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  How I Spent My Sophomore Spring Break I didn't go to Florida or Cancun, but I still had a lot of fun!

  

  that I was not allowed to enter the building with the prefrosh, even if I ... were empty.  The cats were begging for attention for the first time in ... week-long program for sophomores during IAP, however, since I trained to

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 6, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You win some, you lose some. day in the life.

  

  wrapped up in my blanket, with JP licks curled up next to me. There was a ... 'd probably lose a lot of money trying to market that. But instead of being ... to colleges that don't usually really get a lot of love, the Zion Bible

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 23, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Wonder ecclesiastes 1:9

  

  first time; for the first time— You learn how to navigate MIT. It ... , everything is new. Maybe that’s why I haven’t figured out how to write about ... particularly memorable. Until eventually, my standards raise to the point that

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 25, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Four days of fun! I did so much last long weekend and very little of it was productive.

  

  planning did not happen, so we decided to instead take advantage of the ... machinery did not exist to make solid chocolate like we have now, and sugar ... the store, a man was demonstrating how to use a printing press, of the

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 17, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  romanticize a quiet life i want to be okay

  

  the truth— you want to be needed so badly that you think you might choke on it. you need to be wanted so badly that you think you might keel ... to get disappointed when reality doesn’t match up with your dreams. you

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • December 28, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  in a funk and salvaging hope

  

  funk. A deep funk. It took me awhile to notice. A few long months ... I am, nor who I want to be I've made decisions and said things that don't feel true to my values everything feels off   trauma has

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • March 31, 2025
• Blog / How to MIT

  71 More Things to Do Before You Graduate the 101 things expansion pack

  

  last semester! Feels good to be identified not just as a child (as is typical) but as someone (maybe a child) who knows how to get places ... declaring course 6. You're not going to change it, though. Convince a

  • by Abby H. '20
  • January 10, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  things that went well reflections on my first semester

  

  want to be. I’ve always struggled with how I should fit Russia into my ... myself – to be able to move forward. Not to mention, St. Petersburg in ... for who? It’s not like I’m trying to be a professional artist, I just

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • December 25, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2nd Half of IAP a quick and slightly belated list

  

  whether or not to do it, we asked around and heard many not ... pencils and blocks to an actor teaching us how to effectivley present! That ... For the first half of IAP, we were speed walking to prepare for the

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 13, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  to the skeletons in my closet an open letter to you

  

  impossible to type. i've tried not to mention you here too often, out of fear ... find ways to creep back. it's funny how the triggers manifest themselves ... chance to continue to be spiteful. i wanted you to see just how successful

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 27, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  readmission what'd i miss?

  

  things I failed to do while at school, such as: sleep every night, not fall ... what I don't. I know how to treasure (and defend) my silence, my solitude ... -month mark you begin to see how this new life has affected you, and you think

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 19, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Odd Jobs How non-seniors can occupy their time before and during graduation

  

  days, see how the institute has changed, and go to snazzy events together ... nowadays still refer to the empty room as the coffeehouse because of his ... into a lot of part-time jobs. I’ll need something else to occupy time

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • June 8, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  on regression the to your shitty high school self, and not linear, kind

  

  not have time to read at all, i know how inane it is to pursue the ... i indulge in it to grow as an artist, not to attain some arbitrarily ... all my work to prepare for my boyfriend staying over, but now that he

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 7, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  The Swim Test Saga Four laps (and zero displacement) closer to graduation

  

  plausible, not because you didn't know how to swim but because your ankle was ... (100 yards) in droves, and receive a free t-shirt as a reward for not drowning. If drowning seems plausible, an individual can opt to take an

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 22, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  DNA and How to Extract It Messy, slimy, colorful science from a class I taught for Spark.

  

  Math, and classes you might not expect, such as How to Plan and Execute ... information needed to build you up and then maintain you; it determines how you ... learning how to read our DNA, we will be able to better understand genetic

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • May 31, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  tired and busy and tired and busy and tired and busy and

  

  because of how busy I am. I am so grateful to the [annotation note ... and I just feel very..empty? Boring? Not humanlike? As a result. I ... machine. How I no longer have important or interesting things to tell people

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 15, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Reasons I haven’t blagged… hint: "I'm Busy" isn't one of them

  

  ’s not that there’s nothing to blog about, it’s just that there’s nothing ... all have the same amount of time and get to choose how we spend it. We ... Like all great creative people, from Claude Monet to Steve Jobs to

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 29, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  A last-minute barbecue for hundreds of people New House: mobilize.

  

  how to grill. I needed people to help carry all the meat in, and store ... that my body is really not designed to carry a 20 lb bag of charcoal. By ... , following the Shaw's trip. My body is not designed to get up at 5am. To my

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 11, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Stayin’ Classy Workworkworkworkworkwork *deep breath* workworkworkwork.

  

  scientist. At least the flask was empty, though... (3) 9.01 - Intro to ... work compared to freshman year; sadly, this heavier workload is coupled ... actually likes organic chemistry - and not just because I like drawing little

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 21, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Play hard…and then work hard! There's no excuse not to have an AWESOME time this weekend!

  

  there's no excuse not to have fun! Think about it, when you've been ... It's been a long week, but next week promises to be even longer. Classes end this Wednesday, then we have one day to study (most schools get

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 8, 2005