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• Blog / MIT Life

  Not Much Has Changed except a lot has changed

  

  talking about what my first year at MIT actually was like. First things ... nostalgia with a #ThrowbackThursday: PCTI Class of 2013 Graduation with my loving Mom and Dad.   My 18th Birthday/Going Away Party...oh shoot

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 17, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A bear encounter and a wild cow-milking contest Summer adventures

  

  bike path.  Apparently my performance was worthy of leveling up, because ... little after noon. I swung on my backpack (which had, among other things, our camping stove, fuel, and my sleeping bag) took a moment to think

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 24, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Mustaches in the airport, Daleks in the library, and Food in many stomachs French House winter traditions

  

  music. I managed to keep my identity a secret :) I LOVE YOU CAITLIN! Then, it was my turn. My clues were: 0) Secret Santa probably plays an instrument, because all my gifts were wrapped in music-themed paper. This doesn

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 27, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waiting How about 'em EA decisions?

  

  the day I finally arrived on Earth, my patience had fast vanished, which explains the “bawling, puking and hair-pulling” antic I mentioned in my profile. My parents and siblings know all too well that when waiting for

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 13, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  Life Lessons From Pistol Class But they don't buy pajamas / For pistol packin' mamas!

  

  in my head, as I type this. It's soothing to step through a routine with a very familiar soundtrack: my brain knows what's coming up, it has no reason to panic about what to do next, and my heartbeat slows down

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 7, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2013 FAQs

  

  that QuestBridge applicants often have at this stage: Q: I am taking my ... happens? Should I unrank MIT or withdraw my application? A: If your ... to be considered for Early Action. Q: Should I rush report my scores

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 21, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Everyone at MIT should take this class. How often do you get to design toys in class?

  

  semester, I realized I was...comfortable.  Too comfortable, maybe.  My life ... 't really map my life out that far ahead) But all the same, I had a lil' mid ... was it really was what I wanted to do for the rest of my life? ...Then

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 3, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  Mirrors Because reflection is not just that image you see of yourself in the morning, or…

  

  late at night after watching a couple episodes of my favorite TV show and ... burned the midnight oil already, you’ll get to hear a couple of my thoughts ... how scholarly my future can be, or looking at internships to apply for

  • by Stanley G.
  • January 8, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Delivery! "Ring delivery" is more like "ring takeout," actually, since they don't bring a brass rat…

  

  good week to get my thoughts all organized. (And to realize, whoa, I ... all this hard work has been paying off tremendously. But I owe my position right now to a lot of people: my past teachers, my professors, my

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 20, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Concourse, of course or how to make the most of your freshman year at MIT

  

  Just the other day, I joined a handful of parents at my 15-yr ... kisses in the bowl on the folding table near my seat and popping them into my mouth as I listened. In my son”s case, I already knew that a

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 30, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Spaghettuna and Lego aircraft If my first week of IAP is any indication of how 2011 will treat me,…

  

  IAP has finally started, so that means my grocery bill is much larger than usual. I’m reigniting my IAP resolution to cook dinner for myself ... at a dining hall, but now that I have the time to let out my inner Iron

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • January 10, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Outside The Bubble Life? Oh yeah, I forgot I had one...

  

  Sorry I’ve been a little MIA, folks. I am fully aware of my absence ... time...no pressure" text from my dad. See, I had all these awesome blog ... : (This is also proof that my handwriting isn’t always neat. These are also

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 28, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Sentimentality a.k.a. Why I'm So Glad I Picked MIT.

  

  . My eyelids currently feel ridiculously heavy - and yet, I don't regret ... : My friends and I were among the first to arrive at Milan; not being ... wrote one of my MIT essays - the "Tell us about something you've created

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 9, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Just A Small Town Girl Blogging in an awesome world.

  

  , Shakespeare’s Pizza, and the Kewpies (naked baby dolls that were my high school ... school, hit deer, etc. I couldn't fall asleep my first night at MIT because of the sirens and seeing the Boston skyline out of my window was a

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 17, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  This Entry is About (A) Lady Gaga (B) my MIT ID card (C) all of the above

  

  Gaga defacing my MIT ID with a permanent marker. Be warned: the ... someone had stolen my pillow and replaced it with a laptop. Except the ... I had already paid for my laptop and filled it with useless PDFs about

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 1, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  A Word of Warning (Pay Attention) A guest entry by Kelsey Kennedy '12

  

  April in front of my computer and went through the process of telling MIT ... fickle and annoying and COLD." I remember my parents jokingly asking me to ... in my room in Simmons, and it's about 22 degrees outside. Ultimately

  • by Snively '11
  • January 4, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Waxing nostalgic, in a zen kind of way I've heard of zen. This is not zen.

  

  There is a car alarm going off somewhere in my neighborhood. The ... update. My grades are all in, and for the first time since coming off of ... requirements. (9.10 would have been one of my six Course 9 electives had I not

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 31, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Where WAS I? Honestly? I still don't know.

  

  periods of time and then come back mysteriously with scratches on my face and the arm of my coat ripped three-quarters of the way off. I always ... forget to blog that last one? My bad, guys), but I don't think this time

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 20, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fall term is already a nightmare Today I went to my second day of classes.

  

  Loved Rhetoric with Strang. I can say that now because I got my name ... this I'd have definitely had a freak-out or two before going to my only HASS-D and writing course, required for both graduation and my writing

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 5, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT Medical: A Freshman’s Story Worth sharing.Worth reading.

  

  quite a bit of experience with Medical due to my training as a Medlink; so if you have any questions, I'll do my best to answer them. *** Student '11: Over the past year, I've had more than my fair share of

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 14, 2008