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  Your last first day and your final final exam

  

  the end of orientation week, the student groups put on a show. The first ... Content warning: mention of suicide, discussion of death. Quotes are ... going?[/caption] One I remember the dozens of things people told me about

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

  A Few of my Favorite Things (Counting Blessings) Maybe the most sentimental blog post I’ve written.

  

  animals on top of me where I had fallen asleep on the couch and, on a post ... burnt coffee spilled on the stove. The end of a good science fiction story ... they’re rocks on a riverbed. The memory of my dad teaching me how to

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 6, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Love In the Time of Corona lots of evidence that the people are the best part of MIT

  

  was this surreal sense of joy in the air. If you ask any student on ... easily focus on your own plane tickets, your own storage, your own plan of ... )                                        (Updates on Facebook)  (Is that a purell stand? On top of Kresge? PC: Samir

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 15, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  In the Realm of Giants imposter syndrome with a senior year twist

  

  decide that, instead of falling on my sword before the fight’s even begun ... plagues all seniors at the end of their undergraduate career: getting my act ... school, or go to an extended retreat in the mountains of Italy, you most

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 13, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Halloween is the best day of the year. Yes, I recognize that it is now closer to Thanksgiving than to Halloween. Sorry.

  

  lay in wait. After a chorus of "joyeux anniversaire", which ended on a ... Halloween is awesome, for a bajillion reasons. Reason 1 of 1 bajillion: It's my birthday. Reason 2 of 1 bajillion: Nerdiness and creativity

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 15, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  To the Deferred I feel your pain.

  

  choreographed a dance of my own, and how it felt to grow up in New Zealand. My dad ... plethora of emotions that come with it. Right now, some of you are nearly giddy with elation, having just learned of your acceptance. Some of you

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 16, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear My Old Friend, This is quite possibly weirdest way to introduce myself

  

  , although you’re friends on Facebook. You have a lot of different friends now ... ’m glad you’re excited to get to work and dive into this new life ahead of ... Some Notes, because I’m myself:  Title is loosely based off of the

  • by ana~
  • September 24, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  The Room(s) Where It Happens You've hit submit. What Comes Next?

  

  it passed. Our view of the Boston Skyline from Killian Court on ... 2.5 months of chewing, a faceless algorithm spits out a decision. Or you might wonder who on the other side reviews your application. I

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • January 9, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Hacking A performance art that lets students remind the teachers who's smarter.

  

  should make a point of getting on that train.* I get asked about hacking at ... of laws and ending up on various rooftops around campus. Hacks could be ... . Let other people risk life and limb crawling on edges of buildings, I

  • by Snively '11
  • June 7, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I am a sad sad toaster made of glass. Do you like your toast with tears? Because I'm sad.

  

  , I had four problem sets per week, three of which were due on Friday ... and watched more old episodes of Captain Planet (5 AM weekdays on UPN ... Megan '08 woke me up on the floor of her suite. She was all, "Sam, you

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 14, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Ten days of live-action roleplaying no joke, there i was…

  

  on game because I was having fun! I spent time outside of game looking ... on top of a poster, wherever. The strip says something like "Challenge ... , which was on the high end of the HP stat distribution. I started with two

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 19, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Bring your stuffed toys to class reflections on liminality

  

  permission, of course.) Work on problem sets. Consider procrastinating on ... . Go on walks alone. Go on walks in the middle of the night. Go on walks ... . Wear silly hats on Halloween. Realize Halloween is only once a year. Wear

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 11, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Super Blood Moon Eclipse bonnie tyler would be proud

  

  . Afterwards, a group of us went down to embark on a long and cold journey to the ... “Isn’t it crazy how we’re all a part of this?” my friend says to me while I stare up at the sky. I break out of my reverie and I cant help but

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 3, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Some More Pi Day Facts and Advice You thought all that was over, didn't you?

  

  around my dormitory on pi day and filmed the residents of Simmons Hall spouting some bits of wisdom and occasional pi facts. I put together this ... taken on pi day, so it's still a pi day video! Good luck to all you 2019s

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 23, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Thoughts. Future. Kindness

  

  street. Sometimes I was on campus until 3-4 am and didn’t feel a tinge of ... , of pessimism, of worry, of fear and live in the moment, passing on the ... , I will pass on the message of kindness and of love everyday, whether

  • by Linh V. '13
  • April 20, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Reaffirming our commitment to diversity in uncertain times

  

  hand side of the post (or inline, on mobile; note that the desktop ... because of the cumulative benefits of diversity on the student body — and ... educate people from every walk of life.” This and other statements on the

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • June 7, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Leaving How I ended up taking medical leave as a sophomore

  

  the corners of my eyes. On the inside, nothing. Just emptiness. But ... with headphones on, staring at the computer screen. Perpetual state of ... all of my emotions and plugged up the hole with dirty old rags. On the

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • March 8, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How to find your way around MIT mit building numbers are logical, but weirdly

  

   Massachusetts Avenue is on west campus, everything to the east of Ames Street is on east ... ; the closest thing is this paragraph on Wikipedia. This was originally ... like. It’s mostly a long strip: There’s west campus on the west, which

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 11, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Back in Time I change my clock back three hours and read headlines on the magazine of the…

  

  The last time I was on an airplane, I was in an aisle seat getting my ... last time I was on an airplane, I was going the other direction - San Francisco to Boston - and the last time I was on an airplane, I'd envisioned

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 22, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Things Wot I Did Whilst Studying at MIT A tale told in pictures (and someone else's words).

  

  while I was here.   32. Take a lot of pictures. One of my major ... was the cost of film and processing. Digital cameras are cheap and you have plenty of hard drive space, so you have no excuse. 22. Take some

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 27, 2010