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  Holding pattern undergrad | me | graduation

  

  that MIT has made it that far. Physically, retirement means my body is ... . Logistically, ~15 hours of my week suddenly opened up. Emotionally, I miss it a ... write, a pset, and a research poster to work on, and my thesis work is

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • April 6, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I Wanted to Say to Prefrosh before CPW 2015 a resurrected freshman draft

  

  NOTE: I drafted and abandoned this post in the spring of my freshman year. It is now my last chance to share these freshman thoughts with you ... is my past avatar, a more accurate depiction of me when I wrote this

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 19, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wearing the apron This was written on an empty stomach

  

  , too.  (My personal favorite is to hear the chemical engineers and ... pretty indecisive my freshman year because I felt like I had a wide range ... looked at the shelf above my desk and realized realized how much machine

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • October 8, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I Never Thought I Would Join a Sorority ...but here I am?

  

  anything remotely close to "greek life", or in my case, a sorority, in ... this frat. But I will say that after coming to MIT, my opinions of ... friends. I remember one of my friends articulating this well, saying one of

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 6, 2017
• Blog / Events

  RecomMITted On Ring Delivery and the halfway mark

  

  semester. I even downloaded a countdown tracker on my phone, reminding me every time I turned on my phone the number of days until Delivery. It ... finally committed the last of my code at 7:15p, and hastily dressed up and

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • May 2, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Flow: Writing Like Yourself *insert prospective 2021 clickbait tagline*

  

  , highlighting my accomplishments, challenges I'd overcome, my individuality, and my impressive vocabulary. Being word-limit averse and untrained in the ... with A LOT of anxiety about whether my writing came across as

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 19, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Revolutionary Technologies at TechCrunch DisruptNY breathing office walls and credit-card sized computers

  

  the story. Tickets were a couple thousand dollars. But, my friends and I ... after finishing my purchase and breathing a sigh of relief did I realize ... before they printed out a badge for me that had my first name on it twice

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 19, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT Inside vs. Outside How MIT changed for me after being admited

  

  each and every day, and my meeting with a Professor Hammond gave me the ... like you in that kind of way ;)” vibe. In my mind I would not be happier ... just dream of one day being able to live in my “Heaven on Earth” and 4

  • by Ben O. '19
  • October 28, 2015
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining at MIT How to not starve

  

  , so I’m going to talk about my eventual decision now that my schedule ... Basic 14 over the summer because I (a.k.a. my parents) wanted the ... consume. During my first two weeks (twenty-eight meals!) I ate at the dining

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 29, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  A last-minute barbecue for hundreds of people New House: mobilize.

  

  way more time in my dorm than usual. Sean Collier's memorial service was ... student organizers my cellphone number, and they told me to expect a meat ... charcoal, but not nearly enough. My vice president and I made a 11:30pm run

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 11, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  Nationals! In which MIT XC goes to Iowa

  

  've been to my fair share over the years...). Claire '14 and Logan '13 ... opposition to my previous claim. In any case, I have to say the grey sweaters ... extract yourselves from the chaos that grows around the chute. So when my

  • by Alina G. '11
  • November 27, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  The ________ Outdoors What do you think goes in the blank?

  

  wind up staying overnight in a terminal, or sleeping in the trunk of my ... been crammed full like my carry-on. In fact, I just returned from a trip ... all started when my friend Michelle said "you should come to Oregon

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 10, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  I had a terrible week Also, I think that making puns about the President is Obaminable.

  

  Bluntly put, this was the worst week of my life. Geez! you say. That ... colloquial fruitiness of the phrase as soon as it reached my ears, resplendent ... reading my comparatively-dry prose: imagine someone saying it with a gangsta

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 26, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summertime When the Thrills are Cheap and the living is easy.

  

  'd like to major in a life science. Biology is boring in my humblest of ... , I feel fairly confident in my declaration of Brain and Cognitive ... take as electives no matter what my major turns out to be. I figured this

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • July 28, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Journal of Negative Results, among other things Absurdities I encounter while livin' my life.

  

  , right?) Item the first: The Journal of Negative Results. My advisor and 9.12 professor Carlos Lois unwittingly helped me discover my ultimate ... joking. I am not. I immediately decided that my life's goal (previously

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 27, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day in the Life… [Biochemistry] Life as a biochemist at MIT and Cambridge

  

  (who is very hardcore, and also my previous UROP advisor). Noon - 1pm ... while I go off to my next class (multi-tasking and finding things to do ... class is quite small (and my mouth is usually hanging open). 2:30pm - 3pm

  • by Cambridge
  • May 1, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The swing of things MIT happenings.

  

  in my resume, and I haven't thought as far ahead as next week, let ... excited. =P In more personal news, my acting class is finally starting to ... super cool. Not only that, but I have to make another appointment with my

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Round here we stay up very, very late Vignettes on my last day at lab, the Counting Crows, grad school, and pets.

  

  Last day of lab Friday was my last day at my UROP lab after three ... outside and had said all my goodbyes and everything. You know how there's no ... crying in front of people. On Thursday, my postdoc took me out to lunch

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 30, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cellular neurobiology The more syllables it has, the cooler it is

  

  everything when I leave my nice dark cozy apartment at 6:45 AM. At least I did ... , I'll talk about what my lab studies generally, and hope you don't notice that there aren't any shiny jpegs to go along with my talk. I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 1, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Making Tracks

  

  the rest of my life is meeting an anxious end. I'm still in the same room, still know where I want my life to go, inching away from information technology and toward the pursuit of transportation. I'm nursing my

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 30, 2006