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• Blog / MIT Life

  Moving Out oooh, I am, moving out, mmhmm..

  

  singles are not for the claustrophobic, the faint of heart, or in this ... out great for Marty's dad in Back to the Future, my main purpose behind ... of IAP, and the floor held re-rooming for her room specifically. And

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 15, 2008
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  soulsearching / coding in which i ramble about careers

  

  Janice: Hey! Thanks for making time for this. CJ: No problem ... 've been here for more than a month, I wanted to check in and find out how ... 's people who've been in the industry for decades now. I can't imagine that

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 26, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  On Essay Writing A guide to essay writing for the express purpose of obtaining admittance to an institute…

  

  else is 34000+? The number of cities that Airbnb services! Hooray for ... portal crashes in the last months of the year. For those of you already familiar with the application process for medical school, skip ahead past the

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • July 22, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nobody’s Got No Class! I was browsing through the MIT Course Catalog, and thought these classes looked pretty thought-provoking.

  

  " as a catalyst for discussion, seminar participants will examine gender ... , relationships, sexual health, balancing plans for career and family, body image ... reoccurring. Can be substituted for one CI-HASS subject. O. Buyukozturk, T

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 6, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  major uncertainty switch 2 A 6-2?

  

  been stagnant in that position since that blog. Things settled for quite ... be pretty rough for me. To take the classes I wanted, I sort of had to ... .001. For classes, I don’t generally get too much from lectures, so I spend

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 2, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things I Learned From Freshman Year Overanalyzing all my bad habits.

  

  that and putting it together into what works for me. I hate those cliche ... . Summer is a good time for planning and reflection. My nerdy corner of ... have an obsession with productivity for the pure sake of productivity

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 23, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Nonlinearity My conjecture on finding my way through four years at MIT.

  

  decided to read it and see if my personal predictions and goals for my ... that I was able to carve out a path for myself that I feel very happy ... mustache, for one. I wanted to major in Computer Science and graduate and

  • by Bryan
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  dealing with loss it ain't easy

  

  changed so fast. I hated myself for not playing with her more when I had the ... I visited Japan on exchange for the first time. he lived right next to ... to play shogi and how to tend to his garden, and he took me all over

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 5, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An End A whirlwind.

  

  , and tried not to think about the fact that we'd been in the car for ... slept outside a 7/11. Whoops.) We stopped periodically for the toilet and ... two of his friends from Montana, who just moved to Boston for college

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 20, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  Story of a Lifestyle I'm going to kick you - No, for real

  

  class ended, I took a mini-break – only to return just in time for the ... like an Initiation for me: the skilled and unwavering competitors from ... convinced me to commit. For the next four months, MIT Sports Taekwondo would

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • March 30, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Balancing Life, School, and… More Life? Gotta start by taking advantage of Veteran's Day to... work... and, more importantly, BLOG!

  

  -day weekend! Wooohooo!!! Yesterday, I decided that today would be perfect for a ... any plans for tomorrow?" Their responses were like this: "Tomorrow ... Terrascope room at 12 and stay there until 2 or 3 to work on our final plan for

  • by Marcela R. '13
  • November 11, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Telethon FAQs from a small but enthusiastic sample of prefroshies

  

  of the freshly admitted candidates for the class of 2016. We all stayed longer than we'd planned; my hallmate and I swore we would only stop in for a few calls, but ended up making hundreds of calls for over four hours

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 5, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Senior Bucket List, Pt. I Do ALL the things!

  

  present evidence that so far I'm 3 for 15. Hopefully I will have things to ... . I thought it'd be fitting to get my book signed for my high school ... never be thankful enough for a good teacher, and in some ways you won

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 18, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  self-destruction my entirely self-inflicted problems

  

  trigger built in; that for every person, there is a sentence that can reduce ... the bathroom at the beginning of january i flew to sf for a job interview. i was pretty nervous for it - it was my first ever in-person job

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 27, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  discretion, for dinners or study breaks or even appliances for the wing to ... restaurant was enormous and empty except for our group of ten people. The dim ... cold night was great. And now, for the first time, pictures in my blog

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • November 17, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  my shattered laptop in the midst of pre-finals season

  

  funny... During lecture for MAS.863 How To Make (Almost) Anything at the ... responded with "I have some bad news for you..." to which I felt some concern ... crushed my laptop. He showed me my computer, apologized very sincerely for

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • December 7, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  avoiding responsibility writing this blog to procrastinate on stuff

  

  clothes out of the wash, sending emails, cleaning up my room for CPW, running a quick setup test for a UROP, filling out a when-to-meet, things ... expected to feel refreshed, ready for a round three. But it’s not happening

  • by Anika H. '26
  • April 6, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Green Building Challenge hex wins third place!

  

  's roof. The many windows were also perfect for a hack – playing Tetris! ... -competition. Antonio wore a Garmin watch, which he used to record his heart rate for all ... incredibly well. The process for each climb was simple: start in the basement

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • January 31, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Is MIT too hard? warning: metaphors ahead

  

  For most people, sprinting a mile in under 5 minutes is physically ... aerobic capacity, which allows them to run at blazing speeds for long, sustained periods. What's sprinting for us, is a comfortable pace for them. A

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 18, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  This is what happens when we don’t do work Here is the infinite rollercoaster of fun I promised not to take you on.

  

  I'm long overdue for a blog update. To dispel your mental image of me ... excitement. Actually, there's been too much excitement for me to find the time ... bubble tea for my caffeine event (note: never hold a confusingly named

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 24, 2011