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  MIT Got Us iPads! [UNBOXING VIDEO] ft. my cat and my new apple pencil

  

  any throttling. My parents' wifi generally goes out for a few minutes at ... expensive models, and at least 3x the cost of my still-pretty-good iPad. Also ... was filming and opening the box at the same time, you're in luck. Enjoy

  • by Alex M. '21
  • October 6, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  setting up a house will it take an entire semester? stay tuned

  

  At the beginning of September, I moved into a new house! It's 10 ... stairs at 1 AM. [caption id="attachment_56549" align="aligncenter" width ... desire, start a growing collection of Digimon plushies at the foot of my

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 5, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  present tense “you've got to let go of the fear”

  

  . at first i said that this didn't sound right, because i like to think ... muscles around my eyes become tense. it'd be pointed at a general ... feel my past regrets Slipping into present tense So we stare at the wind

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 23, 2020
• Blog / Residential Life

  1.1 miles as the crow flies and it takes me forever to run there

  

  mischief every time I jump on at 9:05 am. Fix my home-cut bangs in the video ... colored pen, looking out the window at a Cambridge street below. Ambulances ... , smile when someone makes a joke, grimace at a new friend when scary long

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 17, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  so i guess fall is happening kinda hard to believe, huh?

  

  've been doing the last two years at mit. i need to leave and stretch and ... into keeps me up at night: the moving and the furniture-acquiring and the ... scariness than any of them did. i've never felt quite like this before at the

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • August 23, 2020
• Blog / Public Statements

  A letter from President Reif regarding George Floyd and Minneapolis

  

  ongoing pandemic, the death of George Floyd, at the knee of a Minneapolis ... , and students of MIT: To the members of the MIT community, At MIT ... . At this moment, let’s do what we can. I believe a place to begin is by

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 29, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  New York Trips that we went on with Arts Scholars!

  

  events and is a great way to join an artistic community at MIT!  One of ... trip vary, but the day always finishes with an amazing dinner at Rosa Mexicano. We joined the Arts Scholars at the end of our freshman year so we

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 5, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Nisha’s Restaurant Review: February this is extra but i'm doing it anyways

  

  ) grilled cheese place by day, and turns into a barcade at night. I didn't play any of the arcade games because I am not good at them, but the vibe and the drinks are next level. 11/10 would go again at literally a

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • March 2, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  Remembering Gisel and honoring twenty years of service and friendship

  

  stationed at the front desk in room 3-108 for the last 20 years. If you called ... ."]she's probably the one who shipped extras overnight so they'd be at your hotel in ... wanted to write this, on behalf of all of us here at MITAdmissions, to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 28, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  soulsearching / naubos na in which i ramble about purpose

  

  my summer at home, and that it would be nice to make some money. The ... ’t help but feel a small bit of envy. At the time, it seemed to be ... at MIT. It’s not as if all of my friends are doing something, because

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 22, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  Junior Spring From Student to Grader: My Unified Engineering Story

  

  , and have no class at all on Fridays! First, there's 17 ... concentration, which is public policy. I was slightly skeptical of 17.303 at first ... , one bake sale at a time. Our first bake of the semester is probably

  • by Alex M. '21
  • February 3, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  farewell, first semester p/nr-ing just hard enough

  

  only my younger years in Nashua, that I’ve actually been at MIT for most ... will things be like in seven semesters, or even at the end of this ... of things to appreciate about life at MIT.    Rest in pieces, P

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 19, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Movie A Day… the only way to spend your PNR

  

  , something especially appreciated at an institution notorious for being one of ... sleep schedule. Before, I slept at a nice and timely 11:30. Now, we start ... get their work done. By setting the movie at a specific time, they know

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 17, 2019
• Blog / Personal Projects

  An emoji alethiometer to help you make decisions I'm not saying I will use this in committee, but I'm not saying I won't

  

  adaptation that premiered this past Monday. I had a watch party at my house ... jumped at the opportunity to spend countless hours on a tribute to a subtle ... the book and I am pretty sure I only know about HDM because someone at

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 7, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  The Waiting Game hit submit time to quit

  

  , staring at the white of the screen contrasted by the surrounding darkness of ... experienced. I was forced to take a good hard look at everything I was and try ... . Remember that at the end of the day, after shipping out your tiny bottles of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 1, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Is it a video? two assignments from two classes

  

  Attention Span Documentary: [annotation note="look at how the f and i in that ... : working desk at MacGregor. (If you look closely at the video, Alex is in

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 11, 2019
• Blog / Life after MIT

  seattle ➞ mit an epilogue in bullet points and pictures

  

  spent in seattle, and was it even real at all? mit does this to you."]being back at mit for only a week has already put me fully back in "mit mode ... missed. i'm living in a cozy single at the end of the hall. i'm genuinely

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 8, 2019
• Blog / Announcements

  Our 2019-20 Application Essay Questions

  

  I'm away from campus at IMO, but I heard from my colleagues on the ... yet know what you want to major in, which department or program at MIT appeals to you and why? (100 words or fewer) At MIT, we bring people

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 16, 2019
• Blog / Summer

  The Summer Before College (what not to do)

  

  incredibly lucky to have my aunt with me at the time. Her instincts kicked in ... anything can happen at anytime. (side note: I spent two hours ice skating ... [/caption] Looking back at this, the takeaway remains the same. As you make your way

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 12, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  36 Units of Class To make room for 12 units of Life

  

  stuff (by switching to CMS). At the end of that post, we concluded that the only thing we can do is to take things one semester at a time. And ... sophomore year, were really hard. Like really really hard. Like going-to-bed-at

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • October 13, 2018