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  e3 2k19 at long last, i got to go to gamer christmas

  

  started work, i woke up to an email in my inbox saying that my e3 ... my entire e3 experience: demo the damn game. here is a recounting of my day at e3 (spoiler alert: i achieved my goal). GAME START: [annotation

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 14, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  500 Days of Summer (or 104 days, if you believe that phineas and ferb counted correctly)

  

  and was initially super excited because a lot of my friends were living ... of work dampened my spirits a bit; working 9-5 takes out a big chunk of ... to it, and utilized the remaining 8 hours of my day in the best ways I

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 17, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Brains, Voltaire’s Son, and Other MIT Things Notes from the Start of Junior Year

  

  It’s the start of my third year here, and once again I am smiling at ... what my post-graduation plans were on the student financial aid form. I ... like one or more of my professors, but too many lucky stars need to align

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 16, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  On Moving A goodbye that took me a semester, and some distance, to write.

  

  corner of the Internet, to sum up all my feelings from the past four years ... about places. About MIT and my complicated relationship with it. I don ... 've used the blogs as a platform to talk about my weird, mixed feelings about

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 16, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A Guide to Farmer’s Markets We found lychee in a hopeless place.

  

  good for that sort of thing. I've expanded my skills (I'm faster at ... ’ve cooked in the past, if you’d like to look at it. My more recent food resume ... make jam?" and my friend Kevin P. '18 said, "of all the people I know

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 10, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Fail: Part 2 Tempering Iron

  

  think about them changes--for the sake of argument. Though I left my last ... lasted so long. The calm before the storm you might say. My second round of midterms was not much better and I began to get really concerned. My fiery

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 28, 2015
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Thoughts from the Other Side MIT through a different lens

  

  at 7 am... but it was a pretty boring month of my life. We tried to ... out of my last final, this was me: I was so happy. It was an amazing ... , who's on the exhange with me, got these great photos of my friends

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • May 30, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  MIT HSSP and Stanford Splash! Seven fundamental questions, and a field trip to the west coast

  

  At MIT, I've taught for two Splashes, three Sparks, and two HSSPs. My classes have evolved with my interests: Spark (Spring 2011): Rockets and ... MIT alums...to the point where most of my dinner table was wearing a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 4, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Reading, Thinking and Igniting Innovation Rational optimism about MIT and the future

  

  it! So I`ll share what`s on my mind. I guess this is a book report ... Optimist" and I love it. I picked it up soon after returning from my 4 month ... I saw this book that promised to inspire me, to reignite my passion

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 5, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  40 Hours in Cape Cod Take note, I typed this entire post with a broken shift key. Please appreciate the…

  

  On the first night of my mandatory vacation, I walked to the beach with the taste of fresh complaints in my mouth, trying to wrestle down ... hideous polo shirts. I peered across the pier with my peers, homonymically

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 27, 2010
• Blog / Events

  tEpikazoo Thoughts on cooking and gratuitous prefixes

  

  In the past three months, my relationship to cooking has swerved from ... too much work to do, or hilarious mistakes in my problem sets, or what ... thoughtfully, “This tastes like detergent.” That's how I lost my fear of cooking

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 4, 2009
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A Woman and Her Lute An epic tale across three centuries. (includes poor fanfic-style prose)

  

  want it to be with my lute. Vieni, let's go to my performance first ... are you doing?" "Oh, a paper for my Art History class." "What school ... complex (ha), so here goes: When I was on my way back from Central America

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 25, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Celena in CPW-Land (Guest Entry) Skipping school to have fun, duh!

  

  times. I guess I'll start off with an introduction.My name is Celena Chan ... was so excited that my body felt as if I had been resting all my life for this weekend. I received my CPW folder (which included the Bible

  • by Snively '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Holy Grail of Classes Think of the coolest class you can. Then think of one that's a million times…

  

  Yesterday marked the beginning of classes, but today marked my first ... quickly surprised by my classes today. First off, before I get too far ... Why was I surprised by my classes? Let's start with 18.03, Differential

  • by Snively '11
  • February 6, 2008
• Blog / How to Food

  Internet is Gonna Get Me In lieu of studying, I finally get around to answering your questions.

  

  Last week I had my first exam, shortly to be followed by two others ... : RANDOM GUY: (enormous sneeze) ME: Bless you! MY FRIEND MATT COHEN, AND THE GUY NEXT TO MY FRIEND MATT COHEN: (stare) ME: I mean.. uh.. (barely

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 29, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First term freshman year A horror story, I guess... but one with a happy ending

  

  This is entry #2 in my series "entries that need to be written ... , we have the privilege of dissecting the first term of my freshman year ... for an 8.01x (physics) test which was to occur the next morning. My

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Home sweet violet capital of Ohio We didn't see a stuffed whale, but we did see a bunch of primates. Nonhuman…

  

  assured that you can't find it in Boston. We made a trip today to my ... primates are my favorite kinds of animal. (Maybe even more favorite than H. sapiens.) Tomorrow I'm making a trip to my old high school to visit the AP

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 30, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Congratulations! You got the job. You start in 6 months.

  

  engineering that was based off of my initial comment that I've never experienced ... ? =P So Momchil, here are my thoughts, short sweet, and to the point ... , right? I don't think I'm going crazy. On Monday I had my first shift on

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 24, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  classes i’m taking! (fall 2025) highways, storks, and movies

  

  When somebody asks me "What classes are you taking?" my mind ... , it will take me a while to dig through my mental archive to remember ... for my classes. Coursework (im)permanence. Hopefully by writing this, I

  • by Victor D. '27
  • October 5, 2025
• Blog / Travel

  [liveblog] morbing at the airport the flight is delayed for several hours because of toilet issues

  

  dead. i am dying. on my grave it shall read anika huang, death by airport ... , but if my current flight doesn't get cancelled, then my bag would still ... . then again, i'd rather not get my hopes up in case things go to shit

  • by Anika H. '26
  • June 1, 2025