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  Semester Reflections

  

  of embraced that perception -- we call ourselves “da twins” on these ... This past semester has been different than any of our other semesters at MIT (and even any of our years in K-12), in that we only took ONE

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • June 5, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  Dishwashers, parents, space: what do these things have in common?

  

  ready to clean months of caked-on food. I abhor washing dishes in our tiny ... college I realized that the dishwasher is on a long list of things that make ... use of a dishwasher is the last frontier in an immigrant household, an

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 9, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Womanhood

  

  mouth of a 5’ 3” tall girl, particularly if I exclaim it while standing on ... sure to focus on the correct ‘type’ of achievement; not too technical, or ... me.” I erased as much of this as I could, focusing on how handsome, or

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • October 28, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  to the skeletons in my closet an open letter to you

  

  you think you have some kind of tether or control on me, that your ... reminds me of you. this time it was headfirst slide into cooperstown on a ... were going to be my maid of honor at my wedding, i thought we'd go on

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 27, 2021
• 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 / 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

  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 / 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 / How to Food

  ode to grocery stores the loneliest sweet potato

  

  good because i have had a lot of practice on myself. practice on myself ... stressed that I can barely quiet the buzz of all the bees in my head--I go ... , I work through my supply of rice noodle packs that I got from

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • April 15, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A typical first semester more or less

  

  Infinite is filled with excited chatter and slowly walking walls of tourists, and I haven't been to 6.0001 lecture in two weeks. Actually, most of ... of time management. For me to put in the maximum amount of work into

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 22, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Awesome Robot Competition? LIVE?? Check out the 2.007 Final Robot Competition! LIVE May 12th/13th!

  

  ’t let you all miss out on the BEST PART!! The culmination of 2.007 is the final robot competition, where students for a single-run showcase on ... -elimination tournament on Tuesday! Quote from an email: "Each head-to-head match is a

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • May 12, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Learning about the ABCs Apple Bake Competition, At Burton Conner

  

  to wander down to the Porter Room on Sunday morning and grab some of ... note="one of the dorms at MIT, also where i live ... bake us goodies and check up on us to make sure that we're being

  • by Janet G. '27
  • October 29, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Two short stories My last three weeks in a nutshell.

  

  of sororities on everything I'd seen and heard of those in other ... I've never thought of myself as a sorority girl. In fact, I've always been the first person to make fun of them. Between the claims of

  • by Keri G. '10
  • September 24, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Nothing Gold Can Stay some reminders

  

  The semester is over and I'm back at home, spread out on my much too ... process thing as they happen. But all of a sudden I'm at home again, with no ... thoughts carry me away. The morning before I left campus, a group of

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 28, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Flat Ryan’s Adventures at MIT! There are more exclamation points in this entry than there are days of classes left…

  

  feel bad about it (actually, a lot of people my age do that...) 3. You ... laughing because he was laughing!") 4. You get to tell these kinds of stories: Last year, my brother's second-grade class had a unit on Flat Stanley (if

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 5, 2010
• Blog / Events

  298 Tickets. All for us

  

  A lot of 'lasts' happened this past week: - I turned in my last 5 ... following week consists of an orgo exam, and the week after is dead week, and the week after is (ahhh) finals. - I finished my last bag of popcorn

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 20, 2010