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  If strangers meet life begins you shall above all things be glad and young

  

  had a perfect view of Cambridge and Boston out my window. The plane was ... , drawing my eyes like a beacon. And in that moment MIT unfolded for me, as I ... , one of the speakers during my Orientation challenged my classmates and

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 23, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Things I’ve Missed About Home My top six.

  

  served in the dining hall two weeks ago. (But hey, that's what my buddy ... the day in my friend's fluorescent green running shorts and carrying all my prized posessions in LaVerde's bags.) * Smoothies. Smoothies are

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 16, 2008
• Blog / Events

  And I’m leaving, on a . . . cruise ship? Don't know when I'll be back again.

  

  not know, dances are not my scene. One of the stereotypes at MIT is that ... up, step out of my comfort zone, go, and god forbid maybe have a good ... assault on my eyes. Red shirt, purple tie, black pants, blue jacket, and

  • by Snively '11
  • May 4, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  The Infected It's not a zombie outbreak...yet

  

  colds" or "the last time I was sick was 1918" or "MY leg would never fall off because my immune system is better than yours." Can you see where ... razorblades in my throat (that's how it felt, anyway), constantly having to blow

  • by Karen F. '11
  • February 22, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Wall A Lack of Color

  

  I'm in my room in Senior House (which, before you ask, is not just for seniors) right now. My walls are an uninteresting shade of white. I arrived on Saturday from Florida, where I was spending time with my family

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 2, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  New Kid on the Blogs Claim your place. Make your mark. Live your dreams.

  

  . Throughout my entire high school career, I always considered myself a pretty average guy. Sure, I worked hard in my classes, I joined a bunch of clubs and extracurricular activities, I got involved within my school and my

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 8, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Karen: A Short History Finally.

  

  Hi, I'm Karen and like most other freshmen, I'm still working on my ... anecdote about my first encounter with technology or science. Most of my ... used to my parenthetical digressions if you're going to be reading this

  • by Karen F. '11
  • September 25, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’ll bet you got waylaid! Wherein Portland, Oregon rocks my face.

  

  have discovered this on my way back from a West Coast chemical engineering graduate school of some repute. My return flight through Chicago was ... something to do with my flight scheduling. Anyway, as I see it, I've got

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 25, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  Burn Out or Fade Away Suggestions for second semester seniors: don't take either for an answer.

  

  two weeks hooked up to a machine with my tongue hanging out of my mouth. By a machine, I mean my television. Oh, the movies I've missed since I ... decided a better course of action for my life would be to leave MIT and

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 6, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Out of the lab and into the internet Confession: I actually listen to music from the movie Ice Princess. I'm not even kidding.

  

  admissions process from the general masters program). Next, I emailed my friend ... department pay for my dorm room.) This is actually the first year the biology ... noticed that the title of my last entry was from a song played in The

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  We Wear Matching Hats Very nearly one year ago, I wore the hat you're all wearing this week.

  

  my ears warm, I brought it along. It proved popular, promoting similar hat acquisitions for others in my party. Very nearly one year ago, I wore the hat you're all wearing this week. I triple-proofread my

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Asking for Directions Two weeks of pondering, photography, and prose.

  

  wrote down "computer science" on the line of my application indicating my ... computing than MIT? And so it went. I got in and my dream of being some eminent CS guy was on its way. Strengthening my plan was the fact that MIT

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 19, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Yes, eat all our shirts! See MIT through the eyes of my prefrosh.

  

  sights as my bunny hat, my $3 airplane jacket, and Mitra's 14.41 midterm ... until 2 AM, whereupon I started my problem set and studying for my German ... . The next day Adam took my German I exam--I mean, he took it along with

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 22, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  A waffle house is not a waffle home This is actually an entry about modern Chinese cinema.

  

  all my friends are Jewish. Then we decided to watch Hero instead. I don ... could never miss an opportunity to allude to Clay Aiken on my blog. Hero ... 's bedroom using My Little Ponies while Allison played emo covers of Paula

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / How to MIT

  THAT’S RIGHT! AP scores and computing at MIT, these are a few of my favorite things...

  

  Well my fellow 09er's, as most of you already know, AP scores are in ... . My dad asked why I was excited to see the mail and I said, "Oh well I ... 't get- OH MY [edited for content]." Yours truly somehow managed to receive

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 18, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Nibble of Music

  

  's recent post, I decided to set my iTunes on random and see what happened ... , My Front Porch Looking In. Yes, the first one is country! Country isn't my favorite, but I do like it, so I asked my friend Beverly (somewhat

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 22, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I love musicals! Wicked just dropped and I am LOSING MY MIND

  

  .[/annotation]    I HAVE BEEN SIMMERING. BUZZING. WAITING ON THE EDGE OF MY SEAT ... !!![/annotation]   Here's some fun Kano-lore: Wicked was my gateway musical. A decade ago, my friend Adrien V. V. ‘24 told me I should go, and I did

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • November 29, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Photos of Freshman Spring 📸 My attempt to take a photo a day for an entire semester.

  

  The summer before college was my last summer of being 18, and thus my last year of eligibility for a ~special program~ my local library ran ... ?) where you read and reviewed five books. I figured to optimize my books

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • October 31, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I painted a mural for Borderline! bird-erline mural

  

  Since coming here, I've had two items at the top of my bucket list ... that's been fine with me—this is my first academic year where I've actually enjoyed my technical classes for the most part. Even then, I still

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • May 5, 2024
• Blog / IAP

  firsts of first year 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1…

  

  firsts. First bike, first time camping, first best friend… and my first ... a high-speed camera Attended a baseball game Decorated my door ... some Thai kickboxing moves [annotation note='my friend Xuan L. ’25

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • December 31, 2023