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  Five Years of Admitted Student Gatherings MIT community is getting bigger

  

  *Scene opens* I'm standing in front of a house with my family. MIT ... was now wearing my MIT jacket around school as a student and not an applicant.   That was my first Admitted Student Gathering in March 2013

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 29, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Walk down CourseRoad Lane A boulevard of broken dreams and dropped classes

  

  my courses at MIT than I have on all of my biology classes I’ve ever taken, and my evolving road has left a record of all the things I ever ... belonged to the previous owner of my MIT username (they’re recycled after we

  • by Joel G. '18
  • November 24, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s a freshman like me doing at Career Fair? hint: I'm not wearing a suit

  

  place. You see, I'm a freshman, and therefore my current resume consists ... ". "Career" is not really a word in my vocabulary yet, blogging is the closest ... …), remembering that it was Career Fair, and sleepily trudging in my MIT hoodie down

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 22, 2012
• Blog / Personal Travel

  624 Hours: Columbia, MO or, Things I Made While I Was Home

  

  the last 26 days in my hometown – Columbia, MO. Located in the heart of ... . Here’s what’s been going on in my life: I had a conversation with a ... ?” Me: * And then I went back to reading my Martha Stewart Living

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 19, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Like a G6 except for the wings, the engines, the flight controls…

  

  fly until post-MIT - in the meanwhile, I'm mostly spending my time ... signing up for it.  It sounded pretty shiny.  In classical me mode, my first ... give those to you?" "Only if you don't crash." "NOOOO I WANT MY

  • by Piper '13
  • September 27, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer Season Taking things into my own hands.

  

  I've been crossing things off my master to-do list (nerd alert) and ... the tough semester is that between having my time tied up in school and ... idea pop into my head at the strangest of moments, and quickly jot it

  • by Chris M. '12
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Anyone else OCD about saving space?? This blog is about things on my computer.

  

  - Ineedtobeliterallyandfigurativelypluggedin (typing without spaces is another idiosyncracy). My left [shift ... my architecture studio professor crazy. So I finally changed my mind. AND ONE THING I REALLY HATE IS USING SPACE ON MY COMPUTER - via you know

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • November 4, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Apple Juice Liberation! Something very important happened to me when I came to MIT a few weeks ago.…

  

  weeks ago. It was a momentous occasion in my life, a turning point from ... see, in my family of five, we all like apple juice so much that if we ... juice. I’ve been waiting most of my teenage years for the freedom to drink

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 17, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Settled It's good to be back!

  

  and all settled in to my new room. Last year's non-existent view of the ... look out my window and to the left; if I look straight ahead, all I see ... into my MIT routine, having done laundry once (be impressed!), as well as

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 20, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Shot in the Life I now realize that this is probably a misleading title.

  

  is cross section of my semester in screen shots. 1) I hit exactly $0.00 on my TechCash account. Do you realize how hard this is? This is like ... got a hold of my laptop and started sending even more lobsters out to

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • April 16, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  No Pain, No Gain I wish it weren't so.

  

  , throbbing arms, and various bruises that colorfully decorated my 5' 4'' frame ... , these injuries were pretty much my own fault. Because my EMT-B state exam ... and triceps might need to be a larger part of my life - asap!! I was

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 5, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ode to a Package of Dial Soap Substantial entries will come soon!

  

  It was my freshman year, not long ago When I arrived at MIT, complete ... -bar package of Dial Gold My mother said, with the old Asian flair, "Don't buy ... Dial Gold." So due to my mother's frugality, I bought a huge package of

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 6, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things that Scare Me 1) Mornings.2) Psets.3) Exams.4) All of the above.

  

  My classes start at 9:30 every morning this term. If the world operated on my sense of time, then the concept of "morning" would be applied ... are my stepdad, you are probably laughing so hard you just fell out of

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 19, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer & the Coming Commencement stuff and things.

  

  I'm happy to be here again for the summer. So I did this once my ... back then I managed the walk to work every day in half an hour on my ... 've already talked about what the deal is with my research (I'm continuing from

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • June 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Blending In (Guest Entry) Of singing, eating, and shopping (sorta)

  

  little '12 after my Facebook status because I'd been, in truth, intimidated ... asking one of the members for an autograph which, WAS, for my friend who ... was my Bible. I think I touched base on all the categories of events. I

  • by Snively '11
  • April 20, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Just Because It’s 2/29 I apologize that this blog has nothing to do with MIT.

  

  . Anyhow, I just wanted to point out and celebrate the 5th Leap Day in my ... it doesn't count because my birthday is in December, and I have already ... crime in my young mind. 2004 - Ah - finally I remember something >

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 29, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Knife fight with a biker gang Best blog entry EVER. If you think I'm kidding, let me just say: Gory photos…

  

  Room. So there I was, walking down the street, minding my own business ... to a bloody pulp with my awesome newfound kickboxing skills. I'd almost ... freshmen in my suite about how the story behind my accident is really lame

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 18, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Holiday Life's not always a picnic in Killian Court.

  

  Monday was a student holiday, which means that while my friends at ... ridiculous amounts of food for a few hours (I woke up to my friends making a ... joined in and made my earth-shattering waffles), and then went back to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Four years, four summers The stuff I've been up to every summer at MIT.

  

  ended, my parents drove the big blue van up to Boston, we packed all my ... time I reorganized my closet (I'm not even kidding -- I used to have an Excel file with all my pieces of clothing numbered, and each hanger and

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 14, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Adventures in Italy, Part 1 Chi, chi, chinotto

  

  Rome So my spring break trip began in a sudden blur of things. My day ended at 11 on Friday after my last class and I had only 28 hours to do ... the bus all the way to Harvard Square with my luggage before I managed

  • by Bryan
  • April 5, 2006