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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Schedules are up!

  

  , because individual class schedules for the fall term came out. (My very ... schedule for the next term, but this takes place several months before a term ... 't think it counts as my favorite day of term.) I know for sure that I'll be

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  My Old Kentucky Home

  

  , stepdad, and four siblings in Louisville, Kentucky, and will be there for ... argument about what the proper name is for a soft drink. Most people said ... generic name for soft drinks. If you go to a restaurant and say "Could I

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Nightswimming

  

  denizens, is that we get up to such interesting things! For example, a few ... 's easy to blame him for anything involving nudity. The driver of the car I ... except for our own voices and some very excitable bullfrogs. There were

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 23, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Work in Progress So. I decided that I needed a new banner.

  

  . Ben decided for me that I needed a new banner. See, when Ben sets up the original blog for us, it has a "default banner" that says "replace this ASAP ... Mitra and put up a really simple temporary design for the time being. So I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  As The Saying About Assumptions Goes… Assume = Ass + U + Me.

  

  (for which I still owe you the summary, I know) we had a group discussion ... hearts and true passions. I mentioned to the group that at MIT we look for ... in order of priority). (We'll pause here to clarify for the record that

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Schools of dreams

  

  come to a section about a student coming in for a mock college interview ... down to the fact that we don't have room for every excellent student who ... choices for college, though. We need to hear more about them. And parents

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 17, 2004
• Blog / IAP

  (another) postcard from GTL spain and an unexpected crossover with the Edgerton Center

  

  Layla, for sending it to me and knowing i would love it ... for college"][/annotation], I'll give you the feeling the movie gave me ... anyone in my life for granted. Similarly, my brain is swimming in all the

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • February 1, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  Failing and perfectionism

  

  reach a lofty bar that you set for yourself. It’s a challenge.   ... tendencies, and that shiny bar you've set for yourself becomes the standard for ... significantly above-average point, you're so screwed. You’re meat. For whatever

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 12, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  goodbye after so long and with so much love

  

  . When I got into MIT, visited for CPW, and finally comMITted, the biggest ... , but their MIT -- full of friendship, companions for psets and for ... waiting for me. There was never any question about whether I would apply to

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • June 1, 2023
• Blog / How to MIT

  Super Sketchy Background Activity the experiment, part 3

  

  VSVDbZUakc After realizing I've done a team update for the [annotation ... a good thing…I guess? Hmm, on second thought, and for legal reasons ... could create a video for the incoming class. I remembered him from WISE

  • by kellen manning
  • June 5, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  i’d like to write a happy post a sestina

  

  I've been gone from the blogs for a little while, since this semester ... , on making paradise for CPW; or spring break adventures; or the way that ... no space to breathe—no space to post. And yes, there has been time for

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 6, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] Rush Course 12 what it’s like to study Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences at MIT

  

  and the possibility for life beyond Earth. [caption id ... .[/caption] There are four tracks for the major: Geosciences: Geology, Geochemistry ... with slightly lower expectations for the undergrads taking the class

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 6, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  Blogger’s Block a hiatus from writing (but not memeing)

  

  posting quite often, for a bit – enjoy!"]recently started posting again ... ="Thank you Petey and the rest of the blogfam for keeping me included throughout ... just made me completely incapable of making a single post for so long. I

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 23, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  bursting the MIT Bubble when 🅱️ig 🅱️ome Energy gets too real

  

  Netflix for eight hours and it's completely acceptable because, hey, at ... to present to my peers, the rationale for this being the intensity of ... ?? feels like i’ve been here for an eternity"]two-ish months

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 17, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  Burnout (and what to do about it) learning how to recharge a low battery

  

  depleted for several months. There's a lot of reasons, professional and ... MIT, I take pride in my own high capacity and drive for work. Being able ... has problems with the drudgery of work, but burnout, for me, is when

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 27, 2019
• Blog / Summer

  “How was your day?” asked and answered

  

  been happening for the last two weeks, and I don’t know why. I bitterly get up, say good morning to my roommate, and head for the bathrooms ... immediately thank the gods for finals week. My GRT, bless his soul, cooked up an

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • June 2, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Memory of a Greatly Beloved Establishment rip the stud subway

  

  longer an option for Lobdell Food Court customers. Some of you might be ... rocky, but I could always rely on it to be there for me. After long hours ... and cheese bread, and didn't accept card half the time, but for a sweet

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • April 3, 2019
• Blog / IAP

  I’m Awesome (at) Parkour! and other fun things i'm doing this Independent Activities Period

  

  up with cute names for everything else I'm doing, too ... , considering i've been doing it for approximately two weeks! Parkour has been ... that they break down all the different motions we learn for us and

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 22, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Colin Webb’s Commencement Speech "We learned, as graduating MIT engineers, that our job is to build bridges."

  

  figurative (and for many literal) feet, not only for the quality of the speaking, but the substance of which he spoke. For many people, Colin really ... with you all. Here's a video of the speech, and below is the text. For

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 17, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Gingerbread Gone Horribly Right "run, run, as fast as you can..."

  

  for the blogs. Then it took me two years to write the post. Half of the ... . '21, Kristen Y. '19, and Anna W. '21 for the 2017 photos, editorial ... who volunteered for the photos in 2015!  THE END

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 8, 2018