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  No more physics It was Day 2 of classes when I got kicked out of one! (Only it…

  

  the first place. (Oops. My advisor and I both messed up on that one ... happened while I was on my way to my advisor's office to get his signature on my Add/Drop Form. I walked into the Lego Lab and immediately someone

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 13, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  hihi i’m back featuring all my favorite excuses

  

  in writing Last semester I tried to get all my writing requirements out ... resulted in way too many essays for my liking. On the bright side, I didn ... visit my old teachers while high-school was still in session. But

  • by Anika H. '26
  • December 30, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  Screaming on a page (kinda) about 6.009 Please excuse what's about to follow

  

  curry. I moved my roommate from MIT into the Maine house (!!!). I wrote ... spent on a little blue couch, waking up early, leaving my physical form to ... FRACK was wrong with my code. I wrote in so many print statements; I

  • by Powers '23
  • April 12, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Dishwashers, parents, space: what do these things have in common?

  

  . Unfortunately, whenever I wash my dishes in my hall's sink (which measures about 1 ... . But, I realized that before coming to college, I took my home ... diseases you harbor, you dirty college student. Your roommate? Ditto, she was

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 9, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  To All the Blogs I’ve Loved Before Hello? Is this thing on?

  

  I first set foot on campus about five years ago for my MIT Admissions ... up running around madly and using the compass on my smartphone to locate the Admissions Office. I finally arrived at my interview a little

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • December 12, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I “less than 3” the Chorallaries My relaxing and enjoyable vaction draws to a close. *sigh*

  

  . I visited my church youth group on Sunday, did absolutely nothing ... world works out here in NJ. We spent Wednesday with my mom and aunt at the mall. I also picked up my good friend Sarah, who had overslept and

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 2, 2006
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: Killing Time…Not Really guest post by Sheila B.'21

  

  summer. I even stuck a note on the door for myself and my roommate (who ... name tag that blatantly announced my inexperience and non-Course-6-ness ... job at the US Consulate where my parents live for the first part of

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 15, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To the future! and beyond?

  

  temporary made it easier. My roommate (I live with real people too...) I ... to eat and most importantly, what to do with my life.  I've had a taste ... beans and tomatillos in there. The reason this is all on my mind is

  • by Becca H. '12
  • July 13, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back and ready for action! Saying goodbye to summer and hello to my sophomore year

  

  It feels good to be back at the 'Tute!!! My family drove me up to ... definitely happy that I will not have to surrender my wallet at any gas stations for the next few months. Unfortunately, my modes are transportation

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 6, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  a tour of New Vassar also known as west garage

  

  , through the building, and up to my room on the fifth floor. We'll start ... greets me every day as I walk down this hallway to my side of the building ... 'll be honest, my feelings about the food are very mixed. Before covid, I

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • March 20, 2021
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Sneezes a deep and in-depth analysis of an everyday occurrence

  

  is around the time of winter break. I chose to spend my break at home. But alas, while all my friends and family were out enjoying the hot ... Multi-Symptom Relief could stop my snot. But as time heals all, eventually

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • January 15, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another New Semester and A Lot of Cats Call me the crazy cat lady

  

  passed my EMT class during IAP, and then the state practical exam last week ... I do okay - I've been really nervous! But I am taking it with my good ... what the class is about, which is a bit concerning given that my first

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Moving Out oooh, I am, moving out, mmhmm..

  

  represent how small this room is. It's smaller than my AP Chem teacher. She was like 4'3". Basically, it was a pretty big step down from my double ... out great for Marty's dad in Back to the Future, my main purpose behind

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 15, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Recollections of a Stranded Traveler IHTFP: I Have To Find a Plane. In the meantime, I reflect on happier interpretations…

  

  : 1.The Fruitcake Scare. An anecdote: the Friday before last, my roommate received a package in the mail labeled only as “Maxwell's Equations ... the phone and dialing said number, revealed that the causal agent was my

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 23, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  What is Simmons Hall Like? part of my freshman year experience

  

  , the electrical engineering and computer science FPOP. My roommate, who I ... On my 18th birthday and going away party, we had a huge cake with an MIT Logo on it. Next to my birthday cake were two robotic arms (the ones

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 16, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Face Book And Study I have been doing all this and more. But mostly not this.

  

  : I NEED HOUSING. My sworn roommate flew out here last night, and I ... . Two excuses, actually. Yes, I took my last final over a week ago, and ... returned my frantic correspondence, ran all around town visiting them, and

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • May 30, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  I am Treasured :) Graduate school visit #1 (Updated)

  

  surreptitiously jump out of my lofted bed trying to land with a gymnast's dismount onto the floor below without awaking my roommate. I put my contacts in ... departures, I realize that I can make an earlier flight, so I do the "My plane

  • by Bryan
  • March 6, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventures in Italy, Part 2 Tales from Rome, Take Two

  

  ): Brendan, Mike (my roommate), Me I don't know what Brendan is looking at ... -disfunctional and the beds were twin extra long just like my old dorm room. Our ... much looking around, and to my surprise, the place was great. A little

  • by Bryan
  • April 13, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Photographic evidence Warning: trig ahead.

  

  So I thought I’d show you just what I was talking about in my last ... my 2.001 lecture. You see the double-angle formulas, don’t you? Yuck. After that, I was working on my 2.001 pset, which thankfully didn’t cover

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 10, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Ponderings of a lifeguard Why are white water rapids white?

  

  water slides. And I was bored out of my mind. There were about 3 people in the entire park, and my entire job was to make sure that none of them ... able to update my blog this summer! I feel so guilty for my prolonged

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 7, 2006