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• Blog / MIT Life

  Win Sam Stuff! That, amongst other things.var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" +…

  

  , but it's time to move on. :) Speaking of classes applying to MIT for ... the rounds so I hopped in and joined them. It's always nice to hang out with prospies and tell them how cool MIT is. I'd been on the tour for, oh

  • by Snively '11
  • June 21, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  bday burnout no more spiders please

  

  graph of 1/x in quadrant 1. For no good reason, either--I was doing fine ... times) after that, and then it was 5 pm and decisions were happening in an ... cry. And then I took a nap and passed out. I woke up in time for my 8

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • March 18, 2021
• Blog / Events

  total eclipse of the cruft

  

  this post is a little delayed, for which I plead CPW Like millions ... eclipse on April 8th. I had happened to see the total eclipse in 2017 in Idaho during an emergency burnout vacation when I drove ~2,300 miles

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 16, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  running out of time the woes of every single graduating student

  

  . recently, there's been an ominous cast on everything in my surroundings that ... final projects, or cram for finals in classes I haven't attended in weeks ... my best friends, one of whom will be in Italy/Denmark/Taiwan for the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 27, 2023
• Blog / MISTI

  Low The first in a trilogy of Berlin photo entries, featuring Zinedine Zidane.

  

  "death strip" in which you can be shot on sight, houses countless tanks for ... an advertisement for a World-Cup-sponsoring phone company who has ... year before The Origin of Species was published. Berlin is truly an

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 13, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  lifting heavy objects and the grungy basement gym

  

  plates is rarely an issue, and you don’t have to wait for various machines ... small repetitive motions, like typing or playing an instrument. Mine is in ... exists but will fade in an hour or a day, leaving my hands as normal as

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 30, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  being bad at ice skating and learning to try anyway

  

  't posted her igloo post yet... sometimes procrastination works out in your favour"]If you’re cool like Allison you can even make an igloo with your ... [annotation note="an aside on famlines: you might know famlines best from frats

  • by Janet G. '27
  • December 15, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Monologuing a mock-up for the MITMonologues

  

  . Sometimes for the worse. Take of that what you will. In any case, the rest of ... ="Dormitory Council"] dormcon,[/annotation] one for The Tech, one for an acapella group, and another for an acapella group, MORE[annotation note="to be clear

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 13, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  More Milk Please And a cookie too. If by cookie you mean an awesome metaphor.

  

  around in bowls of milk. One day I too shall be an old, one eyed cat who ... . The truth is, like perhaps many of the 1,116 freshmen in the class of ... struggling to take it all in. Don’t get me wrong. I love it here already. Sure

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 7, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On being a lab rat I flail around trying to explain what I do at work every day.

  

  in Cell. (For anyone who follows science journal impact factors, this ... ... I've been working in Morgan's lab ever since. I get paid $10 an hour ... lab for two and a half years, I know what I'm doing in a technical sense

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 17, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT students do it all night. A salute to sleep deprivation, Aztec philosophy, and grape-catching.

  

  prisoner was taken to the priest. The priest would watch in the night sky for ... South Station, sat down in a train bound for Philadelphia, and collapsed ... my first all-nighter of the fall term. Well, I don't really believe in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 20, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  Junior Spring From Student to Grader: My Unified Engineering Story

  

  (literally) in October 2020. I am super excited for this, but the first lecture ... Classes Is this what it’s like to be an upperclassman and only take ... 'm excited for all of them! Today I had two of them, and tomorrow I'll get to

  • by Alex M. '21
  • February 3, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  dance dance dance! a weekend of trying to try everything

  

  school, I danced at home for fun, twirling through my kitchen in socks and ... great experience for anyone interested in dancing, at all skill levels. Bonus round!! I also auditioned for Next Sing, an acapella group. It was

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • September 17, 2024
• Blog / Advice

  Waiting… and a more serious note about pre-decisions at the end

  

  the[annotation note="this also gave me an excuse to avoid studying for ... pretty fun quiz. I'm an INFJ-T, which stands for[annotation note="For fun ... matter the outcome, I wrote a thank-you card for someone in my life. It

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • December 15, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Hesitations about Choosing MIT our experience

  

  other schools, and for the first time in high school, we did. When we ... break and spring break, we do personal art for the first time in months of ... A couple days ago in the blogger slack, Petey sent a screenshot of a

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 28, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  [Guest Post] A Day in the Life of a Clown College Student by Joy X. Clown College ‘29

  

  the exact opportunity I was looking for. In my senior year of high ... ://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0CyOAO8y0 It’s a special day for me, because on the same day last year, I received a letter in my mailbox that would change my life forever

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • April 1, 2026
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Update The latest on app tracking, app numbers, etc.

  

  seen an increase in applications despite the fact that the number of high ... should wait for an official announcement from our office. We have not yet ... . Thank you for your patience. If you had an interview and we haven't

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 18, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Christmas: The Playlist and much music was had.

  

  recall that I'm in an a cappella group with a lot of really great people ... /calendar year at 8:00 in room 32-123 this Saturday, 12/7! We've been preparing ... many wubs. There's a Red Hot Chili Peppers song with a guitar solo. In

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 7, 2013
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Boston’s college mascots, placed into a Tree of Life a project that nobody asked for

  

  an image file, which I did and then polished up in an image ... " align="aligncenter" width="1600"] (click for better visibility)[/caption] The initial idea I got the inspiration for this from one of my favorite

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 18, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  “Take care of yourself.” "Can you post something positive please?" - my mom

  

  small art studio in my town for about 2 years, ultimately quitting ... really nice to just sit and focus my mind on solely painting for an hour ... experience in Photoshop (thank you @ my old Tumblr for teaching me how to make

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 19, 2019