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  demons on depression

  

  feel like looking at the actual thing. And like many things, different ... actually seeing a banana. But it's not at all similar to looking at a banana ... and work here. My mother was a bank teller, at the time, although she

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 28, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  AOs write the “What do you do for fun?” essay Ever wondered what admissions officers do when they're not reading applications?

  

  will dance anywhere at any time. Whether it’s at a party, a supermarket in line, my room at 3am, or even at work during selection committee ... trait. Regardless, I can guarantee you that if you see me on campus, at

  • by Jeremy W.
  • July 9, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Figuring out what I want to do with my life personal essay time :)

  

  really excited about this, as it’s been a dream of mine for at least…the last twelve to fourteen months. Even at the start of my junior year of ... NASA. At the same time, my life ambitions have shifted dramatically over

  • by Alex M. '21
  • March 5, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Major Crisis: A Follow Up what happens next

  

  much CS experience and not being very good at it. Now, nearly nine ... interning at Microsoft under their New Technologists program. And while the ... the front-end of our app to present at the end. The program is split

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 17, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Christianity at MIT An intro to Cru!

  

  I’ve been trying to write a blog about Christianity and Cru at MIT ... forgetting) came and hung out at MIT, and we shared testimonies from each ... , BANANAS (Believers at New and Next and Simmons), and even one dedicated for

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 7, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  sibling dynamics at MIT yes lmao Nisha and I are related

  

  me assuming that I’m Nisha, and I hear “Ankita, I thought I saw you at ... state, and having the same damn last name isn’t enough—at a blogger ... was better than me at math and Japanese and writing and quiz bowl and

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • February 20, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  REX at Random Hall Pancakes, LN2 ice cream, board games, game theory, math, raves, staying up entirely too late,…

  

  eating upperclassman-cooked pancakes with too much syrup at four in the morning. I was on my own for the first time and not feeling alone at all ... to hang out here. Below are the events happening at Random this

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 23, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  study spots at MIT not exactly places to cry, but they'll do

  

  embarked on a quest to document the best study spots at MIT. most of these ... nice height Cons creepy lighting on higher floors at night second ... from Joonho's blog "places at mit," which has much prettier pictures and

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 5, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  the blogs at twenty some reflections, plus an index of posts

  

  case you [annotation note='or you want to consume all the content at once ... B. '24 College—and particularly undergrad—is a liminal space, or at ... quarter of our alums!!"]thirty-four bloggers[/annotation] are all at

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 29, 2025
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  Favorite Classes at MIT! survey says...

  

  through their class. I labeled up to three categories per reason.  At ... you will take at MIT. so much fun. i felt like a little kid again ... .091 helped me discover my interest in course 3! At the end of each class we

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 7, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Your last first day and your final final exam

  

  ungestalt, like looking at all the pieces and not seeing how they fit together, like missing the forest for the trees, like looking at the sky and seeing ... my email on every Google Form that caught my fancy. The Assassins Guild

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  What getting an education from MIT is like according to students and robo-cj

  

  in work. Incidentally, hosed has been in use since at least 1996, based ... shot at the moon. You don't know what you're going to get. You just know ... of money. —Robo-CJ getting a job at a computer company. You get to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 17, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  If the Obama were a unit of measure . . . . . . what would it measure?

  

  Admissions office. Hmmmmm, I write for a website that prospective students read so that they can see what cool opportunities await them at MIT. This ... had a similar idea, and both of us e-mailed the powers at be (Dave) and

  • by Snively '11
  • October 25, 2009
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  All the bridges I’ve crossed in Cambridge, ranked my civil engineering hat is off

  

  , I have had to cross the Charles at some point. Each of them are so ... that bridges represent a central tenet of my life, at least my education ... what kind of bridge it is to flex my [annotation note="read: googling

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 10, 2020
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  non-stop / walang hinto what a mess

  

  hila at tulak i feel more busy right now that i’ve been during my fall or ... like i am at my limit, that i have overcommitted this summer, and that ... if my body is being pulled apart in different directions. yet at the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 8, 2020
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  MIT and Black Greek Letter Organizations An Interview

  

  there is a D9 presence at MIT and show the many benefits of joining one ... fraternity is Alpha Phi Alpha, founded in 1906 at Cornell University. In the next sixty years, eight other organizations would form at different

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • September 13, 2020
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  My Gap Year Part One: The good, the great, and the very, very dumb.

  

  the wage is above Arizona’s minimum. July 2019. Working at Target ... from a gallon jug I filled up at gas stations. From there, the goal was ... disappointed in myself at the time, because I hadn’t realized how much effort

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 4, 2020
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  East Campus, A Home *dons his historian hat*

  

  noticed three of my fellow passengers staring somewhat obviously at my shirt ... of the shirt looks something like this: Right. I'm not at MIT right ... 1916: at the time, MIT didn't even own the land west of Mass Ave, and

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • January 11, 2015
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  The Random Hall ‘13s Life plans, advice, and stories from last year’s Random Hall graduates.

  

  Box CEO Drew Houston ‘05’s commencement speech, at 2:45:42, transcribed by ... graduates, at 3:11:50, transcribed by the MIT News Office here. President Reif ... respectful, more generous, and more kind. The diplomas start at 3:23:45. See if

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 20, 2014
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  Two hundred puzzles, fifty people later ✈✈✈ (pronounced whoosh) ✈✈✈ (pronounced nyeowww)

  

  -jokes. One thing I love about the past two Hunts were the registration websites ... mascot of this year's Hunt. Look at them: As Eric notes, we've seen the ... -minute walk, but the night was nice and I didn't mind at all. Hunt proper Friday

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 22, 2022