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  I Am Excited a day in life of a student

  

  it later on here boosts the thrill, for I am a wanderer of the ... surprising, and set the tone for my day. I’m certain it will be bright. Later ... neglected for a minute too long. Then I’ll head to the west side of campus for

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 23, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT = Home the excitement of a freshman

  

  MIT dome. I’ve been on campus for three weeks, but still every time I pass beneath it, I shudder. For years, I had admired it from a distant ... mathematician, and I look for patterns in the world, yet I want to believe that

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Right back where we started from You can call me Dr. Mollie.

  

  cognitive sciences in 2006. For those of you doing the math at home, that ... wearing my brass rat flipped upside down for just over eight years now ... cortex of mice. (I wrote a review! And drew the pictures for it!) I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 6, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Spot the Blogger where you'll find bloggers during CPW, and some bonus tips!

  

  .mit.edu for a simple Google Maps version of campus. Don't be afraid to explore ... catch up on sleep when you get home. Don't feel guilty for wanting to stay up and try everything. :) You've earned it! 4) CPW is still school for

  • by Connie H. '15
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / Study Abroad

  The Other Side The view from another cambridge

  

  Cambridge University students swap places for a year (or in my case, a ... homework once every two weeks for each class), ate fancy three-course meals ... Potter (Cliche, I know...). Although leaving MIT for even a semester seemed

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 31, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ushering in a New Era An open letter to Pass/No Record (with footnotes!)

  

  fun in the fall and I’m grateful for the stress relief you provided. The ... there for me**. Like a rock. Or that piece of paper I accidentally ... can't seem to do that here. I had to settle for these floating stars

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 9, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Day of Classes Published exactly 4 weeks after the first day of classes. My bad.

  

  huge plus. When studying for exams, it's NOT agony to flip through my old ... class and providing motivation for learning the material (Peter Fisher ... those two classes. For some reason, it took me 28 days to take my notebook

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 2, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  More Milk Please And a cookie too. If by cookie you mean an awesome metaphor.

  

  overwhelmed by the barbarians (thank you Dictionary.com for your invaluable sample sentences). Maybe overwhelmed isn’t even the word I’m looking for here. Is there a word for being utterly thrilled, pleasantly surprised

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 7, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Quad Life four girls become roommates, hilarity ensues

  

  paired up for their room assignments within Baker. "Want to be my roommate ... pretty smoothly until she brought up that she would be waking up for crew ... and hello panda) -- and it's not easy to describe. (For those of you

  • by Connie H. '15
  • May 13, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Techfair! tisn't ye olde renaissance faire, institvte

  

  not only refusing to snow for more than a few days, but by having ... than normal cameras, which just calculate a color for each pixel and ... working on the software for. The Hobby Shop is a fun machine shop open to

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 19, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Disappointment I know how it feels...

  

  didn't get in: I have a story for you! And hopefully, it'll make you feel ... versions of that application, asked for several others' opinions on my essays, and revised, revised, revised. In order to compete for scholarships

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 21, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Average The benefits of challenging yourself in high school

  

  ? What could I be doing differently? Am I asking for help when I need help ... something or by defining ourselves with certain characteristics. For example ... individual with spunk and character. As a result, I strived for A's, worked

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 16, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Help@MIT welcome to student resources

  

  went off to distant lands for the summer are finally coming home, and ... orientation (safe travels for the rest of you arriving over the weekend!).  It'll be a time for some new adventure before classes start.  Boston is to be

  • by Piper '13
  • August 24, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Answer is Yes Tips for navigating your first month here with a Greek life emphasis

  

  This post is for incoming freshmen (with a slight bias toward ... started packing for your adventure and I hope you're shaking with excitement ... incidents and alcohol related deaths. He came home for Thanksgving that year

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 16, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Test Time! All my classes managed to schedule tests within a week of each other.

  

  up until 3am almost every night for the past week, studying for tests. In fact, right now I should probably be studying for my math test ... screwing up my grade for the rest of the semester. It all started last

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 5, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ode to the New, Part 1 Seeking adventure.

  

  department store. And, last summer, I channeled my enthusiasm for imaginary jungles to enthusiasm for a very real internship - far away from home and ... neuroscience research, who was looking for an assistant that summer. Life lesson

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 28, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Inside/Outside words/pictures; I really don't know what to put here... haha

  

  Wow so …….... I’ve been MIA for a whiiile. In the past 2 months ... move on from here. -- To me, summer has always been the time for some ... to share another project I have for the summer; I bought it as a

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 5, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, Decisions….. Don't Panic!

  

  Ahh Pi day. It's an important day for nerds worldwide, but it's perhaps most important for some future nerds here at MIT (not to be confused ... , decisions day (D-Day from here on out) is upon us and for the prospective

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 13, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Aftermath Literally.

  

  This week has been a battle for all of us – I just finished my Multivariable final this morning; let us waddle in the Aftermath for a little bit ... , looking for answers – why you were rejected, deferred, or accepted, how you

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 17, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Exhibitions@MIT [by Leah Brunetto '12] Something different amidst displays of scientific progress.

  

  programs and activities, for-credit visual arts/music/theater arts classes, non-credit Student Art Association classes, and opportunities for cross ... on the second floor of the Student Center, the central point for

  • by ARTalk
  • May 12, 2009