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• Blog / MIT Life

  I won the game! Not (quite) another picture entry... with Tastykakes!

  

  multipurpose 9x13 pan is a Pyrex pan which costs only $8.00? It's my last night ... photos from my phone to my computer, and I'm a college student and just can ... credit card fraud, and cashed in my winning lottery ticket. Despite having

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 6, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  DOFMH A sick day from work, where "sick" means "I wanted a day off"

  

  A note about the title: when I was little, my mother (who is a 5th ... ?) Today was my DOFMH from the lab... I've only taken three days off this ... every weekend. I deserved it. The first step in my day of laziness was

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 25, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Opening doors How being an MIT cheerleader can help you get a job.

  

  summer was great; I lived with my (and Mitra's) friend Rose '05 in Francis ... my internship at the National Institutes of Health the summer after ... internship program since my sophomore year of high school. I had always wanted

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 23, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  what I’m doing this IAP mostly physics and musical theater

  

  for Battlecode with two of my friends. In junior year, I worked on a ... are holding cool events and workshops. IAP is my favorite time of year ... friends is justified (people are less busy than during the semester, and

  • by Kai V. '25
  • January 16, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Stitch n Bitch: Quarantine Edition a tight-knit community scattered across the globe

  

  (infamously) asked me that night if I wanted my own pie. This is what I get for allowing her to see me binge dining hall food.[/caption] My freshman year, I ... people don't meet their best friends until their sophomore year. At the

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 21, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  Winter Sports at MIT a sneak peek of: swim and dive, squash, and men's basketball

  

  part of the team here. Some of my closest friends are on the swim team ... able to take a break from academics and train with my friends. Outside of ... me make so many life-long friends. Being able to hang out with my

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 12, 2024
• Blog / People & Identities

  someday fate of friends

  

  This summer, my friends in LA kept telling me I hadn’t changed at all ... had something new to give. My friends owned cars and had deeper voices ... ’d do if I dropped out of school now—the answer is to be with my friends

  • by Kai V. '25
  • November 10, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life during IAP i dump my brain a little

  

  during IAP. It is student-taught: I actually knew/were friends with several ... enjoyed the class and think it was well worth it for getting my feet wet ... realized that I would actually be quite bored there. My Japanese language

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • February 5, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Night Off Campus and some dancing

  

  intended midpoint, and see my friend Kamoya approaching me, in a ... soul-consuming. Still, on October 10 at 6pm, I can feel my brain starting to unspool from the rest of my body. I need a break, and luckily, I can

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 21, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Other Side of Fraternities What if. . .

  

  my friends all got calls inviting them to a steak and lobster dinner. I ... . Well, not nothing. My friend received a call and an invite to the ... shirts. I don't do house chores. I have friends. I have my floor. I build

  • by Snively '11
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  goodbye goodbye goodbye what's in store for me?

  

  'm terrified to leave MIT. How do you make new friends as a new grad? What if I have no friends? What if I hate my job? What if my roommates don't like ... the rest of my life now? But on the other hand, I know that this

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Looking Forward and Backward 10 Memories and 8 Resolutions

  

  closest friends, Ruth and Gina. 4. Saying goodbye to my mom and sister after ... walking back to the pavilion to meet my other friends, and I got an email ... back at how much my life has changed in just twelve months. It has, by

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • January 2, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  3 Lessons Learned While Hiking and what they'll teach me here

  

  as I got back after the hike I thoroughly enjoyed texting my friends ... and friends, and to have gotten exposure through the Boston Globe and ... -gritty details and hundreds of cool pictures, check out my hiking blog. I’m going

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • July 26, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  The Fringe that Stole Christmas hair @ MIT, and several hair-raising puns

  

  into EC after Interphase, I had a friend dye the underside of my then ... , I had a friend trim the broken ends of my hair and applied an ungodly ... ]Chris Peterson '13[/intro] As you can tell from my avatar, I had hair when I

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • December 25, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Sleep is for the Strong getting through finals week

  

  spend time with my friends, when I take a chance to relax, those are still ... more transparency here. Know that your friends are struggling too and it ... is tomorrow morning. But go for a quick jog. Call up a friend or a

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 13, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  SIMMONS GOT A TRAMPOLINE!!! it's awesome, possum!

  

  the re-election night, and me and my friend, Noah R. ‘27 were nominated ... one, except jump really high. My family used to have one in our backyard ... started rubbing off and making my feet black. There’s this video my parents

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • December 6, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Beantown. sketchbook showcase!

  

  When my friends asked me what my spring break plans were, I said ... , turkeys[/caption] A few months back, my friend at Michigan State asked me ... [/caption] I found this small sketchbook in my drawer that I impulse-bought from

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • March 31, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  highlights of a hellish semester it's OVER. IT'S FINALLY OVER GOSDAIUOSDSOIJD

  

  , i got a 12-month lease with six friends from my floor, and being able ... each of the first two psets so i didn't stress about it until i saw my ... WYA"]class[/annotation] on pass/no record after I saw my first quiz

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 28, 2020
• Blog / How to MIT

  Wandering through the Infinite 3.5ish years of wandering MIT, squeezed into like one month

  

  always blurred into the periphery of my vision. But this semester, with four easy classes and a return offer under my belt, I had a lot of extra ... things that caught my eye. The Infinite, for those of you who haven

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 22, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  work // life trying to figure out the balance

  

  my first day goes roughly how i imagined it would go: all the new ... in my case is my mentor, since my team's manager works in cambridge. my mentor, steven, shows me to my desk and helps me set up my computer

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • June 17, 2019