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• Blog / Challenges

  Small Victories The view from a month into MIT

  

  starting to feel the weight of college applications on their shoulders.] In ... ... but I've been really hosed these past 2 weeks. -Freeze- For those of you ... floundering in the amount of work you have to do The word itself comes from the

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 8, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Potpourri Blog Post food... etc.

  

  bunch of concepts, put twists on the classical examples, and churn out ... Coming off of a state-of-mind-altering weekend in Maine with people from the dorm, I knew a full Pre-Thanksgiving week of MIT won’t be pretty

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • November 21, 2009
• Blog / IAP

  A truly independent activities period A glimpse at some MIT students' IAP plans.

  

  do MIT students do with one month of freedom? I’ll be working on my ... week starts on Monday, December 17. There are two standard responses to a ... the start of Independent Activities Period (IAP). *Cue “It’s the Most

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 7, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “…being a geek works out…” A UROP at the Center for Sports Innovation.

  

  researcher at the MIT Center for Sports Innovation, has an impressive list of clients -- from Tour de France stage winners to some of North America ... to put bikes in it," Cote recalled. Two weeks after arriving on campus

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 12, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Tchau! Labs vai para a praia! And the King of the Internet returns.

  

  've done a ton of research on the topic and you've concluded that you would ... general manager of a sports team. If you pick all the players just on talent ... * This is a Goodbye Post * I've always liked the 4th of July. I

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • June 26, 2013
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Culture Clash Spain doesn't do sarcasm, and my soul is slowly dying. But then I took some…

  

  on some of colloquialisms that you are learning? That would be awesome ... connotation it takes on when used with people! And second of all, how AWESOME ... , like the crowning of a new king and such. By the way, my commentary on

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 9, 2008
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  the summer before senior year you've changed...

  

  leadership experience on my resume, and I didn't want to go anywhere north of ... turkey and cheddar on a very large piece of Publix Cuban bread, and the ... song from Bowling for Soup. This, of course, made me think lmao, remember

  • by Abby H. '20
  • July 9, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, Decisions…..*sigh* Is (Fill in the Blank) University the right school for me?

  

  bunch of bills to pay and I don’t really want to be a burden on them. I ... great head on your shoulders. You’ve already been accepted to a bunch of ... uncertain about the process of identifying schools and how to apply to college

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • April 22, 2010
• Blog / Classes

  Things I enjoyed reading in 2020 if you read even one of these i will be happy

  

  to raise their newborn daughter. On hiatus. I haven't read a lot of ... essay, of course. By the time it was dark outside I was laying on my bed ... : the sequel", as [annotation note="At the time of writing it was named

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 23, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to Maseeh! A look into MIT's newest dorm

  

  castle, Maseeh). Since it's the newest dorm on campus, I don't really ... corkboards on every floor so clubs can advertise about events and new ... pset (work on problem sets) which shows that the white boards really help

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 30, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Mid-January Updates The latest from Cambridge.

  

  . Lots of reading to be done! If you are a regular action applicant, please check your application tracking on MyMIT today. If you are missing an ... time to follow up on that and make sure we have it as soon as possible

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 18, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  rage, as explained by thermodynamics I had a bad day and soon a thermo exam

  

  thermodynamics[/annotation] because it is one of three (3!) midterms I have on ... reality, everything will be done on time and at the end of the week I won ... state of frenzy, this is a state of unfounded clarity--on my emotions, on

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 25, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  glassblowing & me a series of memories

  

  . February 20, 2020: I write my name on a little piece of paper, sit in 10 ... , a glow, a feeling of heat on the hand. I add the line I am the glass ... gather a glowing ball of clear glass on the end of my pipe and roll the

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 18, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Burton-Conner Floor Rush and Rooming How does it work?

  

  broken. I'd be willing to bet that a lot of the floors had a Wii on, we did ... Burton-Conner is one of the dorms here at MIT. You can check out our ... lot of questions about how choosing dorms, floors, rooms, and roommates

  • by Snively '11
  • August 30, 2008
• Blog / Summer

  “How was your day?” asked and answered

  

  train. I’m one of the last passengers to get on. Phew. Since I have ... , mourning that minute of sleep that I’ll never get back. I reward myself with ... today- no, she says. She has two on Thursday, Economics and Math. I wish

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • June 2, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  Eating Too Much Cake Just kidding, this post is about physics

  

  "] my laptop looks like it's floating, but really it's sitting on top of a ... most of high school letting academics, particularly science, overwhelm me ... thought that it would be more of the same; but I couldn’t not go, for it

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 25, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a semester customary end-of-semester blog post: sophomore spring edition

  

  of it, not a mere tourist or spectator of the rush hour crowd. I go to ... the sense of overwhelming relief. MIT has been home, sure, but it doesn ... pay for in full, where you are the master of the domain, kitchen and

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 30, 2016
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I Hate Superman. (I Love Superman.)

  

  go on (another) ten page rant about social media and the Erosion of ... weight on his shoulders, the weight of the literal world. Sure, he’s a ... crazy! Oh, they have no weakness, except for a rock that you can’t find on

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • July 16, 2024
• Blog / MISTI

  go alone or you may never go at all

  

  on others. I think it's important to not let the absence of others ... capable of doing. These solo experiences exist on a wide spectrum, from ... glow. I’m sitting on a cold concrete slab, where the tides would normally

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • January 6, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Interview Tips from an MIT Educational Counselor Thoughts on how to prepare for your alumni interview

  

  of tips for applicants based on interviews I have conducted. Remember ... ? Of course, if your grandmother went to MIT than that question takes on ... is ok and not a judgment on the applicant. If you are asked a series of

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • October 19, 2014