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  some warmth on a cold decisiony day "there have been times that I thought I couldn't last for long / but now…

  

  As I'm sure those of you to whom this post is relevant will not need to be reminded, it is that time of year: the time when tensions run ... the beginning of this semester feels like a blurry, faded memory from

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 13, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  November 1st is my January 1st each november is a new direction

  

  were afraid of the potential rejection, and I think that's really heartbreaking. Takes a lot of courage to put yourself out there for a school with ... . Was it really possible that I could go to MIT? Of course not, I was just

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 3, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The 2013 Ig Nobel Prize Lectures I won a prize!

  

  In 1965, the U.S. government awarded George (MIT Class of ~1923) and ... birth of a child by centrifugal force." You are familiar with the ... Prize, alongside such distinguished visionaries as Steve Penfold of York

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 15, 2013
• Blog / Advice

  My Product Design Internship in Austin how to build things: both externally and internally

  

  Austin, Texas? The land of cowboy boots, sweltering heat, and a city that took me no less than a week to fall in love with. Austin is on top of an aquifer, meaning that it has a ton of rivers, lakes, and springs dotted all

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • July 26, 2024
• Blog / Advice

  finding place

  

  . I haven't posted in a while. Too long. It's been one of the semesters. MIT has taught me a lot of things about community. I was in a small high ... astounded by all these people with whom I had a lot of shared technical

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • April 7, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  I Challenge You Pi day approaches.

  

  reason for wanting to come – and the primary reason of everyone I have ... ) – was not the fear of being unable to succeed without MIT, but rather a ... to unique resources and unique opportunities. A close friend of mine

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 9, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Are people on the East Coast friendly? An entry especially for those from the Midwest.

  

  When I applied to MIT, I didn't consider whether the people of Boston would be as friendly as the people of Wisconsin. I probably wouldn't have ... work to do) at MIT that I haven't spent a whole lot of time in Boston

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 21, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An Entry About Snow ...Even though we don't have any

  

  with supposedly clever sayings about boxes of chocolates, games of cards, onions or riding bicycles (have fun looking these up). Of course, that ... throw myself from high places with just a piece of plastic attached to my

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 11, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  5 stories about MIT from non-MIT websites (mostly just Quora, though)

  

  --the research and academics are, of course, first-rate, but I wanted to know what ... stories that have stuck and relevant snippets of my own life. ([1 ... describes attaching her sense of worth to academic performance, listening to

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 5, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Maybe it’s okay to be this way The return of Dumbledore, and a new professor friend

  

  communicators about their specialty, but am equally admiring of writers like David ... The Flight of the Iguana and First Light, respectively; reading those ... my dream job. You learn and write about any area of science that

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 3, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Surviving MIT Spreading the word, take this to heart

  

  are much smarter than I. Also, I'm kind of an asshole about how smart I ... out of an A, but deep down I know I deserved that B. Not only that, but ... has become painfully clear that I stand next to no chance of getting in

  • by Snively '11
  • January 5, 2012
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  (Bitter)sweet home meeting high school teachers again, and visiting my hometown for (probably) the last time

  

  with my friend Tom to meet some of our former teachers. It’s been a while since we’ve talked. Our group chat of nerd friends eventually fell quiet ... walked down the halls, there was a good chunk of name tags next to the

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 12, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I Have Never Been to Beijing A (loose) translation of the previous post written in Chinese

  

  在这里可以看中文版。 Note: This is a loose translation. Since of course I am ... each of them. But I hope, regardless, you'll enjoy reading both or one of ... when I was little (at 3 or 4 years old, my grandmother took care of me

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 2, 2016
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  A Day in the Life Liveblog of my Thursday complete with (not so great) pictures

  

  I decided to share a day of mine too! Quick disclaimer: I thought it ... doing a bunch of things even though I don't have any classes. If you wanted a look into classes, I kind of summarized mine at the beginning of

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 15, 2014
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  [Group Post] Next Haunt 2024: The Survivors three bloggers face the horrors of public transit

  

  -themed escape room in the Next House basement. In my opinion, it’s one of the coolest showcases of student culture here. Students pitch in their talents ... of doing a Next Haunt run in the past, the shrieks from the basement

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 27, 2024
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  Race Against Myself Learning how to walk

  

  In 1st grade, there were these 1-sided sheets of simple math problems called “Minute Math”. Some of the strongest memories of my childhood is ... reigning champion of the visual speed game SET, constantly ‘challenging

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • April 16, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thoughts for the New Year A semester's worth of thoughts, tbh

  

  feelings on things, so in honor of New Year’s Eve, I decided to reflect on the sidequests I planned at the beginning of the year. Sidequest 1 ... , though, I generally know the number of the building that I happen to be

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 31, 2017
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  How to date at an American college Things we never talk about

  

  real, unfiltered picture of the information you need to know and real ... post ^^; This is a bit of an awkward topic for me to broach, but ... draining pathways of dating in college, I want you to know what I wish I, and

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 21, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  study spots at MIT not exactly places to cry, but they'll do

  

  I could be exploring a new and fascinating part of the institute I'll soon be graduating from!! to try to get myself out of my room more, I embarked on a quest to document the best study spots at MIT. most of these

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 5, 2023
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  Don’t Change A few lessons I have learned

  

  whether to share it with the rest of you guys, but I thought that this letter may be of benefit to some current student, or some future student. I hope someone might be able to connect or learn something from a few of my

  • by Ben O. '19
  • October 31, 2019