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• Blog / Admissions

  Undercover Admissions Officer ...or how I saw the campus through "fresh eyes".

  

  I have confession to make...it's somewhat embarrassing but I think it's time I come clean. I had never been on an MIT campus tour. Yes, you heard me...I had never been on a campus tour...before yesterday, that is. It

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • August 5, 2010
• Blog / IAP

  So What Did I Do During IAP? I know, finally.

  

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  • by Celena C. '12
  • February 2, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  In which I am a bad example but only for about twelve seconds.

  

  I walked through the front door of my local Barnes and Noble today ... , it was halfway through that book when I finally couldn't take any more of the series and stopped reading. "Oh, I hate those books," I say

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 22, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  on anger understanding and learning and navigating

  

  In a call with my boyfriend a couple months ago, I asked him the ... meanspirited nature and anger. He thought I was really mean and while it didn't bother him a whole lot, he said it was definitely a lot at times. I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 12, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  shifting seasons something reflective

  

  five years, and only now do i feel comfortable dusting off the little box ... unboxing was literal -- i visited my family's place in vancouver over winter ... , since my parents are overseas and i'm in boston, so most of these old

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • January 15, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  oh, the places you’ll go

  

  the classroom. It read "I am large. I contain multitudes." Every lesson ... understanding. In that class, every time I looked up at that quote, I felt my ... , as my eyes glanced across each word, I felt a little bigger. Larger. I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 9, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  Junior Year Sticky Notes mainly thoughts on post-grad life & friendship

  

  halfway mark of spring semester. I stayed on campus this year, so I had a ... -sensitive enough to focus on during midterm season. I’ve also recently gotten into the habit of sticky-noting my thoughts/reminders on my dorm wall, so I

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • April 3, 2026
• Blog / How to Human

  loveallurfriends <3

  

  Now Playing: Talk to Me - Cavetown   I stared at the river for a while a few days ago. I probably should’ve been doing other things; I had a CV PSET that I had not yet started, and I ought to have been

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • March 6, 2024
• Blog / Uncategorized

  “So, what HAVE you been doing?” less sad shit lets get a lil more hype in here

  

  As per my previous post, I've been going through a lot of shit! But there's also a lot of incredibly fun and freeing things that I've been doing this semester that I figured I should talk about. Parties I turned

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 25, 2023
• Blog / IAP

  nothing & everything again & again my senior iap

  

  interesting redux of my sophomore IAP, which I blogged about here, and from which I stole the title of this post. Freshman year I was busy taking ... senior year I got to be on campus, living life but not living it too much

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 11, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  love languages in the little things

  

  Here's a list of things that I consider love languages, because the ... .   Heart-shaped things are a love language. I love this time of year ... products that I feel the immediate need to have in my possession: Sanrio

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 6, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  this is the real life I love in-person MIT eom

  

  Whenever I try to think about the last year, it doesn't feel real. In fact, I usually actively stop myself when I get on that train of thought ... of the restriction on serving open food at club events, I've eaten an

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • October 9, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  Last Lap and hoping to finish strong

  

  I wasn't actually planning on writing a start of semester post this time around, mostly because I feel like there are metaphysically bigger ... I've consistently done this type of post for [annotation note

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 12, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  More on balance Some parameters for self-improvement

  

  I've spent the past few days untangling my personal life, which has lately been less than exemplary. In addition, on Sunday evening, I ate ... then I finished reading The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri. It's a novel about

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • October 7, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  You Got The Gig So excited about ALL the Things!

  

  Hi!! First of all, I'M SO EXCITED TO BE AN MIT BLOGGER!! When I ... , that said "YOU GOT THE GIG!" I simply did not believe it.  I was sitting ... .  I looked at my computer and I saw the e-mail, and it was just

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 29, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  dear past me stay kind

  

  the letters I'd written using [annotation note="i found out about this ... , I've apparently written three of them, although I've only received two so far. I have absolutely no idea when the third one is going to arrive

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 26, 2021
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Memory Quilt insert many sobbing emojis here

  

  something that I could actually do when I saw a post my boyfriend's sister had ... sorority shirts. This was sometime in September, and I had already finished ... through them to see which ones I still had, so I shelved the idea until I

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 27, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Falling in Love with a Language at MIT interviews with two of my inspirations

  

  I met Will and Kristina in very different parts of campus. I was ... popped up and started speaking to my friend in Chinese. I hardly even got ... Really Good Chinese. I got to know him better last January on an IAP trip

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 10, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  For Those Weeks When You Just Cannot We all have those weeks, sometimes you need a break

  

  a sad week for me. It was a short week, but the longest week I've had ... never ended. I can't say what happened, but it was unfortunate. And no ... okay, it is really hard to actually feel okay. So I took a break. I only

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What makes me an MIT student? Some thoughts about blogging and a special question for returning readers.

  

  I had lunch with the ever-dashing Ben Jones today. I hadn't seen him ... topic of blogging. I want to reflect on a couple of points -- this ... breakfast or Student Center study break. That's me. I don't even own any MIT

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 12, 2006