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

  

  wasting time worrying about how hard or stressful or impossible it seems ... My schedule this semester is, to put it kindly, pretty [annotation ... on time, so I am simply doing it anyway. In many ways this is exactly

  • by Alex M. '21
  • October 15, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  To Those with Dreams Deferred in which Selam of Pi Day Past rants about how things are arbitrary

  

  how you will spend it, and how you will remember it. ... , but for a Set of Inexplicable Reasons it did not go up in time and has ... your life plans or self worth on it. For another thing, whether you end

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 17, 2016
• Blog / IAP

  H^3: Home, Hummus, and HBV The end of my first semester (and Pass/No Record D:) and the beginning of a…

  

  , IAP stands for Independent Activities Period. It's a month-long ... It's good to finally be back blogging (: As usual, there was the end ... to be expected from MIT right? But I made it through... of course

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • January 15, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Just My Luck The somewhat eventful story of my first EMT shift ever.

  

  the inside and wondering how long I can keep the charade up) Five ... When asked how their first shift went, most of my fellow EMT students will say something like, "It was good! No calls, though. Pretty

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 12, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  BREAK MY BODY, LIBERATE MY SOUL a student-made installation in the Stata Center R&D pub

  

  architecture of MIT's campus, lies a pub. it opened in 2004 and was used for at ... stumble across. in my time, I've heard it being used for parties, scavenger ... good friends, Karyn Nakamura '23, was repurposing it for an immersive

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 19, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  The Public’s Biggest Fear ...is no longer one of mine.

  

  tend to write differently from how you would speak, and it's really ... how inherently interesting all of science is.) Alternatively, it could ... nothing at all. It was fifth grade science class. Each student had to design

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 10, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Merritt ‘13, Carlos ‘13, Edward ‘13, and John ‘13 The final edition of a nine-part series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  concerns as vice president of student council. "I don't know how it all adds ... technology problems when he does. Anytime the TV breaks or a computer problems comes up, Merritt fixes it," said Donna Boyd, Merritt's mother. Something

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 31, 2009
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Cleaning A psychoanalysis of the recently deleted folder in my notes app

  

  It's been a little while since I've blogged, which is partially ... how my luggage didn't arrive to Boston for four days. Then, I wrote ... technique of choice is to delete files en mass and never look back. It is also

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • January 20, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ye Olde Career Fair An MIT tradition...and a great opportunity for a discussion on leadership!

  

  leadership qualities does his company look for in its applicants, he quickly ... professionals have to say about it. Super classy Elizabeth '11, GEL student ... name it, you can probably find it at the booths, complete with branded

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • September 28, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part 3 Connecting with your Educational Counselor

  

  share it with them. Your application does not provide the basis for your ... mechanics of how this all works. The best way to find out the name and ... be some distance away. In a case like this it’s great if you are able

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Sick of Being Sick On being sick at MIT.

  

  how good you think you are at taking care of yourself, so it's nice ... So I'm sick right now. Again. It's some lovely combination of fever ... since Monday. It's now next Monday. I'm getting better, though, and that

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 22, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Finding My Way Around MIT (Guest Entry) CPW was so hugely difficult to take in all at once that it's hard to…

  

  it's hard to sum it all up in one blog post, much like it's hard to ... living in developing countries and how people could help. She talked about ... physics). It had PowerPoint slides on screens all over the room, and the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 20, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  A waffle house is not a waffle home This is actually an entry about modern Chinese cinema.

  

  of the bracket and unanimously lost to it. Sorry, Julie Andrews fans ... whole do-mi-mi, mi-so-so business starts to lose a little of its charm. In the end, it came down to A Mighty Wind and Hebrew Hammer, with

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Summer days, driftin’ away

  

  issues in the future. The parent wrote: Why is it so important to have gone to a camp like RSI for admission purposes - other than for its own sake as a summer camp that one might go to for fun and learning? Does the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 9, 2004
• Blog / Uncategorized

  a spectacle-r weekend exploring the Boston Harbor Islands

  

  " Anyways, as we approached the island, I started to notice how tiny it is. It ... five-day-long kayaking/wilderness survival adventure ... Saturday and, let me tell you, it's super worth 25 bucks. On the weekend

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 5, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Weekend Shenanigans the adventures (and photographs) continue

  

  3. learned about cornhole 4. went to Nightmarket It was a very good weekend. Because that's how it is in my head, let's go through these in a ... other than that it is very much an experience more than it is a show

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 20, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Let’s see those cell phones up in the air” cause every little thing's gonna be alright

  

  it was indeed a very very long walk to Linked Hybrid, but every step ... , stressed and potentially freaking out about how this long, arduous college ... as we got on the bridge towards Boston, I knew it was going to be a

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 25, 2011
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Restoring Sanity… and Fear And love of cats.

  

  make your flight. Even though it’s rush hour, the Silver Line to the ... see whether your ID matches the name on your boarding pass will feel it’s ... laptop bag will tip over, spilling all its contents onto the ground. Then

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • November 1, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer reading: “The Language of God” Consider adding "The Language of God" to your summer reading list!

  

  Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), which is best known for its ... . It's otherwise known as the coolest and most useful project ever, at ... parodies, and we also played a long, very hot, and relatively uncoordinated

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 22, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Cooking in Quarantine making all the recipes

  

  so long, and we finally got around to it! It was very good, though next ... , watching it being made, watching animated food being made (particularly in Ghibli movies and Ratatouille), and of course, eating it. During a normal

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 30, 2020