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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Re-introduction A summary, for those of you just tuning in.

  

  closest friends are the people in my entries (I lived in A for three years ... rough draft of my paper. This is my last week in the lab, and I'm trying to organize everything properly so that my postdoc can do a few final

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 26, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Psets from hell Sometimes learning can be painful

  

  when describing my week to a friend I said, "The ratio of hours I spent ... Break here? I know, I have failed you all. Please accept my sincerest ... all the other kids. No, seriously- I remember one time my mom got really

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 18, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  I’ve been reading applications And I'm still reading them

  

  my makeshift home office can be found. Hello routine, my old friend I ... friendly little ceramic spook on my desk offers a welcomed reminder of that ... at 4 PM, my apartment’s heaters start to kick in and create a truly

  • by Jeremy W.
  • November 28, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  suggestions for MIT merch but they're bad

  

  of year again for my favorite seasonal meme: The holiday season is a ... get merch for my parents. It’s your standard college merch store, plus a ... to buy as a gift for their family, friends, and loved ones. (continued

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • December 10, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  Sailing Spring Break a trip to Charleston and why the sailing team is awesome

  

  My spring break consisted of some of the things I love most in this world: sailing, friends, food, and warm weather. Woo! Every spring break ... magic mimicked every single one of my attempts to pass them for at least

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • April 7, 2017
• Blog / MISTI

  Language (die Sprache) MIT-Germany student discusses language

  

  characters are humans instead of the oceans) my friend brought up a quote ... who are fluent in both -- those who simply upon hearing my accent switch ... 'm reading a thesis of a friend; he could have written in English

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 10, 2012
• Blog / Hacks

  Giving Laura an assist

  

  '? Friends of mine were also put off by the use of 'hack' for real ... have popped up in my blog before...you're correct, incidentally, that ... generic moniker. It's used primarily to refer to the hackers of 5th East (my

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Best of the Ben Blogs Looking back at Ben's four years on the blogs.

  

  always kicked ass (which annoyed my friends to no end). ;-) Use the freedom ... my son's godfather) at least once a month ever since. Become friends ... ! [commercial] And on that note, my friends, selection committee beckons. [read

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 26, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  chugging along a week in my life

  

  revision due on wednesday, so i take a break to text some of my friends back ... more eco-friendly." i run into estin at the event, my lab partner for 7 ... minutes before my alarm goes off. i haven't woken up naturally in a while

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 22, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  On taking a ‘Gap Year’ Consider taking a year before entering college.

  

  's just what everyone does." My friend Shaun over at the blog The ... taking a gap year. My hope is that you will at least consider, just for a ... reply form on your MyMIT portal, just choose I will enroll at MIT and I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snapshot of a Week Food, radio, James Bond, and soccer in an unusually eventful week.

  

  leave my computer. In Next, wings are halves of floors, either the East or ... help build a sense of community by ensuring that everyone is friendly ... cold night was great. And now, for the first time, pictures in my blog

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • November 17, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Advices, advices Notes from Associate Advising...

  

  of coping with being away from home. My only good advice for ... tend to get more and more depressed the longer I spend in my dorm room. Thus, I hardly spent any time in my room during the first couple of weeks

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 28, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions Omnibus 2 I should probably stop stealing entry titles from Matt McGann.

  

  run pretty much the same as they do. (My last post about MIT-EMS was ... all on my doorstop, and I'm right by the T so I can just hop on the ... . (His Princeton commencement address is probably my favorite story thus

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 3, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  On taking a ‘Gap Year’ Consider deferring college for a year.

  

  what everyone does." Last summer, my friend Shaun over at the blog The ... taking a gap year. My hope is that you will at least consider, just for a ... online reply form on your MyMIT portal, just choose I will enroll at MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 4, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  “Take care of yourself.” "Can you post something positive please?" - my mom

  

  gave my old one to my friend since she needed it more than I did, and I ... small and little, they are My Things that I love. And I have my friends ... world~. Whether they voiced it or not, I knew my family was really

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 19, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Pie Day at the Massachusetts Institute of Tasteology the Institute Has The Finest Pastries on 3/14 at 1:59 PM ET in the year…

  

  my psets by reading old MIT News articles. One of these stories ... —to consume the entire Institute. As I cozied deeper into my beanbag among the ... fruit,[/annotation] my eyelids grew heavy and my consciousness filled with

  • by Ratatou-Ellie F. '28
  • March 6, 2026
• Blog / Challenges

  Walk Across Rhode Island 12 hours, 33 miles, a million aches and pains

  

  Last Sunday, some friends and I walked across the state of Rhode Island! This idea originated last year, when my friend Xavier and some of ... time photographer friend Brenna got some cool photos of me posing like

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 14, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  6.115 Microcomputer Lab! literally the coolest class i've taken so far

  

  handful of my friends felt like signing up for [annotation note="more on ... that some of my friends were in the same boat. Lab was a whole 'nother ... fluorescent lamp[/caption] My friend Shruti, who took the class a year ago

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • June 16, 2023
• Blog / Life after MIT

  [guest post] on undergrad by laura c. '23

  

  options are near new york or the bay area, where most of my friends will be ... to the next phase of my life. I’m excited to say that I’ll probably be ... some of my thoughts about my time in college and what I’ll do after for

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 16, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  like a freight train a schedule post

  

  people on [annotation note="Like Alan!"]my hall[/annotation], and friends ... regular year, but now I'm all for it-- especially since one of my friends is ... opened my backpack, pursing my lips at the sound of the zipper. A friend I

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 19, 2021