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• Blog / Advice

  Things I did instead of thinking (about decisions)

  

  dangling some brightly colored yarn in front of a hyper cat. I know it helped ... shadows of a face. In stats I concentrated on the hatching of clouds instead ... "]p-values,[/annotation] in comparative government I rushed sloppy notes in favor of drawing the

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • November 27, 2024
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why Apply? Putting your hat in the ring if you're not so sure

  

  . 4. Size. I grew up in a town of about 2,000 people and the idea of ... Cambridge. I love the small city atmosphere where you have lots of options for ... . In my bio, I mentioned that MIT wasn't on my radar when I was applying

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • September 9, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  Happier Than Ever on quitting and long-ish distance biking

  

  laundry list of things going on in my life that can possibly make me tired ... of stairs, but I can’t hold my breath for the entire time it takes for ... incident individually. I know for a fact that the sum of my experiences can

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • August 10, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Living the MEng life same, different, same

  

  else I know from the class of 2022 are still here in Cambridge and on ... . And sometimes I walk by EC and can’t recognize any of the people sitting ... decorate the living room and what kitchen utensils to buy or get rid of. In

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 27, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  my last first day every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end

  

  master's student, I can't live in the[annotation note="There are graduate dorms you can choose to live in, but I wanted to get a place with my ... different apartment in a different city. I certainly won’t be a student on

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 5, 2022
• Blog / IAP

  101 Things About Tokyo (Pt. 2) I better get this up before I forget.

  

  I saw. 60. Want to know how to say "Yes, We Can" in Japanese? It has ... of fish on top) and ever since I discovered this in Japan a few years ... ), these exam charms made out of elephant poo is in great demand. What I find

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 5, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Intense Procrastination There's a difference between procrastination and INTENSE PROCRASTINATION!

  

  ? Instead I listened to the new Muse album (go buy it now) and found a solo in ... in a nice piece of sheet music. I looked around on YouTube to see if ... Today I had a ton of work to do. To be fair, I did accomplish some of

  • by Snively '11
  • September 19, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Sorting Hat of Sorts Where you live may be one of the most important parts of your time here…

  

  being at school I've lived in many different parts of the housing system ... to pick a place you feel most connected to the people in. I can ... . I don't actually know much I can in conscience say about it. Near the

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Things to Do in Cambridge and Somerville places and events, illustrated

  

  big city lights and into the "suburbs" of Cambridge (which is where MIT ... ” (I've blogged more about BAHFest here). This year, two out of six ... and music lovers. You can probably find a band of any genre, and a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 15, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Lot Can Happen in 7 Days

  

  graduation, and I had to pen some sort of answer, even though honestly I still ... wanted to put myself at the forefront of that field. I started doing ... of my friends were going. They tried to convince me, but I didn't want

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 14, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Rapids My last day at work was bittersweet. And if there's one thing I've learned from…

  

  and family, then a three day vacation in Atlantic City (most of which I ... perspective in life (i.e. a lot) you can make it through the day and in fact an ... with bittersweet. Trust me when I say that I deal with all kinds of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 12, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Baseball!! a blog about baseball and internet games and embroidered hats and New Zealand Indie Rock.

  

  of them was in my hands, so I had to buy it. I’m not sure what I’ll do ... they played in between innings and at the end of the game. I tried my ... begin with.  I wasn’t planning on buying anything in particular, but then

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • October 4, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Paint Work I Ruth and I paint our rooms. First in a seven-part miniseries directed by Ken Burns.

  

  tomorrow! I promise! You can hold me to that. It would tear my soul in twain ... and perils of vegetarianism, but I got a little involved this evening ... Parisian and Earth Dance, while I've chosen a somewhat bolder palette of New

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  [guest post] hindsight in 2020 — about life after mit rejections, situated knowledges, and ultimately getting closer to the asymptote…

  

  ? [annotation note='i was moved by aching accounts of falling and failing in ... the most normal so no one can make fun of me?” if i went to mit, i ... what i did. i started to feel a twinge of something in my bones

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 29, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Beantown, H-Town, Blue Hills, House of Blues With cameos by home, beatboxing, and happiness

  

  ) Houston is Inspired I can’t figure out what Houston reminds me of. The only thing I can think of is Taipei, after spending a month in Hong Kong, but ... cream. But I can't complain--I've had more than my fair share of fun this

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 5, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  back to high school except now I don't know what I'm doing

  

  setting. I wonder if I can buy a "Confident Teacher" costume off of Amazon ... down in school, so I would've loved a little less rigid of a classroom ... classes I observe do a lot of work in small groups, and both teachers often

  • by Alice L. '24
  • November 5, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  How to Survive a Tough Semester you {grieve, choke, laugh, choose, pray, ask, live} you learn

  

  on time, so I am simply doing it anyway. In many ways this is exactly ... psetting. I am much more productive, attentive in class, and enjoy my morning ... week. I usually buy breakfast (including coffee) and lunch

  • by Alex M. '21
  • October 15, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Living in Random Hall or: i really miss loop

  

  I. Fell. In. Love. I won't go in to too much detail of the tour since ... people. Cheesy, I know, but in that brief tour of Random, I met some of the ... , unsurprisingly, was dormed in Random. I kind of knew I would be placed in Random

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 1, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  College must-haves My advice on what to get for college!

  

  of now I think you can make local calls for free. If you're like me ... I won in a competition. I don't take it out of my room that often, but ... Class of 2010: I hope you're all excited about your new temporary

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  2021 Reflections & 2022 Resolutions

  

  History. In Chicago, I visited the Field Museum and the Museum of Science and Industry. And finally, in Seattle, I visited Museum of Pop Culture ... - Accomplished. I checked my max in late November and I was able to do one rep of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 2, 2022