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  Home is where the Heart is visiting my grandparents

  

  Featuring my sister's drawings cuz she's awesome.   I went to ... California a Monday afternoon and stayed there with my family for a day before ... ’t fit everything, my suitcase was eventually used as overflow. We hauled

  • by Anika H. '26
  • August 4, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Two Truths and a Lie Because we all definitely love playing icebreakers

  

  .  Welcome to the party. I fell out of my parents' nest in New Jersey and ... airplane window down onto the earth.  I thought about my parents.  They’re so proud of me.  First generation Latino and the first from my school to be

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 17, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An End A whirlwind.

  

  I'm sitting on my bed, back against the windowsill and sneakered feet dangling off towards the garbage can. There's a box sitting on my otherwise-empty bookshelf, a shirt and a purse strewn across my desk, an empty closet, a pile

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 20, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  intention via YearCompass

  

  year, but never really went through with it, so here's my honest try at ... down here. I chose these dates somewhat haphazardly. As I looked at my ... Styles concert - Oct. 28 My Policeman - Nov. 1 The 1975 concert - Nov

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 1, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  happy LFDOC! my last semester of undergrad :)

  

  Today marks my last first day of classes (LFDOC!) as an undergrad at ... . Namely:  It’s my very last semester (still trying to wrap my head around ... of my other 7 semesters, this semester is one that I can do whatever I

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 3, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The After

  

  , working in the machine that is Big Tech. My day to day involves a lot less ... product design, so thank you DPD for exposing me to my future career⚙️! I ... never stops being 🤯. My job has given me the opportunity to travel

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / Events

  4 comfort songs for your first day shake those jitters!!!

  

  the end of my summer commitments and the start of the school year, so I've been very precious with preserving my energy. Even then, I'm not particularly stressed about day 1 of my senior year. I was, however, feeling

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • September 3, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  day one welcome back

  

  't always open. Everybody wears masks. Many of my friends are gone, off to new ... , one on artificial intelligence, and none of my recitations are holding ... .701), even though I learned it during my time away from MIT. I didn't think my

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 9, 2021
• Blog / People & Identities

  Thank You for unity and kindness

  

  feeling on the inside. As if goosebumps are embedded deep into my skin ... , I was unfazed. Not shocked at all. The first thought that came to my mind was again. It's happened again. And so I set my phone to the side

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 18, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Using Fireflies.ai to Write a Post About Fireflies.ai behind the scenes: it's pretty meta

  

  , like finishing up my IAP class assignments and moving rooms in my fraternity. A few days later, Fireflies saw that I hadn’t completed my task yet and sent me a reminder when I opened my browser.   I looked at

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 20, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Three Weeks a short summary of this crazy place

  

  home. There are things I miss about real home too. Like my high school friends, or my mom's cooking, or the generally lethargic mood of my old ... . From my FPOP (Freshman Pre-Orientation Program) to Orientation to the

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 12, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Every August a million small moments

  

  the time, MIT is not at the forefront of my mind. I've got code to write, planes to fly, trips to take. MIT isn't my turf anymore, and I ... rise from Killian Court in my pajamas. I remember my soon

  • by Piper '13
  • August 30, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Unlikely Candidate Finding the unexpected “right fit”

  

  My childhood best friend changed schools in 8th grade, so I didn ... that time, I wasn’t really considering MIT, because as my earlier ... parents watching over my shoulders during application season, the MIT

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 9, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  What has carcinogenic chemicals, alum bloggers, and ~art~? embracing my inner hipster

  

  Some people can draw. My friend Alison, for example, drew this ... . Yes, that is my Chrome beanie. I, alas, cannot draw.  Despite living in a very mural-happy dorm, I can't paint to save my life. But I do

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 29, 2012
• Blog / MISTI

  Mussels and Brussels Lessons in engineering and culture from a nation of kindness

  

  : Carmeuse   Since my freshman year, I have seriously wanted to ... internship in another nation would be a perfect post-graduation, pre-rest-of-my-life opportunity. It was a great idea in my opinion! So there I am, sitting on the

  • by MISTI Program
  • August 6, 2012
• Blog / MISTI

  Another year has begun Welcome to my world

  

  mountains of Colorado and even time to be bored, it is nice to get back to my MIT life. My summer started three days after my last final, when I boarded a flight bound for Mexico City, ready to start my summer in Mexico

  • by Becca H. '12
  • September 17, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Blogging Scholarship Go out and Vote!

  

  industry, I'm not the smartest in my class or major, and I haven't done ... one of the top twenty finalists! Before I make my pitch I'd like to share my short essay that I submitted to apply. My blogging began during

  • by Snively '11
  • November 7, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Grocery Store Run Run, Geza, run!

  

  , though. Long in advance, my father had planned to come up to MIT that same ... decent shape, my whole family decided to visit. We had a great time. My ... my mother, she insisted that I hadn't been eating and that more food be

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • September 28, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Forget that Or, "Why I won't be posting next week"

  

  of my kitchen stuff (bowls and spoons and so on), she promised to save ... that day, so Diana decided to recycle it again to save my piece of cake ... everyone to call me by my username (with very limited success) ever since. I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 20, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Who’s that new kid? ANOTHER one?? Are you KIDDING me?! She doesn't even fit on the page!

  

  to MIT, though, it's gotten significantly worse. Why didn't my mom ... . SAVE THE TREES." 14 x 22? "YO, MITTY GIRL."   My name is Jess K ... 'm just a girl working in a bakery.) I've lived in California all my life

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 10, 2006