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The Re-Froshening
I started MIT as a bubble of idealism. MIT was going to be AWESOME. Everything was going to be AWESOME. I was going to double major in biological engineering and neuroscience and double minor in...
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Alum FAQs
Hello again, you beautiful goobers. I guess this is not really so extraordinary of an appearance, seeing as I might’ve abused my powers as a blogger took advantage of another MIT-related...
View ArticleNot Farewell After All
In my last entry, way back in June 2013, I painstakingly bid good-bye to life at MIT and in particular, to the MIT blogs (direct quote: “Farewell, MIT blogosphere”). But I’m back!! Just in time to...
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Blogging My Way to a Passionate Life
I’m writing this post after recently finishing a year-long stint at CityLab — The Atlantic magazine’s website on the urbanized world. Amid covering everything from Kanye’s visit to Harvard’s design...
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Leaving a Mark
In my last days at MIT, I painted this mural on my hall. I'd always said I wanted to paint a mural on Tetazoo, and I'd had my eye on this image for a while -- I'm a huge knitter, and this was my...
View ArticlePerspectives from Deutschland
Guten Tag from Deutschland! I’m writing this from my dorm room at the University of Marburg. In the morning, I will walk for twenty minutes to my German language class, down a steep hill with a...
View ArticleFlux and Flow
I never really liked 5.60, or thermodynamics. In my senior year, I took the class twice and dropped it twice. It wasn't just because it had difficult concepts and brutal tests. It represented the...
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Bumps, slumps, trips, and ...
Ah, 2014, a year full of bumps, slumps, trips, and ... cycles? When you don't blog for a long time, you lose your ability to rhyme. Not that rhyming's necessary, but it was always a crutch for me. I...
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There and Back
This blog post was written by Mitra, Sam, and Bryan. In 1994, one of the most popular TV shows ever began, Friends. In 2004, at the end of the series’ 10-year run, a spinoff began following Matt...
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The Blogs Turn 10: Looking Back, Looking Ahead
Cruftblogging 2014 Last week the blogs turned ten. We celebrated by asking a bunch of former bloggers to come back and blog for us. In case you missed it, here's an index of their entries: 50...
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Seattle: Land of the Strange, Skies of the Free
I was walking to the Pacific Science Center with a friend one afternoon, hoping to catch the 8:00 Daft Punk-themed laser show in the planetarium, when we promptly found ourselves blockaded by a...
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Where did my Summer Go?
So much has happened this summer. I mentioned in my last post, They Call Me Yankee, that I was spending my summer in Houston, Texas working for a tubular products company, TMK IPSCO. What I did not...
View ArticleWhat Are We Waiting For
Freshman orientation for the Class of 2018 officially begins in two weeks. Next week, however, some students will begin arriving on campus to participate in one of 22 Freshman Pre-Orientation Programs...
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The Newest Member of Our Family
What could possibly be more exciting than prefrosh? A NEW KITTEN!!! I did not get one (although I was very tempted to do so), but Kayla E. '15 drove Kerry N. '14, Jes P. '15 and I to the animal rescue...
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How to Get Home from the Airport for Free
Almost exactly a week ago, after a blissfully underbooked flight back to Boston from a family vacation in Toronto, I took the T back to MIT for free like I always do. When I first came to MIT I was...
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Don’t Forget These
I'm forgetful when it comes to packing. Tanksgiving break, I forgot to pack extra pants. When I went home for my birthday, I remembered my laptop case and charger but forgot my laptop. When I came...
View ArticleMIT Application Now Available
You can now log onto MyMIT to access the application for freshman admission to MIT. MIT has its own application – we are not on the Common App – and our application is only available at MyMIT. Here...
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East Campus Rush 2014: RAW SCIENCE
This Sunday is the infamous East Side Party, which is open to the MIT community. We will showcase our various science projects that we have been working on over the past week. Some of these science...
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The Sorting of the Frosh (MacGregor Style)
Because freshmen are beginning to trickle onto campus and moving into their temporary rooms, what better time to talk about housing? Even though there are tens of other resources out there for the...
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Hello, My Name Is Sunshine
I would like to start by first thanking everyone who wrote for MIT’s 10 year blogiversary. While reading, I still felt the same awe and inspiration as before I came to MIT-- somehow you all have...
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