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  Landing  Your Aircraft Has Arrived at Gate '21 

  

  -related insights and expectations I had collected during my first few days at MIT. I ... . Just as surreal as it was to get my acceptance more than four years ago. And just as surreal as it was to hold my MIT ID card in hand, staring

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 4, 2021
• Blog / People & Identities

  another year around the sun I guess I'm 19 now

  

  It’s my [annotation note="yes, this is inspired by Amber’s lovely post a few weeks ago"]birthday[/annotation] today, and one of my ... this post, I was sitting in my room in New Vassar, waiting for the sushi

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • February 21, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  rethinking perfectionism god i just want to get things done

  

  perfectionists, at least a little bit. A quick survey of my friends suggested that my perfectionist tendencies are probably more pronounced than average ... high standards for my work, despite often not meeting them. I hate

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • November 8, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What I’m Up To distractions

  

  Since everyone's doing these kinds of "what i'm doing ever since my ... hours, too. Also, thank you for your lovely responses to my last post. I ... .io - online multiplayer version of "Draw My Thing"; given prompts, person must

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 28, 2020
• Blog / Personal Projects

  summer side projects a nonzero amount of them are final fantasy related

  

  still had one or two hours every day to occupy my brain with something before it gave up for the day. my original plan had been to work on my ... 's not free though"]assets for a game![/annotation]. it's been on my list

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 12, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  FourFiveUnits all you could ever want to know about my semester schedule

  

  tl;dr: Look how empty my Firehose is compared to the other bloggers ... empty my schedule is. The truth is, however, like any MIT student with ... nothing. In fact, I think this will be one of my busiest semesters so far. I

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 13, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  Around the world in 30 days ...ok, maybe more like I'm Traveling a Lot this IAP

  

  the year by packing up all my stuff in Boston, hauling most to storage ... limit and carry-on backpack, I was ready to embark on my first stop -- San ... . Shoutout to my friends (two from MIT!) for coming to watch and cheering me on

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • February 15, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Eyes Wide a scandalous, unintentionally-devoid-of-meaning recent history

  

  repeated, immediately cursing my inability to keep nerdy observations to ... from me. So anyway, there’s my first compelling reason to come to MIT ... in full supply. I am sitting in my palatial room in East Campus as I

  • by Jackie M. '20
  • September 8, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  West Coast Trip Report some work, some play, lots of nerd stuff

  

  would post updates from my West Coast trip after I returned, so, here is my trip report, with 100% more screaming toilets than I had anticipated ... med school.   My flight was delayed due to ongoing construction at

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 30, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Spring Think Some spring break reflections and thoughts

  

  exciting~ This is my second time blagging from abroad, the first being ... I’m traveling to a country that has none of my family members in it. My father’s relatives live in Ethiopia, some of my mother’s in China

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 27, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What an “OX” means on a transcript and why I currently have two of them

  

  nothing tragic or terrible happened to me that prevented me from taking my ... help me reschedule my Monday final to Friday. He was super nice (as the S ... the “OX” in my grade report as a placeholder until then. I said I

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • January 25, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  It’s the middle of November. Do YOU know where your Early Action application components are? How to tell if they are missing, and what to do about it

  

  MyMIT account here: http://my.mit.edu You can click "details" on the ... up on your MyMIT tracking page. If you think one of your missing ... interview requests). You can find interview information on your My

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Complementary Post Canvas, balance, lanterns.

  

  some psets, did yoga in my P.E. class, worked on a blog post, attended ... out of my room and wearing suits because it's recruiting season. But what if something happens to one of my friends and I can’t be there

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 27, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finding a Second Home love is where you least expect it

  

  my dreams, and senior-year-me couldn’t be happier to be there. I was ... decided that MIT was the place for me, I spent my weekend traversing the ... fulfilled every point on the mental checklist that made up my housing choices

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 18, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Jon and me how I came to see the world

  

  state; in fact, I was still living in an extended stay hotel with my family because we hadn't yet been able to move into our new home. My world, which throughout my (privileged) childhood had seemed like a stable and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 11, 2015
• 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