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

  

  of summer vacation, we're still riding on a high, fueled with excitement and optimism. We're recharged to take on the semester again, excited ... weekend, and [annotation note="Or 3 if you skip your classes on Wednesday

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

  The middle of the semester I'm kinda over this workload

  

  like I’m on top of my work and can keep everything under control. This semester I loaded up on project classes. All three of my technical classes ... a presentation for my French class on an influential author and

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 28, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Looking Forward and Backward 10 Memories and 8 Resolutions

  

  As I write this on the final day of the year, I cannot help but think ... , I sat with my mom in my house, watching the ball drop on my television ... , bundled in three layers of pajamas resembling a plaid-colored icicle, on the

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • January 2, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ask A VC Boston 2016 networking with over 20 venture capitalists all over the startup scene

  

  from them as I could before I started my own venture. Then on late ... could pitch their startups to the venture capitalists and get feedback on the spot. I didn't have my own startup yet so I just focused on getting

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 1, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sophomore Fall Recap Entropy, Research, and Other Out-of-Class Happenings

  

  Aaand… Semester #3 is done! I’m on the plane back home, music ... , I decided to focus instead on Education. I was planning to work in the ... Course 24 - Linguistics and Philosophy is on the top two floors of Stata

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 17, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  This Day, the Year I Applied what I learned in college about application struggles

  

  bit of my inner self for flaws and merits. Why, on December 13, I had to ... elective, Plains Indians? Where you got an F on the fire-building assignment ... fell asleep on the foliage. You never wanted class to end. After every

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 20, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A for EA Deferred and Regular Action students your last minute questions

  

  on Monday, January 6. However, I know that those of you who were ... on how the pool looks. But if you've been deferred you are now ... be available on MyMIT in January. On this report, you can provide us

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 20, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Catalogue of Fridays Like the unsolicited kind you get in the mail, but with more pictures!

  

  -day. Friday, on the other hand, somehow finds a way to wedge itself between ... , November 22nd Waking up on Fridays involves quite a few glassy-eyed stares and jellified limbs. My sleep deficit starts accumulating on Monday, so

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 10, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An End A whirlwind.

  

  I'm sitting on my bed, back against the windowsill and sneakered feet dangling off towards the garbage can. There's a box sitting on my otherwise ... of boxes on top of my chest of drawers, and two full suitcases + three

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 20, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 2 Neither zumba, nor yoga.

  

  room with mirrors for walls, from 9-10am on Mondays and Wednesdays. At 10 ... before the hour. On Wednesday, I had every intention of going to zumba ... noticed: the class was already full. 25 +/- 3 students sat or lay on yoga

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 16, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 1 Zumba and putting pants on in lecture

  

  I wrote the post below on Tuesday. Because of weird formatting issues (ExpressionEngine hates me) I decided to hold off on publishing until Wednesday. On Wednesday, something mortifying happened that totally eclipsed my

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 15, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  You Got The Gig So excited about ALL the Things!

  

  reaction on that day. Now, how about a proper introduction?  My name is ... and hours.  I've mostly focused my research in the past on biodegradable ... remember being exhausted on that pi day, because the day before I met the

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 29, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Bubble Bath Disastrophe (and Other Adventures) Spring break: adventures and misadventures, coming home, and MIT on the Colbert Report—twice!

  

  was a large white van with A One Bus Inc written on the side, along with ... grasped two other seats and sat down on the new low seat. Then a boy came ... bus outside a gas station. The folding chair appears outside the bus on

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 3, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist Q&A A bit of clarification on being waitlisted.

  

  I know that folks on the waitlist have lots of questions; hopefully ... a class of about 1,120 students this year. Based on our estimates of ... . How many people are on the waitlist? We offered about 1,000 applicants

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Year (In Numbers) This belated post was written in English and with numbers, the Institvte's nth language

  

  our impressions of the class and suggestions on how to make it better ... mileage may vary on MIT's TEAL system, which splits a class of roughly 80 ... memorable things throughout 18.02, like drawing ears on triangles to show

  • by Emad T. '14
  • February 13, 2011
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Roman Life A.k.a. not-Greek life.

  

  away on retreats, all of us non-Greek-life students (hence the title; yeah, I apologize for that one) were stuck on campus. This left us with ... meant I went home on Saturday night and borrowed the car. Meet Lucy, my

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 21, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Just a Yellow Lemon Tree… I wrote a rap song for you.

  

  ) --- So when I signed on to be a blogger, I made a small promise to myself ... are curious on a more in-depth treatment of the topic) Since I've been ... SAT Prep teachers!) -Conducted SAT Prep sessions (they run on Sundays

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 11, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Working at a Toy Company! I promise you, my job was cooler than yours.

  

  different jobs this summer but I definitely decided on the coolest job ever. I ... I want to focus on my last Friday at work because it was one of the ... "Team Stealth." We spent about 3 days working on our bike and it ended up

  • by Snively '11
  • January 6, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  So Long, So Long, Front Foot Leads the Back One Go on, and it won't be too soon...my Texas road trip (Part 1).

  

  schools, we hosted a central meeting on Wednesday, 9/17 at a place called ... throughout my time in South Texas (and especially on this drive) is that people ... has FOOD NETWORK (another post on my love for TV to come), but

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • October 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Walk around the blogs Think of it as summer reading.

  

  There are currently a little over 2,500 blogs entries on this site ... world, and so on. Pretty much all admissions sites I've seen have this ... , is that you'll also find a bunch of related blog entries hanging out on

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 13, 2008