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  halfway there musings about currently being an MIT student

  

  three of us on that day. We're so cute!! I missed our dynamic. "we were ... 's a weird experience. I can compartmentalize the last 14-ish months of my life as being 'on-campus and then not,' but passing other students

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 14, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Preparing for Pi Day MIT decisions come out this Friday: what to do between now and then...

  

  last year, so decisions came out at something like 9:30 AM on a Saturday ... waiting for wifi access (especially on a retreat day where I was supposed to be focusing on my relationship with God), so my I gave my brother my My

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 10, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  stepping back on keeping your priorities straight

  

  Recently I considered sprinkling (read: coating) ramen powder on ... saturate myself with sodium and MSG. It was not one of my better days ... induced coma, I spent the last few days working on those things I put off

  • by Connie H. '15
  • November 30, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Filled With Cute Babies The story of my IAP in India.

  

  . Looking back on my two and a half years here, I am most proud of my ... /see pictures and not hear me ramble on, follow this link) I peaced out of MIT ... , train them on the use of the technology, and collect data on each and

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 9, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  TLM The Land of MIT. It's a planet.

  

  the time of year - closer to 8 on the weekend and closer to 4 on the day ... Back when I was about seven I dreamed of being an astronaut. Of ... a half months ago, I thought that was just one of my many fleeting

  • by Marcela R. '13
  • October 3, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  As Winter Melts things are gonna change so fast

  

  hour, on average). Or perhaps you could argue that it was the culture of ... 's taking on a new project, writing a computer program, or putting together a ... what already exists, always eager to make progress on the goals and

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 3, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  We Treat You Nicely VOTE VOTE VOTE!

  

  're considering MIT then you should come visit. I realize that depending on where ... of those ways is to attend MIT. Another one of those ways is to visit ... MIT into that day as possible, but that's kind of what MIT is like

  • by Snively '11
  • November 13, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Colin Jackson is awesome So is my life, but not to such a great extent.

  

  , spent a total of 7 hours making 20 beautiful blood-on-concrete capes for ... thousands of dollars that we need to spend on people. He had some great ... like the part where you slam on the piano with the 14.75-inch plank of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Value added You are not the same person you'll be at the end of undergrad, and your…

  

  to grad school. You are not the same person you'll be at the end of ... education at MIT. I'm smart, okay, but I'm not, and never have been, one of ... pool. 2005: Excellent, and better than the majority of people who were

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 25, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Role You Play in the Admissions Process by Jenny Rifken, Director of Recruitment and Associate Director of Admissions @ MIT.

  could be assured of some admissions offers, but I didn't count on being admitted to all of the colleges on my list. I was also really lucky in that ... were right for me. This required a lot of work on my part, but it was

  • by mitblogs
  • October 26, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Using Fireflies.ai to Write a Post About Fireflies.ai behind the scenes: it's pretty meta

  

  the course of a week following my progress on writing this post. I want ... The writing process is different for every one of your favorite ... use a variety of tools to help me, from Evernote for keeping track of

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 20, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Dinner With Goobers Yeah food! Yeah people!

  

  't my grades, my afterschool activities, or other ways of bringing honor ... to watch important football games (read: all of them) during dinner. But come to think of it, the only thing lamer* than my parents' rule

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • February 27, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  Go White Sox! I'm absolutely giddy that the White Sox are in the World Series and I had…

  pictures of the games as well as my dad's scorecards (he keeps score on his ... ). Even though Elgin is northwest of Chicago (and most northsiders are Cubs ... surprisingly, then, my brother and I became White Sox fans too. Of course, I

  • by mitblogs
  • October 26, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  8 / Fresh start A month of eating and sleeping and other fun things

  

  in St. Moritz and fulfilled another dream of mine: skating outdoors on ... since I started college and tried my best to make the most of my time off ... , My first priority was to focus on eating well and to cook most, if not

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • March 3, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Shelby’s Amazing CPW Adventure A CPW Guest Entry by Shelby '13

  

  . Just envision a fully-loaded, on-the-verge-of-exploding, drawstring bag ... radio debut (there will be more of me on air next year at MIT, just a ... "Immigrant Song" to play on air. Remember, I have only touched upon a few of

  • by Snively '11
  • April 29, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Paris Hilton comes to MIT Just kidding, but I bet that got your attention

  

  to throw at her. This past weekend was an extended holiday because of Patriot’s Day on Monday (can anyone say “Boston Marathon” ... so I still had class on Tuesday afternoon.) I think every MIT student

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 24, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Visiting MIT & Boston colleges Some tips for checking out MIT and Boston this summer.

  

  that aren't on the tour, and, of course, some friendly advice. We can ... is lots of construction going on around campus and in Boston; our ... out of the way. Do your best to find deals for the better hotels on the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW-related whatsits Just some things you might want to know before you arrive tomorrow!

  

  , do we sleep on the floor of our host's dorm, or are we actually getting ... that packet of information on Saturday, and, if so, where do I go to get ... is in the West Lounge on the second floor of the Student Center (which

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 5, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Breathless Why it's so hard to tell college students to ease up a bit.

  

  ’s all this other stuff on top of that”. She’s worried about being able to get a job to help pay for school, on top of doing a lot of great things ... considered 22 credits instead of 12, but hold on. What most people don’t seem

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 16, 2015
• Blog / Blog Projects

  My Blogger App, five years later i've finally dyed my hair blue

  

  past, all of the bloggers you see here on this site have applied using ... advance without much of our say on the matter. I spent a lot of Tuesdays ... , vicious cycle of almost-doing and not-doing that ended back on square one

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • July 16, 2020