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• Blog / MIT Life

  Common Misconceptions and Un-Expectations a list of things i've noticed

  

  With the influx of the 24s terrorizing (see: joining) various Discord servers I'm a part of, I've realized that there are certain things about MIT ... there is...a lot about the school that a lot of people don't know about

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 5, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  fictional coping mechanisms learning to love unapologetically

  

  deep of a topic. "Just write about your favorite shows and stuff, Mel," I keep telling myself. "How hard can it be?" But some part of myself still ... interests." The logical part of me knows that's probably the dumbest thing

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 11, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  dear past me stay kind

  

  One of the events for the class of 2024's [annotation note="because this is our first time actually being on campus"]second round of ... Me, to be delivered at the start of the fall semester. That reminded me of

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 26, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Days in lives that aren’t mine in a parallel universe

  

  awake this early. Of the four people I'm sharing a room with, I'm the ... back to sleep, and after checking my phone for five minutes, I get out of bed and put on pants. The smell of scrambled eggs brings me downstairs

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 22, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Dance at MIT!!! [Collab with Ben O. ’19] hip-hop? contemp? bhangra? lion dance? MIT's got it all

  

  here at MIT.  We’re both active members of the dance community; we joined Mocha Moves in Fall ‘19 and are members of Dance Troupe, but I’ve done it ... ’s memey and lots of fun MissBehavior — an all-female urban dance team; has

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 30, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  on success, meaning, and time existential musings about big questions with no answers

  

  This post is a culmination of many things that I’ve been thinking ... in the sense of rushing to try and get an answer. yes, the answers to ... about these things is not by forcing myself to think of them — they

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • December 15, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT-vangelion: Behind the scenes! how we made the Pi Day 2023 video!

  

  nothing but ramen noodles and slept in the basement of Stata like ... Toonz 🤮, the  t h i r d  dimension, and lots of Neon Genesis Evangelion ... didn’t know that I was going to be in charge of this year’s Pi Day video

  • by Jenny B. '25
  • March 12, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  living away from home lessons learned

  

  I've had my fair share of time with roommates and friends in the past ... townhouse in the suburbs of northern Virginia. There were five of us in total ... luxurious apartment in Somerville, Massachusetts, two of those friends the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 10, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Livescribe’s Pulse Pen: The Sequel! I've written about it before, and now I'm writing about it again!

  

  Back during IAP of last year I wrote an entry about a brand new "toy ... to a couple of people in the room. Chris M (of blogger fame) has one ... seeing what my pen did. "Well shoot, I've already sold like three of these

  • by Snively '11
  • July 28, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What can you do with a bad grade in quantum? What is my life going to be? (Avenue Q, anyone?)

  

  through some possible courses of action, and settled on: moping. First, I moped alone. During this period, I decided that the responsible course of ... January 4, when I returned to campus after winter break. *The TA of the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 4, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bad Grades and Big Screw-Ups Pulling back the A's, B's, C's, and P's to see what's inside

  

  closer as friends and also relieved a lot of the shame we both felt ... semester was a shitshow of epic proportions. Just, ugh, you'll see. 21M.600 ... while in quarantine as a form of “creative writing”. I should have failed

  • by Powers '23
  • January 14, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Maseeh Hall: Pros and Cons this is a pros and cons list re: maseeh hall

  

  offering Late Night). Unfortunately, due to the nature of the dining system ... must confess that it was a short struggle. The plethora of options was so ... years on the same floor, and in the same room for three of those four

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • April 15, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  welding spiels metal hot glue gun go brrr

  

  advantage of all the cool resources Metropolis has to offer and to finally ... One of my favorite places on campus is the Metropolis makerspace. It ... possible. Kind of a tangent, but I want to shout out the fact that

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 9, 2024
• Blog / Uncategorized

  A Week in the Life of a Second Semester MIT Student first week impressions

  

  6.009 - Fundamentals of Programming 8.02 - Physics II (E&M) CMS ... 6.042 - Mathematics for Computer Science For all of IAP, I've been kind of fiddling with my spring semester schedule here and there. It

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 7, 2020
• Blog / Personal Projects

  The Oreo Post i tried them all* !

  

  arrive at MIT in the fall, to trying each and every one of these flavours and writing a review at the end of the process. If hired as a blogger, I will guarantee you exclusive rights to the publishing of this review and

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 29, 2023
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Fuji: Not Your Grandma’s Mountain I guess if we're being honest here there were actually a lot of grandmas climbing…

  

  will be in Japan next (and it's only open two months out of the year ... ,388 ft). It is an active volcano and a well-known symbol of Japan that is ... devouring bowls of chicken, eggs and rice, and buying a backpack cover that

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 6, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  December Questions Omnibus 1 Post-decision questions answered.

  

  of January, but he wasn't certain." There is no "deadline," as we ... answered me but I just want see your point of view. Here is the original ... applications. I've seen a couple of these cases so far this year. "I look at last

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Sixth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 2PM on 12/22/05.

  

  's offered in terms of back stage work for freshman. Also, are students allowed ... 'm sure you must be familiar with most of them) how highly do you rank the ... official marksheet....as this is kind of considered to be a big achievement

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 22, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  coronavirus, one year later recounting the craziest ten days of my life

  

  boxes. But where will I store the rest? One of my friends offers me her ... memories and the sense of loss that i (and others) felt during that time. as with any piece of writing, there is no obligation to read further if

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • March 6, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Finals™ How to survive AND thrive this finals season?!

  

  ://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/the-final-stretch/'>Junior fall</a> and I sure made the most of the extra week."]5th semester ... ™: Survive and Thrive. ...and practice what I preach of course for my two ... of a hundred battles. — Sun Tzu Start early  This time around I

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 18, 2018