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• Blog / Challenges

  diversions from what is otherwise a never ending trello of things to do

  

  i have no less than three different drafts for blog posts stewing ... project with a team for the first time ever at hackMIT instead of just ... 't guaranteed admissions so swag hunters were mostly filtered out"]going for the

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 1, 2019
• Blog / Internships & Externships

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

  

  A few days ago, Spotify generated a playlist for me that included a song from Bowling for Soup. This, of course, made me think lmao, remember Bowling for Soup? This, of course of course, made me get sad about growing

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

  How to CPW! Advice from all the bloggers, with love.

  

  't halt for us either, and all the hosts are regular MIT undergraduate students, so it's best for everyone if logistics are handled ahead of time ... . Second, be on the lookout in your email for more specific information later

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 4, 2017
• Blog / Events

  “Where art thou, O Higgs?” *insert shimmering transition into the past here*

  

  attended my recitation for 8.012 (freshman physics), and my recitation leader—Professor Eddie Farhi, Director of the Center for Theoretical Physics—found himself ... in his lap, and began to explain the search for a bizarre particle

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 7, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Academic Love Poetry The amount of poetry I write is inversely proportional to the amount of sleep I…

  

  the invaders gestured for her to come out to the aisle. They crowded ... capella groups. For Valentine's Day, they took serenade requests and ran ... :30am: Dump some salad and pesto (mmm, pesto) into a bowl as fuel for the

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

  On taking a ‘Gap Year’ Consider taking a year before entering college.

  

  taking a gap year. My hope is that you will at least consider, just for a moment, taking a gap year (read on for details). If you are a member of the ... . We will grant a deferral for almost any reason (but generally not for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  40 Hours in Cape Cod Take note, I typed this entire post with a broken shift key. Please appreciate the…

  

  physics problem sets, sketches for a full-length blues arrangement for jazz ... , I mean). Some writers try to sell childhood as prime real estate for innocence and unadulterated curiosity; for me, all the literary value of ages

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 27, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Balancing Life, School, and… More Life? Gotta start by taking advantage of Veteran's Day to... work... and, more importantly, BLOG!

  

  -day weekend! Wooohooo!!! Yesterday, I decided that today would be perfect for a ... any plans for tomorrow?" Their responses were like this: "Tomorrow ... Terrascope room at 12 and stay there until 2 or 3 to work on our final plan for

  • by Marcela R. '13
  • November 11, 2009
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Historic Boston This entry may be a little long . . .

  

  motivated enough, but for some reason this seemed like a good idea, so I went ... Italy) and enjoy the smells so I had to settle for going to Bunker Hill. I ... . "Cross suchandsuch a bridge for .25 miles." Yessir Google Maps, I'm at

  • by Snively '11
  • July 21, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  *witty title here* (Guest Entry) You want awesome? I'll show you awesome!

  

  looking for summer work. Wow, I'm beginning to like this place! My mom and I flew in on Wednesday so that we could have a day for travel and use it to ... while watching the Discovery Channel (I was meant for MIT!) until my

  • by Snively '11
  • April 21, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  On taking a ‘Gap Year’ Consider deferring college for a year.

  

  taking a gap year. My hope is that you will at least consider, just for a moment, taking a gap year (read on for details). If you are a member of the ... you plan to do. We will grant a deferral for almost any reason. Come up

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s the terror of knowing Ten dollars for my thoughts on grad school.

  

  thinking about doing for grad school?" ...and the emphatic answer is I DON ... for the one-semester class 10.26: Project Laboratory in Chemical ... are looking for work to get a feel for industry, then planning to return

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Unfolding of Language Your high school English teacher may hate it, but "gonna" really is a word.

  

  being lazy speakers. It's a slang contraction for "going to." But if you ... element- more specifically, an auxiliary verb. For example, the sentence "I'm going to buy that book" is a perfect candidate for the use of the word

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  getting back in the groove 🎵groovy groovy🎵

  

  for 10B. You're done with the GIRs and starting classes specifically for ... is having! This will be nothing too crazy, but it is for sure something ... notes word for word and maybe adding an example here and there. If it

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 3, 2025
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  [Guest Post] STARS@MIT: A Year in Review By Claire S. '25

  

  for advice in my small town. That’s why I’m so excited to share what ... U.S. with programs tailored specifically for small-town and rural ... the right fit for us. So as we wrap up our first full academic year of

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • April 23, 2025
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  [Guest Post] Next Haunt 2024: The Haunters what it takes to scare MIT students

  

  staff members reply back to my request for a behind-the-scenes guest post. If you haven't read Part 1, I encourage going back and reading it for ... ; most importantly being the producer, a.k.a me. The producers for last

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 27, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  zero bandwidth it’s not burnout if you have to keep going

  

  I have observed, is to genuinely care for each other. — "IHTFParadise ... energy for itself. I suppose that perhaps this, too, is the cost of caring for people. I must care for myself too, and that is easy to forget when

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 17, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  The Marks of a Student or, let's catch up

  

  Hi, long time no see. Well, for me it's been a while. I've been silent on the blogs for about three weeks, far longer than I ever want to ... I have to because one of my goals for this blog in general is to be

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 4, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  Ridiculous things I’ve been up to in which i wear an exoskeleton

  

  've been blocked on finishing some post ideas for several weeks now. So ... inadequate for my needs. And also when its spacebar and Enter key broke, so it became mostly unusable without an external keyboard. I started hunting for

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 10, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  Let me introduce myself. Alternatively titled: Whomst'd've?

  

  a fear of heights and needles. I am smart and capable and ready for ... you. But that last sentence is something I've been struggling with for ... 't realize exactly how unprepared I was for my classes. I knew MIT was hard. I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 5, 2019