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  From the eyes of a newly minted EC A flashback++

  

  So I'll admit that I haven't written in a while, and sadly, I have absolutely no excuse aside from the fact that I don't really know what to write about, but if you tell me, I will, but my lack of blogging is not the

  • by Bryan
  • March 31, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Open-Ended Question Why I chose MIT ... twice

  

  So it's hard to imagine I just participated in my FIFTH CPW but yea, I'm getting a little old, but it's cool. It's really crazy awesome to ... 't make it, but I'm sure with all the pictures everyone took that there will

  • by Bryan
  • April 15, 2007
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  [Guest Post] Take Me *Home* to the Ballgame By Claire S. '25

  

  Of all the things to happen in college, I never expected baseball to become the antidote to my homesickness. I’ve always been a fan of the St ... I grew up in. But it actually wasn’t until I left Missouri for college

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • July 31, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Repilot A 10th vlogiversary for the 20th blogiversary

  

  When we first decided to coordinate 20th anniversary blog posts, I thought I would largely contribute in a behind-the-scenes way, as I do with ... never-ending busy season of reading applications! So it's not like I don

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 24, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On being at college MIT, specifically.

  

  I live in Massachusetts. I am a freshman. I am in college. I go to MIT. Even though I have been repeating these phrases over and over in my head for the past 2 weeks that I have been on campus, I still can

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • September 15, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summary of the Semester I'm a senior and it's super weird.

  

  I'm a senior! And it's November of my senior year at MIT! Crazyyyyy ... 's been going on? I Moved Off-Campus Me - once the frosh obsessed with my ... since I sprained my ankle(s). But about eight minutes. I love it. My cat

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 9, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  They Call Me Yankee The stars at night are big and bright - deep in the heart of Texas!

  

  " Another intern told me one day during work.  I've never been called a yankee before I moved to Houston, Texas this summer to start my internship at TMK ... coast are coasters.  So I'm a yankee coaster.  I can't imagine Boston Red

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • July 6, 2014
• Blog / MISTI

  Total immersion An MIT-Italy student finds her way around Rome

  

  has officially been two months since I arrived in Italy, and I must say, I am still discovering something new every day. Recently, I ... month or so in Rome, I was in my “tentative” phase where I

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 30, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To the future! and beyond?

  

  Life after college is scary.  I can't believe the time has come when I have to think about the real world.  Things like where to live, what to eat and most importantly, what to do with my life.  I've had a taste

  • by Becca H. '12
  • July 13, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Still Going… haha... yeah. It's not over for all of us.

  

  actual deadline for the senior thesis that I am now desperately trying to make. That is, next Thursday, May 21th. That is, if I want to graduate on June 5th. For some reason I always pictured that I'd have more time

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • May 15, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Blogging Scholarship Go out and Vote!

  

  entered and became a finalist in. "Gee," I thought, "A blogging scholarship. Well, I'm not a woman, a minority, I don't have a parent in a particular industry, I'm not the smartest in my class or major, and I haven't done

  • by Snively '11
  • November 7, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  My MIT Story How I came to be at MIT

  

  I've lived my entire life in Salem, Oregon. I like Oregon, it's clean ... drive from my house. In fifth grade my parents and I were driving to my ... wha--!? "Um," I replied, "Well, I don't know anything about college

  • by Snively '11
  • July 28, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Big News The next chapter in the life of Ben Jones.

  

  I've been putting off writing this entry for a week, because I simply don't really know how to write it. There are so many things I want to ... moments of one's childhood. I think I'll just start with the facts and save

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 15, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy November 1st! Halloween was yesterday. My costume was/is an embarassment. You should read about it!

  

  are all very welcome. I hope it helped you chill a little about the ... you get to college. =) Also, Sam asked: "I just wanted to know how MIT ... any of the despartments?" So UROPs are pretty cool, or so I'm told

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 1, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summertime and the living is slightly less difficult than usual MIT = Masochists in Training

  

  Hmm, I was under the impression that summer was supposed to be a ... . Although I have been watching a great deal of Law and Order this summer (it's addictive, I swear), I haven't done much else in the way of vegetating. First

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 10, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  My Old Kentucky Home

  

  It's been a while since my last entry. Right now I'm visiting my mom ... two weeks. You know, until I arrived at MIT, I didn't think I had a Southern accent. Really, I still don't think I have a Southern accent

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Work in Progress So. I decided that I needed a new banner.

  

  So. I decided that I needed a new banner. Alright, so that's a lie. Ben decided for me that I needed a new banner. See, when Ben sets up the ... , you slacker." Well, I got tired of being called a slacker every time I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  You know, that intro stuff

  

  Every journal has to start off with some sort of introduction. I've been keeping journals since I was 9 (I've always liked keeping ridiculously detailed records of my life... I guess you could say I was born for

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  You always have been hi everybody!

  

  Dear Reader, I'm writing this in the Wordpress portal and this is an absolute blast from the fucking past. Can I open up by cursing? Is that allowed? One time, in my sophomore year, there was a blogger meeting where I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  dance dance dance! a weekend of trying to try everything

  

  ="Summer Science Program"]SSP[/annotation] knows that I have the tendency to do everything. I’m in clubs and choirs, running events, and starting (and ... everything I can. If you've ever seen me near music, you'll quickly learn that

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • September 17, 2024