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Blog / Art, Literature, Music
Class of 2020 Ring Premiere! from two perspectives
Written by Danny The Brass Rat is one of MIT’s most iconic symbols ... one of those events that all sophomores look forward to. During the actual event, the Ring Committee reveals the designs of our class year -
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In the Realm of Giants imposter syndrome with a senior year twist
plagues all seniors at the end of their undergraduate career: getting my act ... school, or go to an extended retreat in the mountains of Italy, you most likely have to submit some sort of documents trying to convince the people -
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Adulthood Boom!
Sorry if this is just a rehash of my Grown Up post from last year. January seems to be the month to be sentimental and reflect upon the impending doom delightful adventure of aging. -
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Love In the Time of Corona lots of evidence that the people are the best part of MIT
this sense of nervousness and uncertainty in the air. I had woken up to ... came out, I was sitting in the McCormick lobby, with our Head of House ... began what is easily the most demanding of days I have lived through. What -
Blog / Admissions
International Men & Women of Mystery
*Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... definition. For purposes of MIT Admissions, an international student is a ... every student's full financial need. MIT is one of only a handful of -
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From the other side of grad school Trust me, I'm a doctor
“He touched the brim of his hard hat and glanced back at the dome ... a temple of science.” Ending of First Light by Richard Preston My thesis defense was at 9:30am over Zoom, with a committee of six professors -
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Random Random Projects/Moving Out of Random Randomly zigzagging about until I find myself in the future, somehow no longer in Random.
At the end of the semester I emailed Random Hall’s social mailing list asking people to send me their projects. Here are some of the ... panorama of my door, also attached. YQ L. ‘15 As you might know, I do a lot -
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Ten days of live-action roleplaying no joke, there i was…
One of MIT's oldest student groups is the Assassins Guild. We're the ... for space police, and a Wookiee stuck in a tavern in the middle of a desert storm. And one of the Guild's oldest traditions is the ten-day game -
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and i am afraid of falling a long winded chess metaphor
I've been watching a lot of chess. Watching, not playing. My eyes ... patterns. Pawn takes, knight takes back, bishop takes. It's a game of who gets what, who ends up on top at the end of the day. I've been listening -
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major takeaways: from every semester of mit
's very easy to get caught up in the daily metronome of life, especially ... hate most about this time of year. I've never had a good spring semester ... done. It's just a crawl to the end of the school year before you can do -
Blog / About Decisions
In Anticipation of Pi Day 2017 bloggers past and present try to make you feel better right now
senior year of high school. I’d tell myself not to worry about college admissions. I was a staunch planner back in high school, one of those people who knew exactly what they want to do with life. I was terrified of the -
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The Great Wifi Outage of 2007 Burton-Conner's wifi went out two days ago; Evan will tell you more by the end…
days of yore, the internet outage hit the dorm like a tsunami - hysterical shrieks of people who were unable to submit HASS papers filled the ... scent of carnage spread over all of dorm row, until all of West Campus -
Blog / About Decisions
25 Stories of Getting Accepted to MIT told by students and alums
Note: all stories below are unedited accounts of current and former ... screamed loud enough that the person on the other side of the living room ... a large quantity of ice cream the night before. If I got in, I would -
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9000 Words This post doesn't have 'em.
Figure 1. Life outside of classes. A) Study break to make Matt ... something to my cello case while I was out of the room. G) My hallmates and I have taken to sitting out in the hall. This is one of our handful of -
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A Few of my Favorite Things (Counting Blessings) Maybe the most sentimental blog post I’ve written.
summer. The morning after I got here, I woke up to a pile of stuffed animals on top of me where I had fallen asleep on the couch and, on a post ... say that this note and the feelings behind it was one of my favorite