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  Looking Forward and Backward 10 Memories and 8 Resolutions

  

  must find Tim. 8. Learn how to walk better on ice. Simple enough... I ... back at how much my life has changed in just twelve months. It has, by far, been the most exciting year of my life to say the least. Last year

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • January 2, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Re-Froshening A Story of Cynicism and Optimism

  

  I started MIT as a bubble of idealism. MIT was going to be AWESOME. Everything was going to be AWESOME. I was going to double major in biological ... going to UROP and I was going to be a Medlink and an MIT blogger and then

  • by Piper '13
  • August 10, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Admissions Decisions and Mystery Hunt A few thoughts and a lot of puzzles.

  

  the scenes I used to only see in photographs, and I remember how ... were released. On the drive home I considered calling someone to check my ... got home I brought some luggage in to delay the inevitable, or maybe I

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 12, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Breadsticks and Business Just remember, undergrads are like puppies in the eyes of an alum

  

  restaurant hangout for the students at Lima High School. I am here to say that ... cross country team dinners; it’s where MIT students say they’d like to order pizza, but then ask for a bag of those famous pizza dough rolls to

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • May 24, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’re 18, But You Aren’t Invincible Impressions of my first month at MIT -- both sobering and exciting.

  

  given. Mildly disappointing is how some choose to take advantage of it ... being a freshman is learning how to balance your time commitment to ... yet. College is supposed to be about freedom. Discovering yourself is

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 1, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Pop quiz, Viktor I finally discover what happens when you rapidly cool hot metal. Now my life is…

  

  explains exactly how the climax of Fantastic 4 works. So, to rectify this, I ... ... this seems to be supported by how they just don't let him melt. I ... According to my favorite website ever, StatCounter, somebody from

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 4, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  12 / Let’s try law school What's a computer scientist doing in DC?

  

  TO SET THE MOOD: EX MACHINA SOUNDTRACK [caption id="attachment_45168" align="alignnone" width="1000"] Trying to say something that sounds ... working computer, and some free time to go through my photos from the

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • July 17, 2019
• Blog / Uncategorized

  an unnecessarily detailed normal friday finding things to blog about when you're swept into normalcy

  

  sentences into a story about how i was late to class and it's bad. well ... seconds to annoy[annotation note="my roommate"]caleb[/annotation] as i go back to sleep without even thinking. eventually, though, it's 9:30 and i

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • April 27, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sophomore Slump and an unexpected summer

  

  look like, and to see how off the mark you are. So I took a stab at ... My second year of college just ended. I’ve been trying to think of a good post to write on the occasion, or some significant reflection on my

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • June 2, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Just some potpourri Zoo! New computer! Cooking! Books! Spine-crushingly tedious work at the lab!

  

  allowance" to incoming students, I decided to apply that money to a new laptop. I got my old laptop when I came to MIT (although, really, "laptop" is ... equipment), and let's just say that the past four years were not kind to it

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 22, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  finding good what i look forward to

  

  events of the past week. But to sum it up I thought I'd put it in short ... , there was no possible way for me to pass 6.009 unless I did extremely well on the quiz -- for reference, I got a 0 on last quiz. I began to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 4, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sketches from the Independent Activities Period Yultide Day 1

  

  . Personally, I am working on my thesis, learning how to code better (for my ... , I learned some practical life skills, such as how to be a better human and how to raise better children. In other academic news: for the first

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 25, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sunny Skies In The OC [by Mirat Shah '08] A new post, and answers to your questions from the last…

  

  to your major and how many people within your year in your major want ... was worried I hadn't made enough friends, wouldn't have time to travel to all the places I wanted to see, wasn't taking advantage of being

  • by Cambridge
  • February 15, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  infinite corridors can’t believe there are no posts with this title yet

  

  figure out how to think about feelings and communication more clearly, i ... doing something you don't expect or trying to remember how you fixed ... corridor” has taken on new meanings for me. at mit it refers to a long

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 27, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  work expands to fill the space available

  

  how having too little work to do is actually bad for my mental health ... parkinson's law asserts that work expands to fill the time allotted to it, like a gas does. so i'm telling myself that i need to get this

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 28, 2023
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Adventures at Trader Joe’s i think i might have joined a cult

  

  apprehensive when trying these because how could you ever do justice to the OG ... 'm finally here to enjoy all of the great things it has to offer! For all of ... nearest Trader Joe's to campus is a quick six minute ride on the MIT Shuttle

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 30, 2021
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Sneezes a deep and in-depth analysis of an everyday occurrence

  

  how old you are, this can equate to a whole lot of sneezes you have ... I would like to start off by thanking you all for deciding to read ... is around the time of winter break. I chose to spend my break at home

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • January 15, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where are you going, where have you been? (Part I) Academics.

  

  when you have to choose? I didn't know that I was choosing. How do you ... cooking dinner with my boyfriend and he was telling me about his visit to UCSC. He had gone to see a friend from high school who was either a

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • May 27, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  4 Jack Bauer, eat your heart out.

  

  , they manage to polish off the bag with little effort. Oh, how I seethe at ... are you?" and she checked out "How To Lose A Guy in 10 Days" but I don ... offers a solution to my conundrum -- "Just ask how she spells her name. And

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 10, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where did my Summer Go? Written 30,000 feet above the ground in a giant piece of metal

  

  accomplishments. We talked for a long time about how I got to MIT and what it is ... that they chose me – the inexperienced and very young intern – to travel to South Korea for two weeks to work on a project. In the words of one

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 15, 2014