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• Blog / MIT Life

  August, Airplanes, and why not throw in Spring Break, too? My traveling styles. And, I don't even know, maybe a catch-up thing?

  

  bubble. How and when did I 'grow up' ? I once saw a toddler at an airport ... station pondering about them, I went up to the counter and asked for "ANY ... tell them the story of how I got the postcard, and it ends up taking up

  • by Ana V. '15
  • March 31, 2013
• Blog / MISTI

  We open in Venice We next play Firenze, then on to Pisa (lots of laughs in Pisa), our next…

  

  pour concrete into its base. The tower actually ended up leaning even ... -taking fee. As we sat on the roof for about an hour, a sound crew set up for a ... Friday in Venice, we woke up and got on the first available train to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 18, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  July Questions Omnibus 1 Answers to the many questions left in the comments of McGann's Factors.

  

  close to the deadline and everyone signs up for their interview, interview ... up for it. I feel like I can definitely do better on the SAT were I to ... , probably. You can sign up for that on the MyMIT website. A summer visit can

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a few new things is it too late to talk about the spring semester?

  

  finishing it. Every time I've started it, I've gotten caught up in this ... stories stocked up on the shelf with nowhere to go. So, although the storm ... and further behind on the content. I tried to catch up over the weekends

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • August 25, 2022
• Blog / Blog Projects

  where is south dakota again? and other fun questions for your south dakotan friends

  

  interviewer had set up a meeting for all of us. I met another two South Dakotans ... my goal to go to MIT. Cameron: I actually think my mom brought MIT up ... that commonly came up as I was researching possible colleges. From its

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 3, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I’m a Muslim Woman and… on this #MuslimWomensDay, meet some p cool ppl

  

  own mom a crate of food to being at MIT. My dad still hangs up my ... for a second one, but they said no. I really like playing it up with my ... Muslim community, especially the MSA. Growing up, there wasn’t a prevalent

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 27, 2018
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Guess who can legally drive alone in Maine now? Learning to drive on hard mode (i.e., in Boston)

  

  , I hatched up my ingenious three-step plan: Go to the RMV ... learner's permit in hand, I didn't end up driving to Maine. One of my ... test as a sign that I needed much more practice, so I signed up for a few

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 19, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  books I read in 2024, ranked and thoughts on the best ones

  

  happened to pick up this book from a store shelf and leaf through it, I ... , and all the parallels between her and her father, set up as camera ... threads are set up when the chapter begins and interact through dialogue

  • by Kai V. '25
  • January 13, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  必须好 – pt. 1 just keep swimming

  

  me feel like I’m giving up on all those core aspects of my life. At the ... , my sinking fear of being unable to catch up returned. No, I didn’t take ... today won’t create a setback so strong that I’m unable to catch up. It

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • September 23, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  [Guest Post] A Note to the Class of ‘28 by Andre H. ‘24

  

  he'd write up a version of it as a guest post for the blogs. And he did ... Student Center catching up with friends. The best advice I would give to ... up with my closest friends—and it’s something I will forever remember

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • May 21, 2024
• Blog / Life after MIT

  things i miss and don’t miss who is this guy? 🤔

  

  wake up. It's a bit sad, but maybe I will carry this for life. I also ... old pretty quickly. It was a great place for children to grow up, but it ... trying to not forget to pick my kids up from their school, and what to make

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 31, 2024
• Blog / MISTI

  go alone or you may never go at all

  

  market scene is just beginning to liven up. Crowds of people are shuffling ... most may take a quick glance, but soon after get caught back up in their ... different realm of possibilities open up when alone, things that you wouldn

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • January 6, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  transitions memories of first snow

  

  . I had signed up because I was a silly little frosh who was signing up ... that MIT is easy, and this journey has been full of incredible ups and

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 1, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Attack of the Acronyms and the space between the letters

  

  , these are it. First up—FPOPs! FPOPs: First-Year Pre-Orientation Programs ... part of the FPOP actually ended up being learning about rocket propulsion ... FPOPs, my focus on people during REX ended up being incredibly valuable

  • by Allison E. '27
  • October 3, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  Misconceptions initial thoughts from a first-gen college student

  

  .000 discovery course,[/annotation]it’s a lot to keep up with.  I was also ... asleep for what was meant to be an hour-long nap before 8.01, but I woke up ... felt better to catch up on the content I missed with the help of friends

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • September 30, 2023
• Blog / Residential Life

  four ways to unstrip a screw tΞp work week tales

  

  -campus dorms may have facilities workers to tidy up after filthy undergrads, but ... one of my work week tasks has been to patch up holes in the basement ... rusty Phillips head screws. Two hours later, I end up using four different

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • September 3, 2023
• Blog / Personal Projects

  in Black Valley Hostel journal of my third day in Ireland

  

  . This was the right decision -- the fellow who picked me up was from a ... sheep-lined roads than anyone I’ve ever seen. He recommended a hike up the ... , not looking up maps ahead of time, not planning the train route ahead

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 9, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  existential cubes a daily encounter with Ernő Rubik

  

  picked them up whenever a random urge would hit. Only this past spring did ... morning, the first thing I do right after I wake up is solve a Rubik’s cube ... eyes of someone who has just woken up, the combined ease of a cube being

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • July 14, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  art in burton conner making do in a non-mural building

  

  , Burton Conner didn't end up with this solution. instead, we got a handful ... , but in a follow-up meeting, we discussed some of the underlying reasons ... underclassmen to pick up the torch. in the meantime, we're trying our best to

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 5, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  The Five Stages of Grief (Jonathan’s Version) on a journey from New Hampshire to Next House [guest post]

  

  roommate (Andy!) is still asleep, so I try my best to not wake him up. 06 ... some point looking up where exactly the South Station Bus Terminal is. As ... last stop for the bus, I considered setting an alarm to wake myself up in

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • February 4, 2023