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  Jill Biden waved at me D.C. during inauguration

  

  of January where students can take a long winter break, take unique, accelerated classes, just do research, or participate in a MISTI program, among ... girlfriend in Washington D.C. It wasn't until a couple days before leaving that

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • January 19, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  Collections Simple

  

  .36 (Neurobiology of Self) which is a class that focuses on the neural mechanisms of ... separate our physical forms from our thinking forms, if there is even a ... first, I wasn't buying into it. I've always considered myself a very

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 23, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  they want to see you fail managing others' envy

  

  . It’s a story I’ve heard from plenty of people. I needed to be careful ... received a prestigious graduate fellowship, he said he felt it, too. I ... spectacular that others might want it, and isn’t that a boastful claim to make

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  “So, what HAVE you been doing?” less sad shit lets get a lil more hype in here

  

  As per my previous post, I've been going through a lot of shit! But there's also a lot of incredibly fun and freeing things that I've been ... 21 in February! I don't talk a lot about party culture on the blogs

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 25, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy Birthday, Simmons Hall! 20 things I’m grateful for in my dorm

  

  ="Actually international development house"]iHouse[/annotation] was a dorm that was really ... ="83279" image4="83280" /] I even drew a giant pigeon mural in my room! 5. The ... curtains every morning fills me with a sense of accomplishment that words

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 4, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Don’t Eat the Hot Glass Five things you can’t eat in the MIT Glass Lab for “health and safety” reasons…

  

  forgot to bring food in a green take-out box from Maseeh lunch, and ... , you catch a glimpse of a glimmering caramel orb. Its golden glow beckons ... [/caption] Do you dare to reach forth and scoop a spoonful for yourself? If you

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • November 24, 2022
• Blog / Summer

  bay area parties well, two of them

  

  area. the first one was an invitation from a co-intern, who sent it in a group text with all the other company interns in the bay. it was a link to a website called partiful: think facebook events for parties. the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 15, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] Rush Course 12 what it’s like to study Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences at MIT

  

  “What’s course 12 again?” That’s a question I deal with a lot when ... and I’m a senior in course 12 with a minor in biology. Within EAPS, I focus on geobiology, organic geochemistry, and astrobiology. Those are a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 6, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  incremental game support group let's distract ourselves with games!

  

  , and watch number grow up. These overlap a lot with idle games, though ... 't really play games that much; I've had a Steam account with like five games ... them at a time. There will be some spoilers, tips, and screenshots, but I

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 6, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  next to normal on mental health

  

  musical about a mother who struggles with bipolar disorder. one of the more ... . [DIANA] My psychopharmacologist and I Call it a lover's game He knows my ... to preface this with my opinion that i don’t think this is a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 3, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Tunnel66 bringing the borderline tunnels online for CP*

  

  Borderline is a club at MIT that started in Spring of 2017 (our freshman spring), when a group of upperclassmen got funding from the Council of the Arts at MIT to paint a 200-foot long section of the MIT Tunnels

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 18, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  my freshman year playlist 2/3 of a year in 25 songs

  

  playlists is one of my favorite things to do, so i decided to create a ... first song i learned on a dance team at MIT. every time i hear this, i ... showed me this song a week into the school year. it's one of my favorites

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 21, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  New Decade, New Me? some reflections, some resolutions, some hopes,

  

  Some Reflections It's been a long decade. When the 2010s started, I ... roughly fifteenth grade. A lot has changed, but some things remain the same ... longer an angsty teen. It's been a long year. I changed majors, I started

  • by Alex M. '21
  • January 1, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waiting always waiting

  

  waiting for a million things all the time, whether it's for undergraduate ... decisions, to get an email back about a potential UROP, waiting for something as simple as the bus or the end of a rainstorm. Right now, I'm waiting

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

  The Class of 2019 Graduates from MIT

  

  ; now, a few years later, we have taught them what they can, and they ... their origins as a class, here is what I told them:  Then, that August ... incompatible, emotions, a few of which I want to name and honor: - Sadness that

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 7, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Friendly Neighborhood Dream-Destroyer "How Could You Work There?"

  It was 8:00pm on a Thursday night when I received a text message from a buddy who wanted to hang out. Since I was a college admissions ... helping coordinate the opening show for our Campus Preview Weekend - a super

  • by DJ Rock
  • May 30, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  4 / Just *breathe* Everything is going to be all right

  

  of summer vacation, we're still riding on a high, fueled with ... , whip out our new planners and notebooks and folders. It's a new academic year, a blank slate, a fresh start. A momentary burst of confidence and

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 2, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sometimes you just gotta relax (putting this out there as a message for ourselves as much as for anyone else)

  

  were both sick, had a super long and challenging 6.00 pset (literally stayed in office hours for 15 hours), a 6.042 pset (wouldn’t have been able ... the night before it was due), Danny had a CMS.100 essay, Allan had a

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • October 22, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Unremarkable things are you "jaded" yet?

  

  word here before, like it’s a thing - becoming jaded with being at MIT ... yourself that you’re living out a rare and coveted opportunity, and generally ... describe how I’ve been feeling, but I know there was a point in the past when

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 25, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  ’t apply as a fictional character. You know, the one with the pure 4.0, 2400 ... friend and classmate? Don't invent a character. Describe yourself. (from ... authentic. A Yale admissions officer said that once. Write strong. Be

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 12, 2015