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  The Story of Tonight (more like 730 nights ago)

  

  refreshing sense of anticipation and excitement. I took a look around at the ... for the first time in the most unguided way possible. I shimmied along ... Thomas Jefferson. I felt the need to jump out of my seat for Hamilton. I

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 1, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Notes on the Interview It's only going to be as fun as you want it to be.

  

  Please note that, as of August 2018, our process for assigning ... , Autumn is slowly creeping in. You don't notice her at first - but there ... , My interview is within 3 weeks, so I want to know how you prepared for

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 26, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  CollegeBoard send them to us, but for a definitive answer you should call the main office at 617.253.4791. ------------------------------------- Steven wrote: "Is there any way for deferred students to send supplementary

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 22, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Siete Ciudades de España A very busy IAP

  

  experiences so far at MIT. For the first nineteen and a half years of my life, I ... Lily Terry, the amazing photographer of our travel group :) For me, IAP ... in the world. Plus, more and more summers are being reserved for

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 6, 2017
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Waterfall Camping in Shenandoah National Park Snakes and fireflies.

  

  't about to settle for an official camping site. We parked outside the first ... . We set up camp at the lower falls: Jennifer stayed behind to watch ... hurtled around a corner and there, a couple of meters ahead, a snake at

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 11, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My design won an MIT merch contest I don't know why

  

  merch design competition for the graduating Class of 2025 (that’s me ... for it and make my dreams come true. [caption id="attachment_116958 ... friends are moving away, waiting for grad school decisions, etc. I wrote all

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • July 23, 2025
• Blog / Events

  BLOOD MOON FEST IS REAL!! "the blood moon rises and the blood moon falls but the wave of whimsy it…

  

  for my two midterms. I also ordered a pink Among Us pinata on Amazon for the sacrifice. By some stroke of luck, I found a large cookie platter at Infinite Reuse, and so now, we had everything we needed for Blood Moon Fest

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • March 22, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  notes on hope despite despite despite

  

  time at MIT ticks closer and closer to an end (for real this time, for my ... the same professor throughout my time at MIT -- [annotation note ... have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred

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

  defining the future stop being vague

  

  current world is not good enough, and we need to strive for change, and we ... only chunk of our existence that has not yet been determined for us. I ... platitudes about the future, except that they allow for laziness through

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 22, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  speculation also a post about touching grass

  

  i’ve known for a while that i’m a pretty awful conversationalist. my ... ask me questions i often pause for a while to think before giving a badly formed answer. for the longest time i wondered if this was because i

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • March 19, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  a season of secondhand joy on mudita and vicarious delight

  

  something you use to eat a meal at a dining hall. people who live in dorms ... swipes per semester. for many people, this number is too large. and so this ... . food, in general, is a nice way to express care for someone else. there

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 12, 2021
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  making things a blog about being a meche major

  

  what my characters would look for when they look at a building, what ... , checking for sign errors or gaps in understanding. This is not my favorite ... , because by then it’s late and we’re all a little hosed, longing for more

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 20, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Taking a Step Back Using Avatar: the Last Airbender to talk about my feelings

  

  show's been around for like over a decade soooooooooo, y'know, there ... villain for the first two seasons, falls very ill after freeing avatar Aang ... , and as time goes on, it becomes easier and easier for Zuko to listen to

  • by Powers '23
  • September 23, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  thing that have changed not my class year...pls god i want to be a freshman forever

  

  started partying at 10 pm for some reason, and i stopped working on my pset ... things. last year, i'd forget about nearly every prepset for [annotation ... opposed to last year. i look forward to cooking for myself every day instead

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 12, 2020
• Blog / How to Food

  food diaries pt. 2 recipes for people tryna Little Chef it up

  

  more could you ask for??? Here's what I've been eating in the past few ... for mustard since I didn't have any and...it worked, surprisingly. The ... tastiest dishes you can make for the amount of effort you put in. All it

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 19, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Places I Became Human Hey guys, I think I'm back :)

  

  at the evidence, it seemed like I’d hit the self-destruct button on my ... watched the flames grow, it struck me for the first time that I really wasn’t the same person I was at the end of September. In September, I wouldn

  • by Powers '23
  • November 21, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  work // life trying to figure out the balance

  

  interns wait for someone to pick us up and take us to a welcome and ... . setting up a dev environment for software development can be tricky: it ... "]we[/annotation] go out for lunch, and we the interns get treated to ramen and

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • June 17, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  three things i made recently lasers, radio, and a chocolate chip cookie loaf

  

  cats, camping out in the kitchen warmth. everyone raiding the fridges for food. i found a cookie recipe over the weekend that's really working for ... really easy for you to build radio receivers with a car antenna and a

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 15, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP of Coding time to catch up

  

  , for the surprising amount of support and encouragement over the past few ... these last two posts were just me typing furiously on a keyboard for a ... started blogging, I wondered for a while what my "writing style" was

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 5, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  disinterprerto! a centennial, a harry potter dream, a made-up spell, a corny metaphor

  

  as an AeroAstro is amazing in a lot of respects. 9AM classes for ... at East Campus now, and not Next House, I'm spending a lot more time on ... (like I did for most of last year) and I feel like I've found an amazing

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 28, 2014