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  Finding Inspiration encouraging motivational inspiration

  

  that obstacle down brick by brick, go the extra mile to get around it, or ... you're finally going to take that shot and how magnificent it's going to ... do it” (Amelia Earhart). So if you get scared, “don't be afraid of your

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • November 7, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  evalute your strengths and weaknesses after. Allow yourself to change. In ... remember we’re human. Don't compare yourself to your peers. Learning from ... let that guide you to find your strengths. Let your friends be the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 19, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hail to the king, baby. The coolest thing that never happened to me... plus, the journey back Boston way.

  

  Campbell is? Like, 50? And then what subset of those 50 want to get a book ... potatoes. What did my mom have to endure to get to her favorite pizza in the ... , everything else is a gimme. It's like getting a double Yahtzee bonus. Also, New

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 22, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Notes on the Interview (the EC edition!) in which you receive advice and an alum surreptitiously gets to blog again

  

  Maybe I need to get over myself - it's been six years since I was in ... awhile I do get that itch to come back and write something. And thus I ... contacted by someone living in New York! :P Second of all, since I was such

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 2, 2013
• Blog / Announcements

  To our prospective students and their families on taking care of ourselves and the people we love

  

  time to be concerned about building your college admissions resume, or ... learn on your own at home.[/annotation] I want to reassure you that we ... to help us understand how you might have been impacted by COVID-19 or

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • May 27, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  reviewing my classes this semester but unthoroughly

  

  normal to us now like motion graphics were completely new and magical at the time. I got to try out new frameworks like p5.js and paper.js and ... constraints (needing to get all my units in so I can graduate)!! Some stats

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • May 17, 2025
• Blog / Events

  dogg number there is no one better to be than myself!

  

  -dead, "I get better every single day..." My roommates and I decided to join ... going to code in Johnson Ice Rink surrounded by a million other people, so ... taught me how to use Github, which I'd always been so confused by in

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 20, 2023
• Blog / MISTI

  a night in hannover one of the most chaotic travel experiences of my life

  

  afternoon. The plan was pretty sound – my flight was supposed to get into Berlin around 11 PM, leaving me plenty of time to get home and get almost a ... perfumes at the duty free shop, since I'm currently looking to buy a ~new

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • July 13, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Q&A: Round One Q&A, Round One. Keep the questions coming!

  

  popular at MIT." Hi Farai, So to respond to your first question, I think I get day by day with the pressures of class and work by really trying to ... Farai asked "I was wondering how you get by day by day with the

  • by Bryan
  • November 16, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  A half semester told through paper grownup show and tell

  

  "]Hosed™[/annotation] to put effort into a blog post, so here’s what you get instead. Me ... protein bar for breakfast, getting to the testing room super early, and ... , for example, is How to Phone Your Old Man. The other readings for the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 19, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  the art of trying new things exploring new clubs, making new friends, and doing the things i was afraid to do

  

  backgrounds. I was a little intimidated by them, but after getting to know them ... low self-esteem and little to no experience in the content covered by ... rejected by them, teehee. Essentially, I wanted to join a business club

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 19, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Belonging Who belongs at MIT?

  

  'm at lab, and my cells need some new media -- but I will get to it. (And ... going to be brief -- the new freshmen remind me of bouncy balls and are ... , though, because I'm not really getting to the heart of the issue. Spaghetti

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Gravity Rides Everything We are gathered here today to allude to rapidly accelerating bouncy balls and The Moon…

  

  your parents what to expect over the next year. (She's visiting for a ... having a life will apply wherever you go to school next year - but you're ... find a good new release (or an old album by a band I'd never heard of

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 17, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  It happens to Helen Life is just a series of awkward moments sometimes.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Homemade mayonnaise is actually acidic enough to kill ... leave it out at room temperature without fear of food poisioning. This new ... , endless categories, and I want to fill them all with my insights on The MIT

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 16, 2006
• Blog / Community Projects

  Set Theory and other Shenanigans *Literal* Set theory

  

  card deck that just lives on the lounge table, waiting to catch the eye of unsuspecting psetters to distract them for hours. Sometimes we’ll just play classic games with each other, and other times we’ll get more

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 1, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Then and Now The two are remarkably similar.

  

  on your first 18.02 pset. And by "working," I mean "staring blankly at ... seniors. You do, however, have a book that you're returning to the Coop ... dolphin. The stack of paper is your course notes. They were written by your

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 26, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  First Post A little about myself.

  that it is collaborative and that they constantly get to explore new ... to getting to know you. To tell you a little about myself, I’ve had ... . Because I’m new to this place, I’ll be learning about MIT just as you are. I

  • by mitblogs
  • September 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  hey kids you should apply there's still time!

  

  . After all, MIT is one of those schools that you strategize to get into ... interview to mess up my application (you’re right I have been self ... requested by other schools as supplements (shoutout to MIT’s mini-essays). I

  • by Abby H. '20
  • December 4, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to college, Kid. My first week at MIT.

  

  Square in Cambridge on the Red Line; you can get to the airport by subway ... to your preferences. Many of the folks I met during Campus Preview ... , "Love Your Beaver," are a tribute to MIT's mascot. Liquid nitrogen ice

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 4, 2005
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Adios, Madrid My attempt at an eloquent goodbye to Spain.

  

  some very mixed feelings about this. On the one hand, I am excited to get ... suddenly revealed itself to me by comparison. Of course, there are things I ... usually about getting plastered (among my age group, anyway). You tip your

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 16, 2008