-out piece about a very important event. I feel like every one of my posts

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 1, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Weathering the weather So much snow!

  

  get paid for a UROP? How much?" First, money is important for college ... , which requires that you find a faculty sponsor for your project -- and ... , did research on hydrogen-powered fuel cells for a faculty member, but he

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How hard is it, really? Let down

  

  'd gotten a 730 on my SAT II but only because I'd crammed two days before the ... took a physics class in high school but it was more hands on and not AP, nothing that could prepare me for MIT physics. There should have been

  • by Snively '11
  • April 9, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Cancer life-changing.

  

  whom are MIT students) come together for a week of pure camp fun – filled ... session is done. I was a counselor for Camp Kesem MIT during my freshman ... board for a year and a half now. I LOVE CAMP. Throughout the year, we hold

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 18, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Pre-MIT prep How to prepare yourself for life at MIT -- hint: watch Chappelle's Show. Everyone else…

  

  takes advantage of. For example, you can borrow a laptop, read MIT Alumni ... people and stretch your mind a bit when you take a class purely for the ... found funny without knowing why. Learn how to print from a non

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / Class Projects

  Product Design Lab Wakka wakka wakka

  

  make. After waffling for a while I decided on a video game classic. I ... the 3rd floor of building 35 you ask? Well there used to just be a ... build toys without a shop, so the powers at be went out and bought a

  • by Snively '11
  • March 11, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Class of 2018 Graduates from MIT

  

  : "MIT is a hard place, made all the harder for the resonant, omnipresent ... community, each contributing a set of rare skills and perspectives while ... , of course, remarkable intelligence.   a younger me, with some

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 8, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 1 Zumba and putting pants on in lecture

  

  . - Tuesday, February 11 Yesterday, I woke up at 8, poured myself a bowl of ... -zero temperatures). I stuffed a few more calories down my throat, packed my bag for ... experience, that "ten years of Latin dance" was secretly a pre-requisite for

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 15, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m going to be a blogger! The words my family had to hear 635,382 times

  

  bags to make our car dip just a little bit. To my left in the line for ... 11.30 pm I will feel a little lost and a little lonely and very far ... friends.   *METALLURGY!! I am signed up for a metallurgy advising

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 15, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  So Long, So Long, Front Foot Leads the Back One Go on, and it won't be too soon...my Texas road trip (Part 1).

  

  unfortunately I'll only be here for one day. 11:30am. I've been using a GPS unit ... friends from Michigan, who is down there doing a Teach for America placement ... September 12, 2008 - September 17, 2008 I spent a nice weekend in Mc

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • October 17, 2008