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  reviewing my classes this semester but unthoroughly

  

  classes, totaling 96 units. In the spirit of procrastinating finals studying ... relevant court cases, plus the occasional theoretical or philosophical legal ... months, it felt really cool to have the tools to understand and analyze key

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • May 17, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  PE classes are…great!? catch me at the 2028 summer olympics

  

  -obsessive amount of time to look through the course catalog and major requirements ... a syllabus just gets me going idk."]to itch the little part of my ... .[/annotation] So imagine me flabbergasted when I learn that in addition to all the

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 3, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Is This All I Ever Will Be? on friendships

  

  sexualisation I tend to talk about friend groups a lot on the blogs. I've always ... talking. Then, my junior year I thought I had really gotten it right. The ... thought. These are the lifelong friendships they talk about in the movies

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 20, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  on wordle, french toast, and copyright law fun mit storytime

  

  Nerdle, guessing the math equation Primel, guessing the 5-digit prime ... Wordles But the clone that I’ve most enjoyed [annotation note='hello a warning from future paolo, the 2/14 semantle is “stupidly hard” because

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • February 13, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what i learned from classes spoiler: not what i expected

  

  A few days ago, I was talking with Nisha and other friends, and the ... much more than the material that is directly taught to you. If you’re a high school student, this might seem a bit counterintuitive. Isn’t the

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • May 27, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  When I used to run A reflection on sitting still for a semester

  

  ~ next to my little blogger face up there. For the record, I am still ... school and up until about this last August, I ran. The reasons why I ran changed over the years; at first, it was for health and fitness goals. Then

  • by Powers '23
  • December 16, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  My Least Responsible Purchase I'm an impulse buyer but THIS was a bit much

  

  completion my real estate agent swung by to check on the progress.  She was ... fell in love with it.  It was the second Tesla I'd ever seen up close and ... afford a $100k car, but I spent the next several years following Tesla and

  • by Snively '11
  • July 17, 2016
• Blog / Events

  To go home or to stay home Homesickness never hit...but I'm still thankful to be in L.A.

  

  6:00 this morning I was tugging my carry-on across MIT’s campus on the way to the Kendall T-station. Let me give you an idea of exactly how early (late?) 6:00 at MIT is. As I made the familiar trek past Mac

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 27, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Being an Intern (And being an adult)

  

  This summer is the first summer I am participating in an internship ... with the actual work I am doing. Nervous and excited on the first day, I ... . But what occurred was much more than that. I am the youngest intern at

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 22, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  Navigating MIT is like flying a spacecraft* the most important things I've learned here so far

  

  your vehicle is pointing relative to the Sun, Earth, and other reference ... is one of the most crucial parts of flying a spacecraft, which is why ... due on the same day. These are variables that you have little control

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 16, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  A Protocol for MIT Admissions Essays Chemical SOP: Pen, paper: irritant if digested; Brains: gateway to thinking

  

  's mission to make the world a better place Collaborative and cooperative spirit Initiative Risk-taking, or resilience and the ability and ... excitement, also known as passion The ability to balance your coursework with

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 26, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  V&Q&A Video, Questions, and Answers

  

  chance, which is why I’ve been reaching out to others in the GEL Program lately for these blog posts. So when two friends in the GEL program told ... common. First, we’d like to introduce ourselves. Please excuse the rather

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 3, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Their Own Words (Part 2) The dog days of summer.

  

  Skullhouse, formerly of Senior Haus): "This summer I will be an intern at the Love At Work (LAW) missions camp. The camp, founded in 1993 by Killearn ... Gretna, Florida. Over time the project evolved into a multi

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 30, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Long Overdue Q&A Post Sorry for the delay!

  

  It's been a long time since my last Q&A post - sorry for the delay ... . :-) ------------------------------------- If I would like to play for an athletic team, should I contact the ... do athletics have anything to do with the undergrad admissions process

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Activities, humanities, question-ities Will you have time to be in an extracurricular at MIT? Yes, you will.

  

  Activities Today I am inspired by Christina (my favorite off-the ... friend. :-D] I know it must be kind of confusing to reconcile the fact that we're all apparently busy out of our heads with schoolwork and the fact

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 14, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I came to MIT A few reasons I chose MIT, and I few reasons that would have made me…

  

  (supposed to be) studying for a 9.24 (Diseases of the Nervous System) test ... to lab tonight at 7:30 to change the media on my COS cells... and if ... decision soon, I thought I'd outline some of the reasons I chose MIT for

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 7, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Case of the Saturdays This is the true story of 5 mechanical engineers and 1 neuroscientist selected to spend…

  

  make for good song lyrics) Agawam is best known as being the ... found half price tickets to Six Flags which were a little cheaper than the ... actually planned on sleeping in, I was out of the house by 7:30 and on my way

  • by Bryan
  • July 16, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 3 (Finals) You may begin at the sound of my voice. You have an hour to answer…

  

  The MIT.01 course, Intro to the Institute, has been very exciting to teach, and I expect that it will be added to the extensive list of courses already existing on OpenCourseWare. To gauge the extent of how well you

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 26, 2013
• Blog / Classes

  time travel is overrated conversing with my past self

  

  on the last day of freshman orientation, just a few days before i ... . our assignment — the first assignment we got at MIT — was to write an ... inboxes at the end of freshman year.  my letter, written while walking home

  • by Boheng C. '28
  • November 2, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  moving on, as shown through free t-shirts some spring cleaning

  

  because I didn't want to spend the money or feel cluttered/off-balance. The ... that way for four years. This led to a bad habit of me pushing all the ... ."]opening[/annotation] of the closet door instantly spiked my blood pressure levels. So in an

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • March 10, 2025