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• Blog / How to Human

  a farewell to my phone which hurled itself repeatedly into the icy arms of death

  

  I could only watch as my phone tumbled down, down, and crashed on the ... being insufficient to guide me, and set to eke out directions on my own. I ... , I drew a lot of maps on paper, cross-streets and exits labelled. I

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 14, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  5 Halloween Costume Ideas for MIT Students but they're pretty bad

  

  Is this you? Are you an MIT student who can't get in on the October ... , but you procrastinated on what you'd wear to the last minute. Con ... landmarks on campus. You'll look just like the actual thing! Pro: The numbers

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 15, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  re-orienting REX et al.

  

  dear past me,  I moved in last year on August 17th, a couple days ... the only one on my floor. As hurricane Henri made its way to Rhode ... planned activities, but there was still no one on my floor. We spent our

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • September 19, 2022
• Blog / Announcements

  Introducing the baby bloggers! but read it intrrrrrrroduuuucing, like I'm a very excited announcer

  

  coming alive, and here on the blogs we have a fresh new crop of baby ... know Kano T. '25 of Nevada, spreadsheet queen, went skydiving on her gap year which I just think is freaking awesome, who is on a quest to

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 14, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  happy lunar new year the year of the tiger

  

  of the tiger, I was in sixth grade. Nicki Minaj was on the radio, Gossip Girl was on television, I went to a nerd school where people were ... be living on a different continent or pursuing a completely different

  • by Rona W. '23
  • February 2, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  gone was any trace of you i think i am finally clean

  

  love now, as I listen to him drone on and on about distributed systems ... school, I felt like I had found the one. I dreamed of exchanging vows on ... distance and the time and the everything else placed such a strain on us, I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 19, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  head above the water (intro post) an inner dialogue about my first month of classes

  

  into my mouth while i was sitting on top of that statue in killian court ... see some kid squatting on top of the statue and wolfing down pita bread ... whole psets on their own in, like, 2 hours. it takes me at least 8 hours

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 9, 2021
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does MIT use my test scores?

  us better evaluate academic preparation. If you are planning on
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  Many students applied to MIT this year, and unfortunately, we couldn't accept all of them. We have placed a small number of students on the waitlist. If you would like to be considered for the waitlist, or you want to

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  i’m studying abroad this semester hello europe

  

  professor once a week to discuss the material one-on-one. I'm hoping this will ... date back so I don't spend my senior year on Zoom. I wanted to take some time away from MIT and find something else to do, so I can be on campus

  • by Rona W. '23
  • February 7, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  in remembrance of the body affirming the mind–body connection

  

  a point i could stand on to watch the sunset. i ended up walking to, i think it was pi beta phi, and standing on top of those low brick walls in ... , my focus pointed wholly on an article, or a video, or a pset, all my

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 8, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Starting Over it feels like this every time but this time it's different

  

  extracurricular opportunities, a brief four-year respite on my journey to become a ... ’m getting one anyway"]I want to be on the rowing team for one more year; I ... championships. I want another year with B entry. I want to make Post-it art on our

  • by Alex M. '21
  • August 30, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  “But I’m not cool…” Dr. Suess but shitty? Dr. Suess but angsty?

  

  "] Me on my actual first day of high school! T-minus two months to the ... in on her with this sort of cock-eyed, confused look.   She didn ... .[/caption]   “I am not cool” On my 16th birthday. “Because I am Things that

  • by Powers '23
  • August 18, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  my freshman year in laptop stickers RIP my laptop 7/19/20

  

  water on my laptop. it died instantly; the technicians at the [annotation ... . losing the files on my laptop and having to pay a good amount of money for ... behind for other residents. this was the first sticker i put on my laptop

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 21, 2020
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  Many people applied to MIT this year, and unfortunately we could not accept all of them. We have placed a small number of students on the waitlist. If you would like to be considered for the waitlist, or you want to

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Regular-ing Or: Over-justifying how much I eat out

  

  reasonable, I can order on my phone, all the food is vegetarian, and it’s one ... ’ perfect (which is why I don’t mind shamelessly plugging it on the blog). BUT ... few establishments: a coffee shop by my house, another one right on Lake

  • by Powers '23
  • January 26, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  How to be Tim The Beaver anyone can wear the mask.

  

  popped up on my phone, I knew I was born for this moment. So for everyone ... . Watch the videos on how to unpack, wear and re-pack Tim, and guidelines on ... Transform. 5. Put ice packs in vest and head pockets, turn the head fan on

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • November 4, 2019
• Blog / Uncategorized

  A Fashion Free For All like the hunger games but we love each other

  

  On Friday, October 18th, the MIT Women's League hosted their 24th ... surrounding the entrance, wielding XL trash bags. I awkwardly stood on the ... [/annotation]so I got first dibs on a lot of cute clothes. The entire event overall

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 26, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  i love this f*cking place "say this to my face when you're a junior." ~an upperclassman

  

  Chinese, and spending an obscene amount of time on Facebook talking to my ... ~, where I interacted exclusively with my parents and online friends on a ... .    suddenly, there was so much going on that i didn’t even have the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 8, 2019
• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2019!

  

  good people of Boston Spinjam are meeting on Mondays on Killian Court ... read by a small committee including some admissions officers who work on ... like to do, then head on over to Slideroom and fill out the blogger

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2019