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• Blog / Admissions

  Parental Advice Sometimes you just need to get out of the way

  

  I have known for some time that my approach to things can be ... , like eschewing traditional coloring books, when my children were younger ... spontaneously reaching for the flip video camera when my son refused to eat his

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 11, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back to School If you go to school in Missouri City (TX), I might see you this week!

  

  between sleeping and eating - writing this will hopefully break my cycle of laziness. So ~ my time in India is over :( No longer do I wake to the sound of roosters and step outside my door to see peacocks, cows, and stray

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 23, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Life as an Artist things I discovered about myself as it relates to the artsy stuff I have in…

  

  My Life...". But "Life as an Artist" has a better ring to it, don't you think?? lol As usual, my thoughts come out as bullet points so in the following, I will talk about some of the things that "ART IS..." for me (or my

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • November 2, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Stayin’ Classy Workworkworkworkworkwork *deep breath* workworkworkwork.

  

  with a painful lack of time. My friend's Facebook status currently reads ... arrows and dots all over my notes. Honestly, orgo, while time-consuming, makes sense to me. I come up with little stories in my head about ammonia

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 21, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  On Time That which I do not have.

  

  my schedule such that not a single class of mine runs past 3:30 pm ... my weekend go?! Follow-up case in point: Where does every weekend go?! I'm sitting here, in my room, at my desk. It's nearly 11:30 pm on a

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 7, 2010
• Blog / IAP

  What I Did on Registration Day I registered.

  

  morning, I peddled a small piece of my soul in exchange for my academic ... walked into her office with eight classes slapped onto my registration form ... about classes with my advisor for 10 minutes, and walked out with seven

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 2, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  I Think I’ve Found Paradise (Guest Entry) Work hard, play hard. For the next four years.

  

  By Gordon Wintrob '12 Well my camera conveniently died during CPW ... to be a man of few words, and my guest-entry was going to revolve ... -based article short but sweet. Enough with the excuses, onto the introduction! My

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Strike! Strike! Strike! I. H. T. F. P.

  

  Ok, I'm breaking my "Only blog every other day" rule, but only ... hundred shirts are sitting in my room), and I've begun to realize that my ... Thursday this year, completely avoiding CPW. My next math test isn't until

  • by Snively '11
  • March 29, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  All these days I spend away What does "home" mean to you?

  

  school. Yeah, it's sad.) I'm not sure if my situation is representative of ... to get a head-start on - in four of my five classes (the only class ... certainly is my hometown. I was born here, I spent eighteen amazing years here

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 25, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  And term starts again…

  

  couple of weeks. In the meantime, I'll entertain you with a list of my ... programming, game theory. My comments: The description sounded fun. I want to beef up my math background. Prof. Kleitman is a zany, charismatic mad

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 9, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Next steps Relax, guys. I'm still going to be around.

  

  I finished my last final exam yesterday, and barring any unforeseen ... webcast here. You should watch it and cheer for me.) My parents and younger ... to celebrate his birthday and my graduation. Adam still has a year to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 26, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Go White Sox! I'm absolutely giddy that the White Sox are in the World Series and I had…

  fans), my dad, grandpa, and great-grandpa were White Sox fans. Not surprisingly, then, my brother and I became White Sox fans too. Of course, I ... chance to go to games one and two in Chicago this past weekend with my

  • by mitblogs
  • October 26, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  US News & World Report… Just Save Your Wrist Watch. If I were to create a minority-based ranking of colleges, here are some of the…

  

  My grandfather was from Milledgeville, Georgia. He was a simple man ... this meant: "I'm already up to my neck in BS, I just want to save my ... -known problems associated with the USNWR rankings; my fellow blogger and colleague

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 24, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  Tofu corndogs and low-fat ice cream

  

  Today marks the tenth day of my ill-conceived diet, and all I want ... strictly true. Today should be day 11 of my diet, but on day 2 I feasted on pizza and bourbon chicken from the mall, so day 2 doesn't count.) In my

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 1, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  You know, that intro stuff

  

  ridiculously detailed records of my life... I guess you could say I was born for keeping a lab notebook), and even in my journal at age 9 I included a rundown of what I considered to be the essential statistics in my life: "My

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  baby steps something tender and new

  

  , blinking away the wisps of my dreams as i touch down on earth. “what did you ... lot of [annotation note="my list: all about love by bell hooks, crying ... , going into my junior year of college, i’m almost done. it took me long

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • August 25, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  in transit where do i go from here?

  

  -about-the-journey-than-the-destination kind of person and I find it bittersweet once my train finally pulls into ... yet. Because lately I've felt as if I'm running out of time. The way my ... that wraps me before I close my eyes. I am eating myself alive. I cut

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 6, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  it’s only a matter of time a post for the deferred

  

  This post has been rattling around my brain for a few weeks now, like ... offer my congratulations, and a warm welcome to the MIT community. For the rejected, I offer my condolences, and the best of luck as you apply to other

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 20, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  setting up a house will it take an entire semester? stay tuned

  

  ="the laundry app we used in dorms"]WashLava,[/annotation] the bane of my existence—and living spaces. It's pretty litty. My group started moving in on ... initiative and hop on Craigslist to look for one. As for my own room, I have a

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 5, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  batteries recharging because that's what IAP is for

  

  get away, but my research called to me and i decided to forego a bunch ... mode on my research project. i also expected to be really fucking lonely, because my boyfriend is doing GTL and SO MANY of my friends are gone as well

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 22, 2020