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  Mostly Harmless Rifle. As in, the phys ed class. As in, I fired one.

  

  determine the class “Top Gun.” We worked with .22 caliber semiautomatic rifles ... (using the pistol target, because we lost a day of practice to snow). One ... , the freshman I met our first day on the range (when Coach Conti told us

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 22, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Story About Muti How I performed a project in Ethiopia a lot sooner than I expected.

  

  when I was seven, and at the time that I would one day be determined to ... forget about it the next day. When I was 12 years old I didn’t write while ... , and my day to day thoughts while in Ethiopia into a single, coherent

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 15, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  0.125 not a course 0 class, but a fraction complete

  

  . I spent the first four days of break doing absolutely, very delicious, nothing – and on the fifth day, my drive, which had been in sleep mode, woke ... eighth day, my self-reflection woke up. Since then, I've been thinking a

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 4, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  EC Gothic/Screaming (“I don’t want to work on psets”) Apparently a work order has been fulfilled. But whose?

  

  cathartic on Friday, November 6, 2015. Today is Sunday, November 6. This is ... . The professor says that today, you will be proving the inconsistency of ... . Hillary Clinton visited a small town today. You open your other tabs. You

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 6, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT And/As Marathon doing things that are hard

  

  , three days later, shot Sean Collier outside the Stata Center at the ... third year since I graduated from MIT, in June of 2013. It is also the ... work was this: one day, in January, I started writing my thesis. I wrote

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 17, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Queer at MIT, but not on the blogs the map is not the territory, but it's getting closer

  

  close together. And today, when fewer than half of teenagers identify as ... moment with the new and improved lexicon of this day and age, I can ... to one day share more publicly. But for now I wanted to at least share

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 30, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Writing I don’t have time for hosed into my core

  

  me of who I am at my best, and ~30 days left of IHTFP, am I able to ... the past 4 days studying as much as I could, yet by the time I tallied ... and am hoping for even just 30 points out of this thing worth 20% of my

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • April 25, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  ATHack A day well spent helping others

  

  usually a one day event (some run for a full 24 hours, some less) where ... impressive model of what we wanted to build. On the day of the event... My team and I met at 8:30 AM in this cool lab space called Beaver Works. I

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 2, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Into the Smoke In more ways than one.

  

  , a l√° 30 Days) – so this is essentially a dream come true. This ... twelve hours and spanning a full calendar day. I was more than 9 ... embarking on that new chapter quickly passed sometime early the following day

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • August 2, 2010
• Blog / Advice

  parallel universe for those feeling dejected

  

  Text transcript: Many times this semester, I felt disappointed in myself. It’s not a new sensation. But after all these years, I still don’t have any advice, just a feeling.…

  • by Kai V. '25
  • December 19, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  Bleary-eyed Some thoughts and reflections on this year's admission cycle - particularly for those not admitted.

  

  sleep every 30 hours or so for a week. In other words, I've had my fair ... side, this meant that in addition to the ~12 hours a day I already spend ... day, just a couple weeks ago, after having been in committee for 4 days

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 16, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT Is My Home Looking back and saying goodbye

  

  ). Briana B. ‘17 (right) and I on the steps to Lobby 10 The current-day ... many different communities, what I am thinking in these last days as an ... ", and now at 22, starting my career only a few blocks from MIT but still

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 13, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Guest Entry: Christina Bognet Supplemental materials to help you through the next few days.

  

  ! *** Precisely one year ago today I sat drinking coffee at a Dunkin Donuts with one ... exhausted. The days leading up to decisions were sickeningly brutal and ... the day, the facts remained: I wanted to go to School A and I needed to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 8, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  get SLAPped! it doesn't hurt

  

  the day of the mid-autumn festival, so when i popped into my lab

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 21, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Gee, my life’s a funny thing Remembering the bills I have to pay, or even yesterday.

  

  past seven days, I've seen both the Sistine Chapel and the Mona Lisa. And ... the tune of $9.25 per hour. I took notes for this guy who broke his arm

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 21, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  You don’t have to be a founder move slow and fix things

  

  of the Time". Philippine science fairs, back in my day, always had ... change day by day, to wiring or plumbing that only get replaced every few ... better in SIPB ourselves. I dream that one day, people will step up to be a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 29, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Meta Yultide Finale Yultide Day 6

  

  Yultide (credit to the bloggers for the awesome name). Today is Yultide Day ... -random order. ____________________________________________ Day 5: Give MIT ... switch to Day 5 immediately. I care about the academic work I’ve done at

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 31, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  nREXt and other bad acronyms a SCUFFY post

  

  , and after a few days, I get an interview. A day or two after that, I get ... an emergency meeting the next day. We're still thinking of different ... set. My co-chair and I set up a few meetings in early June to discuss

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 18, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  the contours of a wild ride 2.009 😤

  

  the good old days. Even hustling for funds at 22 we wouldn’t be in the ... ="attachment_95420" align="alignnone" width="1000"] Field Day ft PINK TEAM! From left ... ="95432" image3="95411" image4="95428" image5="95430" /] The next day, we kept

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 26, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How To Make Mediocre Furniture well, maybe i'll let you be the quality judge

  

  work each afternoon: I spent one day[annotation note="Since I don't have ... !!!"]cutting,[/annotation]one sanding, one staining, and three days varnishing. Before I knew it I was ... Spark?" "Spark teacher registration closes in two days!" I wasn

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • June 17, 2021