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  just do it don’t say you’re gonna do it!

  

  of my favorite lecturers in MechE, but on that day, I could barely stay awake on my feet. Handling a mill was difficult, but automating the ... half the yo-yo body[/caption] The night before my first mold CAM was due

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 23, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  Above Ground now breathe

  

  and final part to my previous blog. I spent last semester trying to catch my breath. Now that I finally have, I'm not quite certain what to do ... my hands dirty. Thankfully, I have a few of those projects happening

  • by Paige B. '24
  • January 10, 2023
• Blog / How to Money

  ew taxes the new zealand government owes me money

  

  Zealand, this happened as well; they took away roughly 30% of my paycheck ... .[/caption] The government owed me thousands!  So my procrastination cost me a lot

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 13, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Stories That Made Me My identity in books

  

  storytelling so much that it's become a pillar of my identity — it's why I chose ... prerequisite reading, one of my favorite lines, and whom I believe the story is ... between one mutually exclusive thing and another for the rest of my days

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • November 19, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  whiteout conditions forget your mission, just get out alive

  

  bad hand". the chorus has been stuck in my head for the last few days ... wake up and i'm already tired. i no longer know if i want to go to my

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 26, 2021
• Blog / People & Identities

  if rupi kaur went to mit milk and funny

  

  _hidden]every time i get an email from you my heart skips a beat how i wish you would say those three little words three little words to change my life

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 2, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Green Building Challenge hex wins third place!

  

  ="aligncenter" width="438"] I couldn't have done it without them![/caption] My team ... total of 22 times, alongside my teammates Daniel A. '21 and Antonio B. '22 ... Beast, Slugfest, etc. To my knowledge, this is Hex's first year competing

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • January 31, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Hint of fall A Sunday adventure

  

  , presentations, you name it. Plus basketball practices started Monday. My Google ... my window and saw some pretty trees. Thus began an afternoon solo ... , looking for any and all signs of fall. My only directive was to maximize the

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • October 21, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I’ve Been Staring At The Edge of The {Charles River} 'long as I can remember, never really knowing why

  

  my freshman year. And just as the skyline looked different at every ... buildings, filling my room with an early morning serenity. More often than not

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 26, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes 2.0 what i am/am i doing with my life

  

  Here’s to a basically mid-semester check-in to what I spend my time ... my Sundays have been renamed “Day of 6.009 Office Hours.” 6 ... more ways than simply discussing the readings of Gandhi on campus. My

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • October 27, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Writing the MIT Application Essays Hurgh. I know.

  

  've overcome" essay 10:17 Just breeeeeathe Some of my favorite blog posts about ... .org/blogs/entry/how-to-write-a-college-essay https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/what-my

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 28, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  morning room sounds get your headphones

  

  an uninterrupted 20 minutes, approx. 9 am, my room on the fifth floor of east campus: outside sounds, sink sounds, door sounds, my sounds use headphones for maximum sense of transported-ness   The ear

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 14, 2017
• Blog / Athletics

  weather and stuff a Californian’s first experience of fall and also other things on my mind

  

  problem for me. I Iive in a triple. One of my roommates, Claire, is from ... there’s a northeaster, which means it’s cold and gloomy and windy. My first taste of fall. Yeah, I will admit I am freezing my butt off. But

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • October 2, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  What is weather? ...and what is rain?

  

  degrees and sunny. That basically sums up my prior experience with ... bought my first umbrella and poncho, in the event that rain, sleet, snow ... had my umbrella in hand, poncho over my backpack. I was ready to conquer

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 9, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Chomsky and Infinities illustrated highlights of an MIT October (part 1)

  

  curiosity. Below are some Highlights of my October, occasionally enhanced ... two minutes away from my dorm! Chomsky is quite the prominent figure. He ... to the famous scholar: * My recently added Humanities course, 24

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 5, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Enjoying the Little Things In which I ramble about happiness and taking breaks

  

  In lieu of posting about any huge on-campus events or grandiose life-changing moments (of which I've had none in the past two weeks, to my knowledge), I ... want to see more Inktober things, feel free to scroll through my Twitter

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 27, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Ask Me Anything or discuss anything. or whatever really. what i'm trying to say is: open thread.

  

  New Hampshire on my couch in the sun, alternately working on neglected projects and napping while my mom watches old movies and unpacks Christmas

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 30, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What is an Incomplete Grade? ABCDF....I? How to use MIT's grading system in dire situations

  

  helped me realize that Course 1 wasn't my destiny. SO WHAT IS THE BOXED I ... high school. It was my first project-oriented class, and I was really excited. Little did I know the depth I was getting into. Me and my teammate

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • September 7, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Great Gatsby In all its pixelated glory

  

  While browsing through my news feed the other day, I came upon a post from the MIT Alumni Association's page that caught my eye... The Great Gatsby as a video game?? So cool. After doing a little digging around, I

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 17, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  To the Class of 2016 General life advice

  

  , and letting them initially prevent me from making my own decisions about ... about specific topics.I remember my Spring semester, I struggled quite a bit. I took on a little too much, and because of all my commitments, I

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 12, 2012