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  Why Do We Fall? so that we can learn to pick ourselves up

  

  have to kick it into high gear for my 6.042 exam on Wednesday. I spent ... through all of my other commitments, I studied from 10pm to 2:30am. Then on ... thought were acceptable answers. I barely finished on time and handed in my

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 26, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I Am Excited a day in life of a student

  

  I am excited. I am excited because my math professor is sentences ... “eventually” imply something different and unique now. My first 18.100B Real ... because Mathematics constitutes 44.44…% of my schedule this semester. And

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 23, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thinking Positive Sophomore year was kind of awful. But there were happy things! I'll focus on the…

  

  easier way to put that. I wrote about my first semester in my post called Sophomore Slump. My second semester was a little better.  I took classes that allowed me to stay calm, I started seeking help to manage my stress, and I

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 17, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Preparing for the real world An alum's perspective!

  

  that the hands-on approach helps this program stand out from all my ... ! ================================================= It could have been any number of early mornings my freshman year at MIT ... lounge, one of the upperclassmen in my dorm stopped by to comfort me. “Don

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 18, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  Row, row, row your boat aka varsity sports at MIT

  

  I always seem to know I’m back at MIT when I can vaguely hear my ... think of the boathouse as kind of a second home. It’s where half my ... of my life for as long as I can remember. My first team sport was pee

  • by Becca H. '12
  • September 27, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  Katharine Hepburn’s Brownies How Kate saved my kitchen cred.

  

  I absolutely hate picking favorites. My grandmother always said never ... . Because I truly, truly do. No, I can’t tell you my favorite flavor of ice ... accessorizing? Is soft serve an option, or not? What’s my day been like? Am I in

  • by Alina G. '11
  • July 26, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Shelby’s Amazing CPW Adventure A CPW Guest Entry by Shelby '13

  

  I was extremely stoked to finally visit. Not only was it my first time visiting campus, but it was also my first time in Boston/Cambridge. Here is a photo of me outside of 77 Mass Ave. (So this is where my application

  • by Snively '11
  • April 29, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Seminar Advising There is nothing funny about this entry...but please read anyway.

  

  dedicate this post to my experience so far with academic advising at MIT ... masculinity. I reread my application essays to see if something gave it away. B ... time I got my seminar assignment, I had forgotten my entire lottery

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Full Circle Here's to yesterday.

  

  Even though I just finished my first year at MIT, this is actually my ... . So if I wasn't in my dorm room, exploring Harvard Square, or secretly ... , because my dorm room was on the first floor, I had a great view of the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 7, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  That’s right, you’re sick Thank you, nurse, for stating the obvious.

  

  while I ignore the box o' meds under my bed and see if you can hook me up ... my way through the day while my throat felt like raw hamburger was my senior year, when I had to convince my mom that no, this wasn't due to

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 8, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Some Megaphone, Pressed Against An Insect’s Brain That is what this blog entry resembles.

  

  changed my name to Samsam Siam. No no, I've actually just taken all the ... together into one photo entry so I can move on with my blogging life (and believe me, this time I'm really gonna move it!). My pictures aren't quite

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 21, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Spring cleaning and miscellany The Brass Rat club, sending 4-inch heels to Goodwill, and picking a new food-providing graduate…

  

  Sciences program, from which both my UROP professor and my postdoc graduated. I got to hear stories about my UROP professor as a graduate student (I ... members who are MIT alums -- they all asked to see my Brass Rat. (One walked

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The first of the lasts My last Registration Day. *GOOP WARNING.*

  

  introspection, sometimes they creep into my life nonetheless. (I'm the daughter of ... avoid my fate as a hopeless goop myself. I'm not being particularly ... my last Registration Day, when all MIT students visit their advisors to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On being a lab rat I flail around trying to explain what I do at work every day.

  

  talking about my UROP (and for those who don't yet speak MIT, my lab job). A few months ago, I wrote a summary of my last project; a paper describing ... exploring the interaction between my protein and one of the proteins I found

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 17, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Overnight Program Come play with us!

  

  one side of my body. Given that this is New England (42o north latitude ... -MIT people who are still interested in the minutiae of your MIT life. My ... -- when I came on my visit, I promptly fell asleep at midnight. My host

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Where We’ve Been And Where We’re Going A brief history of the blogs and MyMIT.

  

  . Ooops. Oh well. What's interesting is that my second entry didn't happen ... 't one of my top priorities. For me blogging was almost an afterthought - I was so busy trying to make MyMIT live up to its promises that I had

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 10, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  classes are hard but i’m sure you knew that already an academic case of murphy's law

  

  else, I want to make it clear that in my opinion, the class itself was a ... class demanded, so I had my butt handed to me again and again. I guess the ... there won't penetrate the wall I've gradually built around my ego over

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 29, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  bucket lists, grocery lists, and a li(s)tany of other things this is actually just an excuse to make people list-en to me talk about minecraft

  

  /or watching people play Minecraft is a hyperfixation that can consume my attention for hours on end.  That being said, my favorite Hermitcrafter is ... getting struck by lightning (I hope), putting my goals for the year into a

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • November 3, 2022
• Blog / MISTI

  An American in Copenhagen but my luggage went to Amsterdam

  

  , Arizona, my room with blue walls and faded art from past comic-cons. The ... my two suitcases. I’m going to be in Europe for the same amount of time ... . June 5th, Copenhagen 6pm They lost my bags in Amsterdam. The man at

  • by Amber V. '24
  • June 14, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  finding meaning at the end of the world i alone determine my destiny

  

  one. when i was applying to be a blogger i wrote this in my blogger ... directionless and senseless and purposeless my life feels, like growing numb about the very fact that i'm becoming numb. two. i spent my entire weekend

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 1, 2020