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  since i’ve been home

  

  convenient with respect to the current situation we all find ourselves in. if ... books i intended on finishing with me to campus (these three among them ... several stereotypical instruments at once, what with my drumming practice

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • April 3, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  quick thoughts to keep up my new years resolution

  

  wanted to update with some thoughts and things since the spring semester ... and talking with people, I made the ultimate decision to drop 6.009. I ... it or b) absolutely have to. But even with (b), I don't recommend it

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 2, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Burnout (and what to do about it) learning how to recharge a low battery

  

  things to blog about: my "blog backlog" in Trello is stacked deep with important things to write about. And, with the summer, I have more time: not ... recognize my symptoms as consistent with a mild case of burnout, felt most

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 27, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  but her emails how to assert?

  

  course, as with many of my (non-admissions blog) post ideas, Vice already ... 't disagree with, but I think since my post is sort of personal and not ... some reflection, I've come up with three reasons why it is hard for me to

  • by Abby H. '20
  • June 5, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sentimental Objects (part three) junior trinkets

  

  arcade that we went to the last time we hung out with our high school ... fill in! So we had dinner with two of the people who make the Crash Course animations! It was really cool! We got to talk with them about

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • May 26, 2019
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: Self-Discovery Within An Internship guest post by Grace C. '21

  

  warmth. "I finished the GIRS, am in a super romantic relationship with ... York City" I AM DONE. Not only with my exams, but freshman year in ... buried and unearthed cyclically throughout the year in hues but never with

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 27, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  7 Reasons MIT Is Special reflecting on the Institute at the end of four years

  

  time, checking out of the room, walking the stage to shake hands with ... . Not even looking at my empty dorm room with the awful splatter paint job ... ’ll help those of you considering your match with the Institute before you

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 15, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  How to decide, when you’re deciding a pretext for productive procrastination

  

  I've met, emailed, Facebooked, Slacked, or spoken on the phone with many members of the Class of 2020 who are all struggling with the same ... they intend to approach analytically and solve with solid evidence and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 1, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I Wanted to Say to Prefrosh before CPW 2015 a resurrected freshman draft

  

  year. It is now my last chance to share these freshman thoughts with you ... comprehend my state of mind back then. I want to have a conversation with that ... —after all, freshman fall with Pass/No Record had to be the easiest of all

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 19, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Just 41 Pictures I Took in 2017 Yultide Day 2

  

  page with a series of six consecutive posts. I am calling the takeover ... pretty much the anthem of 1E (along with the Soviet anthem). Top right ... , makes us waffles with diverse toppings (including vegan options).  

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 26, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Looking Forward and Backward 10 Memories and 8 Resolutions

  

  , I sat with my mom in my house, watching the ball drop on my television ... dabbing to imaginary music, mind you in-sync with one another, with my two ... ! This was definitely a cool one. I was on a Six Flags trip with my

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • January 2, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  hey kids you should apply there's still time!

  

  before my senior year of high school, I went to meet with the IB ... strategy. I presented her with my list of colleges, mostly state schools with ... was bored with the application process. The thought of all the

  • by Abby H. '20
  • December 4, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Three Tales of Junior Year Accidental Harvard Class, UROPs, Experimenting in College

  

  ). UROPs The MIT UROP program is... awesome! As long as you work with an MIT ... these are with MIT WGS lecturers who only spend about 4 hours a week at ... , on the history of early international students at MIT, with a professor

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 10, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  wayfaring a pile of stuff that's happening

  

  theoretical devices! As Ian Bogost writes in Alien Phenomenology, Faced with ... : Training The last few weeks have been largely consumed with staff training ... conventionally 'technical' work done in the class which force you to grapple with

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 28, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicants: The College Essay part 3 of the Dear Applicants series

  

  with. The traits that make you whole. Does that sound scary? To me it ... ’t apply as a fictional character. You know, the one with the pure 4.0, 2400 ... service. Decorated with medals and ribbons on graduation. You've heard of

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Last First Month Because I procrastinated too long to say 'day' or 'week'

  

  up for the Fall Career Fair and are interviewing with companies ... appealing, are too expensive for me to justify registering) with a fantastic ... MITx Biology UROP i.e. continuing to work with the wonderful MITx Biology

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 3, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Pluto Flyby and how MIT was involved

  

  Richard Binzel isn't the only MIT affiliate working with New Horizons. In fact, MIT has had a long history with Pluto: Professor Jim Elliot - MIT ... in the late 1980s. Worked with Professor Jim Elliot and Ted Dunham to

  • by Erick P. '17
  • July 15, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  1 day in the life of an MIT student

  

  'm supposed to meet up and get some coffee with my mentee before her first class ... conversation with Katie '17, but she is in my sorority as well as a member of ... underclassmen are matched up with upperclassmen and you are given $5 to go out and

  • by Ana V. '15
  • November 12, 2014
• Blog / Study Abroad

  The Seven Supervisors A Buzzfeed Style Look At Supervisors

  

  , who has some background with the course, or a professor/fellow. These ... supervision is paired with some form of work. This work could consist of an ... /recitation leaders you'll encounter, each with their pros and cons. Disclaimer: All of

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 1, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Vertigo My brain hurts.

  

  the same feeling two weeks ago, while hanging out with my boyfriend's aunt in Montana (long story; just roll with it). She lives in Hot Springs ... decided to have some fun with it: she got together a bunch of the residents

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 28, 2013