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  You Are Here a list of things i can't make myself do, and a few i can

  

  It’s a Wednesday afternoon, and I sit in my dining room and stare at the problem set on my computer screen, neck craning down. The music in my ears is loud—too loud, frankly—but it’s all I can do to block out

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • April 19, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Summer Reading aka inhaling all the books i can before school starts

  

  (Preface: This post is essentially a tribute/continuation of Selam’s ... this year’s cohort of students applying to MIT to know that as well! If ... Immersive Media Production), but it was lotteried and it’s difficult to get

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Group Post] Next Haunt 2024: The Survivors three bloggers face the horrors of public transit

  

  Jebby Every fall since 2014, Next Haunt puts together a horror-themed escape room in the Next House basement. In my opinion, it’s one of the ... [annotation note="it was filmed :( – Dominic, Next Haunt 2024 Producer

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 27, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  Acceptance Why getting into MIT meant to so much to me

  

  over my shoulder at the computer screen. The sun was having a joyous time ... my mother’s life. The same day, hours before her death, that I promised ... . The screen refreshed, nothing had changed. I looked at the time again

  • by Ben O. '19
  • March 5, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Reverse Culture Shock Catching up and counting down

  

  Book Expo America (BEA) and we were both attendants. My dad’s steadfast ... actually having to invest yourself in this battlefield of emotions.  There’s ... want to read this. And then there’s the bigger scope—trying to get the

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 17, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Computers and their Programs Anecdotes and advice about owning a laptop at MIT

  

  , since my boyfriend’s Dell recently toppled off a desk in building 56. It ... computer was my dad’s old Dell, which ran Windows XP. The system gets slower ... follows me everywhere. It’s pretty. It’s light. It might even be beautiful

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 15, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  A Half-Century Retrospective Revisiting the MIT Application from the 1972–1973 admissions cycle

  

  Office was formally created in 1929, led by the Institute’s first ... Campus Preview Weekend brochures from the 90s, stacks of old MIT Admissions ... a VHS player handy? I’d love to see what’s on this tape."]VHS tape

  • by Jeremy W.
  • September 21, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  “Picture yourself as a stereotypical male” and other ways to improve your test scores

  

  visualizing rotations of two- and three-dimensional shapes in one’s mind, and ... might assume that he’s going to have an easier time than a woman of ... objective science. And statistically speaking, he’s right. It is true that

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 3, 2015
• Blog / Advice

  My Product Design Internship in Austin how to build things: both externally and internally

  

  Boy oh boy, what a summer it’s been so far. For the first time in my ... around the city. The one I frequent the most is called Barton Springs. It’s ... has an amazing view of Downtown Austin’s silver skyline, which looms

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • July 26, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Sunrise, Sunset An MIT-Israel student shares his day

  

  the old city with musicians, artists, and sellers of trinkets galore. It’s ... frustrating if you want to go do, but it’s a nice excuse to just be. Ben ... studying for their bachelor’s, master’s, or PhD. The vast majority of the

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 17, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  My Gap Year Part One: The good, the great, and the very, very dumb.

  

  my mistakes. Now take that 35-lb backpack and let’s get going! June ... the gridwork of Tucson. There’s a Target with an “Apply now!” sign, and the wage is above Arizona’s minimum. July 2019. Working at Target

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 4, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Underwater Dreams (from a distance) A reflection on immigration, student activism, and civic engagement at MIT.

  

  .com. “Today, it’s complicated.” The film screening was followed by a discussion ... said. “You never know what’s gonna happen.” He told me his story, or part of it, at least. No one’s journey to MIT is typical. His wasn

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 10, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  everything i made this year (mostly)

  

  screen displayed gibberish for the first few rounds but it’s okay) This ... [annotation note='Bad Translation: Expanded Typography and Publication']4.s00 ... the end of IAP. Here’s a timelapse of it running some hardcoded paths–it’s

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • January 1, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what work is bite-sized senior spring

  

  ; this means taking vitamins and prying myself away from my computer screen ... is a couplet that i'm proud of: "We’re at a party that’s not the right party, But it’s bright and loud and enough, for now." some more (not

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • February 10, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Steady-state Equilibrium Featuring screaming as stress relief

  

  the screen and got back to work. -- TWO WEEKS AGO -- I had received an ... ’m having mixed feelings about. On one hand, it’s miserable to be consumed by ... each and every one of them. Last week’s 6.004 lab was literally designing

  • by Joel G. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Making of the Riri Williams Pi Day Video Behind the scenes of an extraordinary three minutes!

  

  Tony Stark’s place as the new Iron (wo)Man.     Art from the Iron ... meetings after that first one. He had worked with Loren S. ‘17 in the past for last year’s bb8 droid video and the previous year’s drone video, so

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 9, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I’m Still Standing after all this time at MIT

  

  dramatized version of Elton John’s life unfolded on our shared TV. I’d never ... ://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHwVBirqD2s The more I listened the more I felt the lyrics deeply, and the more ... now, gone and in the past. My name will get read off of the screen, my

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • May 31, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  My blogger bio over time what does it take to get to know someone?

  

  favorite artists. Or we could go on an adventure. There’s this nice spot in ... we could go on an adventure. There’s this nice spot in the MIT tunnels ... you all about my favorite artists. Or we could go on an adventure. It’s

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 26, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  REX at Random Hall Pancakes, LN2 ice cream, board games, game theory, math, raves, staying up entirely too late,…

  

  . Now it’s your turn. Here is where Random Hall is: If you’re an MIT ... Domination! Up in the morning, ready to seize the day, watch your enemies ... waffles-smoothie combination, but also chocolate-covered strawberries and s

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 23, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT and Black Greek Letter Organizations An Interview

  

  another instance, Nikayah was being screened for her chapter’s youth ... .   Learning About D9s D9 is a shorthand for “Divine Nine'', a casual ... at her church who were. She started to learn more about D9s in middle

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • September 13, 2020