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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  recently read words absorbed by my brain

  

   Normal People, and this short story is a predecessor to the novel, featuring Marianne and Connell. There’s a sentence in this story I keep coming back to ... mimesis as the action that the poem has, in reality, on the reader…I think a

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 3, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Two short stories My last three weeks in a nutshell.

  

  was convinced that joining a sorority was not the way to go. Anyway, my ... stereotypes were for the most part nowhere to be found. And when I received a ... I've never thought of myself as a sorority girl. In fact, I

  • by Keri G. '10
  • September 24, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Waxing nostalgic, in a zen kind of way I've heard of zen. This is not zen.

  

  .10 might have been a C, but I'll never know - I took it on Junior-Senior P/D/F, which is exactly what it sounds like. You can take up to two classes on ... in all your pictures, and to know what a Roth IRA is and how to

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 31, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Spoiled Milk I wrote an entry so long overdue my milk has spoiled in the process. So…

  

  going to leave this as a comment to Mitra's question, "Does anyone know if ... to you for my dad's desire to keep expired milk in the world a little ... brought to you by the letter E! EEEE!") In a perfectly formed and

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 24, 2007
• Blog / Public Service & Activism

  Boston’s Climate Strike youthful activism

  

  Today has been a hectic day, to say the least. It's only around 9pm ... 180. The interviews, the formalities, the waiting in line to talk to a ... compared to what was really on my mind all day. It's hard to describe in

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 20, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Carnival A glorious carnival is marred by the passing of a beloved goldfish. (24 pictures)

  

  ? *sniff* I don't want to end on such a tragic note, so I will leave you ... Last night, we went to a carnival that was sponsored by the ... in time to try and knock down a fat cat. It's really hard to throw

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 3, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’ll bet you got waylaid! Wherein Portland, Oregon rocks my face.

  

  guess after four years it might be nice to get a different perspective on ... have discovered this on my way back from a West Coast chemical ... for a class. I feel so smart just being in a class with that name, to be

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 25, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Sunny day – Sweepin’ the clouds away On my way to where the air is sweet.Can you tell me how to get,…

  

  awesome as it is to wake up 10 minutes before a class and not get to eat until 4 pm, sometimes a college student has to take some responsibility ... meal of the day. Instead of inspiring me to eat a balanced breakfast

  • by Snively '11
  • February 8, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Remnants of Four Years What happens when you have to start packing

  

  .  I tended to wear three different sets of rowing clothes, throw them on ... have to pack up your life from the past four years.  No more of this, "I'll deal with it later and just throw everything in a box". Graduating means

  • by Becca H. '12
  • June 6, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorm Bathrooms Always look on the bright, side of life

  

  Every so often I am begged to write a blog entry about a specific ... guys, if you get into MIT there's a high likelihood that you'll get to stand 6 inches away from a naked senior on just your first or second day

  • by Snively '11
  • March 2, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Go Read Some Science Fiction You'll see why in a bit

  

  even a wearable to create an "immersive reading experience". The wearable ... , a beach. It could also vibrate in a pattern similar to a heartbeat to ... presentations, awesome ideas, and a final thank you to Dan Novy and Sophia

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 16, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  ways of saying goodbye joint post with CJ '23!

  

  of our favorite media. goodbye mit :’) for a fun challenge, try to ... goodbye: So long, goodbye Hey, here's a fun idea How 'bout I sit on the ... feeling when Everything was left to find from why am i the one: Or go on

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Listen to Admissions: the creative process for Pi day videos

  

  arriving on campus, upperclassmen are returning to campus, admissions ... Day 2015. Loren and I collaborated, with Elizabeth, on that video (and ... splits video), and the V4C folks wanted to know more about the creative

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 22, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Beacon St. and Marlborough St. Rooftops and flowers on two streets in Boston.

  

  with Beacon St. and Marlborough St., which run parallel to the water on ... past Saturday, our first warm weekend that I’ve been in town, on a path ... .              We started out on Beacon and at some point crossed over to Marlborough

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 27, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Update We plan to release Early Action decisions on Monday, 12/15.

  

  We plan to post Early Action admissions decisions online at 9pm EST on Monday, December 15th. In the next few days, we will send EA applicants an email on how to access the decisions online; I will also post a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 8, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Public service announcement One stereotype that I just won't accept.

  

  stereotypes have at least a grain of something resembling truth to them -- for ... fastest (and most fun) way to get through problem sets is to do them in a ... cutthroat behavior. Any time I had a question or needed help on a problem set

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 31, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  He’s Making A List and Checking It Twice The things that I found important when looking at colleges

  

  living options were important to me as well. I did not want to live on a ... did not want to live on a campus where there was freshman only dorms ... So four years ago, I began a year-long journey to start seeing what

  • by Bryan
  • July 24, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Your college application motivation soundtrack for November Reflect, rewrite, repeat

  

  [/annotation]. A lot of the people reading this are probably starting on their Common ... A lot of the people reading this have probably spent the past two months furiously writing and rewriting their personal essays to [annotation

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 2, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT honors Officer Sean Collier (photoblog) photos from today's memorial service

  

  turned out by the thousands today for a memorial service to honor fallen ... Briggs Field on a beautiful sunny day: Students who couldn't make the ... Memorial Fund, which will support a Collier Medal to be awarded to people who

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 24, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Decisive Battle The one examining "Turkey vs. Spam" on the almost-literal level.

  

  witness to the ultimate showdown between Turkey and Spam. Despite a two-hour food coma immediately after dinner, I think it's pretty safe to say that I emerged victorious. I wanted to turn the turkey carcass into usable

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 24, 2005