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  Grey and Other Colors

  

  verbalizing the thoughts in my mind. My words don’t feel refined, eloquent, or ... : I don’t believe in the impact of my work, and I’m not challenged in ... around the city, meeting new people. I don’t think I realized this until I

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • April 8, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  What I Did in High School in the actual sense of the phrase

  

  grades are pretty important. But please don’t believe for a second that ... account was actually a terrible idea. I don’t know if I can think of any ... ’s what most of the staff and kids spoke. I don’t think I’ve ever been

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • July 20, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  VEDA In which I try to vlog every day in April

  

  to document things and ramble at a camera sometimes. I don't want to ... to bump my own post... but I also don't want my videos to get ... support. I've been told many a time that I don't look like my avatar (none

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • April 24, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Random Ceiling Tiles The ceilings of Random Hall and a friendly message.

  

  opportunities—for fun, for work, or both—than you have time for, even if you don’t

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 30, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT Academics (you know, the REAL reason why you're coming to MIT )

  

  , especially. I don't actually have a plan for this, haha, so I will just draft ... need to study (it was for me). I also don't believe in books that ... had a Google Calendar (and I still don't use any form of electronic

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 7, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Life is Improv say yes

  

  The first and most important rule of improv is this: don't negate ... or crazy thing they ask him to do. I wouldn't recommend taking "don't ... the scene flowing. Don't negate. Everyone else is in the same thin air

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 3, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Things Wot I Did Whilst Studying at MIT A tale told in pictures (and someone else's words).

  

  unique opportunities that no one else will ever have - don't waste them

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 27, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  The College Essay: Yogurt Edition! You like froyo? I like froyo! ^___^V

  

  essays that don't hand the reader its moral (or "point" - so to speak ... trying to answer a question? If we don't conclude, how are they going know ... the MIT main essay) - but don't approach it in the same way as you would

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 11, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Some people call me the space cowgirl

  

  that things don't get skewed too much, I should probably also report that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2004
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Dissecting emotion what is feeling

  

  thinking about this, I realized that I don't even know what unpacking ... 'm feeling something. But I don't know what feeling it is, exactly. That's another lie. I know some of the feelings I've felt. I don't know all of them

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 3, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Feeling Many Feelings :) and :( and everything in between about decisions

  

  , heartache. I don’t exactly feel as though I’ll explode. Rather, I feel as ... don't experience shame have no capacity for human empathy or connection

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • March 16, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  actual conversations i have definitely had with freshmen during orientation

  

  right?? FROSH: what hall do you live on? ME: 5th west FROSH: oh i don't ... they don't say "roller coasters" they say "montagnes russes" which means

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 30, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Why I wasn’t sad to leave MIT On shedding.

  

  you need. When you don’t pick up and move, it’s difficult to start from ... don’t think I could have done that while I remained in Boston. I love

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 31, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Institute of Smashing What do you think MIT and a garbage compactor have in common?

  

  here in the fall, don't freak out about freaking out. It's supposed to ... and rebuild yourself into something better than before. Don't be afraid

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Are people on the East Coast friendly? An entry especially for those from the Midwest.

  

  that question entirely. Most MIT students don't leave campus much. There ... Hall. These certainly don't sum up the whole city, but they can give you

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 21, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  neighborhoods we move into and come to love. What do pregnant mice, cheerleaders, and four-foot light-up tinsel giraffes have in common?

  

  neurons in the striatum -- we know it's important, but we don't know how or ... the microscope. Things I do outside of lab (Graduate students don't

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 27, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An Entry About Snow ...Even though we don't have any

  

  acronyms. I even love it more than Paul loves hacks (though I don't love it ... snowboard and don't even need to take lessons and in the ice skating PE class

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 11, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If man is five Then most people are six, and if most people are six then pre-meds are seven.

  

  're a chemical engineer (Course 10), you don't care about molecules. At ... recommendation for most problems at MIT. "I don't know what to do with my life

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 10, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Two thousand students walk into a Zoom call summer hssp: now virtual™

  

  involves. I don't know what, exactly, led me to nominating myself for ... keep track of what needs to be done. And I know it sounds, I don't know ... . After we got all the classes scheduled, someone, and I don’t remember who

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 20, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Ten days of live-action roleplaying no joke, there i was…

  

  spot of joy in an otherwise dark winter. As much as I want to, I don't ... 've worn it outside when it isn't too cold, when I don't feel like putting on ... colored dot stickers, so maybe don't just randomly take them down. While

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 19, 2023