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  The Subtle Art of Being Unhosed what i've learned and what i'm still working on

  

  never really comes. The reality is, there is always going to be something to do, whether it’s a chore around the house or something for work. So ... ’m listening to music for the sake of listening to music, not just because I need

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 1, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  the last twenty days burning out before the semester even starts

  

  conference room, which would serve as a war room for the rest of the week ... Friday, and, for the most part, I did a lot of nothing. eight days ago On ... generally try to keep on top of things at start of the semester, it is a bad

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 12, 2021
• Blog / IAP

  IAP & Senior Spring ... I'm almost done?

  

  to take advantage of the fact that New York is a cheap bus ride away before I move away from the East Coast for a while. I saw two Broadway ... relationship with her father. Both emotionally wrecked me in the best of ways and

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • February 7, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2008 – Another Highly Satisfied Customer! (Guest Entry) CPW! Meet the Bloggers! Free t-shirts! Tim the Beaver! Exclamation points!

  

  Midwestern town located on the lower left side of the palm that is Michigan (I ... ready for some MIT action. I left the plane and descended upon the luggage ... “MIT12”). And here are our trusty sidekicks: For the past few months

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 19, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Alum Helps the Red Sox’ Keith Foulke Every Sunday ESPN nationally televises one baseball game, and last night they showed the final…

  

  head alumni interviewer in the Birmingham area. Dr. Fleisig is the Smith ... Birmingham for an evaluation of his delivery. Because ASMI is in conjunction ... some point each year." Why not? Fleisig might be one of the best

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 30, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Prof. Jeff Karp and his gecko-inspired band-aid Mimicking nature to create a better surgical adhesive

  

  Technology Review's Top 35 Innovators Under 35 for 2008. The metallic blue ... researchers wanted to create the next and best surgical band-aid, they turned ... called poly(glycerol-co-sebacate acrylate), created a mold for the polymer

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 31, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The last few days of summer I think I spent them well.

  

  (turns out I'm That Person Who Cries For The Entire Ceremony), eight of ... from THE SCHOOL YEAR is that my calendar looks blissfully white and empty ... for the few days following the wedding, I lived with my grandma in her

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 6, 2012
• Blog / Classes

  A Collection of Creative Questions A collage of some of my silliest assignments

  

  them do their best to demonstrate this through the context of the questions they ask for their assignments. So here's a short collage of some of the silliest assignment questions I've been asked here:  

  • by Richard O. '28
  • February 28, 2026
• Blog / MIT Life

  Putz and Tetazoo are friends!! field notes from a faraway land

  

  Tetazoo's lounge, short for Walcott Lounge. Walcott is a section of the East ... The Putz-Tetazoo exchange program is a longstanding tradition where a ... for a week. Putz and Tetazoo have quite the relationship, one that

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • November 21, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The waking of all creatures that live on the land Lingering at MIT with my wandering eye. UPDATED, BABY.

  

  as JKim, but this is because by the time you have gone to MIT for three ... DID YOU KNOW? i^i = e^(-pi/2) Sorry for the lack of MIT ... 's Mom and sorting through the shambolic mess that is my room right now. I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 6, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  2 More MIT Students Become Rhodes Scholars ...but no bloggers this year.

  

  as "the oldest and best known award for international study," includes ... has for three years worked in a lab analyzing the effects of recombinant ... engineering, but first will read for the B.A. in philosophy, politics and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 24, 2008
• Blog / People & Identities

  in wonderland hello from the number side

  

  've accidentally cooked enough food to feed a small army 28% I think the best way to cook is to add things until you feel the universe screaming at you to ... student or I finally start cooking for the correct number of people. I

  • by Alice L. '24
  • October 16, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Mnemonic Contest Winner Congratulations, Shawn!

  

  Start spreading the news! The new mnemonic for the planets is: My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nothing. Congrats to Shawn for ... bryanblogs [at] mit dot edu. Tomorrow: How I work for a genius.

  • by Bryan
  • September 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  A Word of Warning (Pay Attention) A guest entry by Kelsey Kennedy '12

  

  the best purchase I've made in the last year is a wind-proof jacket from ... reading the blogs for years and visiting campus during CPW, I thought I had ... was warned about them. 1. The weather in Boston is mildly ridiculous

  • by Snively '11
  • January 4, 2009
• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 4) notes from the last day

  

  This is the fourth and last part of a series, consisting of a lightly ... (nothing) Good morning! The inevitable has occurred; our train is now running two hours behind, although if the Amtrak schedule is to be believed

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 14, 2023
• Blog / Hacks

  The Great Dome, Marriage Equality, and a Proud Hack Better yet, all three in one picture!

  

  For those of you who didn't notice, the Supreme Court of the United ... Great Dome is one of the most iconic pieces of architecture on campus, and is visible from Boston across the river. MIT hackers have long used the

  • by Joel G. '18
  • June 27, 2015
• Blog / Community Projects

  Affirmations not unnecessary

  

  good can come from putting Such a thought Out into the world. Is that ... in myself. If I didn’t let myself try my best for fear of failing. If I ... , approved my classes, and (essentially) said Give it your best. At the end of

  • by Paige B. '24
  • January 29, 2025
• Blog / CPW

  CPW will not be perfect and it doesn’t have to be

  

  it was ok. CPW, or Campus Preview Weekend, is the glorious period ... is joyous. In fact, the real-life imperfection of my CPW experience was a bit of a slap in the face for me, after having dreamed about going

  • by Allison E. '27
  • April 8, 2026
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  to be a technical director for the IAP show which is going to happen in ... there. Me: No. When is the show so I can plug it for you? M: Okay so the ... percentages. But for the time being.. This Semester, I... ...participated in an

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 18, 2019
• Blog / Life after MIT

  [Joint Post] Interviewing Two MIT Physics Heroes An Interview with Two MIT Physics Professors that are Departing from MIT.

  

  is a lecturer in the physics department who has been with MIT for six ... best he could to help the students when the review was over. For the ... appreciation for Mohamed’s fast response time on the platform Piazza which is a

  • by Richard O. '28
  • May 30, 2025