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  I’m Still Standing after all this time at MIT

  

  went out of town for one reason or another. We sat together in our cozy ... neighbors couldn’t hear us and mistake our four person party for a 1AM rager ... ’d called home for so long. The thought remained in the back of my head until

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • May 31, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  0.125 not a course 0 class, but a fraction complete

  

  ="Which I got!! More on this later, I'm sure :)"]applied for a UROP ... lot about what I learned this semester and what I'd like to work on for ... then waiting 40-55 minutes for your final product. It is about knowing a

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 4, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  bye (for now)

  

  , then at least for a while. i watched lady bird (excellent and emotional ... my thesis. content warning for the following paragraph, for mentions of suicide and mental health at mit. my undergraduate thesis for comparative

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 12, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “So what are you majoring in?” *sweats nervously*

  

  major. And for these gracious inquirers, I have a lot of different answers. For instance: “I’m thinking 18C.” “Leaning towards 8.” “Probably 6 ... 3 seems pretty cool.” I guess for most people, it’s not such a hard

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • April 4, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The end of a chapter

  

  Hello guys! Sorry for the super duper long hiatus :( After my final exams which ended early June, I immediately set off for some traveling (I ... for MIT students who are considering spending one or two semesters

  • by Linh V. '13
  • July 8, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  All I Ever Really Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten (and at MIT)

  

  wanted to be when he grew up. I reached for the right words to validate the ... -year-old Elizabeth were both gunning for the same job, he said he ... put up with me, and it would be an even bigger miracle for a full

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • June 24, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] How to Build a Three Story Fort by Zack I. '27

  

  the project leads for East Campus Build. Every year, [annotation note ... only have one measuring reel long enough, so for future years we’ll buy ... inside of them for the posts to sit on. [caption id="attachment_104146

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 1, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Home Under the Dome sorority recruitment, tips, and my experience

  

  intense because we talked for hours straight, but I met some people during ... home for my 4 years at MIT. It was a cool experience starting classes the very [annotation note="First years are already on campus for orientation

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • August 14, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How To Make Mediocre Furniture well, maybe i'll let you be the quality judge

  

  for my grandmother, who loved to hear, and tell others, about my ... make for my room. When I came across some[annotation note="MIT has a big ... , and that kept me up for at least two weeks in advance worrying about it

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • June 17, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  leaning in on choosing lives

  

  could be a little bit warmer. I’ve been sitting outside the Stud for about ... wasn’t right for me. In the 5 minutes since I started writing this post ... , very big, and will impact the trajectory of my life. For many of you

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • April 20, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  On Teaching and Learning Minimum requirement: read the last few sentences of this post. They're important.

  

  neither, in all honesty, do I. To recap, I’m here for MIT’s Four Weeks For ... the most. Each of us is paired up with a Teach For America teacher; my ... ’ve been out here for two and a half weeks now. I’ve seen seniors in Algebra

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 20, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Major Crisis: A Follow Up what happens next

  

  another, except for maybe Course 8. Fuck physics. Recently, I've been reflecting a lot on what it means for me to be a computer science major and ... Internship For those of you that haven't read previous blogposts, I'm currently

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 17, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  The Room(s) Where It Happens You've hit submit. What Comes Next?

  

  and advocate for students. We might be crusty, but I’d say we are warm ... process for me. In addition, as a slightly extroverted person, reading applications all day, everyday in physical isolation for weeks on end can be

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • January 9, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A (Belated) Letter to July In which I start blogging again with an angsty video

  

  transcript of the video for those who might want it (I may have changed a word ... 't see you again for some time, but I thought I'd send a note anyway. It ... less romantic than it sounds. For the first time in my life, I'm hundreds

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 3, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Let’s Go Fly A Kite Up to decision night!

  

  limbo for an eternity before inevitably executed. Or you’re not accepted ... your dreams for dear life, meet your decision head-on, and emerge with them still intact. Sorry for the “Admittedly” pun back there. I just can

  • by Joel G. '18
  • December 11, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Boomeranging The day before classes start is Registration Day. It’s also the day we welcome readmitted…

  

  halfway through a botched sophomore fall to receive treatment for clinical ... Student Support Services (S3), who coordinates the readmission process for ... averages for all four-year postsecondary insitutions (of 39% and 59

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Mark Zuckerberg Visits MIT NBD.

  

  had been drawn for the lottery to see him and Mike Schroepfer (VP of ... auditorium. And just for you guys, I got some footage of his talk. Sorry in advance for all the shakiness. Here is ~10 minutes from the 1 hour talk

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 14, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Applying Sideways How to get in to MIT.

  

  may take many forms. What is it that you look for in an applicant?, some ... in and of itself will get you in to MIT. For example: A few years ago ... reactor in his garage. Think about that for a second. Now, most students

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 1, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The leftmost station on your dial WMBR = awesome campus radio

  

  answer review questions for a paper before my 1 PM 9.12 lecture. Because I ... ignore the paper for another 42 minutes and watch this week's episode of ... , for "Technology Broadcasting System," when it was discovered that a

  • by Keri G. '10
  • September 13, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  i dissected a roach *cronch* *slurp*

  

  other words, in a world that humans have built for themselves, the roach ... a roach spawn point for about a week. Most of them however, were ... ="aligncenter" width="1535"] graphic details have been replaced with flowers for viewer

  • by Anika H. '26
  • September 28, 2023