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  diversions from what is otherwise a never ending trello of things to do

  

  i have no less than three different drafts for blog posts stewing sadly in my wordpress at this current moment, but have not had any time to put any thought…

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 1, 2019
• Blog / Announcements

  For those whose applications have been interrupted by disasters and disruptions providing what information and comfort we can

  

  As the November 1 Early Action deadline approaches, we have been receiving many emails from understandably anxious applicants whose applications, educations, and most importantly lives have been interrupted by a…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 29, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Robo-CJ writes a college app do neural nets dream of electric essays?

  

  I’m procrastinating on doing psets, so I trained GPT-2, a neural network that’s frighteningly good at writing, on my old blog posts. And then I made this AI write college…

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 28, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  my application essays try not to cringe

  

  It’s been four years since I applied to MIT, and while I’ve been irrevocably changed in many ways (my meme game has improved exponentially), I am sadly still 5’2″. That’s…

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 27, 2019
• Blog / Uncategorized

  A Fashion Free For All like the hunger games but we love each other

  

  On Friday, October 18th, the MIT Women’s League hosted their 24th Annual Fall Fashion Free-For-All, an event where MIT undergraduates can come in and get clothes for absolutely free. From formal…

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 26, 2019
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Where I Call Home california california cambridge!

  

  With Parent’s Weekend coming up, I thought I’d reflect a bit on the world I came from and how I ended up in this strange little bubble on the other…

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 25, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  quiz: what halloween candy are you? based on your college applicant personality

  

  just for fun! What colleges are you applying to? I have like forty on my list, including this one obscure school in Antarctica but it has a good penguin department…

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 22, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Day in the Life of an Over-Scheduled Frosh Another hosed blogger? ShOcKiNg

  

  Sunday, October 6th   12:00 PM: I wake up. When I pick up my phone to look at the time, my heart skips a beat. Noon? Already?!? I planned on…

  • by Powers '23
  • October 21, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  A half semester told through paper grownup show and tell

  

  Here’s a picture of (almost) all the paper I’ve used at MIT so far, halfway through the first semester:⁠25 also known as the first quarter, gasp I am too Hosed™⁠26…

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 19, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  “Take care of yourself.” "Can you post something positive please?" - my mom

  

  trigger warnings for mentions of depression, EDs, and anxiety I don’t quite know where to start with this post. In fact, I’ve rewritten it so many times that there are,…

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 19, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  i dropped os 🎉 i'm a hass boi this semester

  

  last thursday night was pretty stressful, trying to finish the operating systems lab with the precious few late hours left that i’d had — i’d even started the lab early…

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • October 18, 2019
• Blog / Personal Travel

  a most beautiful camping trip it's always good to get back to nature <3

  

  It’s pretty common at MIT for living groups to take advantage of the Indigenous People’s Day long weekend (not just one extra day but two! what luxury!!) to go on…

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 17, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  bursting the MIT Bubble when 🅱️ig 🅱️ome Energy gets too real

  

  college is supposed to be a stepping-stone to adulthood, where undergrads can attempt to be functional human beings an environment conducive to trial and error. we can turn in our…

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 17, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  I Picked My First Apple apples, part 1

  

  MIT sponsors an annual trip to an apple orchard in Stow, MA for undergraduates living in the dorms. I went on that trip for the first time today, and now…

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 16, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  How to Survive a Tough Semester you {grieve, choke, laugh, choose, pray, ask, live} you learn

  

  My schedule this semester is, to put it kindly, pretty challenging.⁠41 alternatively: horrendous Because I switched majors, I’m currently taking both the course 16 sophomore core classes and the junior core classes. Pretty…

  • by Alex M. '21
  • October 15, 2019
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Remembering Woodie Flowers they say don't meet your heroes, but some exceed your expectations

  

  Earlier today, FIRST — an international youth organization dedicated to science education and best known for its eponymous robotics competition — announced that its cofounder, MIT Professor Woodie Flowers, had…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 12, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  A Major Crisis haha get it..cause..yeah,

  

  I’m currently on a six hour flight back to my sunny, warm, and comforting hometown of Los Angeles, California (well, not quite. I live slightly outside of that: Norwalk, California.)…

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 12, 2019
• Blog / People & Identities

  [Guest Post] One Year Later Some things changed, some things didn’t

  

  Since today is National Coming Out Day, my friend wrote about coming out to his family. Here’s his story.   A little over one year ago, I came out to my…

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • October 11, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Is it a video? two assignments from two classes

  

  Before I got to MIT, I had never really made anything. I saw something on the admissions website about a Maker Portfolio and got nervous because I had nothing to…

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 11, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a semester’s shenanigans what i've been up to!

  

  the time is nigh for a “what is ankita doing this semester?!?!” post because honestly, i stare at a full Google Calendar every day, half reassuring myself that i’m Doing…

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 10, 2019