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  Slam Dunked Long crazy week...a few necessary lessons

  

  a stressful week—aren’t most weeks here—but not enough to warrant this ... couldn’t remember. I did a few practice exams. You need to understand ... ; next thing, I knew, time was up, and I hadn’t even finished. That didn’t

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • November 4, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Splash. Was. Awesome. I taught: 3 classes, 5 sections, 246 kids.

  

  figure out where the heck they're going. Our hallways aren't the easiest to ... free t-shirt. My current collection: three Splash shirts, two Spark ... teacher lunch is okay. There isn't much pizza left by the time I arrive

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 21, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  MY college essay 498 words of angst.

  

  Responses to comments: Sam said: Laura, I can't make my lab printer ... didn't.) Arg, you know, I think I actually know what you're talking about ... have to tell the truth. Your room doesn't look like a 'I could be an

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 12, 2008
• Blog / Events

  DEAPS 2005 Yellowstone freshman year.

  

  didn't for a few days. That's because I actually got busy with my UROP. Blah blah blah motor trouble turns one way but not the other why me don't ... time, life couldn't have been moving faster. Who was I? I was a recent

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • June 25, 2008
• Blog / How to Food

  REX and the City New York, New York, and other answers to your other questions, too.

  

  , which isn't exactly easy in between problem sets, but it can make for a ... swamped and not understand anything at MIT. Are there people who aren't ... runner, I used to get recruited by high school coaches. I didn't understand

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 10, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Catching up What's new? Lots of things. I just haven't told you about them yet, because finals…

  

  , that wasn't necessarily the best idea. I didn't leave myself very much ... .03 again next semester), and have packed up just about everything I don't ... year haven't I told you about yet? Well first off, we had floor

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Senioritis We'd fight for a cure if we weren't so lazy.

  

  be like "I'm getting straight D's, baby!" because wouldn't it be cool ... try to pretend I am. I give up.) Since I don't have that much ... , but didn't find any suitable (read: cheap) towels. I have nonetheless

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  FIRST fun And now...the much anticipated (but never duplicated!) photo-filled account of the coolest robotics competition ever!

  

  much schoolwork done as possible. I knew I wouldn't be getting much done ... then (sad story ahead!) we lost our funding and our advisor didn't really ... the ramp for some bonus points. Go team! Team 97 in action. FIRST isn't

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 29, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  What Is This, a Crossover Episode? Jacob Collier and Yo-Yo Ma come to MIT

  

  the peak of fame, I don't know what is. [image_grid images="111539 ... the Q&A at the end[/annotation]. Admittedly, I wasn't as big a ... . I don't listen to much cello music (I much prefer piano/clarinet music

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 23, 2025
• Blog / Personal Travel

  I tried* to run to the airport *thank you Noah and Sydney for saving my life

  

  that there's no bridge. There isn't a bridge from the mainland to the ...  have to get to the airport now. I don't want to give up. I have a fire in my ... running. This is where it stopped being fun. I wasn't in the populated

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • November 12, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pictures from a Month into Classes and I'm thrivi... surviving?

  

  reminds me that formality is something we don’t actually have to follow when we don’t want to. So with that, I’m going to try my best to give you ... and driving there starting at 1 AM on a Tuesday isn't ideal... but

  • by Richard O. '28
  • October 14, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  transitions memories of first snow

  

  fall. I remember feeling like I was always out of place, like I didn't belong here, or like I was just in the cosmically wrong place. I didn't ... at another school, and I'd say, "Well, I really don't like that, so I

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

  Noise and time chaos and peace in a silver package

  

  . What I didn’t realize was that, in the process, I forgot to do things for ... others weren't for me or that I wouldn't have time. I was in this chaotic ... environment. These conflicts meant that sometimes I didn't have enough

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • October 15, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  Strands literal and metaphorical >:)

  

  that my knee-jerk answer - a couple of years - wasn’t true any more. She ... catching a cold), and it’s usually in a state of disarray, since I often can’t ... just can’t seem to get over the thing with my hair.  My nervous reflex

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • September 10, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  leaving season blue blue blue

  

  And we leave it all behindCan't you see we need some time? at a camp ... when we were leaving, all with heavy hearts. we didn't know if we would see each other again, and for the most part, we didn't. we still wish

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • August 21, 2023
• Blog / Personal Projects

  in Black Valley Hostel journal of my third day in Ireland

  

  was falling quickly now. Uber didn’t work so I called one on the phone ... nodded, though I hadn’t. She said we’d sort it tomorrow — this is late for ... , which is a lovely lovely blessing. I haven’t slept in a room alone since

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 9, 2023
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Radio Nerd Shenanigans i wrote this in october and forgot to post it oops

  

  other people on hall. “Commencing meowing sequence in T minus 10 seconds ... to figure out how to get to the club room. Walker wasn’t the most ... the tesla coil wasn't the cause, but it was pretty funny in the moment

  • by Anika H. '26
  • February 25, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  laser-powered happiness 6.UAR showcase, part 1

  

  likely don't have time to rethink what I want to do from scratch Keep my ... poster for Thursday's showcase: and in the process realized that I don't ... statement with their slides. I don’t like the idea that graphic design is

  • by Alice L. '24
  • December 5, 2022
• Blog / People & Identities

  Picture Yourself as a Worm if it helps, make it four-dimensional.

  

  can only see a short distance away). This isn't to say that flat ... [annotation note="don't you love it when the title of a piece is in the text? I ... identity, it doesn't change the fact that my four-dimensional worm is a woman

  • by Paige B. '24
  • October 6, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  people keep leaving their things in my room and other stories from sophomore fall

  

  poorly, which by that point wasn't really a surprise. I could go into ... don't want to write yet another blog about [annotation note="though I ... point, the rain is falling, things can't really get worse from there. It

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • December 17, 2021