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  Work Hard, Play Hard Me trying to find a balance between work and fun

  

  always put in my best effort to try to make it up to them; however, for a ... bed (which in all honesty is harder than you might think). For a ... once the second semester started. In order to compensate for the

  • by Ben O. '19
  • July 6, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Trashion Show from rubbish to runway

  

  donated clothes that audience members brought to donate for charity and for ... Sustainability Minor for the Class of 2017 and younger. He also suggested ... , and opportunities for entrepreneurs that have art-related start-ups like

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • December 6, 2016
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Weekend Trip to Salem, MA romance, adventure, and no witchcraft

  

  (for a visual summary of the trip, scroll down for pictures) “Let ... have a memorial for the Salem Witch Trials’ 20 victims (if you don ... ’t. No one should. Salem is famous for the Trials. But did you know that

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 7, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  1st Year at MIT Everything there is to know about my first year here

  

  Hey guys, I first want to start off by apologizing for not being ... 't feel like you were just retaking AP chem. For me I feel like there were a ... not spend a lot of time studying for that class. However, as usual that

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 28, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The most beautiful class schedule yes. good

  

  ? Last semester it was “no” for me, but this semester it’s “yes, I am totally positive.” When I registered for classes in the fall (last) semester, I was actually told that the subjects I was taking were known for

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • February 3, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Teaching Splash (and Overcoming the Impostor Syndrome) guest post by Haley C. '18

  

  Haley’s experience teaching Splash, a weekend for high school students to ... . Splash weekend starts rather early for me. I wake up at an absurd time in ... to sign up for 11 hours of classes. I don’t regret making that decision

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 18, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicants: The College Essay part 3 of the Dear Applicants series

  

  explain yourself, either. There isn’t space or time for uncertainty. The college essay is yours. For more, see this writing advice from Chuck ... required. For example, my Common Application essay ended with “weird is the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Events

  This Particular [T-] REX Tuesday (No actual tyrant lizards in this blog post.) Frosh come chill with me!

  

  old (I’m not): the people running REX events are the people REX was for ... as you can.) It is, however, my very particular plan for this very ... --but never surrender, on paint of death. For our fashion-forward frosh: never

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 1, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Underground An ode to the MIT tunnels

  

  dampness, perfect for piercing flashlight beams and a spirit of discovery. Or ... out there for the sake of all you adventure-y dreamers out there. Unless ... , I was rather less prepared for the return trip. I flew back in jeans

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 8, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  Guest Blog: Operation Overgourd A different kind of pumpkin drop (by Lauren H. '16!)

  

  -Centimeter Pillow and block-printed Feynman diagrams for the four primary Higgs production mechanisms. (I'm a physics nerd; not gonna apologize for that ... can do here. Thanks to Lauren for letting me post this. Oh, and it

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • November 16, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Grace Hopper a celebration of women in computing

  

  Hopper Celebration is the largest conference for women in computing ... . When I applied for the TechX scholarship, I was really excited about ... remarks made by Microsoft's CEO. In the most striking case for me, Yoky

  • by Piper '13
  • October 29, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Re-Froshening A Story of Cynicism and Optimism

  

  that MIT is a place run by people, and people aren't perfect. For health ... , it was about the future I saw for myself crumbling as my knowledge of ... one could be a coder and someone interesting for me to talk to at the

  • by Piper '13
  • August 10, 2014
• Blog / Events

  I graduated My brass rat is upside-down and my dorm room is bare

  

  process what happened on Friday, so for now I'll just show you some pictures ... for them all anyway. I pushed my way to the muffin baskets, which were ... for the bathroom. I was in the last group allowed to use the facilities

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 8, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Leonard Nimoy at the Boston Pops He told me to live long and prosper!

  

  moved that he brought it to Star Trek. For those of you who don’t know. Leonard Nimoy is famous for his role as Mr. Spock in the original 1960’s ... “light classics” and popular music: for example, excerpts from musical

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 31, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Day 1: Quito Old Town The hostel, the basilica, and Embarrassing Spanish Attempt #2

  

  Cambodia, at a center for children with disabilities. They felt particularly ... , and beautifully-preserved Spanish colonial architecture. For example ... very foreign." After wandering around for a while, we stopped at the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Two Truths and a Lie Because we all definitely love playing icebreakers

  

  perfect. Go ahead, take your pick and then read below for the answers ... shoot an email to be less unknown!).  You probably have a passion for ... my key again, but now some people mistake me for a grad student :D

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 17, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How MIT students are trying to change education by biking across America.

  

  cooked up the idea for this adventure. In the following Q ... conversation has been slightly edited for length. How did the idea come about ... sad or painful experience for many of my friends. How terrible! Learning

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • June 10, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Premed and Me (frankly speaking) MIT is hard, but MIT premed doesn't have to suck. Here's why.

  

  for the MCAT (which demands quite a lot of time), I'm still willing ... still ask for and value grades, test scores, and extracurricular ... like, "Keep it up. Study for the MCAT. And don't forget to shadow doctors

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 29, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Electrophoresis Boogaloo What it sounds like, plus some brief things that came to mind

  

  -of-sort-of know how to run a gel, shorthand in this case for gel electrophoresis. To ... for some context. One of the major breakthroughs in biology came when ... terrain makes it harder for larger molecules to travel, so they'll move

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  You Got The Gig So excited about ALL the Things!

  

  materials are made and how they work and I love blending plastics for hours ... got to go to Washington D.C. for a week and I met the most intelligent ... decision admissions results came out for MIT!! I was deferred back in

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 29, 2012