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• Blog / How to Human

  How to Make Friends Disclaimer: Attempt at your own risk

  

  be on alert, and it’s easy (especially when psets are happening) to ... someone also takes time and repeated interaction, with an emphasis on ... of my lofted bed in Simmons until I agreed to go on this adventure with

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 30, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Sleep is for the Strong getting through finals week

  

  This post is for the MIT students about to embark on finals week ... out. Maybe you're planning on pulling an all-nighter tonight and to ... tell you that nearly everyone on campus is feeling the same way, even if

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 13, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Some virtuosos play $4 million violins, and some Trojan heros wear brass rats $4 million violins, not 4 million violins. Joshua Bell isn't *that* intense.

  

  Choir Thursday night, I destroyed both of my knees running three miles on ... stretching by spending most of Friday with my legs propped up on a giant ... pain). I think about how everyone on the stage is an extremely

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 22, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes and Casting and Birthdays, oh my! What are "Things That Wake Me Up at 9am"?

  

  .01 forces you to really get what's going on, a quick scouring of the formula ... Chemistry. 3.091 has an "emphasis on solid-state materials and their ... early on in High School it's been an interesting experience that I have

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • November 29, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  The Pink Hair Problem What do you do for your college interview if you have dyed hair and a…

  

  On a recent blog entry, I got a question from a student I thought was ... weigh on the interviewer's impression of the applicant." Art '68, MI ... , in general, does not reflect positively on the person. Again, it begs

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 7, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Boston’s 3rd of July It's almost a holiday, but not quite.

  

  week and then get off early on Friday. That changed a bit this week ... , unfortunately, did not take my camera, so you'll have to rely solely on my ... for a concert I was told started at 7:00 PM. I strapped on my skates

  • by Snively '11
  • July 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Riddles, Research, and Nerds with Power Tools My week.

  

  puzzle-palooza, which ran from Friday at noon until about 8 pm on Sunday ... noon on Friday with a big "kickoff" event, which serves the dual purpose ... , or sleeping. (Oh, and I ate a bit too.) The puzzles I worked on

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 24, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’ve got questions; I’ve got (some) answers Answers to your questions.

  

  graduate. A lot of students pursue 5th year masters, some go on to industry ... on what I've read, it seems like everyone maintains a balance in what ... encountered. I will also cherish the value put on hard work and dedication that

  • by Bryan
  • October 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Marilee Jones in the news The Associated Press article about Dean Marilee Jones.

  

  's currently on CNN.com, with a nice picture of Marilee and her daughter (at ... it literally, snapping off statistics on the increase in ulcers ... "early action" round of admissions, partly on grounds it contributes to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 18, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Fourth Semi-Annual Q&A Even yet still more answers to your questions.

  

  Intenational Olympiads and Science Fairs etc. on the extracurricular list for ... record it on my computer using a microphone. Is this all right?" That is ... on this very topic. ------------------------------------- Long wrote

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 8, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  thank you notes before i go

  

  smiling at everyone. Seeing the way in which you not only thrived on campus ... anyone so acutely aware of their presence and impact on others, someone who ... 've really relied on and especially appreciated these past couple of months. I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 4) notes from the last day

  

  ; apparently, the signals were out on the mud flats between Winnemuca and Reno ... the mountains. My sense of the physical geography on this side of the ... important as my stop in Reno. I had told the bloggers that I was going on this

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 14, 2023
• Blog / People & Identities

  Vicennial wikipedia says this means 20th

  

  If indeed I post this on time, as of February 9th, 2021, I’ll be ... for new experiences, which seemed to be cropping up everywhere on the road ahead. I'm still eager for college. I'm looking back on what I

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 9, 2021
• Blog / MISTI

  [JOINT POST] Travelling as a black female "Alexa, play Brown Skin Girl..."

  

  closing in on me as they laughed and pointed. My initial instinct was to ... simply stop and stare with his camera in hand. This went on until the ... made at the school they were doing research at. From then on, I tried to

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 3, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  it’s ok that it’s not ok sometimes things will happen, and you have to just let yourself be.

  

  very long time. His condition is brought on by one day slipping on a ... how can you possibly go on. I think, in contrast to Kate, my self-medication is people, and work. When I’m working on things I enjoy, it goes away

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 4, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Short Answers to Big Questions Stolen from the MIT Housing Panel.

  

  let yourself rotate under the stars. On a good night in Boston, I see ... invited to sit on a panel and answer some questions. I had no idea what the ... (this article, which my mom sent to me) and began to scribble on the back

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 18, 2013
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Makes Taiwanese Talk Show! All the way across the world

  

  about what's going on Taiwanese TV shows than I do (jk, Matt =p). But ... ...etc. etc.). Back in May, they invited MIT to appear on the show, and they ... TAIWAN host on the Living and Traveling channel on Taiwan...anyways, you

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 18, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  An interview with AoPS "What Kinds of Students Does MIT Look For?" but ASMR

  

  how we think about issues that have been discussed on the blogs for a ... read on our "What we look for" page, or that my response to "how can I ... ) and the transcript (immediately below that) here on the blogs. ‍Eric

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 7, 2022
• Blog / MISTI

  alone in cologne homesickness, better late than never

  

  on his German years as one of the best periods of his life. From a ... breaks even further away from Texas. When I reflect on my adventures, I ... savory parts of my memory, I can recall those nights of crying to my mom on

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • June 26, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Eating my words at Area Four Mushroom and fontina pizza my beloved

  

  years ago. I was left with pieces of pepperoni and cheese on the ground, a large stain on my pants, and a burnt-and-undercooked slice of tomato sauce ... surface curves in 3D space at a given point on the surface. Each direction

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 29, 2025