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• Blog / MIT Life

  Things that are hard. Though not as hard as this.

  

  they come one right after another. I happen to be a bit of a nerd. I ... to MIT entirely barefoot due to a massive blister, and have a tendency to laugh when people get really mad at me. I’ve wanted to go to MIT

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / Events

  This School’s Big Game: a fun way to think too hard (how MIT Mystery Hunt works, now in Up-Goer Five)

  

  different ways to use them. You will not get the answers only by guessing ... end! I think it is sad when most teams only get to see a small piece of ... with a small number to the right of them. ANYWAY, [annotation note

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • January 25, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  There is no solving for x thoughts on moving to and away from Maine

  

  Context: I wrote a post in March called "I Moved to Maine" . You can ... in with my parents. About a month ago I decided to go back home for the ... a female friend, which forced me to come out to myself. It ate me

  • by Powers '23
  • June 29, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How do you know when you’ve chosen the right major?

  

  Sometimes I get so engaged by a project that I forget to eat. Yesterday, I woke up at 7:35am.  Starving, I got a sandwich to-go at the ... if you've chosen a major that fits you? Fit is a fuzzy concept, hard to

  • by Michael C. '16
  • October 17, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waiting always waiting

  

  decisions, to get an email back about a potential UROP, waiting for something ... my team can get back on the water again, and waiting to see if my ... safely do so. [annotation note="me? oh, I'm still w a i t i n g to launch

  • by Alex M. '21
  • November 12, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus Okay, so it's not even really half a bus. But I'M not the one asking…

  

  won't teach you as much about the SATs, it's a good way to get you ... 's really expensive to get other people to motivate you. If money IS a big ... discovered we have a trash chute. I took my dinner up to my room just so I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 11, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Number Game A few words of advice before applying to college.

  

  So I had a little free time this morning so I paid a little visit to ... their SAT, and got H + 5 A's. They applied and did not get into MIT. Does that mean MIT made a mistake by taking me and not them? Maybe, but it

  • by Bryan
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Livin’ La Vida PRoCa I take my clothes off and go dancing in the rain... with Clay Aiken.

  

  getting them all for her, one by one, but to expedite the process, she ... minutes to sing the first chorus, highlighted by a thirty-second "why do we ... may not post offered to make a Clay-themed nametag for me, featuring

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 30, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  IAP? No.. YOU’RE AP Possibly the worst title EVER. (Also, answers to your questions, but under the worst title…

  

  prodding, as long as he gets to bite back. Aside from class, there's a huge ... posted about getting a new Macbook. What's it like switching from a PC to a ... (Yeah, okay, that was a really bad title. I GET IT. Not everyone can

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 17, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Saturday Roadtrip Out on the open road.

  

  opted to paint. Over lunch, we were approached by a nice old man who asked ... a 9 pm flight at 7 pm, it was too late. I need to get my eyes checked ... friends for a little fun outside of the city. Step One: Acquire vehicle

  • by Bryan
  • January 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mexico things my MISTI experience

  

  're applying to, but fortunately, the deadlines and requirements vary by country ... I persuaded to come to Mexico as well. As a digressionary piece of ... missed the deadline by just a little bit, you should still communicate with

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • August 10, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Exercises in Style with apologies to queneau

  

  assigned to narrate a short story of our own, in both our favorite and least favorite styles. I decided to narrate a scene from last Saturday night. I had a lot of fun with this exercise and decided to write not just twice

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 20, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fran Sancisco and Spother Oonerisms Racing tays and fighting lires

  

  American singer. Spooner was particularly plagued by a tendency to swap ... This all starts with a minister by the name of William Archibald ... like your dog answers your questions. Also your dog is harder to get

  • by Joel G. '18
  • August 7, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  6.5 Years Post-Graduation, I’m a Beading Artist a twisty path

  

  time due to mental health issues, but I’m thriving, and I’m a health ... straying from the path set up by my education, but it was meant to be. I ... incurable diagnosis is terrifying to discover. But what a relief to know that

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 25, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  Regrade Request Analysis points, please?

  

  time at which a request was reviewed and responded to by a grader. Using ... was rare for my request to result in me getting full points for a ... Regrade" button and a little text box appears where they can write a note to

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 3, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  Winter Sports at MIT a sneak peek of: swim and dive, squash, and men's basketball

  

  coaches. I think recruit trips are also a really valuable experience to get ... bridge to campus. I stopped by Dunkin’ to get some breakfast and then ... a spot in the NEWMAC playoffs and it’s getting down to the wire! We

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 12, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  knot again my spread for Infinite Magazine Issue 9

  

  at large, and was able to get a handful of people who would assist me ... , I really wanted to learn, and what a better way to learn than by doing? Instead of getting a separate photographer from the club, I chose to take

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • February 20, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  2014 Resolutions January 2nd and still going strong

  

  This New Year, I want to try a resolution that would mandate how I ... "I'll just get by this semester and be more organized next semester ... resolution to not start over or delay anytime a goal falls short, I need some

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 2, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Happy May! Everything I owed you...

  

  How NOT to be a MIT Student (aka. my daily dose of stupidity) *sets ... short). ESP is a student "club" at MIT that seeks to provide educational ... students may teach a class on ANYTHING to their students. A sampling of

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 1, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  The train in Spain is ungainly, take a plane I'm an MITblogger, get me out of here!

  

  beach was made of SAND. I even managed to get a lady to watch our stuff ... ocean. And the third day was not supposed to exist, but I had a ... there waiting for one of the two or three daily trains to get us into

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 23, 2006