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  A Maple Peach in Cambridge They have some weird fruit here

  

  was 3 years old. I’ve lived in Georgia for practically my whole life ... science. Perhaps it had to do with the fact that my dad was an engineer and my mom was a biochemist. Perhaps it had to do with all that tinkering I

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 5, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties Update Stories from the parties today; more stories, and questions answered, tomorrow.

  

  been my first choice for most of high school, but for a brief period of time, another school took its place as my number one, and then the two ... my list of college applications. MIT eventually came back to being my

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 31, 2007
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Announcing new blogger avatars! all-new, all quality

  

  ="alignnone" width="284"] Alan: "this is gonna be my portraitist origin story ... further consideration, I have decided not to quit my day job ... 've decided that it's time for me to go back to my roots. no drawing could

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 1, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  processing in which I visit home and take time to think

  

  New York, had tea with my mom, then jumped straight into the [annotation ... the white bathroom ceiling of my childhood home, it really registered ... my classes, I’m meeting new people, exploring new interests and

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • December 30, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Hospital State of Mind The things I hate about being stuck here

  

  Wednesday. It is driving me crazy. I started talking to my squishible monster ... the word decapitated. It feels like doctors have chopped off my head. I just want to sit quietly and finish all my homework.   2. There

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 6, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Home Away From Home Complete with Batman mask, kettle corn, and ticket stubs

  

  (Click to zoom) Panoramic look at my room in Random Hall, let ... of props from my favorite movies/comics. The first shelf holds the crux of my media collection. It starts off with some classic newspaper

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • November 4, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Measurements How do you measure a year in the life?

  

  Campus to the Z-Center one day when my favorite song of the musical theatre ... measure a year, I began to wonder what units I use to measure my life. The ... specific songs define the distances in my life? A walk from East Campus to

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • October 21, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Fall Hits MIT In other words: Kate dumps all the pictures she's been meaning to post.

  

  appetite: It was my turn to cook for the Tetazoo Food Coop, and my partner ... weekend! My parents sent me a package full of Halloween decorations, which I ... the floor of my room, under my backpack?? Otis, who technically belongs

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 27, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Oh Wow KABOOM!

  

  design stuff. Then I run back to the dorm, finish my psets and study for my ... back to my dorm and begin my 18.03 pset. I have no idea what's going on ... I meet my prefrosh Chris '12 for CPW! In theory, by this point in time

  • by Snively '11
  • April 8, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Back From The West Coast ...with thoughts and conclusions on the recent serious posts.

  

  away from my blog for a few days, but my ability to get online was a bit sporadic during my trip. I've had a chance to think about the recent thread a lot and discuss it with some of my superiors (for those of you just

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 8, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Regular-ing Or: Over-justifying how much I eat out

  

  I had a breakthrough the other day. I was sitting in my favorite ... reasonable, I can order on my phone, all the food is vegetarian, and it’s one ... ANYWAYS I was just eating my breakfast bowl, minding my own business, when

  • by Powers '23
  • January 26, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  On IAP A time for P E R S O N A L P R O J…

  

  Hiiiii allll!!! It's been far too long since my last post! Let me update you on my life since October! First, I've passed every class that I've finished! Yay! Seeing the P on my report card brought me tears of pure joy

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • December 27, 2018
• 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 / 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 / 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 / MIT Life

  The Rudolph Family Weekend Better late than never, right?

  

  Chicago just isn't worth it for a weekend. But my Family Weekend was not completely lonely. My Uncle Jim and Aunt Maura and cousins Luke, Ally, and Erin ... : The Story of My Phone: At some point several weeks ago, the screen on

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 24, 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