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• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer on the West Coast A visit to the west coast to see what life is like on the other…

  

  , I didn't have much (any) exposure to the West Coast, and it was ... the cannon so that they don't have to worry about it getting stolen ... really cool and flakey! We didn't just spend time with the Blacker

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 19, 2013
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Waterfall Camping in Shenandoah National Park Snakes and fireflies.

  

  outcrops, meadows, stunning outlooks, and dramatic waterfalls - so, we weren't ...  Skyline Drive, and turned the ignition key. The car didn't turn off. He turned ... minor car malfunction weren't going to prevent us from enoying the scenic

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 11, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Regular Action Deadline Q & A Have a question about your MIT application? Read on...

  

  your Part 1 now, if you haven't already. There are no essays in there ... are related to not validating early enough. Also, don't forget to ... , don't worry. Do not worry about your recommendations

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 22, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Reading, Thinking and Igniting Innovation Rational optimism about MIT and the future

  

  I can`t wait to start writing more about life at MIT, but since I ... knowledge begets more knowledge rings true here. My education hasn`t provided ... understand the questions. Questions MIT students ask often don`t have answers

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 5, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  A Physics Metaphor Featuring destruction! and sledding! Oh, and some serious stuff too.

  

  insatiable thirst of us wine glasses that we can't get enough of the music ... the fact that some people don't make it. I know several people who went ... and get hit with something they couldn't handle, that the wine glass

  • by Kate R. '14
  • February 7, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Schedilemmas Schedule + dilemma = most incompetent-sounding portmanteau ever

  

  three of them so that I don't go to bed weeping tears of angst every night ... ). Y: Should I take 8.07 or 18.100B? K: Math! Y: I don't know if I want ... . It doesn't even go on the salad, unless the salad is potato salad. Y

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 7, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Challenge of Public Health Sometimes science and engineering only come so far.

  

  's the extent of understanding my own health insurance. (i haven't been to ... pronouns included). Neither side may use vocabulary that obviously aren't ... appetite, tried taking tylenol but it doesn't really help. Doctor

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 4, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Eternal sunshine of the sleepless mind Once again, the title has practically no relation to the actual blog entry.

  

  as coherent as any scene in the Matrix movies that didn't involve ... Wikipedia articles that I don't really understand. Luckily, my first week was ... problem: I'm programmed to wake up at 7:30 AM naturally, and I haven't yet

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 13, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Springtime I actually had no time to write this entry, which is why I cannot explain…

  

  renewal and other synonyms for “change” that I don't have time to look up in ... and duly put a check next to the “Theorize-about-things-that-aren't ... everything that your parents wouldn't let you do in the house when you were a

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 6, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Thoughts on coming home With guest appearances by MIT's Dean for Student Life, the communist dracula, Roman lasagna, and…

  

  once said, weekends exist so that the rest of the week doesn't kill you ... is full of squares, I thought. Luckily, I didn't say this out loud, but I guess it doesn't matter since I'm now posting it in my blog. This

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 29, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Academic Marathon If Mollie's boyfriend can complain, so can I.

  

  couple of weeks ago I got a phone call from a number I didn't recognize ... .02 pset just last week. Don't get me wrong, I love 8.02 (except when I hate ... aren't bad in principle. Sometimes they're actually pretty cool, and they

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 15, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Even Waitresses Under 30 Call Me ‘Sweetheart’… Some thoughts about how classwork and free time intersect at MIT, with a look at…

  

  Saturday night, and the waitress serving my table, who couldn't have parted ... doing something compelling. Yes, that's right, I don't think there is one ... into markedly lower exam scores. I can't stress enough that time

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 8, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Conspiracy and intrigue

  

  Ave from MIT. If you don't want to spend money, there's a new student ... , and you don't know what was in their packets...it might include trying ... . Unfortunately, since I was playing, I couldn't take pictures of the game, but I

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 11, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to college, Kid. My first week at MIT.

  

  just beginning and he couldn't wait to see it all unfold. Here, he would ... used to dealing with kids their own age, and he wasn't. Anthony put ... "Boogie Oogie Oogie." I sadly don't recall which floor this Dilbert mural

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 4, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Have you seen your mother baby standing in the shadow? A visitor's guide to Harrisburg, PA, with original soundtrack by Billy Mack.

  

  Campbell). Since my last selection, "Monsturd," didn't go over so well with ... , and, of course, score free tickets to movies that people shouldn't ... ? Fluorophores? No, they wouldn't be that clever. Anyway, the point is that the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 18, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I chose my classes A graduating senior's perspective; results may vary

  

  exceptions[/annotation], if a class doesn't fit into my schedule (i.e. if its ... the lab physically for several hours at a time. If I don't have a large ... ="aligncenter" width="300"] Don't do this though, even though there are technically no

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 24, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  You always have been hi everybody!

  

  didn't quite know what I wanted to write in this blogpost, but I knew to ... chuckle whenever I read it."]I don't think they were super complete ... feeling. I don't think I realized how much I relied on writing to feel

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  Living Meaningfully and all the things that has entailed

  

  for more than a few weeks at a time. I don’t know if I ever felt like I ... Pinterest. My couch featured a rotating cast of MIT friends. When it didn’t ... that I…didn’t care, and that I was more excited to talk about this cool

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 2) notes from the second day

  

  Francisco. If you haven't yet, you should start by reading part one. Hour ... reshuffled; seeing as I hadn’t moved since Boston, I grabbed a blanket and did ... don’t. It’s probably the best train waiting area I’ve been in, which is

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 12, 2023
• Blog / Residential Life

  what’s on my wall too many postcards, that's what

  

  this portion of the wall when I realized I didn't have enough large ... best friend, Alina, and I went in early February. We actually hadn't seen ... won't be able to wear it for a while... From the same booth as #5

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • March 1, 2021