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  On Greek history, and this strange end-of-semester sprint  tl;dr nerding out over a final essay

  

  I’ve just taken the luxury of lavishing two full days on an essay ... have a focus on writing and speaking, and we've got to take one each year."]CI-H[/annotation] class. I've really enjoyed it. I never got to take Greek and Roman history

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 11, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Meet My True Love: Notion a tool for stress-free college applications (and much more)

  

  customizable – I've [annotation note="I promise I don't work for Notion ... tons of positive responses as they've used it for everything from ... I've created a table for tracking college applications. In each row

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 18, 2020
• Blog / How to Food

  Cooking with Cami learning to adult part 1

  

  endeavors, I've decided to get my shit together and actually learn how to cook ... ="54442" image2="54444" /] So far, I've been doing pretty well in cooking for myself and I'm pleased with how far I've come and that I've been able to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 10, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How to Write an Original Song (ex?)-emo kid gone rogue

  

  something out. Since quarantine started, you’ve written 17 original songs ... hits you the right way. https://youtu.be/dRKVopsDEVs 2. Congrats: you’ve ... rip it out of the sky/I've tried about a million times/To shine the way

  • by Powers '23
  • June 14, 2020
• Blog / People & Identities

  an anime fan’s dilemma am I a weeb? please GOD say yes

  

  totally needed... Hi, I'm your resident weeb. I've watched some [annotation ... with quarantine prompting my former weeb tendencies to resurface, I've ... Saiki K, which is the funniest show I've ever watched aside from Silicon

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 15, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  I moved to Maine just a wisconsin girl in an east coast world

  

  Tried to establish a new normal in the middle of the woods I’ve been here ... gets pretty cold in here. Good thing I’ve got the Wisco blood ;). Ok ... days. I’ve never felt as alone as I did when I was driving through rural

  • by Powers '23
  • March 29, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  spring! semester! so apparently i'm doing a lot of random shit

  

  me recommending that I take this class! I’ve been waiting to take it ... , but now that I’ve gotten used to it, I love it. It’s really, really ... .    Also, the assignments aren’t like anything I’ve experienced in a

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 3, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  symptoms of nostalgia emo-posting

  

  YOURSELF AND IMMEDIATELY WAKE UP AS A CHILD ON YOUR PARENTS BED. YOU’VE BEEN ... uncertain future,[/annotation] I've subconsciously picked up a few habits that ... ="48932" /] Postcards and snail mail. It feels nice to get a postcard in the mail, so I've

  • by Abby H. '20
  • December 2, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Some Things I Wish I Knew Coming In in retrospect,

  

  , I hope you both see and mirscuchas the lovely bullet points I've ... some professors. Again, it sucks to look back on the classes you've taken ... and working desk and every other non-academic activity I've come to

  • by Abby H. '20
  • August 16, 2019
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Welcome Back! a fresh coat of paint, and a fresh batch of bloggers

  

  I hope you like what we've done with the place. Seven years ago, I ... , ever since we launched the old site we've wanted to change it, especially ... visiting MITAdmissions.org: congratulations! You've chosen an auspicious day

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 13, 2018
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: A Smile Worth 1,550 Words guest post by Mariam D. '20

  

  look (maybe they’ve caught a glimpse of the soccer balls). Some are ... of medical care there and the many cases I saw that could’ve been easy ... over me. A feeling not dissimilar to moments of hardship that I’ve faced

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: Massachusetts to Michigan guest post by Liz O.'21

  

  zero dollars and zero cents Fooooooood - what can I say, I’ve missed my ... no place like home - I’ve missed Michigan!   The Daily Grind So I ... Frankenstein beast of an Excel file that I’ve pulled together to analyze the

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 6, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Remaking MITadmissions.org we are psychic vampires, please give us your ideas

  

  you're reading right now, which redesign we undertook in 2010. We've ... philosophy is. At a high level, the strategy is the same we've had for at this ... your help: I've often said that MIT's identification as a research

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 9, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sewing minus the machine Costume Design: Featuring the best non-stick-figures I've ever drawn!

  

  fuzzy turquoise caterpillar.   I've been sewing since the beginning ... . When you've got a very specific demographic or silhouette you're looking for, this is surprisingly hard! I've spent a lot of time recently

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 21, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Faking It self-consciousness and struggling and pretending to be cool, woo

  

  -facing documentation of that semester is 6 straight A's--the best semester I've ever had. I've been sitting in bed trying to read notes for 6.867--the class I ... teenager, I guess. I've noticed that an irrational sense of shame surrounds

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 24, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s the FIRST DAY of CLASSES!!!!! A summary of the first half of the day/how I'm feeling, with many exclamation points!!!

  

  . Sometimes it turns out ok, I think. I’ve often had too much reverence for The ... ’m officially a junior (scary!) I figure I've earned some confidence in my ... soon! How I’m Feeling Now! I think I’ve come back each year to MIT less

  • by Selam G. '18
  • September 7, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A Guide to Farmer’s Markets We found lychee in a hopeless place.

  

  good for that sort of thing. I've expanded my skills (I'm faster at chopping now!) and repertoire. I've made chicken Bruschetta bakes, chicken ... veggie dishes most. Here’s a tumblr post containing many of the things I’ve

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 10, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Notes on the Interview (the EC edition!) in which you receive advice and an alum surreptitiously gets to blog again

  

  awhile I do get that itch to come back and write something. And thus I've ... , but honestly I've felt there's not that much of a difference between ... rare occasion that I haven't been able to answer a question, I've looked

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 2, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Some Useful Things Things that greatly enhanced my chance of survival quality of life at MIT, and lots…

  

  the window. Sleep ends up separate from everything else, which I’ve ... schedule. Remarkably I’ve started feeling rested on seven or eight hours of ... are a few other simple, mostly inexpensive things I’ve accumulated over

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 23, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Watching Birdwatchers And getting into summer programs.

  

  internship program that I've been dying to do since forever. I applied last ... , let's be real - who wants to read about my wisdom teeth?) While they've been piling up (the post topics, not the teeth) I've been fretting about

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 3, 2012