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  what i ate in a week* living the influencer life (clickbait included)

  

  at the start of the semester and has not stopped kicking my ass ever ... representative of the rest of my blogs =D  not to be cliche, but there is truly no better time to have friends than in college. the experience of living

  • by Janet G. '27
  • November 9, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Our nation’s greatest injustice I didn't exactly grow up in poverty, but socioeconomic inequalities have featured heavily in my…

  

  parents were amazed, and experienced the first ray of hope that their kids ... tired of getting looked down on, so they turn further north and deride the ... my life. The hallways were bright, the desks were free of graffiti, and

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 15, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  O hai A reintroduction

  

  my low-key fangirling), Jess, me living my best life, and King of the ... I graduated, and on top of that, I’ve learned way more about the ... . Do you need a tissue to mop up the tears of joy you have shed from

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 7, 2017
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Admitted

  

  Congratulations and welcome to the class of 2016! I found this picture of you on the Internet:          Go ahead and introduce yourselves :)

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Second Home You're in your room doing a pset. I'm in my lab making science happen.

  

  in the 70s, we have come to understand much of its genetics well and ... . elegans, and Professor Horvitz of MIT won the 2002 Nobel Prize in Medicine ... scientist this semester, and the fruits of my labor have more than justified

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 30, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Growing Pains And Every Other Type of Ache

  

  should go rectify all of these things… or at least the first two. I’m not ... heart lay with the study of life, and then I decided to become a computer ... before the age of 14, I’m a published scientific author, and I’ve done well

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • December 6, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  tired and busy and tired and busy and tired and busy and

  

  two of them are technicals and two of them are not, but one of the not ... requires the minimum amount of effort. Raymond and I did a breakdown of my ... , at the moment, and I miss the spontaneity of last semester. I honestly

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 15, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  The Role You Play in the Admissions Process by Jenny Rifken, Director of Recruitment and Associate Director of Admissions @ MIT.

  with the list of "deal breaker" variables. Who was I and what was ... research on the selectivity of the colleges (and this is what I mean about ... that the admissions process is all about whom the colleges admit and not

  • by mitblogs
  • October 26, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  So Long, So Long, Front Foot Leads the Back One Go on, and it won't be too soon...my Texas road trip (Part 1).

  

  at one of the local high schools. She's starting her second year, and ... Allen, eating some great food and hanging out in the Valley. I had cabrito for the first time, which was fantastic. I actually met up with Louann, one of my

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • October 17, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  The Lessons I’ve Learned and it only took three full semesters and a summer

  

  first exams for each of my three classes. I was aghast, and when talking ... easy exam". Come the second exams for each of my three classes and I barely pass one and do even worse on the other two than I did the first

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 31, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Your February Updates & Notes Form submit this by February 15

  

  important info below. First, though, relax! This is easy, and you don’t need ... first trimester grades, even if we already have them.) Please send us the ... still need to submit the form? Yes. You should provide any and all grades

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 17, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Your February Updates & Notes Form submit this by February 15

  

  important info below. First, though, relax! This is easy, and you don ... Early Action), and is to be completed by you, the applicant. This form ... report your coursework and grades. This is similar to the Self

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 14, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  a farewell to my phone which hurled itself repeatedly into the icy arms of death

  

  "]was[/annotation] a Pixel 3a, top-of-the-line about four years ago, and middle-of-the ... about ancient in terms of repairs. The first shop I went to didn’t have a ... my pocket. Both my hands were occupied holding the rest of me aloft, so

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 14, 2022
• Blog / Community Projects

  MINECRAFT MIT!!! our most remarkable feat of engineering since...mit

  

  of MIT in the game Minecraft. And given how dedicated, ambitious, and ... own computer is quite the feat, and I'm so proud of my peers for what ... numbers of people who are helping with expanding and maintaining the server

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 10, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  staying in touch people are great <3

  

  i'm taking this course called "The Science of Well-Being" on Coursera ... skeptical about it at first since, erm, since when has happiness come in the ... me nothing but grief?? but i'm really enjoying it now. the majority of

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 12, 2020
• Blog / Residential Life

  river and rainwater a rainy walk home

  

  road bike instead.  Only occasionally do I glance to the side and notice the glittery Boston skyline reflected off of the glossy black surface of ... romanticize rain when I'm indoors listening to the drumming of droplets on my

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • September 29, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ushering in a New Era An open letter to Pass/No Record (with footnotes!)

  

  now****** and next fall, you’ll meet the wonderful class of 2018 ... and general life skills without the stress of worrying about grades. For ... starting spring of my first year. What’s the point? 1) I get to declare a

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 9, 2014
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  Freshman Summer plans and progress

  

  shitty first draft of my resume by the end of August. I improved on it in the subsequent month, and by the end of September I got a ‘pretty good ... visit all the freshman-friendly companies and shower copies of my resume

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • February 10, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  food diaries pt. 3 amazing restaurants around MIT

  

  corner of the Porter Exchange building. It's very unassuming at first ... Somehow, I've explored more of Boston and Cambridge while living in ... of my time at MIT nearly enough. During the school year, the only

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 8, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  A Texan’s Guide to Surviving a Boston Winter it's possible

  

  It’s IAP and I've slowly but surely gotten into the rhythm of things ... slipping on the patches of ice around campus. And that’s really all I can ask ... ’d imagine that is exactly what Antarctica looks like. With the wet residue of

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 9, 2018