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• Blog / MIT Life

  preserving student community what does it take?

  

  experiences on the Burton Conner Transition Team, which is responsible for ... Conner is seeing a few changes that have implications for its ability to preserve its communities. For one, our murals are being painted over, and we

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 20, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Engineering Digital Communities reflecting on the start of the zoomester and the months prior

  

  in a new milestone for me. It was the first day of[annotation note ... exercise I did before for the program I participated in last summer. A little over a year ago in July 2019, I wrote a blog post for my summer program

  • by Waly N. '24
  • September 8, 2020
• Blog / People & Identities

  Never Have I Ever…reflected on my identity "too indian" or "not indian enough"?

  

  for finally, finally giving South Asians the representation in media ... obviously a huge step for Indians in Hollywood, but...yeah, it has a lot of ... . But in an attempt to eschew the "nerdy girl" stereotype for Devi, the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 4, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: Taylor Pons from the First-Gen Program #FirstGenPride

  who are also passionate about advocating for equity and inclusion. Here ... MIT’s undergraduate population is 18% first gen? For students who are ... these topics. Check your CP* guide for the link! This year, to show off

  • by DJ Rock
  • April 14, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Regular-ing Or: Over-justifying how much I eat out

  

  at a restaurant here in Cambridge! This might not be a big deal for ... to get this one waitress when we went out for breakfast, and I ... would probably sell her soul for coffee. But I didn’t become a regular, a

  • by Powers '23
  • January 26, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Alone some thoughts on spending winter break in mit

  

  IAP began. The week before finals week, I started asking people for ... were going home for the holidays, and that I only knew six people who would be staying for the whole winter break. So I braced myself for winter

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 3, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Some comforting blogs to read while you await decisions

  

   breathe and ground yourself, even if just for a second. and we, the bloggers, will be ... the way in advance. I googled for various rejection letters so that I ... a playlist, and go out for a long walk. Your air may not be as crisp

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 13, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tetazoo is not a Hivemind Haha... just kidding... unless?

  

  up for the freshmen and other hall newcomers. We have tasks to complete ... ), but also personalized lists for each participant. Some of my items ... ” writing a party invite email for a party that isn’t happening and send it

  • by Powers '23
  • November 24, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Day in the Life of an Over-Scheduled Frosh Another hosed blogger? ShOcKiNg

  

  . I tell him I’ll go after I work on it alone for awhile. I’m exhausted ... I could be here for hours and make almost no progress.   2:03 PM: Oh. My. God. I have a writer’s meeting for my [annotation note

  • by Powers '23
  • October 21, 2019
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Poetry from 5 AM This Morning Don't worry, I drank an entire MUG of espresso

  

  This girl is tired. Verrryyyyyyy tired. I had a lot of ideas for ... my hall’s kitchen at five AM this morning, trying to study for a test I had today and failing pretty miserably. So, for the sake of my sanity, I

  • by Powers '23
  • September 30, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how to change majors in just five easy steps!

  

  some point. For many, it comes first semester. This is why MIT provides ... (if you got a D or F)."]P/NR.[/annotation] For some, it comes second ... 's, and C's do."] ABC/NR. [/annotation] For me, it came in the fall of my

  • by Alex M. '21
  • September 14, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  mit: it’s complicated confliCTING FEELINGS

  

  credit for calculus from passing our math diagnostic. i convinced myself ... ="'didn't receive a sufficient score to qualify for credit for 18.01'"]failed ... WESTERN MUSIC. IT IS SUPER COOL."]i was sad and hass-less for a couple of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 6, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Some Things I Wish I Knew Coming In in retrospect,

  

  it to make it to yours? If you happen to be in the market for advice ... 've prepared for you today. Go to class. Structure and routine are good for ... can use for grad school applications. If I had put some thought into it

  • by Abby H. '20
  • August 16, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  Hello Blogosphere! My dirty little secret...(I've never taken calculus)

  Herd," who constantly competed for the top GPA and class rank whenever ... for the prestige), and would often belittle me and make me feel dumb in ... paired up with one student in the nerd herd for a quiz, the rest of the

  • by DJ Rock
  • December 8, 2018
• Blog / Blog Projects

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

  

  even imagine. The solemn looks that you can’t prepare for. The looks that instinctively stop you in your tracks because it doesn’t make sense for that ... fell upon a dusty ground surrounding the orphanage for Syrian refugees

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

  a shocking look inside a macgregor single where my loners at

  

  I have to move out of my room that I've lived in for four semesters and a summer. It stings a little, but I figured I'd introduce you to my setup. (You might want to max out the quality if you really need to see

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 23, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2022 Wait List An update for students who accepted a place on our wait list

  

  be able to make plans for their college enrollment with as little ... from the wait list without exceeding our enrollment capacity for the year ... listed students or MIT were hoping for—we think you are awesome!—we wanted

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 8, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Denied by MIT, Now A Goldwater Scholar finding her way four years later

  

  elsewhere. For me, this is one of the most important blog posts I've ever ... sorry for her disappointment but sure she would be a fantastic student at ... ... For a while, I really felt like a failure that I didn't get in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 18, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Room 251 a room tour!

  

  IAP is almost over! I wasn't on campus for most of it, but I finally returned to Next House last week in time for UPOP's week-long training ... it in another post, but for now, I wanted to give a small room tour! I

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • February 1, 2018
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  information on next steps for deferred students here.

  • by Decisions
  • December 14, 2017