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• 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
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Belonging Who belongs at MIT?

  

  I've been sapped of most of my question-answering energy... that or I'm just getting lazy and set in my ways in my old age. Last night Adam and ... assuage my curiousity, what is it about MIT that draws you personally? I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Your Early Action Deadline Questions The deadline is this Monday, November 1.

  

  very flexible with your teacher recommendations. The MyMIT Tracking ... showing on MyMIT; we currently have a backlog of materials in our processing ... then submitted Part 1. When I next went onto MyMIT,however, there was no

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 29, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  work thoughts on productivity and a post-mortem of my spring semester

  

  calorimeter was actually a pretty good analogy for my life, and then I decided I had a problem.   In my head, work is an escape. Working is how I ... do not want to do; working is how I run from my fear that nobody will

  • by Alice L. '24
  • July 5, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  *john mulaney voice* Cause we’re delta airlines, and life is— My delta flight this IAP, a couple of weeks late oops

  

  ..."][/annotation] Like, seriously. Here’s the string of live-texts I put in my sorority slack for my last flight: [visually_hidden]Slack thread that starts ... ." The thirteen replies are as follows: Here is my tale: rebranding for the

  • by ana~
  • January 18, 2022
• Blog / Summer

  SSP aka summer science program aka summer sleep program aka silly science people aka summer solstice…

  

  many of my middle school friends, and I was slowly realizing that I had ... challenges. My SSP application, then, was a plea for connection, a desire to ... about fitting in or finding friends were dashed within an hour of my

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • February 10, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  an album a day the only new year's resolution i've ever completed

  

  ,  and organizing any noteworthy finds into one of my 150+ carefully ... listener, I had my doubts. [caption id="attachment_83968" align ... my last attempt at a New Year's Resolution. in my junior year of high

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 2, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  love languages in the little things

  

  products that I feel the immediate need to have in my possession: Sanrio ... is currently having on my bank account whenever I walk into a store ... raspberry and vanilla heart macarons...! I saw them and my brain went blank

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 6, 2022
• Blog / Blog Projects

  VEDA (Vlog Every Day of April) cami edition

  

  I was inspired by Ceri's take on VEDA and partly by my long-time vlogging/blogging influence StephenVlog, who I actually wrote about in my ... ! I'm still getting used to filming important things in my life, as I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 19, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  fictional coping mechanisms learning to love unapologetically

  

  wants to be like, "Oh my god, I can't let other people know that I have ... love my favorite pieces of media. Turning to fiction for comfort has pulled me through some of the roughest times in my life, especially in the

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 11, 2021