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  i dissected a roach *cronch* *slurp*

  

  other words, in a world that humans have built for themselves, the roach ... Harley batting away at a roach, I cupped its remains and took it away as

  • by Anika H. '26
  • September 28, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Choice and the MIT lifestyle ...because "MIT" and "student life" aren't mutually exclusive.

  

  red Solo cup (again, I'll let you fill in the dots about what that ... the extremely competitive world of academic biology. That's more

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Making Connections we live in a society (affectionate)

  

  other. When we were online, the world shrank so much. I had my roommates ... people, and I know they have my back and I have theirs. The world has ... "] What MIT online felt like (very approximate graph): I had some

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 26, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  You Are Here a list of things i can't make myself do, and a few i can

  

  schoolwork, and as my roommates come down to grab cups of water or make ... underside of my nose, to grabbing the cup on my desk that’s been empty for ... following it. Even in a perfect world where I do conform to the rules of my

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • April 19, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Hardk0re: The Twinned Rise of East Campus and the Hacking Ethos (Guest Entry by Danny Ben-David ’15) How’d that get on the roof?!

  

  of which are linked above. Most are online; if you’re on campus the ... Performs Engineering Feat On Second Visit” (March 5, 1926) “I Am Thy Father

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 28, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  50 Reflections

  

  . I wouldn't trade them for anything in the world. MIT alums often ... push boundaries, to improve the world. There isn't a day that goes by in ... world and about what I wanted to contribute to it. Much of the time I am

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 6, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Diversity or Merit? false questions, false answers

  

  . When I'm on the road, or in an information session, or online in various ... , less delicate version, especially online, the premise underlying the ... , and to become aware of problems which exist in the world which need

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 13, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Bleary-eyed Some thoughts and reflections on this year's admission cycle - particularly for those not admitted.

  

  year we went fully "online" in our admissions reading process; that is ... - the world was still blurry. I could hardly see straight, and my eyes ... 've traveled around the world without having left the comfort of my own home. So

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 16, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  My Gap Year Part One: The good, the great, and the very, very dumb.

  

  from Starbucks and just putting the noodles in the cup while I drove, and ... and new to the world, and she would always nibble my [annotation note ... cup) for 1.90 euros and write for several hours. I wrote a story about

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 4, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  As We Approach Decision Day On getting in and on not getting in

  

  can make the world a better place.    An inspirational image from ... series about online gamers. The Adventures of Dr. McNinja: I haven't read

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 8, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Blogural Inaugural I just wanted to use this title.

  

  Hello, world! (Sorry, I had to. It's the classic "first program" for any new language, and ... ok, fine, it doesn't apply to admissions blogs ... the freshman seminar(s) of your choice through an online lottery over

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 8, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  An Open Letter to MIT Applicants Don’t Panic (and know where your towel is)

  

  online rankings of “Top 100 Schools in the World” nor debates about Harvard ... -so-exciting lives of your friends offline or online, and that only amplifies when all ... . (Hint: This parallels how a stupid article online should not make you feel

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 2, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Random Hall ‘13s Life plans, advice, and stories from last year’s Random Hall graduates.

  

  better in physical world classes over online classes), and I hear that this ... bs online. It’s a different life in the real world, but orders of ... changes they make in the real world. Unfortunately the commencement video

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 20, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  procrastinating on picking classes for the semester, I went online, made a list of ... being interested in science + wanting to help people and change the world ... , is a very rare and valuable commodity in the science world; he called

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

  101 Things To Do Before You Graduate! 102. Read this blog entry.

  

  of the $3.50 cups in Boston that don't even taste that good (I never ... dozen of them around the world, the New England Aquarium is actually

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 15, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Although of course you end up becoming yourself on choosing a college, and realizing one of many possible futures

  

  Facebook. Someone I knew from a hanging out online was an early employee, and ... I cared about more than almost anything in the world. Almost anything ... . They are about the many worlds which at once overlap with and stand apart

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 29, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My First Academic Conference and also things I have learned about publishing research in the past few months

  

  , a lot of which are available online! I learned (very) recently that ... online. It was shockingly unjanky; the conference chairs used a platform ... world with all the skills that I gained with the undying support of my

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 14, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  EC Gothic/Screaming (“I don’t want to work on psets”) Apparently a work order has been fulfilled. But whose?

  

  back into the corporeal world disoriented, only for me to hand you a ... clumsiness, covering the world in a fine mist of toner. You emerge from the ... is the coolest place in the world. You approach the door. You grasp the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 6, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Solar Catsby Turning my little ray of sunshine into a solar cell

  

  cat I found online.)[/caption] The inspiration MIT.nano is MIT’s state ... any university in the world. At the heart of it is a cleanroom with a

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 2, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  context, obstacles, and critical periods Why don’t you just get over it?

  

  across the world and fights against the stigma of menstruation and period ... the richest university in the world. Her campaign’s top priorities ... Confidential is an online forum where parents and students discuss college

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • July 12, 2020