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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT = Home the excitement of a freshman

  

  time I greeted my roommate while stuck on the lofted bed, or the next ... lifts to reveal a fascinating life. I have found my perfect match, my ... missing my family intolerable. But then I arrived in Cambridge, walked past

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  Small Victories The view from a month into MIT

  

  session, randomly stopping by our room to serenade my roommate and I, or ... Hello (again) World! My goal to blog once a week has sadly failed ... . Tests every couple of weeks (I just took my first couple tests this past

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 8, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Winter Miscellania I'm (b)ready to go back to MIT al(b)ready.

  

  . ****Katelyn Gao = my former roommate, not an acronym. In the past week, I ... all over the dessicated grids of my post-semester calendar: 1.Baked ... four: 4.Unsuccessfully re-installed MATLAB (twice) because my license

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 27, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  optical illusions don't try this at home kids. use the crosswalk whenever possible.

  

  go to bed, in my PJs and all when my roommate asked me to go to ... flashes of thunder and lightning had me jumping out of my seat. The museum ... summer, except this weekend, I'm going home and since my drive home

  • by Bryan
  • August 4, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Living in Random Hall or: i really miss loop

  

  double on Loop. I remember anxiously looking up my roommate's name, feeling ... face. The first two weeks (FPOP + REX) My roommate and floor woes were ... Hi! Welcome to my comprehensive documentation of my time here in

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 1, 2019
• Blog / People & Identities

  Fortin’ with Mimi Let’s. Talk. About. Queer stuff.

  

  ! I've got a ton of friends, both trans and cis. My temporary roommate ... Massachusetts will vote to repeal or keep the law. As a transgender woman, my ... of this vote, but I’ll be okay because I have my fort! Yes, my fort is

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • September 18, 2018
• Blog / Study Abroad

  The Other Side The view from another cambridge

  

  enough (indeed there were many nights where I slept after my roommates and ... Cambridge University students swap places for a year (or in my case, a ... more brutal fall semester than the one that hit my Junior fall. IHTFP

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 31, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  World Suicide Prevention Day Write love on your arms to show support

  

  electronics.  The Garment District is one of my new favorite places in Cambridge.  Look at the boots! And here is a picture of my roommate Maggie making ... way to prepare myself for eventually getting my EMT certification.  Anna

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • September 10, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Things That Aren’t Studying If you think about it, I get paid to procrastinate

  

  at MIT.But here's a fun fact: both my roommate and I are performing ... Two weeks ago, my life was studying. On three consecutive days, I had 7.013, 8.02, and 5.12. (My brain is still recovering from the trauma

  • by Emad T. '14
  • March 7, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Throwback I'm gonna throw this out there. If you don't like it, you can throw it…

  

  I probably haven't looked this uncool since my fouth-grade days of rolling backpacks and headgear. It's not that my throwback to the early 90s ... - why, that IS Ace of Base playing on my boombox! Tae bo, anyone?) - it

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 9, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hit in the Face: A Snively GuestBlog Snively's point of view. Only this time it's actually his point of view, and not…

  

  Laura that my roommate and I rescued from an inevitable death ... . Hello, my name is Snively, and I’m about to get hit in the face with a ... Burton Conner. Recognizing my desire to blog a bit before then, Laura

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 14, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  re-orienting REX et al.

  

  REX in some way']move in,[/annotation] and my roommate, Jenny B.’25, had ... the only one on my floor. As hurricane Henri made its way to Rhode Island, I stayed in my room overlooking [annotation note="Kresge Auditorium

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • September 19, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  highlights of a hellish semester it's OVER. IT'S FINALLY OVER GOSDAIUOSDSOIJD

  

  each of the first two psets so i didn't stress about it until i saw my ... WYA"]class[/annotation] on pass/no record after I saw my first quiz ... , i got a 12-month lease with six friends from my floor, and being able

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 28, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  The Other Side from prefrosh to cpw chair

  

  , rowers float their way past my window. My roommate's prefrosh is up early ... like to finally be on MIT’s campus. As my Uber pulled up on Mass Ave, the ... the signals changed. The sky was a pleasant grey, and my face felt the

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • April 12, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Is Here! Welcome to MIT.

  

  your way to campus, I thought I’d share a few words on my experience at ... left my town that was 80 degrees with 100% humidity in Florida, and I could now see my breath in the air. Still, I was in a state of confusion

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • April 12, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Yellow, Blue, Green, and Red Free art and how to borrow it at MIT

  

  , white walls, my roommate and I have taken it upon ourselves to overhaul ... Maseeh Hall has been my home here at MIT for the last four years, including this year, my final one at this esteemed institute. Not only have I

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 29, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Alan Guth and Day 1 on the Navajo Reservation Warning: this post may blow your mind

  

  My first final exam at MIT was 8.012: "Physics For Masochists ... donned my most comfortable pair of sweatpants (Manchester United sweatpants ... out. My desk remained empty. I raised my hand. A proctor yelled "BEGIN

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 3, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  25 things and another reason to come to CPW. FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS. OH GOD.

  

  is currently my roommate. :) Have fun with this, kids. ... . OH MY GOD. Also, to continue the in-cases, (I don't think I ... . 2. I am becoming my mother, down to the hazelnut flavored coffee. I

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • February 3, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Boring Friday Night (guest post by Nina L. ‘19) Familiar inbetweens. Taking breaks. Things that aren't (all) sleep and studying.

  

  Last Friday night I came home from lab, took off my jewelry, wondered ... in Lujan’s room at EC. His roommate moved out to another dorm so he has ... .004 lab and quiz to study for, a thing for my UROP I don’t know how to code

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 24, 2016
• Blog / Events

  A Study Break. Or two or three. Or four. I think you get the idea.

  

  than whiteboards, textbooks, and calculators. Last Saturday, my roommate ... school. I know I’ve spent my fair share of time in the basement study room psetting, scribbling out mistakes, and trying to untangle the parts of my

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 21, 2013