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  hello, after six years

  

  . i am trying to return to school now so i can think more about this, in ... i have been here and there, the last six years. i think a lot of ... -flying) animals. the ones that can't fly are still this type of animal. this is a

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 17, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Better Late than Never I wrote this post a week and a half ago. Note that the "better late…

  

  following: These are the contents of a care package I got in the mail this ... the end of the day. I don't know how one can can feel so long when a ... me. Even in high school, I'd go through the first two days of classes

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • September 15, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Things that are hard. Though not as hard as this.

  

  myself when I wake up in the morning because I can hardly believe that I ... . I’m from Grand Rapids, Michigan, Furniture Capital of the World and ... Reformed Church (though I was technically born in Detroit, the not

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  every class i went to during the first week of fall all *checks notes* twelve of them

  

  I went to a lot of classes in the first week of the fall semester ... —honestly, I feel like I'm just not that interested in this side of computer ... caught the last thirty minutes of lecture. Showed up late because I was in

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 11, 2022
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  making things a blog about being a meche major

  

  in this major is a trip. I struggle with the concept of having one ... of dents are small scratches in the paint.  This is not to say I have ... Wikipedia and in AP Art History, back in high school; much of what I know of

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 20, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  On Friendship how my beliefs have changed over the years

  

  reasonable amount of energy where I can reflect on my stance on friendships ... . I never thought I would be thinking about all of this since in high ... In an Uber ride during my freshman year, one of my friends turned to

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • November 2, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Stayin’ Classy Workworkworkworkworkwork *deep breath* workworkworkwork.

  

  us are gasping for a break. There's a definite pick-up in the amount of ... classes: (1) 5.13 - Organic Chemistry II: I'm one of those weirdos that ... -consuming, makes sense to me. I come up with little stories in my head about ammonia

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 21, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What an “OX” means on a transcript and why I currently have two of them

  

  subject, but the O grade can be converted to a grade of OX” and OX ... undergraduate education in the case of an undergraduate student or by the dean for graduate education in the case of a graduate student. The faculty member in

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • January 25, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Progression of Spirit You must be this tall to ride the MIT Emotional Rollercoaster

  

  I realize that the title for this post could be the title of a hymn ... that they're worthy of MIT, and prove to themselves that they can handle ... , start locking themselves in their rooms, and episodes of people screaming

  • by Snively '11
  • January 8, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Embracing Change How I came to be a cook in a professional kitchen this summer

  

  same (awesome) group of friends that I had made in elementary school. If ... I have an overwhelming number of plates to churn out in what seems ... people I worked with in and out of the kitchen were an eclectic mix of

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 20, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  it is the escape living a second life as an art student

  

  -month internship in Seattle,[/annotation] a group of intern friends and I decided ... overhead involved in managing all of my daily tasks. I am on the verge of ... technical classes—I am genuinely excited by all of them, in different ways

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 26, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Where are you going with this? The ponderings of an ex-frosh.

  

  minute. For as long as I can remember, I was one of the smartest kids in my ... at that. But in the interest of full disclosure to you guys, I should ... school, and I figured that once I was mixed in with some of the smartest

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

  Schedules are up!

  

  starts -- they put up the fall 2005 schedule in late May -- so I don't think it counts as my favorite day of term.) I know for sure that I'll be ... year, and we can all connect the dots on what that means. (I'm not

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  At The Ends Of Tunnels unlike a tunneling particle, I actually had to expend lots of energy to surmount obstacles

  

  So much has happened academically in the last month! A while ago, I ... , it's not...that great. But I digress. I actually wrote the bulk of this post a month ago, so in the interim, I've also built a ray tracer

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • December 21, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT and the SAA HOORAY FOR ACRONYMS

  

  AM. Since I have the worst luck in the world, I had a serious case of ... hard kicks in the face. (Remind me to tell you about how I failed my swim ... art's an important part of your life now, it can be an important part of

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 28, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finals Week It's the final countdown.

  

  .01; Physics I)! 3 excruciating hours in an indoor track field - can't say I did ... thought as tightly as I can." Kim D: "I'm on the 6th draft of my MEng ... !  Instead of feeling like I was kicked in the face I instead feel like I was

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 15, 2009
• Blog / Events

  A Brief History of Thursday I met Kip Thorne.

  

  audience that I have ever seen in 10-250, one of MIT's biggest lecture halls ... , after all, had authored one of the books that I'd used for my report in 9 ... . Professor Nergis Mavalvala, whom I mentioned previously in the context of

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • May 9, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Sue me, I’m a multicellular organism snob

  

  , Adam and I headed to the Museum of Science -- MIT students get in free ... So, I'm from Columbus, Ohio, home of Jungle Jack Hanna and the ... !) and pick the movie -- March of the Penguins. It was awesome, although I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Day at the Forge blacksmithing!

  

  In the middle of an already-packed IAP, I received an email: I’d gotten off the waitlist for blacksmithing!  I was in a phase of trying to ... , I can get caught in my head; I like the freedom to pause and breathe

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 19, 2022
• Blog / Life after MIT

  If I ever come back on being away from mit

  

  Boston and work in industry? Never mind the question of what industry I ... feeling of fitting in somewhere long-term; I needed stability. I needed to ... years, back in MIT, and all the rosy parts of it. Grieving because I

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 12, 2024