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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Why I stayed up until 6am on Thursday More nerdy cake-baking.

  

  Spoilers: there's a picture of an awesome cake at the end of this ... frats. I wasn't signed up to play, but at 7:30 one of our players told me ... , because I'm super hosed...so lots of fast typing and zero editing

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 10, 2012
• Blog / Classes

  What I’m taking this semester! senior fall

  

  Classes start tomorrow! today! I started writing this at 11:55PM and ... of time. I've also grown an "idgaf if you think I'm stupid, I'm just ... improved my state of mind. And honestly, there isn't a single class that I

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • September 4, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  My First Semester at MIT a thicc recap and a look into our conversation

  

  As the final hours of my first semester at MIT come to a close, I ... that, at the end of a shitty day or test, I can always just see one of ... and emotional at the mere idea of even having the privilege to write

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 18, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  trust how do you decide who to trust when there are lots of untrustworthy people?

  

  would drop me off at the gym and i would run laps around the track, and ... that they tried to kidnap me. i spent most of my childhood distrusting ... vast majority of people are safe to be around in the vast majority of

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 11, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Academic Marathon If Mollie's boyfriend can complain, so can I.

  

  . Plus, there's a lot of work. Take last week, for example. I was up until ungodly hours Wednesday night finishing the 18.02 pset that was due at 1 PM on Thursday. Once I handed that in, I had a couple of hours of class

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 15, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pre-med, Everybody’s Best Friend If you are considering a career in medicine -- and not as a pharmacist.

  

  it's bad to eat within 2 hours of going to bed, so late at night when ... just to provide a more comprehensive look at what MIT has to offer. Here ... News Office). Congrats, Farhan! I took 21A.453: Anthropology of the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  being bad at ice skating and learning to try anyway

  

  ="ok so part of it may have been because i was jumping for three hours at my ... remember the pain of dragging myself along the wall at one point, and someone ... arm in braces floating constantly at the back of my mind; I was

  • by Janet G. '27
  • December 15, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life during IAP i dump my brain a little

  

  , clone, et cetera was confusing at first, but by the end of the first week ... spending a lot more time in 2E at Next House lately. Questions of where I ... sorely missing at MIT. The sharing of art that came from the individual in

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • February 5, 2017
• Blog / Summer

  The Courage to Change Even Through the [Tough] Mud[der]

  

  get back at it. So among a bunch of other goals, I told [annotation note ... 10k, I could run half of that where I’m allowed to stop at obstacles ... a lot! So much so that when my friend offered me her ticket for the

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 11, 2025
• Blog / Summer

  solace in the self it's me! cami!

  

  at mit. At the end of my junior year, I was left with a really big ... of Hadestown. I woke up at 7:30am and showed up at the venue at 8am to ... room. Here's a photo of me in front of the stage. At the end of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 30, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  a text convo on failure and other stuff i guess

  

  party as part of my birthday festivities. i love sunrises lol ... ’re not up lol (okay if not, just thought to offer) I'll probably be awake ... bed I had a weird series of naps What are you up for? Ah I see Not for

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • December 12, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  I Hate Change but at least, I'm creating it

  

  , filling every square inch of this (albeit slightly smaller than the previous ... impossible. So now, I get to start of my days writing in bed as opposed to ... over the course of winter break. I am left thinking: I hate change. A

  • by Paige B. '24
  • February 17, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Low Balance A epic story of Chinese food, heartbreak, and loss. All because I have no TechCash.

  

  a pretty sizeable amount at the beginning of the semester, since I ... the basement of the student center, and use it to buy food at dining ... , and it doesn't run out at the end of the semester, either - it just

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 18, 2007
• Blog / Classes

  Hydranting My Spring Semester 5 stages of courseroad grief

  

  didn't have a lot of pre-reqs and didn't seem overly technical at first ... ="academic planner for MIT students to plan out their degrees, test out paths for ... abysmal amount of time[annotation note="oops can u tell this has been in the

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • March 5, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  Set Your Alarm for CPW 2019 i'm entirely serious

  

  , which was scheduled to leave at 9:30AM. My head was full of questions ...  hundreds of student-run events to welcome the class of 2023 and help them figure ... – like, 5AM late – talking to students on Saturday night of CPW. When I

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • April 10, 2019
• Blog / Events

  beautiful moments i think too much

  

  tension of not-quite-capsizing, square dancing, the joy i get when working ... feel the strength of each personality taking up space in the conference ... talking to dozens of high schoolers about ridiculous survival scenarios

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 21, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I My Spanish adventures!

  

  (whose number I still can't remember), a monthly metro pass, my own desk at ... here Saturday afternoon and was met at the airport by Mónica, who is the sister of my friend Martín. (Their family used to live in Madrid when they

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Decide my major! Because putting your future up for a democratic vote is clearly the way to go.

  

  of major in the comments. If you offer to bring me cookies at CPW, I ... for about two weeks at the beginning of this year until MIT was like ... (COUGHMITCOUGH), which, I mean, is a kind of a big deal and will in fact influence

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • April 2, 2009
• Blog / Events

  REX at Simmons Hall 2015 water balloon wars, pancakes, roofdeck parties, and a trojan duck

  

  As Vincent mentioned, the MIT Class of 2019 freshmen are currently out and about enjoying their first week orientation at MIT. During ... navigating their first year at MIT. This year I'm excited to be an orientation

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 31, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why was I up so early this weekend? Reaffirming my faith in humanity and destroying my confidence with computers

  

  Both days last weekend I got up at ungodly-early hours (read: 7:30am ... for the first time last weekend, and it was a great success. Offering a top prize of $25,000, Math Prize draws girls from all over the country

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 20, 2011