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  Closer Calls and rising unease

  

  ’s capital. I frequent it often for my electronic needs—to replace printer ink or buy new paper sheets, to upgrade my iPad’s internet plan and most ... home, teaching a close friend taking a gap year SAT Math. My siblings

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 28, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Becoming a Princess the making of a Halloween costume [+many pictures of ponies]

  

  going to class as a princess. Let me explain. I'm a fan of the TV show My ... , etc.) of the My Little Pony show or franchise. They typically do not ... 've been developing since maybe junior year of high school. Here's my

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 3, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Day of Classes Published exactly 4 weeks after the first day of classes. My bad.

  

  . At some point, my letters morphed into their current form - my ... huge plus. When studying for exams, it's NOT agony to flip through my old ... my lecture notes, there is a mixture of 1) abbreviated content (normal

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 2, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  All The World’s A Stage On theatre and artsy stuff

  

  popular songs on the radio, my main musical intake stemmed from my dad’s 70s ... as a set designer for my sophomore fall production of The Crucible, and my eyes (ears?) were opened to the glory of musical theatre. It

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 22, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  New Year’s Resolution …of sorts. Since New School Year’s Resolution doesn’t have quite the same ring to it.

  

  Gaiman, typography-ish revamp by me) As I enter my sophomore year ... will unmistably help in my attempts to tame the beast that is MIT. I ... : (referring to the tube MIT sends out around decision time) My reaction was

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 3, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Coworker Shenanigans Summer friends

  

  Today, I walked into my office (cup of iced tea in hand), logged onto my computer, took one look at my Desktop background, and screamed "WHAT ... : under my keyboard, behind my monitor, on the side of my computer. Raphael

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 5, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Guest Post: Rush & Recruitment 2012 Evan and Denzil weigh in on this hectic week

  

  three years ago has certainly significantly impacted my MIT experience in ... one of the greatest opportunities to help me develop as a woman. My sorority is my home away from home. My sisters are my mentors, role models

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • September 3, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Magic Of fluorescent cells and robots

  

  Hey y’all, My god I can’t believe it! It has been almost 2 months since I arrived in Boston. I have been up to my ears in work, dance ... it’s just a lot of exciting things going on!!! First up, my work this

  • by Linh V. '13
  • August 20, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Free-est post! un-free schedule

  

  In the hassle of getting my life and graduation requirements together, I almost forgot to take advantage of my (last :'/) biannual free post ... people. (Unless something has gone horribly wrong.) My courseload: 6

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 28, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  An Afternoon In/Out Of The Snow

  

  slice of my life on a lazy IAP Saturday. 12:40 PM Nature precipitates ... (b) assembling a vegetarian sandwich savory enough to sate my ... muttonchops, and sustainably-harvested calabash smoking pipe, I roll up my

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • January 22, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  Impulsive Decisions as expected, have consequences

  

  during IAP. But one night in September, I was checking my emails, writing down my French Word of the Day and then Korean Word of the Day, and then a lightbulb literally went off in my head. I could be learning Korean

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 25, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Still Alive! sorry, this has nothing to do with portal

  

  metaphorical plot, it's a true inspiration for my secret pipe dream of becoming ... in my last post was misinformed, because when I wrote it, I was relaxed ... , still coughing up my lungs in a mucosal haze of academic slackery, and

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • October 22, 2011
• Blog / Events

  (Still) Celebrating the 150th! Boy oh boy is it delicious (and free!)

  

  still think MIT's the place that can't be beat; the majority of my ... . I had never had a burrito until my junior (or senior? I forget; Michelle, do you remember?) year of high school, when my friend Michelle

  • by Cam T. '13
  • July 17, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Hospital Trips and Dance Parties MIT campus is where it's at over the summer.

  

  Two weeks ago, I arrived back at MIT. This is the view from my new ... unfinished p-set, in my room. Finally, I have time: to do the things I always ... how I envisioned my first full day back...but it made for a good bonding

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 29, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Recycle, Reuse, (Map) Reduce? Jackpot, baby!

  

  significantly more dings and dents, from another great source. MIT! Quoth my ... grounds as "reuse". Looking around my room and my hall, here are a few ... -front glass aquarium Many smaller aquariums... One cat Toner for my 15

  • by Cam T. '13
  • June 10, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to “Teach” Leadership Please find the probability that Shakespeare diffuses into my GEL classes given that my schedule…

  

  ’s schedule. Luckily for me, my classes are unique enough that I don’t spend ... , my classes for the GEL program are relatively free of curveballs when it comes to tests. Now that I’ve settled into my courses, I thought I

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • November 4, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Enterlude Brought to you by the letter "L", for Late, Lame, and real Life. Or something…

  

  aforementioned features for the apple of my childhood-reliving eye, the glory of ... tossed it down to me. Tugging it on over my top, I grinned, bounded up the wall, found a foothold, and prepared to contort my way to victory

  • by Natanya K. '14
  • September 18, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Art Imitating Art well, at least blogs.

  

  Happy Labor Day Weekend y'all! I'm up north in my ancestral woods of ... dramatic monologue. "Wait...beat! That's it!" I called my friend David - a ... told him to bring his guitar. My plan? To defeat the zombies with a logic

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 5, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Musings on Colorful Balls (CPW Guest Blog!) from Ramya '14!

  

  ]) Before I write about my experience at CPW, I have a disclaimer to make ... have pictures on them. This tendency results from my inability to focus ... textagons!!). So anyways, I kind-of sort-of dropped my camera down the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 13, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Stories from Uganda [by Biyeun Buczyk '10] Installing an exhibit in the Wiesner Student Art Gallery.

  

  part of this organization since 2004, and this was my 4th visit to Uganda. I brought my Mamiya RB67—a beautiful, entirely mechanical ... tick-tick-tick. A week later I finished toning my last 16"x20" print

  • by ARTalk
  • February 8, 2010