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  I went outside! *inhales, belts 'for the first time in forever' at the top of lungs*

  

  long - it lasted a grand total of 26 hours, which could probably set ... the MIT bubble, and I didn't really think about how little I actually ... doing the unforeseeable and Going Outside! (It's also because I took a

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • April 9, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s Making Me Happy This Week: Week 1 Spider-Man, Nina Yuen, and More!

  

  can also enjoy (called the Zaxxon Rule) and the post shan't be too long ... (I realize this was a few weeks ago but it's still making me happy), thanks to the early UK release date, and I absolutely loved it. A huge fan of the

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • May 2, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Joy of Building a chronicle of my failed attempts to create things that work

  

  learned to shove facts into my head, regurgitate it on a test a week later, and erase it all immediately after. Then I got here. I’ve quickly ... several pieces of paper. This really hurt my brain at first. It took awhile

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • March 3, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  More Information on the Waitlist Some answers for those offered a place on MIT's waitlist.

  

  this post will be helpful. How does the waitlist work? We are aiming ... waitlist. How many people will you admit from the waitlist this year? It is ... from the waitlist. So, it's hard to know how this year will look. Over

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 18, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how ARe you today? Do you Nintendo? On an unrelated note, part of me thinks this and this might…

  

  ago Nintendo released their new handheld, the 3DS. Ooooh, ahhhh. It ... , Nintendo rigged it up so that if two people, each with a 3DS, pass each other ... thing. I knew exactly what it was, but others may not, so allow me to

  • by Snively '11
  • April 4, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sounds like home Quarantine songs, from my home to yours

  

  break I told you, this post is long overdue. Its origins date back to ... This post is long overdue. These are not the circumstances I had ... name it, I know this feeling. It’s the same strengthlessness from a

  • by Jeremy W.
  • May 28, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music in Springtime and MIT [by Ken Haggerty '11] Music at MIT can be both beautifully melodic and destructive, and…

  

  specifically, I liked how she improvised and had fun and made it conversational ... Waller and Miles Davis and also how it's been tough work making a living ... harsh. It was certainly entertaining, and the fake-out was funny, but they

  • by ARTalk
  • April 25, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s the FIRST DAY of CLASSES!!!!! A summary of the first half of the day/how I'm feeling, with many exclamation points!!!

  

  HI EVERYONE~ It’s the FIRST DAY OF CLASSES and I haven’t blagged ... . Sometimes it turns out ok, I think. I’ve often had too much reverence for The ... a different country every month. It was pretty crazy. For the month

  • by Selam G. '18
  • September 7, 2016
• Blog / Advice

  Two Years and how it's changed me

  

  sorely needed the experience. It took a long time for me to realize that ... . It's been two years since then. I'm halfway done with undergrad. What ... feeling of being overwhelmed by not only how much I've changed, but also how

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 28, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On Comics and Role Models I interviewed one of my favorite professors because she’s amazing

  

  could be a professional fan/author for a living? How does it feel? It ... , no matter how strange the idea is or how unlikely it might seem. Over ... tell a story, no matter how strange it is, no matter how bizarre, no

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 18, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fall term is already a nightmare Today I went to my second day of classes.

  

  what I'll do about that class if this is how it's going to be. Update! This is how it's going to be. Prof Belcher's schedule does not permit ... picked out of a hat to stay in his class. If I'd known it would come to

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 5, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  regrets about college and the pandemic

  

  time'][/annotation] what does it mean when people repeat cliches like ... ) one of my favorite quotes does not have a discernible origin. “dead ... wikiquote and other sources have been unable to locate it in any of her

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • September 30, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Bicycle Race More things happen, and I pretend that I've read your comments.

  

  Green stopped in the middle of lecture at 11:22 to administer it, and it ... make something combust, right? Well, water already has oxygen in it. So ... to incompetent peer reviewers. And that is how science works. To take a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 4, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Schedilemmas Schedule + dilemma = most incompetent-sounding portmanteau ever

  

  -ripping conflict between studying rigorous math and learning where MIT keeps its ... to be hosed trying to prove that 1+1 does not equal the set of ... . It doesn't even go on the salad, unless the salad is potato salad. Y

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 7, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Aged And Confused thoughts from a fossil

  

  but no one knows it yet. The important thing is to know how to recognize ... turned 25. It's an interstitial age. I'm halfway to what is called "middle ... impossibly old, even though, had I attended MIT, it would have been

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 5, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  baby steps something tender and new

  

  , going into my junior year of college, i’m almost done. it took me long ... ’ve settled into their rooms — it’s like i’ve been stirred from a hazy slumber ... i interacted with the world. i think it’s borne from the wild

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • August 25, 2022
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Life After MIT what i'm doing...etc.

  

  (what is the secondary structure of a protein? how does DNA transcription ... , however, NOT my last blog. That is coming, and (I promise!) it will be still ... ., but see how the district lines shift sharply northwards by Park Ave

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 30, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Play it again, Sam You wouldn't be saying that if you were in lab with me.

  

  canned pineapple in JELL-O but not fresh pineapple. How tired do people ... score, but I quickly followed it with "I stapled my finger!" After a few moments of panic, I had the sense to reach in and rip it out with one clean

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 11, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Gap Year, Part II: Getting Murdered Less How to HelpX, Couchsurf, backpack, and hopefully not die

  

  looking back fondly on those days, so I want to share how I did it. Maybe ... address, but does not prove necessarily that it is yours, or could be traced ... resources I used, the costs, benefits, and how-to of using them, and tips on

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 26, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  everything i know about friendship, i learned from the wellesley-mit toons twenty two notes to myself

  

  friends and ask how they're doing. do this regularly (toons does this ... schedule regular times to see my friends, weekly or biweekly. put it ... myself in my room. if they're nearby they'll swing by and say hi, and it

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 14, 2017